Wi-Fi Jobs in the South West

Wireless Fidelity (WiFi)
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South West requiring Wi-Fi skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Wi-Fi over the 6 months leading up to 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 128 171 191
Rank change year-on-year +43 +20 +20
Permanent jobs citing Wi-Fi 53 119 77
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 1.51% 1.22% 1.15%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 9.41% 9.51% 5.97%
Number of salaries quoted 30 83 62
10th Percentile £28,750 £18,000 £27,650
25th Percentile £29,969 £25,500 £31,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,000 £40,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.00% - -16.67%
75th Percentile £57,500 £47,500 £53,750
90th Percentile £58,875 £61,250 £62,500
England median annual salary £44,850 £42,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year +5.53% +6.25% -15.79%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
South West

Wi-Fi 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 563 1,251 1,290
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 15.99% 12.81% 19.20%
Number of salaries quoted 338 937 527
10th Percentile £25,087 £26,250 £27,800
25th Percentile £28,750 £32,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £47,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -21.05% +5.56% -6.25%
75th Percentile £57,043 £57,500 £62,833
90th Percentile £72,875 £71,440 £77,542
England median annual salary £45,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -4.76%

Wi-Fi
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Job postings citing Wi-Fi as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Job vacancy trend for Wi-Fi in the South West

Wi-Fi
Salary Trend in the South West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Wi-Fi in the South West.

Salary trend for Wi-Fi in the South West

Wi-Fi
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Wi-Fi in the South West over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Wi-Fi in the South West

Wi-Fi
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 Wi-Fi within the South West region over the 6 months to 30 May 2025. 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
Dorset +41 16 £32,500 -23.53% 13
Gloucestershire +65 10 £55,000 +15.79% 29
Devon -18 10 £39,250 +8.28% 23
Wiltshire +51 7 £51,250 +105.00% 13
Bristol +41 6 £60,000 +33.33% 15
Cornwall +4 4 £31,500 +5.00%
Wi-Fi
England

Wi-Fi
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South 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 6 (11.32%) SharePoint
2 5 (9.43%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (3.77%) IIS
Applications
1 16 (30.19%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 15 (28.30%) Dynamics NAV
2 5 (9.43%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 21 (39.62%) Microsoft 365
2 18 (33.96%) Azure
3 11 (20.75%) Entra ID
4 5 (9.43%) OneDrive
5 3 (5.66%) AWS
5 3 (5.66%) Azure ExpressRoute
5 3 (5.66%) IaaS
5 3 (5.66%) SaaS
6 2 (3.77%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 29 (54.72%) Firewall
2 25 (47.17%) WAN
3 20 (37.74%) VLAN
4 19 (35.85%) VPN
5 18 (33.96%) MPLS
6 15 (28.30%) SAN
7 13 (24.53%) LAN
7 13 (24.53%) VoIP
8 12 (22.64%) SD-WAN
9 9 (16.98%) 5G
10 8 (15.09%) Wireless
11 7 (13.21%) IPsec
12 6 (11.32%) DHCP
12 6 (11.32%) DNS
13 5 (9.43%) ADSL
13 5 (9.43%) Bluetooth
13 5 (9.43%) Cisco Nexus
13 5 (9.43%) GSM
13 5 (9.43%) LTE
13 5 (9.43%) UMTS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (9.43%) SQL Server
2 3 (5.66%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 5 (9.43%) Sonatype Nexus
2 4 (7.55%) Visual Studio
3 2 (3.77%) Git
General
1 19 (35.85%) Manufacturing
2 16 (30.19%) Social Skills
3 10 (18.87%) Legal
4 8 (15.09%) Electronics
5 5 (9.43%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (9.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 4 (7.55%) Aerospace
6 4 (7.55%) Automotive
6 4 (7.55%) Marketing
7 2 (3.77%) Games
Job Titles
1 15 (28.30%) Coordinator
1 15 (28.30%) Help Desk Coordinator
2 7 (13.21%) 2nd Line Support
3 6 (11.32%) IT Engineer
3 6 (11.32%) Network Engineer
4 5 (9.43%) Administrator
4 5 (9.43%) Electronics Engineer
4 5 (9.43%) Electronics Test Engineer
4 5 (9.43%) Help Desk Administrator
4 5 (9.43%) IT Administrator
4 5 (9.43%) IT Support
4 5 (9.43%) IT Systems Administrator
4 5 (9.43%) Presales Engineer
4 5 (9.43%) Presales Network Engineer
4 5 (9.43%) Support Engineer
4 5 (9.43%) Systems Administrator
4 5 (9.43%) Test Engineer
5 4 (7.55%) C Software Engineer
5 4 (7.55%) Embedded C Engineer
5 4 (7.55%) Real Time Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.77%) .NET
1 2 (3.77%) .NET Core
1 2 (3.77%) CSS
1 2 (3.77%) HTML
1 2 (3.77%) HTML5
1 2 (3.77%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 18 (33.96%) Video Conferencing
2 12 (22.64%) Driving Licence
3 10 (18.87%) CCTV
4 8 (15.09%) Operational Technology
5 4 (7.55%) GNSS
5 4 (7.55%) Self-Driving Car
6 3 (5.66%) FMCG
6 3 (5.66%) IoT
6 3 (5.66%) Renewable Energy
7 2 (3.77%) Robotics
8 1 (1.89%) Data Centre
8 1 (1.89%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 33 (62.26%) Windows
2 23 (43.40%) Windows Server
3 13 (24.53%) Windows 10
4 7 (13.21%) Linux
5 3 (5.66%) Windows Server 2016
5 3 (5.66%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (1.89%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (49.06%) Problem-Solving
2 17 (32.08%) Time Management
3 16 (30.19%) Mentoring
4 15 (28.30%) ERP
4 15 (28.30%) Virtual Environments
5 11 (20.75%) Customer Service
6 9 (16.98%) Validation
7 8 (15.09%) Network Design
8 7 (13.21%) Coaching
8 7 (13.21%) Computer Science
8 7 (13.21%) ITIL
8 7 (13.21%) Presales
8 7 (13.21%) Roadmaps
8 7 (13.21%) Technology Roadmap
9 5 (9.43%) Customer Requirements
9 5 (9.43%) Identity Management
9 5 (9.43%) Infrastructure Management
9 5 (9.43%) Test Strategy
9 5 (9.43%) Verification and Validation
10 4 (7.55%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 15 (28.30%) SQL
2 6 (11.32%) PowerShell
3 4 (7.55%) C
3 4 (7.55%) C++
4 2 (3.77%) JavaScript
4 2 (3.77%) PHP
5 1 (1.89%) Python
Qualifications
1 12 (22.64%) Degree
2 8 (15.09%) CCNA
2 8 (15.09%) CCNP
2 8 (15.09%) Cisco Certification
3 5 (9.43%) CCDA
3 5 (9.43%) CCDP
3 5 (9.43%) HND
4 3 (5.66%) A+ Certification
4 3 (5.66%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (3.77%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (3.77%) Security Cleared
6 1 (1.89%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (7.55%) PMO
2 2 (3.77%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (3.77%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 2 (3.77%) NIST
3 1 (1.89%) GDPR
3 1 (1.89%) HIPAA
3 1 (1.89%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 26 (49.06%) Active Directory
2 15 (28.30%) VMware Infrastructure
3 13 (24.53%) VMware ESXi
4 3 (5.66%) Hyper-V
4 3 (5.66%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 6 (11.32%) Ansible
2 5 (9.43%) CASB
2 5 (9.43%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
3 4 (7.55%) Microsoft Intune
4 3 (5.66%) SCCM
4 3 (5.66%) Terraform
Vendors
1 33 (62.26%) Microsoft
2 21 (39.62%) VMware
3 12 (22.64%) Cisco
4 10 (18.87%) Fortinet
4 10 (18.87%) Veeam
5 9 (16.98%) Meraki
5 9 (16.98%) SolarWinds
6 8 (15.09%) Extreme Networks
6 8 (15.09%) Palo Alto
7 5 (9.43%) Aerohive Networks
7 5 (9.43%) Ekahau
7 5 (9.43%) Juniper
8 4 (7.55%) Intel
9 3 (5.66%) Aruba
9 3 (5.66%) CheckPoint
9 3 (5.66%) Okta
9 3 (5.66%) Zscaler
10 2 (3.77%) Google
11 1 (1.89%) Cognizant