WLAN Jobs in the North West

Wireless LAN (WLAN)
England > North West

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West with a requirement for WLAN skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited WLAN over the 6 months to 28 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 258 296 315
Rank change year-on-year +38 +19 -82
Permanent jobs citing WLAN 32 10 21
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 0.33% 0.13% 0.22%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.80% 0.62% 1.67%
Number of salaries quoted 26 8 17
10th Percentile £37,000 £39,112 £29,750
25th Percentile £46,375 £43,750 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,250 £50,000 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% +33.33% -6.25%
75th Percentile £63,438 £54,063 £43,750
90th Percentile £70,000 £60,250 £71,250
England median annual salary £48,500 £42,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year +14.12% - +11.84%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
North West

WLAN 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 advertised in the North West with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,143 1,607 1,258
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 11.78% 20.30% 13.36%
Number of salaries quoted 874 674 736
10th Percentile £26,000 £26,000 £27,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £36,250 £34,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £47,000 £46,127
Median % change year-on-year -4.26% +1.89% +2.50%
75th Percentile £62,188 £58,563 £59,787
90th Percentile £73,750 £72,500 £72,500
England median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% +5.00%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Job postings citing WLAN as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for WLAN in the North West

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Salary Trend in the North West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing WLAN in the North West.

Salary trend for WLAN in the North West

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Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing WLAN in the North West over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Salary histogram for WLAN in the North West

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Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing WLAN within the North West region over the 6 months to 28 April 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Manchester +40 20 £56,250 +9.76% 1
Merseyside +13 7 £61,750 +39.16%
Cheshire - 5 £61,250 -
WLAN
England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 5 (15.63%) Microsoft Exchange
1 5 (15.63%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 16 (50.00%) Azure
2 6 (18.75%) AWS
2 6 (18.75%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (15.63%) Azure DevOps
4 4 (12.50%) SaaS
5 3 (9.38%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 32 (100.00%) LAN
2 19 (59.38%) WAN
3 16 (50.00%) Wireless
4 11 (34.38%) Firewall
4 11 (34.38%) Software-Defined Networking
5 10 (31.25%) Network Security
6 7 (21.88%) NGFW
7 5 (15.63%) SD-WAN
8 4 (12.50%) VPN
9 3 (9.38%) DHCP
9 3 (9.38%) DNS
9 3 (9.38%) VoIP
9 3 (9.38%) Wi-Fi
10 1 (3.13%) BGP
10 1 (3.13%) Cisco ASA
10 1 (3.13%) EIGRP
10 1 (3.13%) HSRP
10 1 (3.13%) OSPF
10 1 (3.13%) SAN
10 1 (3.13%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (9.38%) SQL Server
General
1 9 (28.13%) Social Skills
2 1 (3.13%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (3.13%) Finance
Job Titles
1 9 (28.13%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 8 (25.00%) Network Engineer
3 7 (21.88%) Senior
4 6 (18.75%) IT Engineer
4 6 (18.75%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
5 5 (15.63%) Network Security Engineer
5 5 (15.63%) Security Engineer
6 4 (12.50%) Architect
6 4 (12.50%) Consultant
6 4 (12.50%) Infrastructure Consultant
6 4 (12.50%) Network Architect
6 4 (12.50%) Network Security Architect
6 4 (12.50%) Security Architect
6 4 (12.50%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
6 4 (12.50%) Senior IT Engineer
7 3 (9.38%) Head of Delivery
7 3 (9.38%) Head of Service Delivery
8 2 (6.25%) Firewall Engineer
8 2 (6.25%) Infrastructure Specialist
8 2 (6.25%) Presales Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 11 (34.38%) Data Centre
2 6 (18.75%) Public Cloud
3 5 (15.63%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 8 (25.00%) Windows
2 3 (9.38%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (37.50%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 11 (34.38%) Cloud Security
3 7 (21.88%) Data Centre Operations
3 7 (21.88%) ITIL
3 7 (21.88%) Network Architecture
3 7 (21.88%) Problem-Solving
4 5 (15.63%) DevOps
4 5 (15.63%) Mentoring
4 5 (15.63%) Presales
4 5 (15.63%) Software Delivery
5 4 (12.50%) Business Strategy
5 4 (12.50%) Customer Service
5 4 (12.50%) High Availability
5 4 (12.50%) Process Improvement
5 4 (12.50%) Product Strategy
5 4 (12.50%) Project Management
5 4 (12.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 4 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
6 3 (9.38%) Root Cause Analysis
6 3 (9.38%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 5 (15.63%) Bash
1 5 (15.63%) PowerShell
1 5 (15.63%) Python
1 5 (15.63%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (18.75%) Degree
2 1 (3.13%) CCNA
2 1 (3.13%) CCNP
2 1 (3.13%) Cisco Certification
System Software
1 14 (43.75%) Active Directory
2 9 (28.13%) VMware ESXi
3 5 (15.63%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 9 (28.13%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (3.13%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 21 (65.63%) Cisco
2 12 (37.50%) Palo Alto
3 10 (31.25%) VMware
4 7 (21.88%) Fortinet
5 6 (18.75%) Extreme Networks
5 6 (18.75%) Microsoft
6 5 (15.63%) Aruba
7 4 (12.50%) Veeam
8 3 (9.38%) CrowdStrike
8 3 (9.38%) SolarWinds
9 1 (3.13%) CheckPoint
9 1 (3.13%) Citrix
9 1 (3.13%) HP
9 1 (3.13%) Juniper
9 1 (3.13%) Mitel
9 1 (3.13%) Sophos