Wireless Job Trends in the South West

Wireless
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South West requiring Wireless skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 133 177 115
Rank change year-on-year +44 -62 +101
Permanent jobs citing Wireless 44 33 121
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 1.14% 0.54% 2.62%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 7.24% 5.06% 15.05%
Number of salaries quoted 27 12 120
10th Percentile £25,500 £25,445 £28,500
25th Percentile £27,500 £52,813 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £63,750 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -45.10% +41.67% +40.63%
75th Percentile £47,500 £69,063 £57,500
90th Percentile £48,750 £74,500 £60,350
England median annual salary £40,000 £55,000 £46,000
% change year-on-year -27.27% +19.57% -8.00%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
South West

Wireless 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 608 652 804
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 15.79% 10.60% 17.43%
Number of salaries quoted 381 389 634
10th Percentile £27,000 £30,000 £29,500
25th Percentile £30,000 £33,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £34,000 £50,500 £49,500
Median % change year-on-year -32.67% +2.02% +4.21%
75th Percentile £52,500 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £65,000 £85,000 £77,715
England median annual salary £40,000 £53,025 £52,500
% change year-on-year -24.56% +1.00% -

Wireless
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Wireless job vacancy trend in the South West

Wireless
Salary Trend in the South West

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Wireless

Wireless
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Wireless in the South West over the 6 months to 30 October 2025.

Salary histogram for Wireless in the South West

Wireless
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 Wireless within the South West region over the 6 months to 30 October 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 +16 17 £27,750 -57.31% 2
Bristol +40 10 £42,500 -40.35% 15
Cornwall -10 9 £27,500 -54.17% 1
Wiltshire +19 5 £35,000 +55.56% 2
Devon - 2 £45,000 - 3
Somerset -4 1 £36,051 -19.89% 3
Wireless
England

Wireless
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 16 (36.36%) Microsoft Exchange
2 15 (34.09%) SharePoint
3 6 (13.64%) IIS
Applications
1 5 (11.36%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (9.09%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (9.09%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 23 (52.27%) Microsoft 365
2 15 (34.09%) Entra ID
3 13 (29.55%) OneDrive
4 10 (22.73%) Azure
5 4 (9.09%) Cloud Computing
5 4 (9.09%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 22 (50.00%) VPN
2 21 (47.73%) DHCP
2 21 (47.73%) DNS
3 19 (43.18%) LAN
4 13 (29.55%) Firewall
5 8 (18.18%) VLAN
6 7 (15.91%) LTE
7 6 (13.64%) Cisco IOS
7 6 (13.64%) IPsec
7 6 (13.64%) VoIP
8 5 (11.36%) 802.11
8 5 (11.36%) VSAT
9 4 (9.09%) Broadband
9 4 (9.09%) Internet
9 4 (9.09%) SAN
10 2 (4.55%) 5G
10 2 (4.55%) Bluetooth
10 2 (4.55%) GSM
10 2 (4.55%) UMTS
10 2 (4.55%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (18.18%) SQL Server
2 7 (15.91%) Amazon RDS
General
1 12 (27.27%) Electronics
2 10 (22.73%) Manufacturing
2 10 (22.73%) Social Skills
3 9 (20.45%) Telecoms
4 8 (18.18%) Public Sector
5 6 (13.64%) Finance
6 5 (11.36%) Aerospace
6 5 (11.36%) Automotive
6 5 (11.36%) Billing
6 5 (11.36%) Marketing
7 2 (4.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (2.27%) Analytical Skills
8 1 (2.27%) Police
8 1 (2.27%) Retail
Job Titles
1 14 (31.82%) 2nd Line Support
1 14 (31.82%) Analyst
2 13 (29.55%) Support Analyst
3 11 (25.00%) IT Support
3 11 (25.00%) Support Engineer
4 9 (20.45%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
4 9 (20.45%) Technical Support
5 8 (18.18%) IT Engineer
6 7 (15.91%) Senior
7 6 (13.64%) 3rd Line Engineer
7 6 (13.64%) IT Support Engineer
7 6 (13.64%) Senior IT Engineer
7 6 (13.64%) Senior IT Support
7 6 (13.64%) Senior Support Engineer
8 5 (11.36%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
8 5 (11.36%) 3rd Line Support
8 5 (11.36%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
8 5 (11.36%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
8 5 (11.36%) Technical Engineer
8 5 (11.36%) Technical Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (11.36%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 6 (13.64%) Clustering
2 5 (11.36%) Renewable Energy
3 4 (9.09%) Driving Licence
4 1 (2.27%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 9 (20.45%) Windows
2 8 (18.18%) Windows Server
3 6 (13.64%) Linux
3 6 (13.64%) Mac OS
4 1 (2.27%) Android
4 1 (2.27%) Apple iOS
4 1 (2.27%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (50.00%) Mentoring
2 17 (38.64%) CRM
3 14 (31.82%) Line Management
4 13 (29.55%) ITSM
5 8 (18.18%) Coaching
6 7 (15.91%) Customer Service
7 6 (13.64%) Collaborative Culture
7 6 (13.64%) Containerisation
7 6 (13.64%) Disaster Recovery
7 6 (13.64%) IT Strategy
7 6 (13.64%) ITIL
7 6 (13.64%) Migration
7 6 (13.64%) Remote Monitoring and Management
7 6 (13.64%) Server Building
7 6 (13.64%) Server Management
8 5 (11.36%) Business Intelligence
8 5 (11.36%) Digital Marketing
8 5 (11.36%) Fault Management
8 5 (11.36%) Programme Management
8 5 (11.36%) Statistics
Programming Languages
1 8 (18.18%) PowerShell
2 2 (4.55%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (13.64%) ACMT
1 6 (13.64%) CCNA
1 6 (13.64%) Cisco Certification
1 6 (13.64%) Security Cleared
1 6 (13.64%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 5 (11.36%) GCSC
2 5 (11.36%) JNCIA
2 5 (11.36%) SC Cleared
3 3 (6.82%) Degree
4 2 (4.55%) HND
5 1 (2.27%) CCNP
5 1 (2.27%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (13.64%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (4.55%) GDPR
System Software
1 18 (40.91%) Active Directory
2 8 (18.18%) Hyper-V
2 8 (18.18%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (13.64%) Docker
3 6 (13.64%) VMware ESXi
4 2 (4.55%) vSphere
4 2 (4.55%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 21 (47.73%) Microsoft Intune
2 19 (43.18%) Autotask
3 6 (13.64%) Kubernetes
3 6 (13.64%) vCenter Server
4 2 (4.55%) SCCM
Vendors
1 29 (65.91%) Microsoft
2 13 (29.55%) Meraki
3 8 (18.18%) Veeam
3 8 (18.18%) VMware
4 6 (13.64%) Apple
4 6 (13.64%) Cisco
4 6 (13.64%) Datto
4 6 (13.64%) Oracle
4 6 (13.64%) Sophos
5 5 (11.36%) Freshdesk
5 5 (11.36%) SAP
6 2 (4.55%) Citrix
6 2 (4.55%) SonicWALL