Wireless Jobs in Manchester

Wireless
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Manchester 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 28 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 127 135 65
Rank change year-on-year +8 -70 +114
Permanent jobs citing Wireless 30 92 244
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 1.38% 1.71% 5.18%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 11.32% 16.11% 26.73%
Number of salaries quoted 17 86 27
10th Percentile £28,000 £26,000 £36,400
25th Percentile £31,500 £31,625 £43,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £40,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +68.75% -15.79% +7.77%
75th Percentile £71,250 £52,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £75,750 £56,625 £72,500
North West median annual salary £67,500 £41,500 £46,000
% change year-on-year +62.65% -9.78% +6.60%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Manchester

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 requiring communications or computer networking skills in Manchester.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 265 571 913
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 12.20% 10.63% 19.38%
Number of salaries quoted 128 442 389
10th Percentile £23,504 £26,250 £29,285
25th Percentile £31,469 £35,271 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £51,500
Median % change year-on-year - -2.91% +8.42%
75th Percentile £71,250 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £76,250 £75,000
North West median annual salary £32,500 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -27.78% -5.26% +5.56%

Wireless
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

Job postings citing Wireless as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Manchester.

Job vacancy trend for Wireless in Manchester

Wireless
Salary Trend in Manchester

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Wireless in Manchester.

Salary trend for Wireless in Manchester

Wireless
Salary Histogram in Manchester

Salary distribution for jobs citing Wireless in Manchester over the 6 months to 28 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Wireless in Manchester

Wireless
Job Locations in Manchester

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Wireless within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 28 May 2025. 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
Oldham -1 5 £33,000 +20.00%
Wireless
North West

Wireless
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester 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 9 (30.00%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 5 (16.67%) Microsoft Excel
1 5 (16.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (3.33%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 6 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (3.33%) AWS
2 1 (3.33%) Azure
2 1 (3.33%) Azure Sentinel
2 1 (3.33%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 9 (30.00%) Skype
1 9 (30.00%) Unified Communications
2 4 (13.33%) LAN
3 2 (6.67%) Cisco Nexus
3 2 (6.67%) Firewall
3 2 (6.67%) VPN
3 2 (6.67%) WAN
4 1 (3.33%) DHCP
4 1 (3.33%) DNS
4 1 (3.33%) Ethernet
4 1 (3.33%) Network Security
4 1 (3.33%) OSPF
4 1 (3.33%) TCP/IP
4 1 (3.33%) VLAN
4 1 (3.33%) ZigBee
Development Applications
1 6 (20.00%) Git
1 6 (20.00%) Jenkins
General
1 12 (40.00%) Telecoms
2 9 (30.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 7 (23.33%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (20.00%) Aerospace
4 6 (20.00%) Electronics
4 6 (20.00%) Social Skills
5 5 (16.67%) Finance
6 1 (3.33%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 9 (30.00%) Collaboration Specialist
2 8 (26.67%) Senior
3 7 (23.33%) Software Engineer
4 6 (20.00%) Senior Software Engineer
5 5 (16.67%) Support Manager
6 3 (10.00%) 2nd Line Support
6 3 (10.00%) IT Support
6 3 (10.00%) Service Desk Support
7 2 (6.67%) Analyst
7 2 (6.67%) Consultant
7 2 (6.67%) IT Analyst
7 2 (6.67%) Network Consultant
7 2 (6.67%) Senior Consultant
7 2 (6.67%) Senior Network Consultant
7 2 (6.67%) Service Analyst
7 2 (6.67%) Service Desk Analyst
8 1 (3.33%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 1 (3.33%) Junior
8 1 (3.33%) Junior Network Engineer
8 1 (3.33%) Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 9 (30.00%) Digital Signage
1 9 (30.00%) Video Conferencing
2 6 (20.00%) Device Driver
3 5 (16.67%) Blackberry
4 1 (3.33%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (3.33%) Smart Energy
Operating Systems
1 7 (23.33%) Linux
2 6 (20.00%) Windows
2 6 (20.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (30.00%) User Experience
2 7 (23.33%) Software Engineering
3 6 (20.00%) High Availability
4 5 (16.67%) Contract Management
4 5 (16.67%) Data Management
4 5 (16.67%) ITIL
4 5 (16.67%) Service Management
4 5 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 5 (16.67%) Supplier Management
5 2 (6.67%) Migration
5 2 (6.67%) Problem-Solving
6 1 (3.33%) Clean Code
6 1 (3.33%) Collaborative Working
6 1 (3.33%) Continuous Improvement
6 1 (3.33%) Customer Service
6 1 (3.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 1 (3.33%) Infrastructure Management
6 1 (3.33%) Network Management
6 1 (3.33%) SDLC
6 1 (3.33%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 7 (23.33%) C
2 6 (20.00%) C++
2 6 (20.00%) Python
3 1 (3.33%) Assembly Language
Qualifications
1 7 (23.33%) Security Cleared
2 6 (20.00%) Degree
3 5 (16.67%) ITIL Certification
3 5 (16.67%) Microsoft Certification
4 3 (10.00%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (6.67%) CCIE
5 2 (6.67%) CCNP
6 1 (3.33%) CCNA
6 1 (3.33%) JNCIA
6 1 (3.33%) Network+ Certification
6 1 (3.33%) SC Cleared
System Software
1 1 (3.33%) Firmware
1 1 (3.33%) Hyper-V
1 1 (3.33%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (3.33%) Jamf Pro
1 1 (3.33%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (3.33%) SCCM
Vendors
1 12 (40.00%) Cisco
2 9 (30.00%) Mitel
2 9 (30.00%) Polycom
2 9 (30.00%) ShoreTel
3 7 (23.33%) Microsoft
4 5 (16.67%) Adobe
4 5 (16.67%) iManage
4 5 (16.67%) Intapp
4 5 (16.67%) ServiceNow
5 1 (3.33%) Juniper
5 1 (3.33%) Ubiquiti
5 1 (3.33%) VMware