Wi-Fi Jobs in the North of England

Wireless Fidelity (WiFi)
England > North of England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North of England with a requirement for Wi-Fi skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Wi-Fi 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 171 251 235
Rank change year-on-year +80 -16 -63
Permanent jobs citing Wi-Fi 246 201 259
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 1.43% 1.15% 1.44%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 11.43% 6.29% 9.17%
Number of salaries quoted 204 141 222
10th Percentile £25,000 £26,250 £28,000
25th Percentile £29,500 £29,285 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £40,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year - -11.11% -21.74%
75th Percentile £47,500 £47,500 £57,479
90th Percentile £70,000 £52,500 £72,500
England median annual salary £42,500 £40,000 £46,625
% change year-on-year +6.25% -14.21% -1.84%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
North of England

Wi-Fi 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 of England with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 2,153 3,197 2,823
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 12.48% 18.27% 15.67%
Number of salaries quoted 1,652 1,294 1,727
10th Percentile £25,875 £26,000 £26,750
25th Percentile £31,250 £33,750 £34,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% - -
75th Percentile £61,250 £57,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £72,500 £72,500 £73,675
England median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% +5.00%

Wi-Fi
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings citing Wi-Fi as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for Wi-Fi in the North of England

Wi-Fi
Salary Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Wi-Fi in the North of England.

Salary trend for Wi-Fi in the North of England

Wi-Fi
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Wi-Fi in the North of England over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Wi-Fi in the North of England

Wi-Fi
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Wi-Fi within the North of England 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
North West +33 136 £40,000 - 24
Yorkshire +118 90 £38,000 +10.14% 17
North East +1 24 £42,500 +8.97% 5
Wi-Fi
England

Wi-Fi
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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 14 (5.69%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (2.03%) IIS
2 5 (2.03%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.63%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications
1 28 (11.38%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.22%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.81%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (1.63%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (1.22%) Epicor Tropos
Cloud Services
1 91 (36.99%) Microsoft 365
2 52 (21.14%) Azure
3 16 (6.50%) IaaS
4 15 (6.10%) Entra ID
5 13 (5.28%) PaaS
6 12 (4.88%) AWS
7 11 (4.47%) Power Platform
8 8 (3.25%) OneDrive
9 6 (2.44%) Google Workspace
9 6 (2.44%) SaaS
10 5 (2.03%) Dynamics 365
11 3 (1.22%) Cloud Computing
12 2 (0.81%) GCP
13 1 (0.41%) GitHub
13 1 (0.41%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 119 (48.37%) LAN
2 113 (45.93%) WAN
3 67 (27.24%) Firewall
4 58 (23.58%) Wireless
5 57 (23.17%) DHCP
6 46 (18.70%) Internet
7 43 (17.48%) VPN
8 39 (15.85%) MPLS
9 34 (13.82%) TCP/IP
10 33 (13.41%) BGP
10 33 (13.41%) OSPF
11 31 (12.60%) Ethernet
12 29 (11.79%) DNS
13 25 (10.16%) DSL
13 25 (10.16%) VoIP
14 18 (7.32%) Network Security
15 15 (6.10%) 4G
16 13 (5.28%) SAN
16 13 (5.28%) VLAN
17 12 (4.88%) 3G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (3.25%) SQL Server
2 5 (2.03%) Azure SQL Database
3 3 (1.22%) Crystal Reports
3 3 (1.22%) Power BI
3 3 (1.22%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 2 (0.81%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 7 (2.85%) Git
2 4 (1.63%) Subversion
2 4 (1.63%) Visual Studio
3 1 (0.41%) Eclipse
3 1 (0.41%) JIRA
General
1 90 (36.59%) Social Skills
2 24 (9.76%) Public Sector
3 19 (7.72%) Organisational Skills
3 19 (7.72%) Retail
4 18 (7.32%) Analytical Skills
5 13 (5.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 13 (5.28%) Telecoms
6 12 (4.88%) Back Office
6 12 (4.88%) Mandarin Language
7 9 (3.66%) Documentation Skills
8 7 (2.85%) Finance
8 7 (2.85%) Manufacturing
8 7 (2.85%) Presentation Skills
9 6 (2.44%) French Language
9 6 (2.44%) German Language
9 6 (2.44%) Italian Language
9 6 (2.44%) Portuguese Language
9 6 (2.44%) Spanish Language
9 6 (2.44%) Swedish Language
9 6 (2.44%) Turkish Language
Job Titles
1 49 (19.92%) Network Engineer
2 33 (13.41%) IT Support
3 29 (11.79%) IT Engineer
4 28 (11.38%) Support Engineer
5 23 (9.35%) Senior
6 22 (8.94%) Analyst
7 20 (8.13%) 2nd Line Support
7 20 (8.13%) IP Engineer
7 20 (8.13%) IP Network Engineer
8 16 (6.50%) Embedded Engineer
8 16 (6.50%) Embedded Software Engineer
8 16 (6.50%) Software Engineer
9 15 (6.10%) Lead
10 14 (5.69%) 2nd Line Engineer
10 14 (5.69%) Cisco Engineer
10 14 (5.69%) Cisco Network Engineer
10 14 (5.69%) IT Support Engineer
10 14 (5.69%) Juniper Engineer
11 13 (5.28%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 13 (5.28%) Network Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (4.88%) REST
2 3 (1.22%) SignalR
3 2 (0.81%) .NET
4 1 (0.41%) WF
Miscellaneous
1 29 (11.79%) Driving Licence
2 20 (8.13%) Management Information System
3 14 (5.69%) Data Centre
3 14 (5.69%) Self-Motivation
4 12 (4.88%) Onboarding
5 11 (4.47%) EPoS
6 8 (3.25%) CCTV
7 7 (2.85%) Video Conferencing
8 6 (2.44%) Clustering
8 6 (2.44%) IoT
8 6 (2.44%) NHS
9 3 (1.22%) Fibre Optics
9 3 (1.22%) Mobile App
9 3 (1.22%) Private Cloud
9 3 (1.22%) PropTech
10 2 (0.81%) Public Cloud
10 2 (0.81%) Team-Oriented Environment
11 1 (0.41%) Hybrid Cloud
11 1 (0.41%) NB-IoT
Operating Systems
1 82 (33.33%) Windows
2 49 (19.92%) Windows Server
3 26 (10.57%) Linux
4 19 (7.72%) VyOS
5 18 (7.32%) Windows 10
6 17 (6.91%) Windows Server 2019
7 13 (5.28%) Embedded Linux
8 11 (4.47%) Windows Server 2016
9 8 (3.25%) Mac OS
10 7 (2.85%) Windows Server 2012
11 3 (1.22%) Android
11 3 (1.22%) Windows Server 2008
12 2 (0.81%) Ubuntu
12 2 (0.81%) VMS
12 2 (0.81%) Windows XP
13 1 (0.41%) FreeRTOS
13 1 (0.41%) ThreadX
Processes & Methodologies
1 57 (23.17%) Customer Service
2 49 (19.92%) Problem-Solving
3 31 (12.60%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 27 (10.98%) Project Management
5 26 (10.57%) User Experience
6 24 (9.76%) Disaster Recovery
7 22 (8.94%) Agile
7 22 (8.94%) Cybersecurity
8 21 (8.54%) Software Testing
9 17 (6.91%) Software Engineering
10 16 (6.50%) Service Delivery
11 15 (6.10%) Continuous Improvement
11 15 (6.10%) ITIL
12 13 (5.28%) OO
12 13 (5.28%) Project Delivery
12 13 (5.28%) Roadmaps
13 12 (4.88%) Network Architecture
13 12 (4.88%) OOD
13 12 (4.88%) Preventative Maintenance
13 12 (4.88%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 17 (6.91%) C
2 13 (5.28%) SQL
3 12 (4.88%) C++
3 12 (4.88%) JavaScript
4 8 (3.25%) C#
4 8 (3.25%) PowerShell
5 3 (1.22%) Embedded C
6 1 (0.41%) Python
Qualifications
1 51 (20.73%) Cisco Certification
2 30 (12.20%) CCNA
3 27 (10.98%) Degree
4 25 (10.16%) JNCIA
5 19 (7.72%) CCNP
6 16 (6.50%) CISSP
7 15 (6.10%) CCIE
8 10 (4.07%) DBS Check
9 9 (3.66%) Microsoft Certification
10 8 (3.25%) Network+ Certification
10 8 (3.25%) Security Cleared
11 7 (2.85%) BPSS Clearance
12 6 (2.44%) CCDP
12 6 (2.44%) Computer Science Degree
12 6 (2.44%) JNCIP
12 6 (2.44%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
13 5 (2.03%) MCSE
14 4 (1.63%) A+ Certification
14 4 (1.63%) Master's Degree
15 2 (0.81%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (10.57%) SLA
2 16 (6.50%) GDPR
3 11 (4.47%) PCI DSS
4 3 (1.22%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (0.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (0.81%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (0.41%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 61 (24.80%) Active Directory
2 22 (8.94%) VMware Infrastructure
3 18 (7.32%) Hyper-V
4 7 (2.85%) KVM
4 7 (2.85%) VMware ESXi
5 5 (2.03%) Firmware
6 4 (1.63%) vSphere
7 2 (0.81%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.41%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 16 (6.50%) Microsoft Intune
2 9 (3.66%) Autotask
2 9 (3.66%) SCCM
2 9 (3.66%) vCenter Server
3 6 (2.44%) Failover Clustering
3 6 (2.44%) Jamf Pro
3 6 (2.44%) Terraform
4 4 (1.63%) Backup Exec
5 2 (0.81%) ZABBIX
6 1 (0.41%) Ansible
6 1 (0.41%) FortiGate
6 1 (0.41%) SCOM
Vendors
1 89 (36.18%) Microsoft
2 73 (29.67%) Cisco
3 41 (16.67%) VMware
4 34 (13.82%) Juniper
5 31 (12.60%) Fortinet
5 31 (12.60%) Nokia
6 28 (11.38%) Ruckus Wireless
7 23 (9.35%) Meraki
8 22 (8.94%) Aruba
9 21 (8.54%) Palo Alto
10 19 (7.72%) Veeam
10 19 (7.72%) Vyatta
11 13 (5.28%) Datto
12 11 (4.47%) Dell
13 8 (3.25%) Apple
13 8 (3.25%) HP
13 8 (3.25%) Ubiquiti
14 6 (2.44%) SolarWinds
15 5 (2.03%) Google
16 4 (1.63%) NetApp