Wi-Fi Job Trends in the South West

Wireless Fidelity (WiFi)
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South West requiring Wi-Fi skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 107 111 168
Rank change year-on-year +4 +57 +31
Permanent jobs citing Wi-Fi 95 41 117
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 1.34% 1.56% 1.38%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 16.64% 11.99% 10.07%
Number of salaries quoted 79 22 88
10th Percentile £26,650 £29,838 £18,000
25th Percentile £29,958 £32,500 £26,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £46,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -29.35% +15.00% -
75th Percentile £39,750 £58,750 £47,500
90th Percentile £48,750 £60,000 £61,250
England median annual salary £37,500 £45,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -16.67% +5.88% +4.29%

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 571 342 1,162
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 8.07% 13.04% 13.72%
Number of salaries quoted 335 257 943
10th Percentile £26,250 £29,750 £26,500
25th Percentile £29,000 £32,500 £32,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £34,000 £47,500 £48,500
Median % change year-on-year -28.42% -2.06% +7.78%
75th Percentile £48,750 £65,000 £57,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £75,000 £68,500
England median annual salary £42,500 £51,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year -17.48% +8.42% -5.00%

Wi-Fi
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Wi-Fi job vacancy trend in the South West

Wi-Fi
Salary Trend in the South West

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Wi-Fi.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Wi-Fi

Wi-Fi
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Wi-Fi in the South West over the 6 months to 10 April 2026.

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 10 April 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
Wiltshire -5 18 £32,000 -37.56% 2
Devon -11 17 £32,500 -17.20% 1
Bristol -10 15 £45,000 -25.00%
Gloucestershire -11 13 £16,000 -70.91% 3
Somerset -11 13 £32,500 - 4
Dorset -15 12 £35,000 - 2
Cornwall -14 6 £31,250 -0.79%
Wi-Fi
England

Wi-Fi
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 26 (27.37%) SharePoint
2 17 (17.89%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (2.11%) Confluence
Applications
1 5 (5.26%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (3.16%) Trello
3 2 (2.11%) Adobe Illustrator
Business Applications
1 1 (1.05%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 41 (43.16%) Microsoft 365
2 40 (42.11%) Azure
3 35 (36.84%) Entra ID
4 18 (18.95%) OneDrive
5 3 (3.16%) Asana
5 3 (3.16%) ClickUp
5 3 (3.16%) Stripe
6 2 (2.11%) IaaS
6 2 (2.11%) PaaS
6 2 (2.11%) Rubrik
6 2 (2.11%) Serverless
7 1 (1.05%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 39 (41.05%) LAN
2 33 (34.74%) VLAN
2 33 (34.74%) WAN
3 31 (32.63%) DNS
4 24 (25.26%) DHCP
5 21 (22.11%) VPN
6 16 (16.84%) Firewall
7 10 (10.53%) IPsec
8 9 (9.47%) Structured Cabling
8 9 (9.47%) TCP/IP
9 8 (8.42%) VoIP
10 7 (7.37%) Network Security
11 4 (4.21%) SD-WAN
11 4 (4.21%) Wireless
12 3 (3.16%) Bluetooth
12 3 (3.16%) DMZ
12 3 (3.16%) SSL
13 2 (2.11%) Broadband
13 2 (2.11%) Ethernet
14 1 (1.05%) BGP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (3.16%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.05%) RDBMS
2 1 (1.05%) Relational Database
General
1 20 (21.05%) Social Skills
2 11 (11.58%) Manufacturing
2 11 (11.58%) Organisational Skills
3 7 (7.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 7 (7.37%) Telecoms
4 6 (6.32%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (6.32%) Billing
5 5 (5.26%) Advertising
6 4 (4.21%) Marketing
6 4 (4.21%) Retail
7 3 (3.16%) Documentation Skills
7 3 (3.16%) Electronics
8 2 (2.11%) Public Sector
9 1 (1.05%) Fire and Rescue
9 1 (1.05%) Military
9 1 (1.05%) Police
9 1 (1.05%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 29 (30.53%) Support Engineer
2 20 (21.05%) IT Support
3 19 (20.00%) IT Engineer
4 12 (12.63%) 2nd Line Engineer
4 12 (12.63%) Field Engineer
4 12 (12.63%) IT Support Engineer
5 10 (10.53%) Support Technician
6 9 (9.47%) 2nd Line Support
6 9 (9.47%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
7 7 (7.37%) Desktop Engineer
7 7 (7.37%) Field Service Engineer
7 7 (7.37%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 7 (7.37%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
8 6 (6.32%) Cabling Engineer
8 6 (6.32%) Desktop Support
8 6 (6.32%) Desktop Support Engineer
8 6 (6.32%) Infrastructure Support
8 6 (6.32%) IT Technician
9 5 (5.26%) ICT Technician
9 5 (5.26%) IT Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.11%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 13 (13.68%) Driving Licence
1 13 (13.68%) EPoS
1 13 (13.68%) Mobile App
2 7 (7.37%) Data Centre
3 6 (6.32%) iPad
3 6 (6.32%) iPhone
3 6 (6.32%) Security Posture
3 6 (6.32%) Self-Motivation
4 5 (5.26%) Digital Signage
4 5 (5.26%) Fibre Optics
5 4 (4.21%) Educational Technology
6 3 (3.16%) IoT
6 3 (3.16%) Onboarding
6 3 (3.16%) Replication
7 2 (2.11%) BYOD
8 1 (1.05%) Analytical Mindset
8 1 (1.05%) Cyber Defence
8 1 (1.05%) Distributed Architecture
8 1 (1.05%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (1.05%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 46 (48.42%) Windows
2 20 (21.05%) Windows 10
2 20 (21.05%) Windows Server
3 13 (13.68%) Mac OS
4 11 (11.58%) Apple iOS
5 5 (5.26%) Android
5 5 (5.26%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (31.58%) Problem-Solving
2 13 (13.68%) ITIL
3 12 (12.63%) Service Delivery
4 11 (11.58%) Cloud Security
5 10 (10.53%) Disk Encryption
6 9 (9.47%) Continuous Improvement
6 9 (9.47%) Disaster Recovery
6 9 (9.47%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 8 (8.42%) Customer Service
7 8 (8.42%) Cybersecurity
7 8 (8.42%) Project Management
8 6 (6.32%) Data Loss Prevention
8 6 (6.32%) Incident Response
8 6 (6.32%) Runbook
9 5 (5.26%) Agile
9 5 (5.26%) Asset Management
9 5 (5.26%) Identity Management
9 5 (5.26%) Service Management
10 4 (4.21%) Penetration Testing
10 4 (4.21%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (6.32%) PowerShell
2 3 (3.16%) SQL
3 1 (1.05%) C
3 1 (1.05%) C++
3 1 (1.05%) PL/SQL
3 1 (1.05%) Python
3 1 (1.05%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 10 (10.53%) Security Cleared
2 9 (9.47%) SC Cleared
3 5 (5.26%) Degree
3 5 (5.26%) Microsoft Certified Professional
4 4 (4.21%) Network+ Certification
5 3 (3.16%) BPSS Clearance
5 3 (3.16%) CCNA
5 3 (3.16%) CCNP
5 3 (3.16%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (2.11%) Azure Certification
6 2 (2.11%) CompTIA Security+
6 2 (2.11%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (1.05%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (1.05%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (12.63%) Cyber Essentials
2 11 (11.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 7 (7.37%) GDPR
4 6 (6.32%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 47 (49.47%) Active Directory
2 17 (17.89%) Hyper-V
3 10 (10.53%) BitLocker
4 9 (9.47%) VMware Infrastructure
5 5 (5.26%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 26 (27.37%) Microsoft Intune
2 11 (11.58%) SCCM
3 9 (9.47%) Jamf Pro
4 6 (6.32%) Single Sign-On
5 5 (5.26%) FortiGate
6 1 (1.05%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 1 (1.05%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 50 (52.63%) Microsoft
2 17 (17.89%) VMware
3 13 (13.68%) Apple
4 8 (8.42%) Veeam
5 6 (6.32%) Okta
6 4 (4.21%) Cisco
6 4 (4.21%) Ubiquiti
7 3 (3.16%) CrowdStrike
7 3 (3.16%) Dell
7 3 (3.16%) Fortinet
7 3 (3.16%) Meraki
8 2 (2.11%) Adobe
8 2 (2.11%) Aruba
8 2 (2.11%) HP
9 1 (1.05%) CheckPoint
9 1 (1.05%) Facebook
9 1 (1.05%) Google
9 1 (1.05%) Oracle
9 1 (1.05%) Salesforce
9 1 (1.05%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud