PPP Job Trends in the South West

Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP)
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South West requiring PPP skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 232 - 239
Rank change year-on-year - - -4
Permanent jobs citing PPP 1 0 5
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 0.011% - 0.062%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.15% - 0.55%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £70,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 - £75,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -14.29%
75th Percentile - - £80,000
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £30,000 £65,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year -53.85% -13.33% -14.29%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
South West

PPP 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 662 562 902
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 7.59% 16.19% 11.16%
Number of salaries quoted 387 386 681
10th Percentile £28,500 £28,750 £27,750
25th Percentile £31,250 £30,500 £32,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £42,000 £49,750
Median % change year-on-year +1.19% -15.58% +10.56%
75th Percentile £63,750 £56,875 £60,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £68,525 £80,000
England median annual salary £47,500 £42,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +11.76% -15.00% -1.93%

PPP
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

PPP job vacancy trend in the South West

PPP
Salary Trend in the South West

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing PPP.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing PPP

PPP
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 PPP within the South West region over the 6 months to 2 August 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
Bristol - 1 £30,000 - 1
PPP
England

PPP
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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Remote Desktop
General
1 1 (100.00%) Military
1 1 (100.00%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Support Technician
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Asset Management
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) DBS Check
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft