Wireless Jobs in the Midlands

Wireless
England > Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Midlands 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 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 183 58 127
Rank change year-on-year -125 +69 +73
Permanent jobs citing Wireless 145 528 287
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 1.25% 5.49% 2.65%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 9.13% 30.68% 16.68%
Number of salaries quoted 121 74 98
10th Percentile £23,000 £20,750 £24,000
25th Percentile £28,750 £27,780 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £35,000 £39,383
Median % change year-on-year +28.57% -11.13% -1.54%
75th Percentile £58,750 £48,750 £57,500
90th Percentile £72,500 £50,975 £72,500
England median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - -10.00% -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Midlands

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 Midlands with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,588 1,721 1,721
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 13.64% 17.88% 15.86%
Number of salaries quoted 1,290 728 1,089
10th Percentile £25,000 £26,000 £25,000
25th Percentile £30,500 £31,283 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £43,375 £43,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.02% -0.29% -3.33%
75th Percentile £54,750 £61,250 £57,500
90th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £70,850
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 Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Wireless in the Midlands

Wireless
Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

Salary trend for Wireless in the Midlands

Wireless
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Wireless in the Midlands over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Wireless in the Midlands

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Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Wireless within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 27 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
West Midlands -86 101 £51,250 +57.69% 18
East Midlands -114 38 £39,000 -13.33% 15
Wireless
England

Wireless
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 7 (4.83%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (2.07%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.69%) BizTalk Server
3 1 (0.69%) Exchange Server 2007
Applications
1 16 (11.03%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.69%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.69%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.69%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (0.69%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (0.69%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 42 (28.97%) Azure
2 23 (15.86%) Microsoft 365
3 15 (10.34%) AWS
4 14 (9.66%) Entra ID
5 5 (3.45%) GitHub
5 5 (3.45%) IaaS
6 3 (2.07%) Cloud Computing
7 2 (1.38%) ClickUp
7 2 (1.38%) Microsoft Purview
8 1 (0.69%) GCP
8 1 (0.69%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 50 (34.48%) WAN
2 44 (30.34%) Firewall
2 44 (30.34%) LAN
3 43 (29.66%) SD-WAN
4 38 (26.21%) Wi-Fi
5 23 (15.86%) DNS
6 22 (15.17%) DHCP
7 21 (14.48%) Bluetooth
8 20 (13.79%) VPN
9 19 (13.10%) MPLS
10 18 (12.41%) TCP/IP
10 18 (12.41%) VLAN
11 16 (11.03%) Broadband
12 15 (10.34%) OSPF
13 14 (9.66%) VoIP
14 12 (8.28%) SAN
14 12 (8.28%) ZigBee
15 10 (6.90%) BGP
15 10 (6.90%) RS-232
15 10 (6.90%) RS-485
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (4.14%) PostgreSQL
2 5 (3.45%) SQL Server
3 2 (1.38%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (0.69%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.69%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.69%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (0.69%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 8 (5.52%) JIRA
2 5 (3.45%) Jenkins
3 4 (2.76%) Git
3 4 (2.76%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 26 (17.93%) Social Skills
2 22 (15.17%) Finance
3 19 (13.10%) Retail
4 16 (11.03%) Electronics
5 8 (5.52%) Automotive
5 8 (5.52%) Local Government
6 7 (4.83%) Analytical Skills
7 4 (2.76%) Telecoms
8 3 (2.07%) Manufacturing
9 2 (1.38%) Fire and Rescue
9 2 (1.38%) Games
9 2 (1.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (1.38%) Marketing
9 2 (1.38%) Public Sector
10 1 (0.69%) Billing
10 1 (0.69%) Law
10 1 (0.69%) Legal
10 1 (0.69%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 34 (23.45%) Senior
2 27 (18.62%) IT Support
3 20 (13.79%) Network Engineer
4 18 (12.41%) Embedded Engineer
5 16 (11.03%) IT Technician
6 15 (10.34%) Architect
6 15 (10.34%) Software Engineer
6 15 (10.34%) Support Technician
7 14 (9.66%) Embedded Software Engineer
7 14 (9.66%) IT Support Technician
8 13 (8.97%) Senior Network Engineer
8 13 (8.97%) Support Engineer
9 12 (8.28%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 12 (8.28%) IT Engineer
10 10 (6.90%) Solutions Architect
11 9 (6.21%) Analyst
12 8 (5.52%) IP Architect
12 8 (5.52%) IT Support Engineer
12 8 (5.52%) Network Manager
13 7 (4.83%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.69%) .NET
1 1 (0.69%) .NET Core
1 1 (0.69%) ASP.NET
1 1 (0.69%) ASP.NET MVC
1 1 (0.69%) ASP.NET Web API
1 1 (0.69%) Node.js
1 1 (0.69%) WPF
1 1 (0.69%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 27 (18.62%) Driving Licence
2 15 (10.34%) IoT
3 10 (6.90%) CCTV
3 10 (6.90%) Data Centre
4 7 (4.83%) ARM Cortex
4 7 (4.83%) FMCG
5 6 (4.14%) Self-Motivation
6 5 (3.45%) Embedded Systems
6 5 (3.45%) Smart Home
7 3 (2.07%) Cyber Threat
7 3 (2.07%) Public Cloud
8 2 (1.38%) EPoS
8 2 (1.38%) Fibre Optics
8 2 (1.38%) Private Cloud
8 2 (1.38%) PropTech
9 1 (0.69%) Analogue Electronics
9 1 (0.69%) Device Driver
9 1 (0.69%) Greenfield Project
9 1 (0.69%) Replication
9 1 (0.69%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 34 (23.45%) Windows
2 18 (12.41%) Windows Server
3 9 (6.21%) Linux
4 5 (3.45%) Android
4 5 (3.45%) FreeRTOS
4 5 (3.45%) ThreadX
5 4 (2.76%) Mac OS X
6 3 (2.07%) Apple iOS
6 3 (2.07%) Mac OS
7 2 (1.38%) Unix
7 2 (1.38%) Windows 10
7 2 (1.38%) Windows Server 2008
7 2 (1.38%) Windows Server 2012
7 2 (1.38%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.69%) Embedded Linux
8 1 (0.69%) Windows 7
8 1 (0.69%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (23.45%) Problem-Solving
2 29 (20.00%) Agile
3 28 (19.31%) ITIL
4 20 (13.79%) Software Engineering
5 18 (12.41%) Project Delivery
6 17 (11.72%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 16 (11.03%) Kalman Filter
8 12 (8.28%) Change Management
9 10 (6.90%) Customer Service
9 10 (6.90%) Network Architecture
10 9 (6.21%) High Availability
10 9 (6.21%) Programme Management
10 9 (6.21%) Roadmaps
11 8 (5.52%) Business Development
11 8 (5.52%) Coaching
11 8 (5.52%) Mentoring
11 8 (5.52%) Network Virtualisation
11 8 (5.52%) Service Management
12 7 (4.83%) Business Analysis
12 7 (4.83%) Demand Management
Programming Languages
1 19 (13.10%) C
2 9 (6.21%) PowerShell
3 6 (4.14%) C++
3 6 (4.14%) Embedded C
3 6 (4.14%) Python
3 6 (4.14%) SQL
4 1 (0.69%) Bash
4 1 (0.69%) JavaScript
4 1 (0.69%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 28 (19.31%) Cisco Certification
2 24 (16.55%) CCNP
3 20 (13.79%) Security Cleared
4 18 (12.41%) CCNA
5 17 (11.72%) SC Cleared
6 12 (8.28%) CCIE
7 9 (6.21%) Degree
8 8 (5.52%) AWS Certification
8 8 (5.52%) CCSA
9 7 (4.83%) CCDP
9 7 (4.83%) CCIE Routing and Switching
10 6 (4.14%) Azure Certification
10 6 (4.14%) Microsoft Certification
11 4 (2.76%) MCSE
12 3 (2.07%) BPSS Clearance
12 3 (2.07%) ITIL Certification
13 2 (1.38%) A+ Certification
13 2 (1.38%) CompTIA Security+
13 2 (1.38%) DBS Check
13 2 (1.38%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (8.28%) Cyber Essentials
2 8 (5.52%) ISO/IEC 20000
2 8 (5.52%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 6 (4.14%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 6 (4.14%) SLA
4 5 (3.45%) MISRA
4 5 (3.45%) QA
5 4 (2.76%) Automotive SPICE
5 4 (2.76%) AUTOSAR
6 3 (2.07%) JTAG
7 2 (1.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (1.38%) NIST
System Software
1 27 (18.62%) Active Directory
2 23 (15.86%) Firmware
3 16 (11.03%) VMware Infrastructure
4 15 (10.34%) Hyper-V
5 6 (4.14%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (2.07%) vSphere
7 1 (0.69%) Embedded Firmware
7 1 (0.69%) NFS
Systems Management
1 9 (6.21%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (4.14%) SmoothWall
3 4 (2.76%) SCCM
4 3 (2.07%) Ansible
4 3 (2.07%) Terraform
5 2 (1.38%) Nagios
5 2 (1.38%) PaperCut
6 1 (0.69%) Autotask
6 1 (0.69%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 54 (37.24%) Cisco
2 39 (26.90%) Microsoft
3 23 (15.86%) VMware
4 22 (15.17%) Fortinet
5 21 (14.48%) Juniper
6 19 (13.10%) CheckPoint
7 17 (11.72%) Meraki
8 15 (10.34%) Aruba
9 12 (8.28%) Veeam
10 10 (6.90%) Apple
10 10 (6.90%) Palo Alto
11 9 (6.21%) HP
12 8 (5.52%) Ekahau
12 8 (5.52%) Ruckus Wireless
13 6 (4.14%) Sophos
14 5 (3.45%) Dell
14 5 (3.45%) F5
15 4 (2.76%) Barracuda Networks
15 4 (2.76%) SonicWALL
16 3 (2.07%) SolarWinds