CHAP Job Trends in the South West

Challenge-Handshake Authentication Protocol (CHAP)
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South West requiring CHAP skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 239 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing CHAP 4 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 0.040% - -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.59% - -
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - -
England median annual salary £115,000 £57,500 -
% change year-on-year +100.00% - -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
South West

CHAP 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 South West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 673 570 791
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 6.67% 16.31% 10.53%
Number of salaries quoted 373 357 490
10th Percentile £28,000 £26,625 £28,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £30,500 £33,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £35,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +21.43% -30.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £61,250 £53,750 £67,347
90th Percentile £75,000 £64,250 £81,250
England median annual salary £48,445 £41,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +18.16% -18.00% -3.85%

CHAP
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing CHAP relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the South West.

CHAP job vacancy trend in the South West

CHAP
Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CHAP within the South West region over the 6 months to 17 September 2026. 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
Somerset - 4 - -
CHAP
England

CHAP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 4 (100.00%) SharePoint Server
Communications & Networking
1 4 (100.00%) NAS
General
1 4 (100.00%) Aeronautics
1 4 (100.00%) Aviation
1 4 (100.00%) Military
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 4 (100.00%) Data Analysis
1 4 (100.00%) Ergonomics
1 4 (100.00%) Human Factors
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (100.00%) JSP 440