Wi-Fi Jobs with Work from Home Options

Wireless Fidelity (WiFi)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and a requirement for Wi-Fi skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Wi-Fi over the 6 months to 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 244 436 450
Rank change year-on-year +192 +14 -98
Permanent jobs citing Wi-Fi 421 233 497
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 1.25% 0.57% 0.70%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 8.13% 5.10% 6.24%
Number of salaries quoted 353 205 391
10th Percentile £25,750 £30,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £35,375 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -10.00% -13.04%
75th Percentile £60,000 £55,000 £66,875
90th Percentile £68,750 £65,000 £78,750
UK median annual salary £42,500 £40,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +6.25% -15.79% -5.00%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Work from Home

Wi-Fi is in the Communications and Computer Networking category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a WFH option and a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 5,180 4,569 7,962
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 15.32% 11.26% 11.17%
Number of salaries quoted 3,323 3,394 5,076
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,569 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £41,717
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 £50,250 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.47% -4.29% +5.00%

Wi-Fi
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Wi-Fi trend for jobs with a WFH option

Wi-Fi
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Wi-Fi salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Wi-Fi
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Wi-Fi over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Wi-Fi salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Wi-Fi
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 59 (14.01%) Microsoft Exchange
2 52 (12.35%) SharePoint
3 6 (1.43%) Exchange Server 2000
4 5 (1.19%) Confluence
5 4 (0.95%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
6 3 (0.71%) Exchange Server 2010
7 2 (0.48%) Exchange Server 2007
7 2 (0.48%) Exchange Server 2013
8 1 (0.24%) IIS
Applications
1 48 (11.40%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (1.66%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (0.95%) Trello
4 2 (0.48%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (0.48%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.24%) 1Password
5 1 (0.24%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (0.95%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.71%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.24%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 173 (41.09%) Azure
2 157 (37.29%) Microsoft 365
3 52 (12.35%) Entra ID
4 46 (10.93%) AWS
5 23 (5.46%) SaaS
6 19 (4.51%) IaaS
7 14 (3.33%) PaaS
8 11 (2.61%) OneDrive
8 11 (2.61%) WhatsApp
9 10 (2.38%) GCP
10 9 (2.14%) Cloud Computing
11 8 (1.90%) Slack
12 6 (1.43%) Dynamics 365
12 6 (1.43%) Nutanix
13 5 (1.19%) GitHub
13 5 (1.19%) Google Workspace
13 5 (1.19%) Mimecast
14 4 (0.95%) AWS IoT
14 4 (0.95%) Power Platform
15 3 (0.71%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 186 (44.18%) Firewall
2 183 (43.47%) LAN
3 181 (42.99%) WAN
4 91 (21.62%) VPN
4 91 (21.62%) Wireless
5 89 (21.14%) DNS
5 89 (21.14%) SD-WAN
6 81 (19.24%) DHCP
7 48 (11.40%) TCP/IP
8 47 (11.16%) Network Security
9 45 (10.69%) VLAN
10 42 (9.98%) MPLS
11 38 (9.03%) VoIP
12 34 (8.08%) Internet
13 23 (5.46%) RS-232
14 22 (5.23%) Cisco ISE
14 22 (5.23%) Ethernet
15 20 (4.75%) Remote Desktop
16 15 (3.56%) BGP
16 15 (3.56%) Bluetooth
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (1.90%) MySQL
1 8 (1.90%) SQL Server
2 6 (1.43%) Tableau
3 5 (1.19%) Amazon RDS
3 5 (1.19%) Azure SQL Database
4 4 (0.95%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 2 (0.48%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 18 (4.28%) JIRA
2 5 (1.19%) Jenkins
3 3 (0.71%) Git
4 2 (0.48%) Subversion
5 1 (0.24%) Bitbucket
General
1 140 (33.25%) Social Skills
2 63 (14.96%) Finance
3 36 (8.55%) Retail
4 27 (6.41%) Analytical Skills
5 26 (6.18%) Public Sector
6 24 (5.70%) Manufacturing
6 24 (5.70%) Telecoms
7 21 (4.99%) Electronics
8 15 (3.56%) Presentation Skills
9 14 (3.33%) Documentation Skills
9 14 (3.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 13 (3.09%) Marketing
11 10 (2.38%) Japanese Language
12 9 (2.14%) Games
13 7 (1.66%) Organisational Skills
14 6 (1.43%) French Language
14 6 (1.43%) Portuguese Language
14 6 (1.43%) Spanish Language
14 6 (1.43%) Swedish Language
14 6 (1.43%) Turkish Language
Job Titles
1 75 (17.81%) Network Engineer
2 68 (16.15%) IT Engineer
3 55 (13.06%) IT Support
4 50 (11.88%) Analyst
5 48 (11.40%) Senior
6 42 (9.98%) Support Engineer
7 38 (9.03%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 37 (8.79%) Project Manager
9 30 (7.13%) Embedded Engineer
9 30 (7.13%) IT Support Engineer
10 28 (6.65%) IT Manager
11 26 (6.18%) Software Engineer
12 25 (5.94%) Embedded Software Engineer
13 21 (4.99%) Help Desk Analyst
14 20 (4.75%) Infrastructure Manager
14 20 (4.75%) Presales Engineer
15 19 (4.51%) Network Manager
16 18 (4.28%) 3rd Line Engineer
16 18 (4.28%) 3rd Line Support
16 18 (4.28%) WAN Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (3.09%) Yocto
2 8 (1.90%) Laravel
3 7 (1.66%) Vue
4 6 (1.43%) CSS
4 6 (1.43%) HTML
4 6 (1.43%) React Native
5 4 (0.95%) Flask
6 2 (0.48%) Node.js
7 1 (0.24%) Flutter
7 1 (0.24%) JSON
7 1 (0.24%) LDAP
7 1 (0.24%) Middleware
7 1 (0.24%) NETCONF
7 1 (0.24%) PyTorch
7 1 (0.24%) Qt
Miscellaneous
1 48 (11.40%) Data Centre
2 40 (9.50%) Driving Licence
3 35 (8.31%) Public Cloud
4 29 (6.89%) Self-Motivation
5 18 (4.28%) IoT
6 13 (3.09%) Device Driver
6 13 (3.09%) Social Media
7 12 (2.85%) PKI
8 11 (2.61%) Management Information System
9 7 (1.66%) Mobile App
10 6 (1.43%) Client/Server
10 6 (1.43%) Private Cloud
11 5 (1.19%) ARM Cortex
11 5 (1.19%) CCTV
11 5 (1.19%) Replication
11 5 (1.19%) Smart Home
12 4 (0.95%) Cloud Native
12 4 (0.95%) Fat Client
12 4 (0.95%) Thin Client
13 3 (0.71%) Handset
Operating Systems
1 139 (33.02%) Windows
2 70 (16.63%) Windows Server
3 50 (11.88%) Windows 10
4 43 (10.21%) Linux
5 30 (7.13%) Windows Server 2016
6 29 (6.89%) Android
7 27 (6.41%) Mac OS
8 25 (5.94%) Apple iOS
9 23 (5.46%) Windows Server 2019
10 16 (3.80%) Windows Server 2012
11 15 (3.56%) Embedded Linux
12 14 (3.33%) Windows 7
13 11 (2.61%) Windows 8
14 7 (1.66%) Ubuntu
15 5 (1.19%) FreeRTOS
15 5 (1.19%) ThreadX
16 4 (0.95%) Mac OS X
16 4 (0.95%) Windows Server 2008
17 3 (0.71%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 77 (18.29%) Customer Service
2 65 (15.44%) Problem-Solving
3 63 (14.96%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 58 (13.78%) Cybersecurity
5 55 (13.06%) ITIL
6 51 (12.11%) Agile
7 50 (11.88%) Project Management
8 39 (9.26%) Service Delivery
9 36 (8.55%) Mentoring
10 34 (8.08%) ERP
11 33 (7.84%) Migration
11 33 (7.84%) Project Delivery
12 32 (7.60%) Software Engineering
13 29 (6.89%) Asset Management
13 29 (6.89%) Presales
13 29 (6.89%) PRINCE2
14 26 (6.18%) Disaster Recovery
15 25 (5.94%) Continuous Improvement
16 22 (5.23%) Computer Science
17 21 (4.99%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 31 (7.36%) C
2 22 (5.23%) Embedded C
3 12 (2.85%) PowerShell
4 8 (1.90%) PHP
4 8 (1.90%) Python
5 7 (1.66%) Bash
5 7 (1.66%) JavaScript
5 7 (1.66%) SQL
6 5 (1.19%) C++
7 4 (0.95%) Embedded C++
8 1 (0.24%) T-SQL
8 1 (0.24%) VBA
Qualifications
1 70 (16.63%) Degree
2 56 (13.30%) Cisco Certification
3 37 (8.79%) CCNP
4 33 (7.84%) CCNA
5 16 (3.80%) APMP
5 16 (3.80%) Security Cleared
6 14 (3.33%) CISSP
7 13 (3.09%) Computer Science Degree
8 11 (2.61%) Microsoft Certification
8 11 (2.61%) SC Cleared
9 10 (2.38%) CCIE
10 8 (1.90%) AWS Certification
10 8 (1.90%) CCSA
11 7 (1.66%) MCSE
12 6 (1.43%) CCDP
12 6 (1.43%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 6 (1.43%) JNCIP
13 5 (1.19%) DBS Check
13 5 (1.19%) Master's Degree
13 5 (1.19%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (4.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 17 (4.04%) Cyber Essentials
3 16 (3.80%) SLA
4 15 (3.56%) PCI DSS
5 8 (1.90%) ISO/IEC 20000
5 8 (1.90%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 5 (1.19%) GDPR
6 5 (1.19%) MISRA
7 3 (0.71%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 3 (0.71%) NIST
8 2 (0.48%) NCSC
9 1 (0.24%) GRC
9 1 (0.24%) PMO
9 1 (0.24%) QA
System Software
1 116 (27.55%) Active Directory
2 41 (9.74%) VMware Infrastructure
3 33 (7.84%) Hyper-V
4 18 (4.28%) VMware ESXi
5 12 (2.85%) Firmware
6 5 (1.19%) Virtual Machines
7 4 (0.95%) Embedded Firmware
8 3 (0.71%) Docker
8 3 (0.71%) Virtual Desktop
9 2 (0.48%) vSphere
10 1 (0.24%) DFS Replication
10 1 (0.24%) NFS
Systems Management
1 39 (9.26%) Microsoft Intune
2 33 (7.84%) WSUS
3 10 (2.38%) SCCM
4 5 (1.19%) Ansible
4 5 (1.19%) Jamf Pro
4 5 (1.19%) Terraform
5 4 (0.95%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 4 (0.95%) Autotask
5 4 (0.95%) PaperCut
5 4 (0.95%) Single Sign-On
6 3 (0.71%) HAProxy
6 3 (0.71%) Nagios
6 3 (0.71%) OfficeScan
7 2 (0.48%) FortiGate
8 1 (0.24%) Cisco Prime
8 1 (0.24%) Nmap
8 1 (0.24%) OpenNMS
8 1 (0.24%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 167 (39.67%) Microsoft
2 157 (37.29%) Cisco
3 75 (17.81%) Meraki
4 55 (13.06%) VMware
5 48 (11.40%) Fortinet
6 39 (9.26%) Aruba
7 29 (6.89%) Palo Alto
8 21 (4.99%) Juniper
9 20 (4.75%) HP
9 20 (4.75%) Ruckus Wireless
10 16 (3.80%) Apple
11 15 (3.56%) Dell
12 13 (3.09%) CheckPoint
12 13 (3.09%) Ubiquiti
13 12 (2.85%) SolarWinds
14 10 (2.38%) Draytek
15 9 (2.14%) BT
16 7 (1.66%) Datto
16 7 (1.66%) IBM
16 7 (1.66%) Nokia