The first table below looks at the demand for Wireless skills in IT jobs advertised for the North West region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Wireless over the 3 months to 24 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Communications & Networking category for the North West region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Wireless
Rank 188 172 203
Rank change year-on-year
-16 +31
Permanent jobs citing Wireless 55 76 31
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 0.765% 1.071% 0.451%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 4.803% 7.329% 3.048%
Number of salaries quoted 44 65 28
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £42,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -4.76%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,250 £28,700 £23,550
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £62,500 £47,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year
- -5.88%
All Communications & Networking
North West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
1145 1037 1017
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 15.94% 14.61% 14.81%
Number of salaries quoted 926 908 866
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +7.69%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £24,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £75,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
Wireless
England

Wireless
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Wireless across the North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

North West Wireless Jobs Demand Trend

Wireless
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Wireless across the North West region.

North West Wireless Salary Trend

Wireless
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Wireless across the North West region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

North West Wireless Salary Histogram

Wireless
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Wireless within the North West region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Manchester -24 28 £40,000 -
Cheshire -1 20 £57,500 -8.00%
Lancashire +5 7 £26,250 -52.27%
Cumbria +1 2 £30,000 +9.09%
Merseyside +15 1 £65,000 +100.00%
Wireless
England

Wireless
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West region citing Wireless also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited Wireless.

1 63 (56.76%) Cisco
2 47 (42.34%) LAN
2 47 (42.34%) Cisco Certification
3 39 (35.14%) Windows
4 37 (33.33%) WLAN
4 37 (33.33%) Firewall
5 35 (31.53%) Network Security
6 32 (28.83%) CheckPoint
7 29 (26.13%) CCNP
8 28 (25.23%) Juniper
9 27 (24.32%) CCIE
9 27 (24.32%) VPN
9 27 (24.32%) WAN
10 24 (21.62%) HP
10 24 (21.62%) Cisco ASA
10 24 (21.62%) VMware
11 22 (19.82%) Active Directory
12 19 (17.12%) Linux
12 19 (17.12%) Change Management
13 18 (16.22%) VMware Infrastructure
13 18 (16.22%) SQL
14 17 (15.32%) SAN
14 17 (15.32%) DNS
15 16 (14.41%) ITIL
15 16 (14.41%) Cisco PIX
15 16 (14.41%) Cisco Nexus
16 15 (13.51%) F5
16 15 (13.51%) Load Balancing
16 15 (13.51%) Blue Coat
16 15 (13.51%) Service Management

Wireless
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West region citing Wireless also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited Wireless. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 15 (13.51%) CSS
2 13 (11.71%) HTML
3 6 (5.405%) Web Services
3 6 (5.405%) RESTful
4 5 (4.505%) .NET
5 4 (3.604%) jQuery
6 2 (1.802%) WCF
6 2 (1.802%) ASP.NET
6 2 (1.802%) COM
6 2 (1.802%) CSS3
6 2 (1.802%) Sass
6 2 (1.802%) LESS
7 1 (0.901%) J2EE
7 1 (0.901%) Mason
7 1 (0.901%) Application Packaging
Application Platforms
1 12 (10.81%) MS Exchange
2 10 (9.009%) Exchange Server 2010
3 5 (4.505%) Exchange Server 2007
4 4 (3.604%) SharePoint
4 4 (3.604%) Lync
5 3 (2.703%) IIS
5 3 (2.703%) Exchange Server 2003
6 2 (1.802%) Apache
6 2 (1.802%) BizTalk Server
Applications
1 14 (12.61%) MS Excel
2 11 (9.910%) MS Office
3 9 (8.108%) MS Project
Communications & Networking
1 47 (42.34%) LAN
2 37 (33.33%) WLAN
2 37 (33.33%) Firewall
3 35 (31.53%) Network Security
4 27 (24.32%) VPN
4 27 (24.32%) WAN
5 24 (21.62%) Cisco ASA
6 17 (15.32%) SAN
6 17 (15.32%) DNS
7 16 (14.41%) Cisco PIX
7 16 (14.41%) Cisco Nexus
8 15 (13.51%) TCP/IP
8 15 (13.51%) DHCP
9 13 (11.71%) VoIP
10 11 (9.910%) MPLS
10 11 (9.910%) Unified Communications
11 10 (9.009%) VLAN
12 9 (8.108%) BGP
12 9 (8.108%) Internet
13 8 (7.207%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (10.81%) MySQL
2 11 (9.910%) SQL Server
3 8 (7.207%) Big Data
4 4 (3.604%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 10 (9.009%) Git (software)
1 10 (9.009%) Subversion
2 3 (2.703%) VSS/SourceSafe
General
1 14 (12.61%) Finance
2 11 (9.910%) Telecoms
2 11 (9.910%) Retail
Job Titles
1 20 (18.02%) Developer
2 18 (16.22%) Consultant
3 16 (14.41%) Architect
4 12 (10.81%) PHP Developer
5 11 (9.910%) Network Consultant
6 10 (9.009%) Cisco Consultant
7 9 (8.108%) Security Specialist
7 9 (8.108%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 9 (8.108%) Network Specialist
7 9 (8.108%) Network Security Specialist
8 8 (7.207%) Network Engineer
8 8 (7.207%) Cisco Network Consultant
9 6 (5.405%) Security Consultant
9 6 (5.405%) Analyst
9 6 (5.405%) Mobile Developer
10 5 (4.505%) Network Security Architect
10 5 (4.505%) Network Architect
10 5 (4.505%) Security Architect
11 4 (3.604%) Support Manager
11 4 (3.604%) Technical Manager
Miscellaneous
1 6 (5.405%) Firmware
2 5 (4.505%) Clustering
3 4 (3.604%) Cloud Computing
4 3 (2.703%) iPad
4 3 (2.703%) Blackberry
5 2 (1.802%) EqualLogic
5 2 (1.802%) Enterprise Storage
6 1 (0.901%) Mobile Computing
6 1 (0.901%) Mobile App
6 1 (0.901%) iPhone
6 1 (0.901%) EMV
6 1 (0.901%) Client/Server
6 1 (0.901%) Streaming Video
6 1 (0.901%) Video Conferencing
6 1 (0.901%) Statistics
6 1 (0.901%) SecurID
6 1 (0.901%) Cryptography
Operating Systems
1 39 (35.14%) Windows
2 19 (17.12%) Linux
3 14 (12.61%) Windows Server 2003
4 13 (11.71%) Windows Server 2008
5 7 (6.306%) Android
6 6 (5.405%) Windows XP
6 6 (5.405%) Apple iOS
7 5 (4.505%) Windows CE
7 5 (4.505%) Windows Mobile
8 4 (3.604%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 3 (2.703%) Solaris
10 2 (1.802%) Windows 7
10 2 (1.802%) Windows 2000 Server
11 1 (0.901%) Windows Server 2012
11 1 (0.901%) Mac OS X
11 1 (0.901%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (17.12%) Change Management
2 16 (14.41%) ITIL
3 15 (13.51%) Load Balancing
3 15 (13.51%) Service Management
4 13 (11.71%) Disaster Recovery
4 13 (11.71%) Migration
5 12 (10.81%) Project Management
6 9 (8.108%) E-Commerce
7 7 (6.306%) Customer Engagement
7 7 (6.306%) Capacity Planning
7 7 (6.306%) Network Design
8 6 (5.405%) Business Continuity
8 6 (5.405%) Capacity Management
8 6 (5.405%) High Availability
8 6 (5.405%) Network Management
9 5 (4.505%) Network Architecture
9 5 (4.505%) TDD
10 4 (3.604%) ITSM
10 4 (3.604%) SOA
10 4 (3.604%) B2C
Programming Languages
1 18 (16.22%) SQL
2 13 (11.71%) PHP
3 12 (10.81%) PHP5
4 7 (6.306%) C
5 5 (4.505%) C#
6 4 (3.604%) C++
6 4 (3.604%) Java
7 3 (2.703%) PowerShell
8 2 (1.802%) JavaScript
9 1 (0.901%) Python
9 1 (0.901%) Perl
9 1 (0.901%) VBScript
9 1 (0.901%) VB
9 1 (0.901%) Objective-C
9 1 (0.901%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 47 (42.34%) Cisco Certification
2 29 (26.13%) CCNP
3 27 (24.32%) CCIE
4 12 (10.81%) CCNA
5 8 (7.207%) CCSP
6 7 (6.306%) Check Point Certification
6 7 (6.306%) CCSE
6 7 (6.306%) Degree
7 6 (5.405%) CCDE
7 6 (5.405%) CCDP
8 5 (4.505%) Microsoft Certification
9 4 (3.604%) HP APS
10 3 (2.703%) MCSE
10 3 (2.703%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 2 (1.802%) CCSA
11 2 (1.802%) CCVP
11 2 (1.802%) CCIP
11 2 (1.802%) VCAP
12 1 (0.901%) ACSP
12 1 (0.901%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (4.505%) PCI DSS
2 3 (2.703%) SLA
3 2 (1.802%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (1.802%) ISO 9000
4 1 (0.901%) QA
System Software
1 22 (19.82%) Active Directory
2 18 (16.22%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (5.405%) VMware ESX
3 6 (5.405%) XenApp
4 4 (3.604%) XenDesktop
5 3 (2.703%) vSphere
6 2 (1.802%) Citrix Presentation Server
6 2 (1.802%) VMware Server
6 2 (1.802%) Microsoft App-V
7 1 (0.901%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.901%) ISA Server
Systems Management
1 9 (8.108%) MIMEsweeper
2 7 (6.306%) SCCM
3 4 (3.604%) SCOM
4 3 (2.703%) Cisco UCCX
4 3 (2.703%) CiscoWorks
5 2 (1.802%) WhatsUp Gold
5 2 (1.802%) HP SIM
6 1 (0.901%) Cisco CUCM
6 1 (0.901%) FortiGate
6 1 (0.901%) Cisco UCCE
6 1 (0.901%) SolarWinds Orion
6 1 (0.901%) Tivoli Storage Manager
6 1 (0.901%) MOM
Vendors
1 63 (56.76%) Cisco
2 32 (28.83%) CheckPoint
3 28 (25.23%) Juniper
4 24 (21.62%) HP
4 24 (21.62%) VMware
5 15 (13.51%) F5
5 15 (13.51%) Blue Coat
5 15 (13.51%) Symantec
6 13 (11.71%) Fortinet
6 13 (11.71%) Microsoft
7 12 (10.81%) Citrix
8 11 (9.910%) ProCurve
9 10 (9.009%) Websense
9 10 (9.009%) IronPort
10 9 (8.108%) Fujitsu
10 9 (8.108%) McAfee
11 7 (6.306%) Sourcefire
11 7 (6.306%) Brocade
12 6 (5.405%) NetApp
13 5 (4.505%) SolarWinds
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Due to that continued growth, they now require a Network Engineer with experience in Cisco to join their team... You will have experience across Cisco Routers, Switches, Firewalls,...
Assured Recruitment Solutions
Salary: £30k - 37.5k per year
Posted: 22 May 2013
Crewe, Cheshire
They are in partnership with global brands including Cisco, EMC, VMware, AppSense and VCE and maintains the highest accreditation and training standards with each of these organisations... As...
e-Recruiter
Salary: £40000 - £50000 per annum + £65 OTE + Benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
Preston, Lancashire
Information Technology related degree, or equivalent proven knowledge in IT and Technology fields with associated qualifications such as CCNA, CCNP, VCP *Extensive knowledge of MS Windows 2000/XP,...
Reed Technology
Salary: £24000 - £31000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 22 May 2013
Blackpool, North West
APPLICATION DEPLOYMENT SPECIALISTThis is a contract position working to roll out with AppV and SCCM.Key areas required are a strong technical knowledge within Microsoft including Active Directory...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £25.00 - £35.00 per annum
Posted: 3 May 2013
Blackpool, North West
This is a contract position working to roll out with APPV and SCCM.Key areas required are a strong technical knowledge within Microsoft including Active Directory 2008, Exchange...
Salary: £20.00 - £25.00 per annum
Posted: 2 May 2013
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PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTABILITIES Essential :- Windows Server 2K8 (Multi-site Active Directory administration,DFS, DNS, DHCP)Enterprise skills (Monitoring, High Availability and Disaster Recovery)Network (Cisco hardware, TCPIP, DMVPN, Firewall/...
OCC Computing
Salary: £0 - 40k per year
Posted: 1 May 2013
Liverpool, Merseyside
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Calyx Managed Services
Salary: £25,500 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013
Sale, Cheshire
To assist Web Development and SEO Companies... Manage the Terminal Services Server, DNS and DHCP Servers... Knowledge: MS Access 2007 / 2010 (Developer Level) MS SQL Server 2008 (DBA...
FT Select
Salary: From £30,000 to £35,000 per annum plus benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Bolton, Lancashire
Passionate and experienced Windows CE/Windows Mobile developer wanted to come and work on an interesting and challenging internal product... You will have developed several commercial applications on...
Appliance Online
Salary: Competitive Salary - Negotiable dependant on Experience
Posted: 29 April 2013
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Experience of MS SQL and MySQL. - Experience of Javascript, JQuery, CSS3, HMTL5 - Advanced level (knowledge and experience) of programming languages and methodologies... Desirable - Knowledge of SASS or LESS -...
Jagger Talent Commercial Recruiters
Salary: £30,000 - £45,000 per year
Posted: 25 April 2013