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 18 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 254 169 48
Rank change year-on-year -85 -121 +85
Permanent jobs citing Wireless 45 131 490
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 0.56% 1.32% 6.35%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 3.29% 11.27% 30.38%
Number of salaries quoted 28 119 59
10th Percentile £30,900 £26,250 £33,250
25th Percentile £31,500 £32,500 £37,519
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £40,000 £46,000
Median % change year-on-year +68.75% -13.04% +4.37%
75th Percentile £77,500 £55,000 £54,125
90th Percentile £82,500 £58,750 £72,500
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 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 1,162 1,613
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 16.95% 11.67% 20.89%
Number of salaries quoted 451 883 679
10th Percentile - £26,000 £26,200
25th Percentile £23,504 £31,375 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,000 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -26.67% -5.26% -
75th Percentile £57,500 £61,250 £59,000
90th Percentile £72,500 £73,500 £73,691
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 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 18 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 18 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 -13 31 £62,500 +56.25% 21
Lancashire -80 6 £75,000 +36.36% 15
Merseyside +19 3 £80,000 +39.13% 7
Cheshire +1 1 £42,500 +6.25% 8
Cumbria -71 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 (20.00%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 4 (8.89%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (8.89%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (2.22%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 6 (13.33%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (4.44%) AWS
2 2 (4.44%) Azure
3 1 (2.22%) Azure Sentinel
3 1 (2.22%) Entra ID
3 1 (2.22%) IBM Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 9 (20.00%) Skype
1 9 (20.00%) Unified Communications
2 7 (15.56%) LAN
3 5 (11.11%) Cisco Nexus
3 5 (11.11%) Software-Defined Radio
4 4 (8.89%) 5G
4 4 (8.89%) Bluetooth
4 4 (8.89%) Firewall
4 4 (8.89%) GSM
4 4 (8.89%) LTE
4 4 (8.89%) UMTS
4 4 (8.89%) Wi-Fi
5 3 (6.67%) VPN
5 3 (6.67%) WAN
6 2 (4.44%) DHCP
6 2 (4.44%) DNS
6 2 (4.44%) Ethernet
6 2 (4.44%) Network Security
6 2 (4.44%) TCP/IP
7 1 (2.22%) Wireshark
Development Applications
1 6 (13.33%) Git
1 6 (13.33%) Jenkins
General
1 12 (26.67%) Analytical Skills
1 12 (26.67%) Telecoms
2 10 (22.22%) Electronics
3 9 (20.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 6 (13.33%) Aerospace
4 6 (13.33%) Social Skills
5 5 (11.11%) Finance
6 1 (2.22%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 15 (33.33%) Senior
2 12 (26.67%) Software Engineer
3 11 (24.44%) Senior Software Engineer
4 9 (20.00%) Collaboration Specialist
5 5 (11.11%) Radio Engineer
5 5 (11.11%) Support Manager
6 4 (8.89%) Consultant
6 4 (8.89%) Electronics Engineer
6 4 (8.89%) Electronics Test Engineer
6 4 (8.89%) Network Consultant
6 4 (8.89%) Senior Consultant
6 4 (8.89%) Senior Network Consultant
6 4 (8.89%) Test Engineer
7 3 (6.67%) 2nd Line Support
7 3 (6.67%) IT Support
7 3 (6.67%) Service Desk Support
8 2 (4.44%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 2 (4.44%) Network Engineer
9 1 (2.22%) Embedded Software Engineer
9 1 (2.22%) Network Technician
Miscellaneous
1 9 (20.00%) Digital Signage
1 9 (20.00%) Video Conferencing
2 6 (13.33%) Device Driver
2 6 (13.33%) Driving Licence
3 5 (11.11%) Analytical Mindset
3 5 (11.11%) Embedded Systems
4 4 (8.89%) Blackberry
5 2 (4.44%) CCTV
6 1 (2.22%) Data Centre
6 1 (2.22%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (2.22%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (2.22%) Smart Energy
Operating Systems
1 7 (15.56%) Linux
2 6 (13.33%) Windows
3 5 (11.11%) Windows 10
4 1 (2.22%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (26.67%) Software Engineering
2 9 (20.00%) User Experience
3 8 (17.78%) Problem-Solving
4 7 (15.56%) High Availability
5 5 (11.11%) Contract Management
5 5 (11.11%) Creative Thinking
5 5 (11.11%) Customer Requirements
5 5 (11.11%) Data Management
5 5 (11.11%) Digital Signal Processing
5 5 (11.11%) ITIL
5 5 (11.11%) Signal Processing
5 5 (11.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 5 (11.11%) Supplier Management
6 4 (8.89%) Coaching
6 4 (8.89%) Mentoring
6 4 (8.89%) Migration
6 4 (8.89%) Service Management
6 4 (8.89%) Test Strategy
6 4 (8.89%) Validation
6 4 (8.89%) Verification and Validation
Programming Languages
1 7 (15.56%) C
2 6 (13.33%) C++
2 6 (13.33%) Python
3 1 (2.22%) Assembly Language
Qualifications
1 9 (20.00%) Degree
2 7 (15.56%) Security Cleared
3 6 (13.33%) Cisco Certification
4 5 (11.11%) CCNP
5 4 (8.89%) CCIE
5 4 (8.89%) HND
5 4 (8.89%) ITIL Certification
5 4 (8.89%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (4.44%) CCNA
7 1 (2.22%) JNCIA
7 1 (2.22%) Network+ Certification
7 1 (2.22%) SC Cleared
System Software
1 3 (6.67%) Hyper-V
2 2 (4.44%) Firmware
2 2 (4.44%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (2.22%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (2.22%) Jamf Pro
1 1 (2.22%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (2.22%) SCCM
1 1 (2.22%) SolarWinds Orion
Vendors
1 16 (35.56%) Cisco
2 9 (20.00%) Mitel
2 9 (20.00%) Polycom
2 9 (20.00%) ShoreTel
3 8 (17.78%) Microsoft
4 5 (11.11%) Xilinx
5 4 (8.89%) Adobe
5 4 (8.89%) iManage
5 4 (8.89%) Intapp
5 4 (8.89%) ServiceNow
6 2 (4.44%) Juniper
6 2 (4.44%) Ubiquiti
6 2 (4.44%) VMware
7 1 (2.22%) ConnectWise
7 1 (2.22%) IBM
7 1 (2.22%) Meraki
7 1 (2.22%) Palo Alto
7 1 (2.22%) SolarWinds
7 1 (2.22%) Sophos
7 1 (2.22%) Veeam