Wireless Jobs in the North West

Wireless
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West 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 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 246 165 51
Rank change year-on-year -81 -114 +90
Permanent jobs citing Wireless 44 136 479
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 0.56% 1.31% 6.31%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 3.22% 11.54% 29.79%
Number of salaries quoted 27 122 50
10th Percentile £27,200 £26,250 £33,750
25th Percentile £31,500 £32,563 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £41,500 £46,000
Median % change year-on-year +62.65% -9.78% +6.60%
75th Percentile £77,500 £55,000 £54,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £62,250 £72,500
England median annual salary £49,479 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +9.95% - -10.00%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
North West

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 West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,367 1,179 1,608
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 17.52% 11.40% 21.18%
Number of salaries quoted 435 895 655
10th Percentile £23,000 £26,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £23,504 £31,500 £36,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -27.78% -5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £54,938 £61,250 £60,000
90th Percentile £71,250 £70,800 £72,500
England median annual salary £45,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -4.76%

Wireless
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Wireless in the North West

Wireless
Salary Trend in the North West

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

Salary trend for Wireless in the North West

Wireless
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Wireless in the North West over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Wireless in the North West

Wireless
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 Wireless within the North West region over the 6 months to 30 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
Manchester -3 31 £50,250 +25.63% 42
Lancashire -73 6 £75,000 +36.36% 15
Merseyside +19 2 £80,000 +39.13% 11
Cheshire +2 1 £26,000 -35.00% 25
Cumbria -70 1 £32,000 - 4
Wireless
England

Wireless
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 9 (20.45%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 5 (11.36%) Microsoft Excel
1 5 (11.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (4.55%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 7 (15.91%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (4.55%) Azure
3 1 (2.27%) AWS
3 1 (2.27%) Azure Sentinel
3 1 (2.27%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 9 (20.45%) Skype
1 9 (20.45%) Unified Communications
2 7 (15.91%) LAN
3 5 (11.36%) Software-Defined Radio
4 4 (9.09%) 5G
4 4 (9.09%) Bluetooth
4 4 (9.09%) Cisco Nexus
4 4 (9.09%) Firewall
4 4 (9.09%) GSM
4 4 (9.09%) LTE
4 4 (9.09%) UMTS
4 4 (9.09%) Wi-Fi
5 3 (6.82%) VPN
5 3 (6.82%) WAN
6 2 (4.55%) DHCP
6 2 (4.55%) DNS
6 2 (4.55%) Network Security
6 2 (4.55%) TCP/IP
6 2 (4.55%) VLAN
7 1 (2.27%) ZigBee
Development Applications
1 6 (13.64%) Git
1 6 (13.64%) Jenkins
General
1 13 (29.55%) Analytical Skills
2 12 (27.27%) Telecoms
3 10 (22.73%) Electronics
4 9 (20.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 7 (15.91%) Social Skills
6 6 (13.64%) Aerospace
7 5 (11.36%) Finance
8 1 (2.27%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 15 (34.09%) Senior
2 12 (27.27%) Software Engineer
3 11 (25.00%) Senior Software Engineer
4 9 (20.45%) Collaboration Specialist
5 5 (11.36%) Radio Engineer
5 5 (11.36%) Support Manager
6 4 (9.09%) Consultant
6 4 (9.09%) Electronics Engineer
6 4 (9.09%) Electronics Test Engineer
6 4 (9.09%) IT Support
6 4 (9.09%) Network Consultant
6 4 (9.09%) Senior Consultant
6 4 (9.09%) Senior Network Consultant
6 4 (9.09%) Test Engineer
7 3 (6.82%) 2nd Line Support
7 3 (6.82%) Service Desk Support
8 2 (4.55%) Network Engineer
8 2 (4.55%) Network Technician
8 2 (4.55%) Service Analyst
8 2 (4.55%) Service Desk Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 9 (20.45%) Digital Signage
1 9 (20.45%) Video Conferencing
2 6 (13.64%) Device Driver
3 5 (11.36%) Analytical Mindset
3 5 (11.36%) Blackberry
3 5 (11.36%) Driving Licence
3 5 (11.36%) Embedded Systems
4 1 (2.27%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (2.27%) Smart Energy
Operating Systems
1 8 (18.18%) Windows
2 7 (15.91%) Linux
3 6 (13.64%) Windows 10
4 2 (4.55%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (27.27%) Software Engineering
2 9 (20.45%) Problem-Solving
2 9 (20.45%) User Experience
3 6 (13.64%) High Availability
4 5 (11.36%) Contract Management
4 5 (11.36%) Creative Thinking
4 5 (11.36%) Data Management
4 5 (11.36%) Digital Signal Processing
4 5 (11.36%) ITIL
4 5 (11.36%) Service Management
4 5 (11.36%) Signal Processing
4 5 (11.36%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 5 (11.36%) Supplier Management
5 4 (9.09%) Coaching
5 4 (9.09%) Customer Requirements
5 4 (9.09%) Mentoring
5 4 (9.09%) Migration
5 4 (9.09%) Test Strategy
5 4 (9.09%) Validation
5 4 (9.09%) Verification and Validation
Programming Languages
1 7 (15.91%) C
2 6 (13.64%) C++
2 6 (13.64%) Python
3 1 (2.27%) Assembly Language
Qualifications
1 11 (25.00%) Degree
2 7 (15.91%) Security Cleared
3 6 (13.64%) Cisco Certification
4 5 (11.36%) ITIL Certification
4 5 (11.36%) Microsoft Certification
5 4 (9.09%) CCIE
5 4 (9.09%) CCNP
5 4 (9.09%) HND
6 2 (4.55%) CCNA
6 2 (4.55%) JNCIA
6 2 (4.55%) Network+ Certification
7 1 (2.27%) SC Cleared
System Software
1 3 (6.82%) Hyper-V
2 1 (2.27%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.27%) Firmware
2 1 (2.27%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (2.27%) Jamf Pro
1 1 (2.27%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (2.27%) SCCM
Vendors
1 17 (38.64%) Cisco
2 10 (22.73%) Microsoft
3 9 (20.45%) Mitel
3 9 (20.45%) Polycom
3 9 (20.45%) ShoreTel
4 5 (11.36%) Adobe
4 5 (11.36%) iManage
4 5 (11.36%) Intapp
4 5 (11.36%) ServiceNow
4 5 (11.36%) Xilinx
5 4 (9.09%) Ubiquiti
6 2 (4.55%) Datto
6 2 (4.55%) Juniper
6 2 (4.55%) VMware
7 1 (2.27%) ConnectWise
7 1 (2.27%) Draytek
7 1 (2.27%) ESET
7 1 (2.27%) NETGEAR
7 1 (2.27%) Sophos
7 1 (2.27%) Veeam