The first table below looks at the demand for Wi-Fi skills in IT jobs advertised for the South West region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Wi-Fi over the 3 months to 24 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Communications & Networking category for the South West region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Wireless Fidelity (WiFi)
Rank 203 - 215
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing Wi-Fi 13 0 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West 0.248% - 0.017%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.438% - 0.094%
Number of salaries quoted 13 0 1
Average salary £32,500 - £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £36,750 £40,000 £41,000
% change year-on-year
-8.12% -2.43%
All Communications & Networking
South West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
904 932 1062
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West 17.23% 16.84% 17.60%
Number of salaries quoted 773 768 875
Average salary £40,000 £37,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.66% +7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £24,000 £21,000
10% offered a salary of more than £54,000 £50,400 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
Wi-Fi
England

Wi-Fi
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Wi-Fi across the South West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

South West Wi-Fi Jobs Demand Trend

Wi-Fi
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Wi-Fi across the South West region.

South West Wi-Fi Salary Trend

Wi-Fi
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Wi-Fi across the South West region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

South West Wi-Fi Salary Histogram

Wi-Fi
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Wi-Fi within the South West region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Dorset - 3 £26,000 -
Gloucestershire - 2 £27,500 -
Somerset - 2 £23,750 -
Bristol - 2 £47,500 -
Wi-Fi
England

Wi-Fi
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the South West region citing Wi-Fi also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited Wi-Fi.

1 17 (77.27%) Windows
2 11 (50.00%) LAN
3 10 (45.45%) Microsoft
3 10 (45.45%) Wireless
4 8 (36.36%) 3G
4 8 (36.36%) Active Directory
4 8 (36.36%) VPN
4 8 (36.36%) DHCP
4 8 (36.36%) MS Office
4 8 (36.36%) SQL
4 8 (36.36%) Windows XP
4 8 (36.36%) VMware
5 7 (31.82%) Windows Vista
5 7 (31.82%) Windows Server 2008
5 7 (31.82%) 4G
5 7 (31.82%) MS Exchange
5 7 (31.82%) MCP
5 7 (31.82%) WLAN
5 7 (31.82%) Bluetooth
5 7 (31.82%) DNS
5 7 (31.82%) Microsoft Certification
5 7 (31.82%) Windows Server 2003
5 7 (31.82%) Electronics
6 6 (27.27%) Telecoms
6 6 (27.27%) Firewall
6 6 (27.27%) Sage
6 6 (27.27%) Terminal Services
6 6 (27.27%) 802.11
6 6 (27.27%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
6 6 (27.27%) TCP/IP

Wi-Fi
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the South West region citing Wi-Fi also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited Wi-Fi. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (4.545%) MFC
Application Platforms
1 7 (31.82%) MS Exchange
2 6 (27.27%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
2 6 (27.27%) Exchange Server 2010
2 6 (27.27%) Exchange Server 2007
2 6 (27.27%) Exchange Server 2003
3 2 (9.091%) Lync
Applications
1 8 (36.36%) MS Office
2 1 (4.545%) Simulink
2 1 (4.545%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 11 (50.00%) LAN
2 10 (45.45%) Wireless
3 8 (36.36%) 3G
3 8 (36.36%) VPN
3 8 (36.36%) DHCP
4 7 (31.82%) 4G
4 7 (31.82%) WLAN
4 7 (31.82%) Bluetooth
4 7 (31.82%) DNS
5 6 (27.27%) Firewall
5 6 (27.27%) 802.11
5 6 (27.27%) TCP/IP
6 3 (13.64%) WAN
7 2 (9.091%) VoIP
7 2 (9.091%) Network Security
7 2 (9.091%) Unified Communications
8 1 (4.545%) HSPA
8 1 (4.545%) LTE
8 1 (4.545%) WiMAX
8 1 (4.545%) TETRA
Development Applications
1 1 (4.545%) Rational DOORS
1 1 (4.545%) LabVIEW
General
1 7 (31.82%) Electronics
2 6 (27.27%) Telecoms
3 1 (4.545%) Back Office
3 1 (4.545%) Law
Job Titles
1 7 (31.82%) 2nd Line Support
2 6 (27.27%) Support Technician
2 6 (27.27%) Architect
2 6 (27.27%) 2nd Line Support Technician
3 2 (9.091%) Systems Engineer
3 2 (9.091%) Systems Support
3 2 (9.091%) Infrastructure Manager
4 1 (4.545%) IT Support
4 1 (4.545%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 1 (4.545%) IT Project Manager
4 1 (4.545%) IT Support Engineer
4 1 (4.545%) Systems Support Analyst
4 1 (4.545%) Support Analyst
4 1 (4.545%) Senior Systems Engineer
4 1 (4.545%) Support Engineer
4 1 (4.545%) Project Manager
4 1 (4.545%) Software Engineer
4 1 (4.545%) Analyst
4 1 (4.545%) Systems Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 6 (27.27%) Verilog
1 6 (27.27%) Device Driver
2 1 (4.545%) Mathematics
2 1 (4.545%) Physics
2 1 (4.545%) Streaming Video
Operating Systems
1 17 (77.27%) Windows
2 8 (36.36%) Windows XP
3 7 (31.82%) Windows Vista
3 7 (31.82%) Windows Server 2008
3 7 (31.82%) Windows Server 2003
4 6 (27.27%) Linux
5 1 (4.545%) Windows 7
5 1 (4.545%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (13.64%) Capacity Management
2 2 (9.091%) E-Commerce
2 2 (9.091%) Project Management
2 2 (9.091%) Disaster Recovery
2 2 (9.091%) Mobile Device Management
2 2 (9.091%) Root Cause Analysis
3 1 (4.545%) Test Automation
3 1 (4.545%) Capacity Planning
3 1 (4.545%) OpenUP
3 1 (4.545%) Software Engineering
3 1 (4.545%) Requirements Analysis
3 1 (4.545%) Project Planning
3 1 (4.545%) Business Development
3 1 (4.545%) Programme Management
3 1 (4.545%) Validation
3 1 (4.545%) ERP
3 1 (4.545%) OOD
3 1 (4.545%) UML
3 1 (4.545%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 8 (36.36%) SQL
2 1 (4.545%) MATLAB
2 1 (4.545%) Python
2 1 (4.545%) C
2 1 (4.545%) C++
2 1 (4.545%) Perl
2 1 (4.545%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 7 (31.82%) MCP
1 7 (31.82%) Microsoft Certification
2 6 (27.27%) MCSE
2 6 (27.27%) MCSA
2 6 (27.27%) MCITP
3 1 (4.545%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (9.091%) QA
System Software
1 8 (36.36%) Active Directory
2 6 (27.27%) Terminal Services
2 6 (27.27%) VMware Infrastructure
2 6 (27.27%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 1 (4.545%) Backup Exec
1 1 (4.545%) Norton AntiVirus
Vendors
1 10 (45.45%) Microsoft
2 8 (36.36%) VMware
3 6 (27.27%) Sage
4 3 (13.64%) Cisco
4 3 (13.64%) Citrix
5 1 (4.545%) Atlassian
5 1 (4.545%) Symantec
5 1 (4.545%) McAfee
Gloucester, South West
Proficient in writing C/C++ code for microcontrollers (including hardware drivers). - Experience of writing Engineering tools in Windows (Win32, MFC, etc.)... Keil MDK, Atlassian etc. - Knowledge of USB,...
Computer Futures
Salary: £30000 - £35000 per annum + Healthcare, Pension
Posted: 15 May 2013
Gloucestershire, South West
Proficient in writing C/C++ code for microcontrollers (including hardware drivers). - Experience of writing Engineering tools in Windows (Win32, MFC, etc.)... Keil MDK, Atlassian etc. - Knowledge of USB,...
Computer Futures
Salary: £30000 - £35000 per annum + Pension, Negotiable
Posted: 15 May 2013
Gloucestershire
It is an ideal position for someone with some IT support experience to advance their career and work within an exciting fast paced environment... Due to the nature...
ReThink Recruitment
Salary: £20000 - £25000.00 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
Bristol, Avon
Good understanding of wireless communication protocols such as Bluetooth, UWB, Wi-Fi, GSM or UMTS... Keywords: Test, Engineer, Software, WLAN PHY, DSP, Bluetooth, UWB, Wi-Fi, GSM, UMTS.
MJH Personnel Associates
Salary: Excellent + bens
Posted: 23 May 2013