Wireless Jobs in the West Midlands

Wireless
England > West Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands with a requirement for Wireless skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Wireless over the 6 months to 5 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 154 61 150
Rank change year-on-year -93 +89 -1
Permanent jobs citing Wireless 100 323 147
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 1.38% 4.92% 2.02%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 9.99% 28.36% 13.51%
Number of salaries quoted 81 45 63
10th Percentile £24,875 £20,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £29,500 £33,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £33,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +49.25% -21.18% +6.25%
75th Percentile £66,250 £40,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £78,750 £49,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - -10.00% -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
West Midlands

Wireless 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 West Midlands with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,001 1,139 1,088
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 13.79% 17.34% 14.92%
Number of salaries quoted 828 526 717
10th Percentile £25,750 £25,875 £26,900
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,750 £33,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,227 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.94% - -4.76%
75th Percentile £56,950 £63,750 £58,750
90th Percentile £67,500 £75,625 £72,500
England median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% +5.00%

Wireless
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Wireless in the West Midlands

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Salary Trend in the West Midlands

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

Salary trend for Wireless in the West Midlands

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Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Wireless in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Wireless in the West Midlands

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Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Wireless within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 5 May 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
Birmingham -25 30 £57,500 +71.64% 15
Warwickshire +31 19 £57,500 - 1
Staffordshire -48 12 £48,750 +52.34% 3
Shropshire -23 11 £57,500 +64.29% 2
Worcestershire -15 4 £48,750 +14.71% 2
Tipton - 4 £24,000 -
Solihull -22 3 £62,500 +78.57%
Wednesbury - 3 £32,500 -
Coventry +8 2 £41,500 +12.16% 1
Dudley +8 2 £27,000 -12.90%
Brierley Hill - 2 £29,750 -
Wireless
England

Wireless
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 3 (3.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (2.00%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.00%) BizTalk Server
3 1 (1.00%) Exchange Server 2007
Applications
1 13 (13.00%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.00%) MS Visio
2 1 (1.00%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (2.00%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (1.00%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 33 (33.00%) Azure
2 17 (17.00%) Microsoft 365
3 14 (14.00%) Entra ID
4 13 (13.00%) AWS
5 5 (5.00%) GitHub
6 4 (4.00%) IaaS
7 2 (2.00%) Cloud Computing
8 1 (1.00%) Adobe Creative Cloud
8 1 (1.00%) GCP
8 1 (1.00%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 43 (43.00%) WAN
2 42 (42.00%) SD-WAN
3 38 (38.00%) LAN
4 34 (34.00%) Firewall
5 30 (30.00%) Wi-Fi
6 18 (18.00%) MPLS
7 15 (15.00%) OSPF
8 14 (14.00%) Bluetooth
8 14 (14.00%) VLAN
9 13 (13.00%) DHCP
9 13 (13.00%) DNS
10 11 (11.00%) TCP/IP
10 11 (11.00%) VPN
11 10 (10.00%) BGP
12 9 (9.00%) VoIP
12 9 (9.00%) Wireshark
12 9 (9.00%) WLAN
13 8 (8.00%) EIGRP
14 7 (7.00%) Ethernet
14 7 (7.00%) VRRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (6.00%) PostgreSQL
2 4 (4.00%) SQL Server
3 1 (1.00%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (1.00%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
3 1 (1.00%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (1.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (1.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 8 (8.00%) JIRA
2 4 (4.00%) Git
2 4 (4.00%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 21 (21.00%) Finance
2 20 (20.00%) Social Skills
3 19 (19.00%) Retail
4 10 (10.00%) Electronics
5 8 (8.00%) Automotive
5 8 (8.00%) Local Government
6 6 (6.00%) Analytical Skills
7 3 (3.00%) Manufacturing
8 2 (2.00%) Fire and Rescue
8 2 (2.00%) Telecoms
9 1 (1.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (1.00%) Law
9 1 (1.00%) Legal
9 1 (1.00%) Marketing
9 1 (1.00%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (1.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 32 (32.00%) Senior
2 20 (20.00%) Network Engineer
3 13 (13.00%) Senior Network Engineer
4 11 (11.00%) Architect
5 10 (10.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 9 (9.00%) Analyst
6 9 (9.00%) Embedded Engineer
6 9 (9.00%) Solutions Architect
7 8 (8.00%) IP Architect
7 8 (8.00%) IT Technician
7 8 (8.00%) Support Technician
8 7 (7.00%) 1st Line Support
8 7 (7.00%) 1st Line Support Technician
8 7 (7.00%) IT Support
8 7 (7.00%) Network Analyst
9 6 (6.00%) Help Desk Support Technician
9 6 (6.00%) Network Operations Analyst
9 6 (6.00%) Operations Analyst
9 6 (6.00%) Senior Analyst
9 6 (6.00%) Senior Operations Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.00%) .NET
1 1 (1.00%) .NET Core
1 1 (1.00%) ASP.NET
1 1 (1.00%) ASP.NET MVC
1 1 (1.00%) ASP.NET Web API
1 1 (1.00%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 12 (12.00%) Driving Licence
1 12 (12.00%) IoT
2 11 (11.00%) Data Centre
3 9 (9.00%) CCTV
4 7 (7.00%) FMCG
5 6 (6.00%) Self-Motivation
6 5 (5.00%) Smart Home
7 4 (4.00%) Embedded Systems
8 3 (3.00%) Cyber Threat
9 2 (2.00%) EPoS
9 2 (2.00%) Private Cloud
9 2 (2.00%) Public Cloud
10 1 (1.00%) Analogue Electronics
10 1 (1.00%) ARM Cortex
10 1 (1.00%) Greenfield Project
10 1 (1.00%) PropTech
10 1 (1.00%) Replication
10 1 (1.00%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 26 (26.00%) Windows
2 14 (14.00%) Windows Server
3 5 (5.00%) Linux
4 2 (2.00%) Android
4 2 (2.00%) Unix
4 2 (2.00%) Windows Server 2012
4 2 (2.00%) Windows Server 2016
4 2 (2.00%) Windows Server 2019
5 1 (1.00%) Windows 10
5 1 (1.00%) Windows 7
5 1 (1.00%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (22.00%) ITIL
2 21 (21.00%) Agile
3 18 (18.00%) Project Delivery
4 15 (15.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 15 (15.00%) Problem-Solving
5 12 (12.00%) Change Management
6 10 (10.00%) Network Architecture
7 9 (9.00%) Software Engineering
8 8 (8.00%) Business Development
8 8 (8.00%) Coaching
8 8 (8.00%) High Availability
8 8 (8.00%) Network Virtualisation
8 8 (8.00%) Programme Management
8 8 (8.00%) Roadmaps
8 8 (8.00%) Service Management
9 7 (7.00%) Business Analysis
9 7 (7.00%) Demand Management
9 7 (7.00%) Kalman Filter
9 7 (7.00%) Release Management
10 6 (6.00%) Web Filtering
Programming Languages
1 10 (10.00%) C
2 6 (6.00%) Embedded C
2 6 (6.00%) SQL
3 4 (4.00%) Python
4 3 (3.00%) PowerShell
5 1 (1.00%) C++
5 1 (1.00%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 28 (28.00%) Cisco Certification
2 25 (25.00%) CCNP
3 19 (19.00%) Security Cleared
4 18 (18.00%) CCNA
5 17 (17.00%) SC Cleared
6 12 (12.00%) CCIE
7 8 (8.00%) AWS Certification
7 8 (8.00%) CCSA
8 7 (7.00%) CCDP
8 7 (7.00%) CCIE Routing and Switching
9 5 (5.00%) Microsoft Certification
10 4 (4.00%) Degree
10 4 (4.00%) MCSE
11 3 (3.00%) ITIL Certification
12 2 (2.00%) Azure Certification
12 2 (2.00%) BPSS Clearance
12 2 (2.00%) DBS Check
13 1 (1.00%) CompTIA Security+
13 1 (1.00%) Computer Science Degree
13 1 (1.00%) CWNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (12.00%) Cyber Essentials
2 8 (8.00%) ISO/IEC 20000
2 8 (8.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 6 (6.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 5 (5.00%) MISRA
4 5 (5.00%) SLA
5 4 (4.00%) Automotive SPICE
5 4 (4.00%) AUTOSAR
6 3 (3.00%) JTAG
6 3 (3.00%) QA
7 2 (2.00%) NIST
System Software
1 18 (18.00%) Active Directory
2 17 (17.00%) Firmware
3 9 (9.00%) Hyper-V
4 7 (7.00%) VMware Infrastructure
5 6 (6.00%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (3.00%) vSphere
7 1 (1.00%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 1 (1.00%) NFS
7 1 (1.00%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 5 (5.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (3.00%) Ansible
2 3 (3.00%) Terraform
3 2 (2.00%) FortiGate
3 2 (2.00%) Nagios
3 2 (2.00%) PaperCut
3 2 (2.00%) SmoothWall
Vendors
1 47 (47.00%) Cisco
2 28 (28.00%) Microsoft
3 20 (20.00%) CheckPoint
3 20 (20.00%) Juniper
4 18 (18.00%) Fortinet
5 15 (15.00%) Aruba
5 15 (15.00%) Meraki
6 14 (14.00%) VMware
7 10 (10.00%) Palo Alto
8 8 (8.00%) Ekahau
8 8 (8.00%) HP
8 8 (8.00%) Ruckus Wireless
9 7 (7.00%) Veeam
10 6 (6.00%) F5
10 6 (6.00%) Sophos
11 4 (4.00%) Apple
11 4 (4.00%) Barracuda Networks
12 3 (3.00%) Lauterbach
12 3 (3.00%) ServiceNow
12 3 (3.00%) SolarWinds