Wireless Jobs with Work from Home Options

Wireless
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent remote or hybrid work requiring Wireless skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Wireless over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 218 279 487
Rank change year-on-year +61 +208 -162
Permanent jobs citing Wireless 531 439 474
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 1.49% 1.17% 0.63%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.07% 10.15% 5.45%
Number of salaries quoted 440 330 335
10th Percentile £29,500 £29,200 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,563 £37,579 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £47,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% -13.64% -4.35%
75th Percentile £70,000 £58,750 £71,250
90th Percentile £82,500 £77,500 £78,750
UK median annual salary £47,500 £45,000 £51,500
% change year-on-year +5.56% -12.62% +3.00%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Work from Home

Wireless falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 5,272 4,323 8,699
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 14.83% 11.53% 11.50%
Number of salaries quoted 3,327 3,265 5,154
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £42,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% - +4.55%
75th Percentile £67,500 £76,316 £73,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £88,750 £90,000
UK median annual salary £47,500 £51,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -6.86% -2.86% +5.00%

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Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Wireless as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Wireless trend for jobs with a WFH option

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Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Wireless.

Wireless salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

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Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Wireless over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Wireless salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 32 (6.03%) Microsoft Exchange
2 26 (4.90%) SharePoint
3 12 (2.26%) Apache Spark
4 6 (1.13%) Exchange Server 2000
5 4 (0.75%) WebSphere
6 2 (0.38%) BizTalk Server
7 1 (0.19%) Exchange Server 2007
Applications
1 23 (4.33%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (2.07%) MS Visio
3 8 (1.51%) Microsoft Excel
4 6 (1.13%) AutoCAD
5 3 (0.56%) Revit
6 1 (0.19%) Simulink
6 1 (0.19%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (0.38%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (0.38%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 153 (28.81%) Azure
2 112 (21.09%) Microsoft 365
3 44 (8.29%) AWS
4 30 (5.65%) Entra ID
5 17 (3.20%) IaaS
6 15 (2.82%) GCP
7 12 (2.26%) OneDrive
8 11 (2.07%) Google Workspace
9 9 (1.69%) OCI
10 6 (1.13%) Cloud Computing
10 6 (1.13%) PaaS
10 6 (1.13%) Rubrik
11 5 (0.94%) AWS Direct Connect
11 5 (0.94%) GitHub
12 4 (0.75%) Datadog
12 4 (0.75%) Dropbox
12 4 (0.75%) Nutanix
13 3 (0.56%) Asana
13 3 (0.56%) Intacct
13 3 (0.56%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 192 (36.16%) Firewall
2 168 (31.64%) WAN
3 152 (28.63%) LAN
4 98 (18.46%) Wi-Fi
5 64 (12.05%) VPN
6 62 (11.68%) DNS
7 61 (11.49%) SD-WAN
8 60 (11.30%) TCP/IP
9 51 (9.60%) Network Security
10 47 (8.85%) DHCP
11 36 (6.78%) OSPF
12 32 (6.03%) BGP
13 30 (5.65%) IPsec
14 28 (5.27%) Internet
14 28 (5.27%) VLAN
14 28 (5.27%) VoIP
14 28 (5.27%) WLAN
15 26 (4.90%) Ethernet
16 25 (4.71%) RS-232
17 23 (4.33%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (2.64%) Data Warehouse
2 12 (2.26%) Big Data
2 12 (2.26%) Data Lake
3 6 (1.13%) SQL Server
4 5 (0.94%) NoSQL
5 4 (0.75%) DB2
6 2 (0.38%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
6 2 (0.38%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 2 (0.38%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 7 (1.32%) Burp Suite
1 7 (1.32%) Metasploit
2 6 (1.13%) Jenkins
3 5 (0.94%) JIRA
4 2 (0.38%) Git
4 2 (0.38%) Subversion
5 1 (0.19%) CircleCI
5 1 (0.19%) GitLab
General
1 178 (33.52%) Social Skills
2 65 (12.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 55 (10.36%) Finance
4 42 (7.91%) Electronics
5 32 (6.03%) Games
6 29 (5.46%) Analytical Skills
7 28 (5.27%) Telecoms
8 27 (5.08%) Manufacturing
9 22 (4.14%) Legal
10 18 (3.39%) Retail
11 12 (2.26%) Public Sector
12 11 (2.07%) Marketing
12 11 (2.07%) Military
12 11 (2.07%) Presentation Skills
13 10 (1.88%) Banking
14 8 (1.51%) Documentation Skills
15 4 (0.75%) Law
15 4 (0.75%) Organisational Skills
15 4 (0.75%) Police
15 4 (0.75%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 93 (17.51%) Senior
2 89 (16.76%) Network Engineer
3 73 (13.75%) Embedded Engineer
4 50 (9.42%) Architect
5 42 (7.91%) Software Engineer
6 39 (7.34%) Support Engineer
7 37 (6.97%) Embedded Software Engineer
8 36 (6.78%) Junior
9 34 (6.40%) Lead
10 33 (6.21%) Consultant
11 31 (5.84%) Senior Network Engineer
12 29 (5.46%) IT Engineer
13 28 (5.27%) IT Support
14 25 (4.71%) Firmware Engineer
14 25 (4.71%) Infrastructure Engineer
15 24 (4.52%) IT Support Engineer
15 24 (4.52%) Solutions Architect
16 23 (4.33%) IP Architect
16 23 (4.33%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
16 23 (4.33%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (2.45%) Yocto
2 11 (2.07%) 802.1X
3 8 (1.51%) HTML
4 5 (0.94%) XMPP
5 4 (0.75%) .NET
5 4 (0.75%) WebSphere MQ
6 3 (0.56%) CSS
7 2 (0.38%) .NET Core
7 2 (0.38%) ASP.NET
7 2 (0.38%) ASP.NET MVC
7 2 (0.38%) ASP.NET Web API
7 2 (0.38%) TAPI
7 2 (0.38%) WPF
7 2 (0.38%) YAML
8 1 (0.19%) .NET Framework
8 1 (0.19%) Blazor
8 1 (0.19%) NETCONF
Miscellaneous
1 54 (10.17%) Data Centre
2 41 (7.72%) Driving Licence
2 41 (7.72%) IoT
3 38 (7.16%) Management Information System
4 24 (4.52%) Self-Motivation
5 17 (3.20%) Device Driver
6 16 (3.01%) PKI
7 13 (2.45%) Onboarding
8 11 (2.07%) Hybrid Cloud
8 11 (2.07%) Video Conferencing
9 10 (1.88%) Replication
10 8 (1.51%) Algorithms
10 8 (1.51%) CCTV
10 8 (1.51%) Cloud Native
10 8 (1.51%) Clustering
10 8 (1.51%) Data Structures
10 8 (1.51%) Mobile App
11 7 (1.32%) Security Posture
12 6 (1.13%) ARM Cortex
12 6 (1.13%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 115 (21.66%) Windows
2 80 (15.07%) Windows Server
3 60 (11.30%) Linux
4 29 (5.46%) Windows 10
5 28 (5.27%) Embedded Linux
6 14 (2.64%) Mac OS
7 9 (1.69%) Apple iOS
7 9 (1.69%) Windows Server 2016
7 9 (1.69%) Windows Server 2019
8 7 (1.32%) Kali Linux
9 5 (0.94%) Android
9 5 (0.94%) FreeRTOS
9 5 (0.94%) ThreadX
10 4 (0.75%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 4 (0.75%) Windows Server 2012
11 2 (0.38%) Unix
12 1 (0.19%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 94 (17.70%) Software Engineering
2 68 (12.81%) Problem-Solving
3 56 (10.55%) ITIL
4 53 (9.98%) Cybersecurity
4 53 (9.98%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 52 (9.79%) Computer Science
6 47 (8.85%) Coaching
7 45 (8.47%) Customer Service
7 45 (8.47%) Mentoring
8 39 (7.34%) Mathematics
9 36 (6.78%) Project Delivery
10 35 (6.59%) Agile
11 34 (6.40%) Physics
12 31 (5.84%) Presales
13 30 (5.65%) Penetration Testing
14 29 (5.46%) Cloud Security
15 28 (5.27%) Business Development
15 28 (5.27%) Project Management
16 26 (4.90%) Migration
17 25 (4.71%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 85 (16.01%) C
2 68 (12.81%) Embedded C
3 26 (4.90%) Python
4 25 (4.71%) PowerShell
5 13 (2.45%) Bash
6 5 (0.94%) Assembly Language
6 5 (0.94%) C#
6 5 (0.94%) JavaScript
7 4 (0.75%) SQL
8 3 (0.56%) C++
8 3 (0.56%) Java
9 2 (0.38%) Embedded C++
10 1 (0.19%) MATLAB
10 1 (0.19%) Perl
10 1 (0.19%) Ruby
10 1 (0.19%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 136 (25.61%) Degree
2 76 (14.31%) Cisco Certification
3 64 (12.05%) CCNA
4 49 (9.23%) Security Cleared
5 32 (6.03%) SC Cleared
6 31 (5.84%) CCNP
7 14 (2.64%) CREST Certified
7 14 (2.64%) Network+ Certification
8 13 (2.45%) AWS Certification
8 13 (2.45%) Microsoft Certification
8 13 (2.45%) OSCP
9 11 (2.07%) CCIE
9 11 (2.07%) DBS Check
10 10 (1.88%) Azure Certification
11 8 (1.51%) CCSA
11 8 (1.51%) DV Cleared
12 7 (1.32%) CHECK Team Leader
12 7 (1.32%) CHECK Team Member
12 7 (1.32%) Computer Science Degree
12 7 (1.32%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (3.20%) Cyber Essentials
1 17 (3.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 13 (2.45%) SLA
3 11 (2.07%) SOC 2
4 8 (1.51%) ISO/IEC 20000
4 8 (1.51%) NIST
4 8 (1.51%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 6 (1.13%) Actionable Recommendations
5 6 (1.13%) GRC
5 6 (1.13%) PCI DSS
6 5 (0.94%) MISRA
7 4 (0.75%) GDPR
8 1 (0.19%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.19%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 81 (15.25%) Active Directory
2 63 (11.86%) Firmware
3 43 (8.10%) VMware Infrastructure
4 29 (5.46%) Embedded Firmware
5 28 (5.27%) Hyper-V
6 7 (1.32%) Terminal Services
6 7 (1.32%) Virtual Desktop
7 6 (1.13%) VMware ESXi
8 5 (0.94%) Virtual Machines
8 5 (0.94%) XenDesktop
9 4 (0.75%) Docker
9 4 (0.75%) vSphere
10 3 (0.56%) Virtual Servers
10 3 (0.56%) XenApp
11 2 (0.38%) VMware NSX
12 1 (0.19%) NFS
Systems Management
1 39 (7.34%) Microsoft Intune
2 22 (4.14%) SCCM
3 14 (2.64%) Ansible
3 14 (2.64%) Cisco CUCM
4 13 (2.45%) ServiceCenter
5 12 (2.26%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 11 (2.07%) Single Sign-On
7 8 (1.51%) FortiGate
7 8 (1.51%) Microsoft Clustering
7 8 (1.51%) Nmap
8 7 (1.32%) SCOM
9 6 (1.13%) Nessus
10 3 (0.56%) Cisco Prime
10 3 (0.56%) WSUS
11 2 (0.38%) Terraform
11 2 (0.38%) vCenter Server
11 2 (0.38%) WhatsUp Gold
12 1 (0.19%) Jamf Pro
12 1 (0.19%) Kubernetes
12 1 (0.19%) OpenNMS
Vendors
1 166 (31.26%) Cisco
2 152 (28.63%) Microsoft
3 70 (13.18%) Aruba
4 65 (12.24%) VMware
5 61 (11.49%) Fortinet
6 53 (9.98%) Palo Alto
7 51 (9.60%) Meraki
8 50 (9.42%) Juniper
9 36 (6.78%) HP
10 30 (5.65%) Ruckus Wireless
11 23 (4.33%) CheckPoint
12 17 (3.20%) Apple
13 15 (2.82%) Google
14 12 (2.26%) Databricks
14 12 (2.26%) Ekahau
14 12 (2.26%) Veeam
15 11 (2.07%) Citrix
16 9 (1.69%) Draytek
16 9 (1.69%) Sophos
17 8 (1.51%) Extreme Networks