Wireless Jobs in the North of England

Wireless
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North of England 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 12 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 232 200 52
Rank change year-on-year -32 -148 +25
Permanent jobs citing Wireless 99 214 1,078
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 0.86% 1.22% 6.26%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 5.32% 9.86% 34.02%
Number of salaries quoted 71 179 144
10th Percentile £26,750 £25,750 £22,000
25th Percentile £28,750 £29,500 £33,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £34,000 £40,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% -11.11% -10.00%
75th Percentile £71,250 £55,000 £51,469
90th Percentile £82,500 £62,500 £62,500
England median annual salary £52,500 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +16.67% - -10.00%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
North of England

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 the North of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,861 2,170 3,169
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 16.10% 12.40% 18.42%
Number of salaries quoted 888 1,660 1,259
10th Percentile £23,504 £25,875 £26,250
25th Percentile £25,087 £31,250 £34,025
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £42,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -23.53% -5.56% -3.23%
75th Percentile £53,750 £61,250 £58,000
90th Percentile £73,791 £72,500 £72,500
England median annual salary £47,500 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year - -5.00% -4.76%

Wireless
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Wireless in the North of England

Wireless
Salary Trend in the North of England

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

Salary trend for Wireless in the North of England

Wireless
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Wireless in the North of England over the 6 months to 12 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Wireless in the North of England

Wireless
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 Wireless within the North of England region over the 6 months to 12 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
Yorkshire +37 50 £30,500 -9.29% 25
North West -74 45 £67,500 +68.75% 48
North East +37 4 £56,599 +45.13% 11
Wireless
England

Wireless
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 12 (12.12%) Microsoft Exchange
1 12 (12.12%) SharePoint
2 9 (9.09%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 9 (9.09%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (3.03%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (3.03%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (4.04%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 23 (23.23%) Microsoft 365
2 12 (12.12%) Azure
3 3 (3.03%) AWS
4 2 (2.02%) IBM Cloud
4 2 (2.02%) Microsoft Copilot
4 2 (2.02%) Mimecast
4 2 (2.02%) Power Platform
5 1 (1.01%) Azure Sentinel
5 1 (1.01%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 29 (29.29%) LAN
2 19 (19.19%) WAN
3 17 (17.17%) Firewall
4 15 (15.15%) TCP/IP
5 13 (13.13%) Cisco Nexus
6 11 (11.11%) Unified Communications
6 11 (11.11%) Wi-Fi
7 10 (10.10%) Cisco IOS
7 10 (10.10%) DHCP
7 10 (10.10%) DNS
7 10 (10.10%) VPN
8 9 (9.09%) Bluetooth
8 9 (9.09%) Skype
9 8 (8.08%) 5G
9 8 (8.08%) BGP
9 8 (8.08%) GSM
9 8 (8.08%) LTE
9 8 (8.08%) OSPF
9 8 (8.08%) UMTS
10 6 (6.06%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.02%) EDMS
1 2 (2.02%) Power BI
1 2 (2.02%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 6 (6.06%) Git
1 6 (6.06%) Jenkins
General
1 18 (18.18%) Analytical Skills
2 15 (15.15%) Electronics
3 14 (14.14%) Law
3 14 (14.14%) Social Skills
4 13 (13.13%) Telecoms
5 9 (9.09%) Finance
5 9 (9.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 6 (6.06%) Aerospace
7 4 (4.04%) Multimedia
8 3 (3.03%) Wearables
9 2 (2.02%) Local Government
9 2 (2.02%) Police
10 1 (1.01%) Retail
Job Titles
1 21 (21.21%) IT Support
1 21 (21.21%) Senior
2 14 (14.14%) Analyst
2 14 (14.14%) Software Engineer
3 11 (11.11%) Senior Software Engineer
4 10 (10.10%) 2nd Line Support
4 10 (10.10%) Consultant
4 10 (10.10%) IT Analyst
4 10 (10.10%) Network Consultant
4 10 (10.10%) Network Engineer
4 10 (10.10%) Senior Consultant
4 10 (10.10%) Senior Network Consultant
5 9 (9.09%) Collaboration Specialist
5 9 (9.09%) IT Support Technician
5 9 (9.09%) IT Technician
5 9 (9.09%) Support Analyst
5 9 (9.09%) Support Technician
6 8 (8.08%) Electronics Engineer
6 8 (8.08%) Electronics Test Engineer
6 8 (8.08%) Test Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 14 (14.14%) Driving Licence
2 9 (9.09%) Digital Signage
2 9 (9.09%) Video Conferencing
3 6 (6.06%) Device Driver
3 6 (6.06%) Embedded Systems
4 5 (5.05%) Analytical Mindset
4 5 (5.05%) CCTV
4 5 (5.05%) Public Cloud
5 4 (4.04%) Data Centre
5 4 (4.04%) Management Information System
5 4 (4.04%) Self-Motivation
6 3 (3.03%) Blackberry
7 2 (2.02%) Enterprise Software
7 2 (2.02%) Housing Association
7 2 (2.02%) HP Storage
7 2 (2.02%) Onboarding
7 2 (2.02%) PKI
7 2 (2.02%) Smart Energy
8 1 (1.01%) Legacy Code
8 1 (1.01%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 35 (35.35%) Windows
2 17 (17.17%) Linux
3 16 (16.16%) Windows 10
3 16 (16.16%) Windows Server
4 14 (14.14%) Mac OS X
5 5 (5.05%) Android
6 2 (2.02%) FreeRTOS
6 2 (2.02%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (19.19%) Problem-Solving
2 16 (16.16%) Service Delivery
3 14 (14.14%) Software Engineering
4 10 (10.10%) Customer Requirements
4 10 (10.10%) Migration
5 9 (9.09%) ITIL
5 9 (9.09%) Mobile Device Management
5 9 (9.09%) User Experience
6 8 (8.08%) Coaching
6 8 (8.08%) High Availability
6 8 (8.08%) Mentoring
6 8 (8.08%) Test Strategy
6 8 (8.08%) Validation
6 8 (8.08%) Verification and Validation
7 7 (7.07%) Customer Service
7 7 (7.07%) Project Delivery
7 7 (7.07%) Service Management
8 6 (6.06%) ITSM
9 5 (5.05%) Incident Management
9 5 (5.05%) Supplier Management
Programming Languages
1 19 (19.19%) SQL
2 16 (16.16%) Python
3 10 (10.10%) C
4 8 (8.08%) C++
5 7 (7.07%) PowerShell
6 2 (2.02%) Assembly Language
6 2 (2.02%) Progress 4GL
7 1 (1.01%) Embedded C
7 1 (1.01%) Embedded C++
Qualifications
1 29 (29.29%) Degree
2 26 (26.26%) Cisco Certification
3 23 (23.23%) CCNP
4 13 (13.13%) Microsoft Certification
5 10 (10.10%) CCIE
5 10 (10.10%) MCSA
6 9 (9.09%) Security Cleared
7 8 (8.08%) HND
8 6 (6.06%) CCNA
9 5 (5.05%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 3 (3.03%) ITIL Certification
10 3 (3.03%) SC Cleared
11 1 (1.01%) JNCIA
11 1 (1.01%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (7.07%) SLA
2 1 (1.01%) IEC 62304
2 1 (1.01%) MISRA
System Software
1 29 (29.29%) Active Directory
2 11 (11.11%) Hyper-V
3 3 (3.03%) Firmware
3 3 (3.03%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 8 (8.08%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (5.05%) AirWatch
2 5 (5.05%) FortiGate
2 5 (5.05%) Kubernetes
2 5 (5.05%) WSUS
3 1 (1.01%) Failover Clustering
3 1 (1.01%) Jamf Pro
3 1 (1.01%) SCCM
3 1 (1.01%) SolarWinds Orion
Vendors
1 36 (36.36%) Cisco
2 28 (28.28%) Microsoft
3 9 (9.09%) Apple
3 9 (9.09%) Mitel
3 9 (9.09%) Polycom
3 9 (9.09%) ShoreTel
4 8 (8.08%) VMware
5 7 (7.07%) Ubiquiti
6 5 (5.05%) Draytek
6 5 (5.05%) Xilinx
7 4 (4.04%) Oracle
8 3 (3.03%) Adobe
8 3 (3.03%) iManage
8 3 (3.03%) Intapp
8 3 (3.03%) Meraki
8 3 (3.03%) ServiceNow
8 3 (3.03%) Veeam
9 2 (2.02%) Dell
9 2 (2.02%) HP
9 2 (2.02%) Sun