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

6 months to
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 170 180 241
Rank change year-on-year +10 +61 -12
Permanent jobs citing Wi-Fi 134 114 99
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 1.20% 1.56% 1.01%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 11.07% 7.25% 7.65%
Number of salaries quoted 124 81 85
10th Percentile £25,875 £26,250 £29,550
25th Percentile £29,500 £29,285 £32,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £40,000 £42,773
Median % change year-on-year - -6.48% +0.64%
75th Percentile £52,500 £49,250 £55,175
90th Percentile £70,000 £58,000 £61,100
England median annual salary £42,500 £40,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +6.25% -15.79% -3.06%

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 1,211 1,572 1,294
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 10.80% 21.50% 13.15%
Number of salaries quoted 904 615 725
10th Percentile £26,000 £26,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £37,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £47,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% - +5.56%
75th Percentile £61,250 £60,063 £58,228
90th Percentile £72,500 £74,500 £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 9 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 9 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 +31 81 £40,000 - 7
Merseyside +1 19 £70,000 +59.09% 3
Cheshire -13 12 £24,840 -66.88% 4
Lancashire -14 12 £45,000 +52.54% 1
Cumbria -24 10 £70,000 +75.00% 1
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 (3.73%) SharePoint
2 4 (2.99%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
3 3 (2.24%) IIS
Applications
1 12 (8.96%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (2.24%) MS Visio
3 2 (1.49%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (2.99%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (1.49%) Epicor Tropos
Cloud Services
1 35 (26.12%) Microsoft 365
2 22 (16.42%) Azure
3 10 (7.46%) Power Platform
4 9 (6.72%) IaaS
4 9 (6.72%) PaaS
5 7 (5.22%) AWS
6 4 (2.99%) Dynamics 365
6 4 (2.99%) Entra ID
6 4 (2.99%) Google Workspace
7 3 (2.24%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 66 (49.25%) LAN
2 60 (44.78%) WAN
3 43 (32.09%) Wireless
4 38 (28.36%) DHCP
5 35 (26.12%) MPLS
6 34 (25.37%) Internet
7 31 (23.13%) BGP
7 31 (23.13%) OSPF
8 29 (21.64%) Ethernet
9 27 (20.15%) TCP/IP
10 23 (17.16%) DSL
10 23 (17.16%) Firewall
11 15 (11.19%) DNS
12 10 (7.46%) SD-WAN
12 10 (7.46%) VPN
13 6 (4.48%) Bluetooth
13 6 (4.48%) Broadband
13 6 (4.48%) NGN
13 6 (4.48%) VoIP
14 5 (3.73%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (3.73%) Azure SQL Database
1 5 (3.73%) SQL Server
2 2 (1.49%) Crystal Reports
2 2 (1.49%) Power BI
2 2 (1.49%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 7 (5.22%) Git
2 4 (2.99%) Subversion
2 4 (2.99%) Visual Studio
3 1 (0.75%) Eclipse
3 1 (0.75%) JIRA
General
1 48 (35.82%) Social Skills
2 15 (11.19%) Organisational Skills
3 14 (10.45%) Analytical Skills
3 14 (10.45%) Retail
4 13 (9.70%) Telecoms
5 11 (8.21%) Back Office
6 10 (7.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 6 (4.48%) Local Government
7 6 (4.48%) Presentation Skills
8 5 (3.73%) Documentation Skills
9 4 (2.99%) Electronics
9 4 (2.99%) Finance
9 4 (2.99%) Public Sector
10 2 (1.49%) Marketing
11 1 (0.75%) Automotive
11 1 (0.75%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 30 (22.39%) Network Engineer
2 20 (14.93%) IT Support
2 20 (14.93%) Support Engineer
3 18 (13.43%) IP Engineer
3 18 (13.43%) IP Network Engineer
4 15 (11.19%) IT Engineer
5 14 (10.45%) Cisco Engineer
5 14 (10.45%) Cisco Network Engineer
5 14 (10.45%) Juniper Engineer
6 13 (9.70%) IT Support Engineer
7 11 (8.21%) 2nd Line Support
7 11 (8.21%) Lead
8 10 (7.46%) Network Support
8 10 (7.46%) Project Manager
9 8 (5.97%) 1st/2nd Line Support
9 8 (5.97%) 1st/2nd Line Support Engineer
9 8 (5.97%) 2nd Line Engineer
9 8 (5.97%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
9 8 (5.97%) Senior
10 6 (4.48%) Head of IT
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.24%) SignalR
Miscellaneous
1 17 (12.69%) Driving Licence
2 16 (11.94%) Management Information System
3 11 (8.21%) Onboarding
4 10 (7.46%) EPoS
5 8 (5.97%) CCTV
6 6 (4.48%) NHS
6 6 (4.48%) Video Conferencing
7 3 (2.24%) Fibre Optics
7 3 (2.24%) IoT
8 1 (0.75%) NB-IoT
Operating Systems
1 37 (27.61%) Windows
2 17 (12.69%) VyOS
2 17 (12.69%) Windows Server
3 10 (7.46%) Linux
3 10 (7.46%) Windows 10
4 3 (2.24%) Android
4 3 (2.24%) Windows Server 2016
4 3 (2.24%) Windows Server 2019
5 2 (1.49%) Windows XP
6 1 (0.75%) Embedded Linux
6 1 (0.75%) FreeRTOS
6 1 (0.75%) ThreadX
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (37.31%) Customer Service
2 22 (16.42%) Problem-Solving
3 20 (14.93%) Project Management
4 16 (11.94%) Disaster Recovery
5 13 (9.70%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 11 (8.21%) Project Delivery
6 11 (8.21%) Project Planning
7 10 (7.46%) Cybersecurity
8 9 (6.72%) Mentoring
8 9 (6.72%) Proactive Maintenance
8 9 (6.72%) Software Testing
8 9 (6.72%) Stakeholder Management
9 8 (5.97%) Coaching
9 8 (5.97%) Continuous Improvement
9 8 (5.97%) ITIL
10 7 (5.22%) Asset Management
10 7 (5.22%) Computer Science
10 7 (5.22%) Cost Management
10 7 (5.22%) PRINCE2
10 7 (5.22%) Remote Monitoring and Management
Programming Languages
1 10 (7.46%) SQL
2 7 (5.22%) C#
3 5 (3.73%) C
4 3 (2.24%) Embedded C
5 2 (1.49%) PowerShell
6 1 (0.75%) Python
Qualifications
1 33 (24.63%) Cisco Certification
2 27 (20.15%) CCNA
3 23 (17.16%) JNCIA
4 15 (11.19%) Degree
5 8 (5.97%) DBS Check
6 7 (5.22%) BPSS Clearance
6 7 (5.22%) CCNP
6 7 (5.22%) Microsoft Certification
6 7 (5.22%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 7 (5.22%) Security Cleared
7 6 (4.48%) CCDP
7 6 (4.48%) JNCIP
8 4 (2.99%) A+ Certification
8 4 (2.99%) Master's Degree
8 4 (2.99%) Network+ Certification
9 3 (2.24%) CISSP
9 3 (2.24%) MCSE
10 2 (1.49%) PMI Certification
10 2 (1.49%) PMP
11 1 (0.75%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (13.43%) SLA
2 11 (8.21%) PCI DSS
3 4 (2.99%) GDPR
System Software
1 23 (17.16%) Active Directory
2 7 (5.22%) Hyper-V
2 7 (5.22%) KVM
2 7 (5.22%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (1.49%) Virtual Servers
4 1 (0.75%) Embedded Firmware
4 1 (0.75%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 5 (3.73%) Terraform
2 4 (2.99%) Autotask
3 2 (1.49%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 47 (35.07%) Microsoft
2 44 (32.84%) Cisco
3 33 (24.63%) Juniper
4 30 (22.39%) Ruckus Wireless
5 29 (21.64%) Nokia
6 28 (20.90%) Fortinet
7 17 (12.69%) Vyatta
8 12 (8.96%) Dell
8 12 (8.96%) Veeam
9 10 (7.46%) Aruba
10 9 (6.72%) Datto
10 9 (6.72%) HP
10 9 (6.72%) Ubiquiti
11 7 (5.22%) VMware
12 5 (3.73%) SolarWinds
13 3 (2.24%) ConnectWise
13 3 (2.24%) Draytek
13 3 (2.24%) Meraki
13 3 (2.24%) Sophos
13 3 (2.24%) Xamarin