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 15 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 123 176 192
Rank change year-on-year +53 +16 +19
Permanent jobs citing Wi-Fi 52 122 77
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 1.46% 1.32% 1.15%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 9.85% 9.88% 6.00%
Number of salaries quoted 27 87 63
10th Percentile £29,350 £18,000 £27,800
25th Percentile £31,313 £25,875 £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 £60,000 £61,250 £61,550
England median annual salary £45,000 £42,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year +5.88% +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 528 1,235 1,283
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 14.82% 13.34% 19.08%
Number of salaries quoted 325 921 545
10th Percentile £25,087 £26,250 £28,000
25th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £47,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.79% +5.56% -5.26%
75th Percentile £57,057 £57,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £73,750 £71,250 £77,500
England median annual salary £47,500 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year - -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 15 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 15 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 +38 15 £32,500 -23.53% 8
Devon -15 10 £39,250 +8.28% 1
Bristol +45 9 £60,000 +33.33% 11
Wiltshire +46 7 £51,250 +105.00% 4
Gloucestershire +57 6 £55,000 +15.79% 11
Cornwall +8 4 £31,500 +5.00% 1
Somerset +3 1 - - 5
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 (11.54%) SharePoint
2 4 (7.69%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (3.85%) IIS
Applications
1 16 (30.77%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 13 (25.00%) Dynamics NAV
2 3 (5.77%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 19 (36.54%) Azure
1 19 (36.54%) Microsoft 365
2 11 (21.15%) Entra ID
3 5 (9.62%) AWS
3 5 (9.62%) OneDrive
4 3 (5.77%) Azure ExpressRoute
4 3 (5.77%) IaaS
4 3 (5.77%) SaaS
5 2 (3.85%) Cloud Computing
5 2 (3.85%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 28 (53.85%) Firewall
2 27 (51.92%) WAN
3 20 (38.46%) VLAN
4 19 (36.54%) VPN
5 18 (34.62%) MPLS
6 17 (32.69%) LAN
7 15 (28.85%) SD-WAN
8 13 (25.00%) SAN
8 13 (25.00%) VoIP
9 9 (17.31%) 5G
10 8 (15.38%) Wireless
11 7 (13.46%) IPsec
12 6 (11.54%) DHCP
12 6 (11.54%) DNS
12 6 (11.54%) Network Security
13 5 (9.62%) Bluetooth
13 5 (9.62%) GSM
13 5 (9.62%) LTE
13 5 (9.62%) UMTS
14 3 (5.77%) Cisco Nexus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (9.62%) SQL Server
2 3 (5.77%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 4 (7.69%) Visual Studio
2 3 (5.77%) Sonatype Nexus
3 2 (3.85%) Git
General
1 17 (32.69%) Manufacturing
1 17 (32.69%) Social Skills
2 10 (19.23%) Legal
3 8 (15.38%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (15.38%) Electronics
4 4 (7.69%) Marketing
5 3 (5.77%) Aerospace
5 3 (5.77%) Automotive
5 3 (5.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (3.85%) Games
7 1 (1.92%) Finance
Job Titles
1 13 (25.00%) Coordinator
1 13 (25.00%) Help Desk Coordinator
2 7 (13.46%) 2nd Line Support
3 6 (11.54%) IT Engineer
3 6 (11.54%) IT Support
4 5 (9.62%) Electronics Engineer
4 5 (9.62%) Electronics Test Engineer
4 5 (9.62%) Test Engineer
5 4 (7.69%) C Software Engineer
5 4 (7.69%) C++ Software Engineer
5 4 (7.69%) Embedded C Engineer
5 4 (7.69%) Embedded C Software Engineer
5 4 (7.69%) Embedded C/C++ Engineer
5 4 (7.69%) Embedded C/C++ Software Engineer
5 4 (7.69%) Embedded C++ Engineer
5 4 (7.69%) Embedded C++ Software Engineer
5 4 (7.69%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 4 (7.69%) Real Time Embedded Engineer
5 4 (7.69%) Real Time Engineer
5 4 (7.69%) Real Time Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.85%) .NET
1 2 (3.85%) .NET Core
1 2 (3.85%) CSS
1 2 (3.85%) HTML
1 2 (3.85%) HTML5
1 2 (3.85%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 17 (32.69%) Video Conferencing
2 13 (25.00%) Driving Licence
3 10 (19.23%) CCTV
4 6 (11.54%) Operational Technology
5 4 (7.69%) Data Centre
5 4 (7.69%) GNSS
5 4 (7.69%) Self-Driving Car
6 3 (5.77%) FMCG
6 3 (5.77%) IoT
6 3 (5.77%) Renewable Energy
7 2 (3.85%) Cyber Threat
7 2 (3.85%) Robotics
7 2 (3.85%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (1.92%) Podcast
8 1 (1.92%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 31 (59.62%) Windows
2 21 (40.38%) Windows Server
3 13 (25.00%) Windows 10
4 7 (13.46%) Linux
5 3 (5.77%) Windows Server 2016
5 3 (5.77%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (1.92%) Apple iOS
6 1 (1.92%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (51.92%) Problem-Solving
2 17 (32.69%) Mentoring
3 15 (28.85%) Time Management
4 13 (25.00%) ERP
4 13 (25.00%) Virtual Environments
5 11 (21.15%) Customer Service
6 9 (17.31%) ITIL
6 9 (17.31%) Validation
7 7 (13.46%) Coaching
7 7 (13.46%) Computer Science
7 7 (13.46%) Roadmaps
8 6 (11.54%) Network Design
9 5 (9.62%) Customer Requirements
9 5 (9.62%) Presales
9 5 (9.62%) Service Management
9 5 (9.62%) Technology Roadmap
9 5 (9.62%) Test Strategy
9 5 (9.62%) Verification and Validation
10 4 (7.69%) Analytical Thinking
10 4 (7.69%) Test Assurance
Programming Languages
1 15 (28.85%) SQL
2 6 (11.54%) PowerShell
3 4 (7.69%) C
3 4 (7.69%) C++
4 2 (3.85%) JavaScript
4 2 (3.85%) PHP
5 1 (1.92%) Python
Qualifications
1 13 (25.00%) Degree
2 6 (11.54%) CCNA
2 6 (11.54%) CCNP
2 6 (11.54%) Cisco Certification
3 5 (9.62%) HND
4 4 (7.69%) Microsoft Certification
5 3 (5.77%) A+ Certification
5 3 (5.77%) CCDA
5 3 (5.77%) CCDP
5 3 (5.77%) Security Cleared
6 2 (3.85%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (1.92%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (7.69%) Cyber Essentials
1 4 (7.69%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 4 (7.69%) PMO
2 3 (5.77%) PCI DSS
3 2 (3.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (3.85%) NIST
4 1 (1.92%) GDPR
4 1 (1.92%) HIPAA
4 1 (1.92%) ISO 14001
4 1 (1.92%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 23 (44.23%) Active Directory
2 13 (25.00%) VMware ESXi
2 13 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (7.69%) Hyper-V
4 3 (5.77%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 5 (9.62%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (7.69%) Ansible
3 3 (5.77%) CASB
3 3 (5.77%) SCCM
3 3 (5.77%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
3 3 (5.77%) Terraform
4 1 (1.92%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 31 (59.62%) Microsoft
2 19 (36.54%) VMware
3 13 (25.00%) Cisco
4 10 (19.23%) Fortinet
4 10 (19.23%) Veeam
5 9 (17.31%) SolarWinds
6 8 (15.38%) Palo Alto
7 7 (13.46%) Meraki
8 6 (11.54%) Extreme Networks
9 5 (9.62%) Juniper
10 4 (7.69%) Aruba
10 4 (7.69%) Intel
11 3 (5.77%) Aerohive Networks
11 3 (5.77%) CheckPoint
11 3 (5.77%) Ekahau
11 3 (5.77%) Okta
11 3 (5.77%) Zscaler
12 2 (3.85%) Google
13 1 (1.92%) ServiceNow