Wireless Jobs in the North West

Wireless
England > North West

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West with a requirement for Wireless skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Wireless over the 6 months to 26 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 164 53 117
Rank change year-on-year -111 +64 +50
Permanent jobs citing Wireless 129 493 270
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 1.33% 6.18% 2.87%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 11.26% 30.56% 21.58%
Number of salaries quoted 117 63 95
10th Percentile £26,250 £28,625 £30,500
25th Percentile £32,750 £33,750 £35,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +5.88% -1.16%
75th Percentile £55,000 £49,375 £56,250
90th Percentile £60,250 £72,350 £68,750
England median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - -10.00% -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
North West

Wireless 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 1,146 1,613 1,251
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 11.80% 20.22% 13.30%
Number of salaries quoted 878 679 733
10th Percentile £26,000 £26,000 £26,750
25th Percentile £31,250 £36,125 £34,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £47,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.26% +4.44% -
75th Percentile £61,250 £58,750 £58,750
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%

Wireless
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Wireless in the North West

Wireless
Salary Trend in the North West

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

Salary trend for Wireless in the North West

Wireless
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Wireless in the North West over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Wireless in the North West

Wireless
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 Wireless within the North West region over the 6 months to 26 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 -59 91 £40,000 -13.04% 14
Merseyside -49 16 £57,500 +25.35%
Lancashire -51 16 £55,000 - 4
Cheshire -61 4 £40,000 +14.29% 6
Cumbria -29 2 £32,000 -28.89% 4
Wireless
England

Wireless
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 11 (8.53%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (2.33%) IIS
3 2 (1.55%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
4 1 (0.78%) SharePoint
Applications
1 11 (8.53%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.55%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.55%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 27 (20.93%) Microsoft 365
2 16 (12.40%) Azure
3 8 (6.20%) AWS
4 6 (4.65%) GCP
5 3 (2.33%) Entra ID
6 2 (1.55%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 2 (1.55%) Cloud Computing
6 2 (1.55%) Dropbox
6 2 (1.55%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (0.78%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 72 (55.81%) LAN
2 58 (44.96%) WAN
3 41 (31.78%) Wi-Fi
4 36 (27.91%) TCP/IP
5 32 (24.81%) DHCP
6 31 (24.03%) Firewall
6 31 (24.03%) Internet
7 30 (23.26%) BGP
7 30 (23.26%) OSPF
8 29 (22.48%) MPLS
9 25 (19.38%) DSL
9 25 (19.38%) Ethernet
10 16 (12.40%) WLAN
11 13 (10.08%) DNS
12 11 (8.53%) Network Security
12 11 (8.53%) SD-WAN
12 11 (8.53%) Software-Defined Networking
13 8 (6.20%) VoIP
14 7 (5.43%) NGFW
14 7 (5.43%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.33%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.78%) MySQL
2 1 (0.78%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (0.78%) RDBMS
2 1 (0.78%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 9 (6.98%) Git
2 3 (2.33%) Burp Suite
2 3 (2.33%) Metasploit
3 2 (1.55%) GDB
3 2 (1.55%) Subversion
General
1 30 (23.26%) Social Skills
2 12 (9.30%) Finance
3 10 (7.75%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (6.20%) Public Sector
5 7 (5.43%) Manufacturing
6 5 (3.88%) Organisational Skills
7 4 (3.10%) Back Office
7 4 (3.10%) Electronics
7 4 (3.10%) Telecoms
8 3 (2.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (1.55%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (1.55%) Law
9 2 (1.55%) Retail
10 1 (0.78%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 38 (29.46%) Network Engineer
2 23 (17.83%) IT Support
3 19 (14.73%) IP Engineer
3 19 (14.73%) IP Network Engineer
4 17 (13.18%) Support Technician
5 16 (12.40%) IT Support Technician
5 16 (12.40%) IT Technician
6 14 (10.85%) Senior
7 13 (10.08%) Cisco Engineer
7 13 (10.08%) Cisco Network Engineer
7 13 (10.08%) Juniper Engineer
8 12 (9.30%) Network Support
8 12 (9.30%) Support Engineer
9 11 (8.53%) Embedded Engineer
10 8 (6.20%) Senior Embedded Engineer
11 7 (5.43%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 7 (5.43%) IT Engineer
11 7 (5.43%) Senior Systems Engineer
11 7 (5.43%) Systems Engineer
12 6 (4.65%) Network Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.55%) HTML
1 2 (1.55%) HTML5
1 2 (1.55%) React
1 2 (1.55%) Redux
2 1 (0.78%) Wayland
Miscellaneous
1 15 (11.63%) Data Centre
2 14 (10.85%) Driving Licence
3 10 (7.75%) CCTV
3 10 (7.75%) Embedded Systems
4 8 (6.20%) Onboarding
5 6 (4.65%) IoT
6 4 (3.10%) Management Information System
7 3 (2.33%) FPGA
7 3 (2.33%) Mobile App
7 3 (2.33%) Operational Technology
8 2 (1.55%) Cyber Defence
8 2 (1.55%) Public Cloud
9 1 (0.78%) Algorithms
9 1 (0.78%) Cybercrime
9 1 (0.78%) iPhone
9 1 (0.78%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 35 (27.13%) Windows
2 25 (19.38%) Windows Server
3 19 (14.73%) VyOS
4 11 (8.53%) Linux
5 8 (6.20%) Android
6 4 (3.10%) Apple iOS
7 3 (2.33%) Kali Linux
7 3 (2.33%) Windows Server 2016
8 2 (1.55%) Mac OS
8 2 (1.55%) Windows 10
8 2 (1.55%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.78%) CentOS
9 1 (0.78%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.78%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (27.13%) Customer Service
2 27 (20.93%) Problem-Solving
3 14 (10.85%) Cloud Security
4 11 (8.53%) ITIL
5 10 (7.75%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 10 (7.75%) Software Testing
6 9 (6.98%) Agile
6 9 (6.98%) Coaching
6 9 (6.98%) Mentoring
7 8 (6.20%) Stakeholder Management
8 7 (5.43%) Data Centre Operations
8 7 (5.43%) Disaster Recovery
8 7 (5.43%) Network Architecture
8 7 (5.43%) Software Architecture
9 6 (4.65%) Project Management
10 5 (3.88%) Client Onboarding
10 5 (3.88%) Containerisation
10 5 (3.88%) Cybersecurity
10 5 (3.88%) Data Privacy
10 5 (3.88%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 13 (10.08%) C
2 8 (6.20%) Python
3 7 (5.43%) PowerShell
4 6 (4.65%) Java
5 5 (3.88%) C#
6 4 (3.10%) C++
6 4 (3.10%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.78%) Bash
7 1 (0.78%) Embedded C
7 1 (0.78%) MATLAB
7 1 (0.78%) Perl
Qualifications
1 38 (29.46%) Cisco Certification
2 35 (27.13%) CCNA
3 25 (19.38%) JNCIA
4 9 (6.98%) Degree
4 9 (6.98%) Security Cleared
5 8 (6.20%) SC Cleared
6 6 (4.65%) CCNP
6 6 (4.65%) DBS Check
7 5 (3.88%) AWS Certification
8 3 (2.33%) CREST Certified
8 3 (2.33%) ITIL Certification
8 3 (2.33%) OSCE
8 3 (2.33%) OSCP
9 2 (1.55%) Chartered Engineer
10 1 (0.78%) Azure Certification
10 1 (0.78%) CCIE
10 1 (0.78%) Computer Science Degree
10 1 (0.78%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (1.55%) SLA
2 1 (0.78%) Accessibility
System Software
1 20 (15.50%) Active Directory
2 10 (7.75%) Hyper-V
3 8 (6.20%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (5.43%) Embedded Firmware
4 7 (5.43%) Firmware
5 4 (3.10%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (1.55%) VMware NSX
6 2 (1.55%) vSphere
7 1 (0.78%) Docker
7 1 (0.78%) Dovecot
7 1 (0.78%) Postfix
7 1 (0.78%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 11 (8.53%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (2.33%) Nessus
2 3 (2.33%) Nmap
3 2 (1.55%) Ansible
4 1 (0.78%) FortiGate
4 1 (0.78%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.78%) SCCM
Vendors
1 50 (38.76%) Cisco
2 35 (27.13%) Fortinet
3 31 (24.03%) Microsoft
4 29 (22.48%) Juniper
5 28 (21.71%) Ruckus Wireless
6 25 (19.38%) Nokia
7 19 (14.73%) Vyatta
8 16 (12.40%) VMware
9 13 (10.08%) Palo Alto
10 12 (9.30%) Apple
11 10 (7.75%) Meraki
12 6 (4.65%) Ubiquiti
13 4 (3.10%) Citrix
13 4 (3.10%) HP
14 3 (2.33%) Aruba
14 3 (2.33%) CheckPoint
14 3 (2.33%) Dell
14 3 (2.33%) Extreme Networks
14 3 (2.33%) F5
14 3 (2.33%) Qualys