Wi-Fi Jobs in the North West

Wireless Fidelity (WiFi)
England > North West

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West 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 28 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 156 191 224
Rank change year-on-year +35 +33 -12
Permanent jobs citing Wi-Fi 136 119 112
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 1.40% 1.50% 1.19%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 11.90% 7.41% 8.90%
Number of salaries quoted 124 87 96
10th Percentile £25,875 £26,250 £27,875
25th Percentile £29,500 £30,018 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £40,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - -20.00% +17.65%
75th Percentile £52,500 £47,500 £55,175
90th Percentile £70,000 £53,750 £63,500
England median annual salary £42,500 £40,000 £47,000
% change year-on-year +6.25% -14.89% -3.09%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
North West

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 West with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,143 1,607 1,258
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 11.78% 20.30% 13.36%
Number of salaries quoted 874 674 736
10th Percentile £26,000 £26,000 £27,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £36,250 £34,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £47,000 £46,127
Median % change year-on-year -4.26% +1.89% +2.50%
75th Percentile £62,188 £58,563 £59,787
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%

Wi-Fi
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Wi-Fi in the North West

Wi-Fi
Salary Trend in the North West

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

Salary trend for Wi-Fi in the North West

Wi-Fi
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Wi-Fi in the North West over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Wi-Fi in the North West

Wi-Fi
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 Wi-Fi within the North West region over the 6 months to 28 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 86 £40,000 - 8
Merseyside +1 15 £70,000 +86.67% 3
Cheshire -5 13 £24,840 -66.88% 5
Lancashire -5 12 £45,000 +52.54% 5
Cumbria -31 10 £70,000 +100.00% 4
Wi-Fi
England

Wi-Fi
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 5 (3.68%) SharePoint
2 4 (2.94%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
3 3 (2.21%) IIS
Applications
1 12 (8.82%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (2.21%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (1.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (2.94%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (2.21%) Epicor Tropos
Cloud Services
1 35 (25.74%) Microsoft 365
2 23 (16.91%) Azure
3 11 (8.09%) Power Platform
4 9 (6.62%) IaaS
4 9 (6.62%) PaaS
5 8 (5.88%) AWS
6 4 (2.94%) Dynamics 365
6 4 (2.94%) Entra ID
6 4 (2.94%) Google Workspace
7 3 (2.21%) OneDrive
8 2 (1.47%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 67 (49.26%) LAN
2 63 (46.32%) WAN
3 42 (30.88%) DHCP
4 41 (30.15%) Wireless
5 37 (27.21%) MPLS
6 35 (25.74%) Internet
7 33 (24.26%) BGP
7 33 (24.26%) OSPF
8 31 (22.79%) Ethernet
8 31 (22.79%) TCP/IP
9 25 (18.38%) DSL
10 22 (16.18%) Firewall
11 17 (12.50%) DNS
12 11 (8.09%) SD-WAN
12 11 (8.09%) VPN
13 6 (4.41%) Bluetooth
13 6 (4.41%) Broadband
13 6 (4.41%) NGN
14 5 (3.68%) SSL
14 5 (3.68%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (4.41%) SQL Server
2 5 (3.68%) Azure SQL Database
3 3 (2.21%) Crystal Reports
3 3 (2.21%) Power BI
3 3 (2.21%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 2 (1.47%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 7 (5.15%) Git
2 4 (2.94%) Subversion
2 4 (2.94%) Visual Studio
3 1 (0.74%) Eclipse
3 1 (0.74%) JIRA
General
1 46 (33.82%) Social Skills
2 15 (11.03%) Organisational Skills
2 15 (11.03%) Retail
3 13 (9.56%) Analytical Skills
3 13 (9.56%) Telecoms
4 11 (8.09%) Back Office
5 10 (7.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 7 (5.15%) Presentation Skills
7 6 (4.41%) Local Government
8 5 (3.68%) Public Sector
9 4 (2.94%) Documentation Skills
9 4 (2.94%) Electronics
9 4 (2.94%) Finance
10 3 (2.21%) Marketing
11 1 (0.74%) Automotive
11 1 (0.74%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 33 (24.26%) Network Engineer
2 21 (15.44%) Support Engineer
3 20 (14.71%) IP Engineer
3 20 (14.71%) IP Network Engineer
3 20 (14.71%) IT Support
4 14 (10.29%) Cisco Engineer
4 14 (10.29%) Cisco Network Engineer
4 14 (10.29%) IT Engineer
4 14 (10.29%) Juniper Engineer
5 12 (8.82%) IT Support Engineer
5 12 (8.82%) Network Support
6 11 (8.09%) 2nd Line Support
6 11 (8.09%) Project Manager
7 9 (6.62%) Senior
8 8 (5.88%) 1st/2nd Line Support
8 8 (5.88%) 1st/2nd Line Support Engineer
8 8 (5.88%) 2nd Line Engineer
8 8 (5.88%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
8 8 (5.88%) Lead
9 6 (4.41%) Head of IT
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.21%) SignalR
Miscellaneous
1 16 (11.76%) Driving Licence
1 16 (11.76%) Management Information System
2 12 (8.82%) Onboarding
3 10 (7.35%) EPoS
4 8 (5.88%) CCTV
5 7 (5.15%) Video Conferencing
6 6 (4.41%) NHS
7 3 (2.21%) Fibre Optics
7 3 (2.21%) IoT
8 1 (0.74%) Data Centre
8 1 (0.74%) Hybrid Cloud
8 1 (0.74%) NB-IoT
Operating Systems
1 38 (27.94%) Windows
2 19 (13.97%) VyOS
3 16 (11.76%) Windows Server
4 10 (7.35%) Linux
4 10 (7.35%) Windows 10
5 3 (2.21%) Android
6 2 (1.47%) Mac OS
6 2 (1.47%) Windows Server 2016
6 2 (1.47%) Windows Server 2019
6 2 (1.47%) Windows XP
7 1 (0.74%) Embedded Linux
7 1 (0.74%) FreeRTOS
7 1 (0.74%) ThreadX
Processes & Methodologies
1 52 (38.24%) Customer Service
2 22 (16.18%) Problem-Solving
3 21 (15.44%) Project Management
4 16 (11.76%) Disaster Recovery
5 13 (9.56%) Cybersecurity
5 13 (9.56%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 11 (8.09%) Project Planning
7 10 (7.35%) Project Delivery
8 9 (6.62%) ITIL
8 9 (6.62%) Mentoring
8 9 (6.62%) Proactive Maintenance
8 9 (6.62%) Software Testing
8 9 (6.62%) Stakeholder Management
9 8 (5.88%) Coaching
9 8 (5.88%) Continuous Improvement
10 7 (5.15%) Asset Management
10 7 (5.15%) Computer Science
10 7 (5.15%) Information Security
10 7 (5.15%) PRINCE2
11 6 (4.41%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 11 (8.09%) SQL
2 8 (5.88%) C#
3 5 (3.68%) C
4 3 (2.21%) Embedded C
5 2 (1.47%) PowerShell
6 1 (0.74%) Python
Qualifications
1 34 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
2 28 (20.59%) CCNA
3 25 (18.38%) JNCIA
4 15 (11.03%) Degree
5 8 (5.88%) DBS Check
5 8 (5.88%) Security Cleared
6 7 (5.15%) BPSS Clearance
6 7 (5.15%) Microsoft Certification
7 6 (4.41%) CCDP
7 6 (4.41%) CCNP
7 6 (4.41%) JNCIP
7 6 (4.41%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 4 (2.94%) A+ Certification
8 4 (2.94%) Master's Degree
8 4 (2.94%) Network+ Certification
9 3 (2.21%) CISSP
9 3 (2.21%) MCSE
10 1 (0.74%) PMI Certification
10 1 (0.74%) PMP
10 1 (0.74%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (13.24%) SLA
2 11 (8.09%) PCI DSS
3 4 (2.94%) GDPR
4 1 (0.74%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (0.74%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (0.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 23 (16.91%) Active Directory
2 9 (6.62%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (5.88%) Hyper-V
4 7 (5.15%) KVM
5 2 (1.47%) Virtual Servers
6 1 (0.74%) Embedded Firmware
6 1 (0.74%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 5 (3.68%) Terraform
2 4 (2.94%) Autotask
3 2 (1.47%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 49 (36.03%) Microsoft
2 45 (33.09%) Cisco
3 34 (25.00%) Juniper
4 31 (22.79%) Nokia
5 30 (22.06%) Fortinet
6 28 (20.59%) Ruckus Wireless
7 19 (13.97%) Vyatta
8 12 (8.82%) Veeam
9 11 (8.09%) Dell
10 9 (6.62%) VMware
11 8 (5.88%) Aruba
11 8 (5.88%) Datto
11 8 (5.88%) HP
11 8 (5.88%) Ubiquiti
12 4 (2.94%) Meraki
12 4 (2.94%) SolarWinds
13 3 (2.21%) Epicor
13 3 (2.21%) Xamarin
14 2 (1.47%) Citrix
14 2 (1.47%) Sophos