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 2 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 172 175 236
Rank change year-on-year +3 +61 -22
Permanent jobs citing Wi-Fi 136 116 100
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 1.27% 1.57% 1.04%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 11.40% 7.26% 7.73%
Number of salaries quoted 126 84 86
10th Percentile £25,875 £26,250 £29,625
25th Percentile £29,500 £29,285 £32,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £40,000 £43,887
Median % change year-on-year - -8.86% +3.26%
75th Percentile £52,500 £48,750 £55,175
90th Percentile £70,000 £57,850 £60,500
England median annual salary £42,500 £40,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +6.25% -15.79% -4.38%

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 1,193 1,597 1,294
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 11.14% 21.67% 13.46%
Number of salaries quoted 902 632 730
10th Percentile £26,000 £26,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,313 £37,375 £32,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £47,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +5.56% -
75th Percentile £61,250 £60,000 £57,875
90th Percentile £70,950 £74,875 £71,250
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 2 June 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 2 June 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 +41 82 £40,000 - 7
Merseyside -1 18 £70,000 +59.09% 4
Cheshire -6 13 £24,840 -66.88% 6
Lancashire -11 13 £45,000 +52.54% 1
Cumbria -19 10 £70,000 +55.56% 2
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%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (2.94%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (2.21%) Epicor Tropos
Cloud Services
1 36 (26.47%) Microsoft 365
2 22 (16.18%) Azure
3 11 (8.09%) Power Platform
4 9 (6.62%) IaaS
4 9 (6.62%) PaaS
5 7 (5.15%) AWS
6 4 (2.94%) Dynamics 365
6 4 (2.94%) Entra ID
6 4 (2.94%) Google Workspace
7 3 (2.21%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 68 (50.00%) LAN
2 62 (45.59%) WAN
3 43 (31.62%) Wireless
4 40 (29.41%) DHCP
5 36 (26.47%) MPLS
6 35 (25.74%) Internet
7 32 (23.53%) BGP
7 32 (23.53%) OSPF
8 30 (22.06%) Ethernet
9 29 (21.32%) TCP/IP
10 24 (17.65%) DSL
11 23 (16.91%) Firewall
12 16 (11.76%) DNS
13 10 (7.35%) SD-WAN
13 10 (7.35%) VPN
14 6 (4.41%) Bluetooth
14 6 (4.41%) Broadband
14 6 (4.41%) NGN
14 6 (4.41%) VoIP
15 5 (3.68%) SSL
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
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 48 (35.29%) Social Skills
2 15 (11.03%) Organisational Skills
2 15 (11.03%) Retail
3 14 (10.29%) Analytical Skills
3 14 (10.29%) Telecoms
4 11 (8.09%) Back Office
5 10 (7.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 6 (4.41%) Local Government
6 6 (4.41%) Presentation Skills
7 5 (3.68%) Documentation Skills
8 4 (2.94%) Electronics
8 4 (2.94%) Finance
8 4 (2.94%) Public Sector
9 2 (1.47%) Marketing
10 1 (0.74%) Automotive
10 1 (0.74%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 31 (22.79%) Network Engineer
2 21 (15.44%) IT Support
2 21 (15.44%) Support Engineer
3 19 (13.97%) IP Engineer
3 19 (13.97%) IP Network Engineer
4 15 (11.03%) IT Engineer
5 14 (10.29%) Cisco Engineer
5 14 (10.29%) Cisco Network Engineer
5 14 (10.29%) Juniper Engineer
6 13 (9.56%) IT Support Engineer
7 11 (8.09%) 2nd Line Support
7 11 (8.09%) Network Support
7 11 (8.09%) Project Manager
8 10 (7.35%) Lead
9 9 (6.62%) Senior
10 8 (5.88%) 1st/2nd Line Support
10 8 (5.88%) 1st/2nd Line Support Engineer
10 8 (5.88%) 2nd Line Engineer
10 8 (5.88%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
11 6 (4.41%) Head of IT
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.21%) SignalR
Miscellaneous
1 17 (12.50%) Driving Licence
2 16 (11.76%) Management Information System
3 12 (8.82%) Onboarding
4 10 (7.35%) EPoS
5 8 (5.88%) CCTV
6 6 (4.41%) NHS
6 6 (4.41%) Video Conferencing
7 3 (2.21%) Fibre Optics
7 3 (2.21%) IoT
8 1 (0.74%) NB-IoT
Operating Systems
1 37 (27.21%) Windows
2 18 (13.24%) VyOS
3 17 (12.50%) Windows Server
4 10 (7.35%) Linux
4 10 (7.35%) Windows 10
5 3 (2.21%) Android
5 3 (2.21%) Windows Server 2016
5 3 (2.21%) 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 51 (37.50%) Customer Service
2 22 (16.18%) Problem-Solving
3 20 (14.71%) Project Management
4 16 (11.76%) Disaster Recovery
5 13 (9.56%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 11 (8.09%) Project Delivery
6 11 (8.09%) Project Planning
7 10 (7.35%) Cybersecurity
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
9 8 (5.88%) ITIL
10 7 (5.15%) Asset Management
10 7 (5.15%) Computer Science
10 7 (5.15%) Cost Management
10 7 (5.15%) PRINCE2
10 7 (5.15%) Remote Monitoring and 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 24 (17.65%) JNCIA
4 15 (11.03%) Degree
5 8 (5.88%) DBS Check
6 7 (5.15%) BPSS Clearance
6 7 (5.15%) CCNP
6 7 (5.15%) Microsoft Certification
6 7 (5.15%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 7 (5.15%) Security Cleared
7 6 (4.41%) CCDP
7 6 (4.41%) JNCIP
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 2 (1.47%) PMI Certification
10 2 (1.47%) PMP
11 1 (0.74%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (13.24%) SLA
2 11 (8.09%) PCI DSS
3 4 (2.94%) GDPR
System Software
1 24 (17.65%) Active Directory
2 8 (5.88%) Hyper-V
2 8 (5.88%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (5.15%) KVM
4 2 (1.47%) Virtual Servers
5 1 (0.74%) Embedded Firmware
5 1 (0.74%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 5 (3.68%) Terraform
2 4 (2.94%) Autotask
3 2 (1.47%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 48 (35.29%) Microsoft
2 45 (33.09%) Cisco
3 34 (25.00%) Juniper
4 30 (22.06%) Nokia
4 30 (22.06%) Ruckus Wireless
5 29 (21.32%) Fortinet
6 18 (13.24%) Vyatta
7 12 (8.82%) Dell
7 12 (8.82%) Veeam
8 10 (7.35%) Aruba
9 9 (6.62%) Datto
9 9 (6.62%) HP
9 9 (6.62%) Ubiquiti
10 8 (5.88%) VMware
11 5 (3.68%) SolarWinds
12 3 (2.21%) ConnectWise
12 3 (2.21%) Draytek
12 3 (2.21%) ESET
12 3 (2.21%) Meraki
12 3 (2.21%) Xamarin