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 6 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 181 134 168
Rank change year-on-year -47 +34 -114
Permanent jobs citing Wireless 26 23 119
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 0.34% 0.85% 1.34%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 4.78% 6.52% 10.17%
Number of salaries quoted 26 14 104
10th Percentile £33,500 - £27,338
25th Percentile £40,000 £34,500 £30,385
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,459 £44,500 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.90% +18.67% +15.38%
75th Percentile £70,000 £58,438 £50,000
90th Percentile - £79,125 £58,750
England median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +16.67% -

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 544 353 1,170
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 7.08% 13.00% 13.14%
Number of salaries quoted 311 260 927
10th Percentile £25,400 £29,750 £26,400
25th Percentile £28,500 £31,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £47,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -26.32% - +5.56%
75th Percentile £53,125 £60,625 £57,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £73,750 £70,000
England median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -10.00% +5.26% -5.00%

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 6 May 2026.

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 6 May 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
Gloucestershire -22 10 £70,000 +21.74% 10
Somerset -15 8 £37,000 - 4
Wiltshire -18 3 £62,500 +76.06% 6
Bristol -27 1 £54,417 +51.16% 6
Cornwall - 1 £41,000 - 1
Devon - 1 £34,000 - 1
Dorset - 1 £37,500 - 1
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:

Applications
1 7 (26.92%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (15.38%) Adobe Illustrator
Cloud Services
1 1 (3.85%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 11 (42.31%) Bluetooth
2 9 (34.62%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (3.85%) Broadband
3 1 (3.85%) DHCP
3 1 (3.85%) DNS
3 1 (3.85%) Ethernet
3 1 (3.85%) Firewall
3 1 (3.85%) TCP/IP
3 1 (3.85%) TETRA
3 1 (3.85%) VLAN
3 1 (3.85%) VPN
General
1 7 (26.92%) Electronics
2 2 (7.69%) Telecoms
3 1 (3.85%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (3.85%) Marketing
3 1 (3.85%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 11 (42.31%) Embedded Engineer
2 10 (38.46%) Support Engineer
2 10 (38.46%) Technical Engineer
2 10 (38.46%) Technical Support
2 10 (38.46%) Technical Support Engineer
3 8 (30.77%) Embedded Software Engineer
3 8 (30.77%) Software Engineer
4 3 (11.54%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
4 3 (11.54%) Firmware Engineer
4 3 (11.54%) Senior
5 2 (7.69%) Senior Embedded Engineer
5 2 (7.69%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
5 2 (7.69%) Senior Software Engineer
6 1 (3.85%) Audio Visual Engineer
6 1 (3.85%) Marketing Manager
6 1 (3.85%) Network Administrator
6 1 (3.85%) Sales Manager
6 1 (3.85%) Trainee
6 1 (3.85%) Trainee Administrator
6 1 (3.85%) Trainee Network Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 11 (42.31%) IoT
2 4 (15.38%) Driving Licence
2 4 (15.38%) Self-Motivation
3 3 (11.54%) Embedded Systems
3 3 (11.54%) Smart Home
4 1 (3.85%) Fibre Optics
4 1 (3.85%) Home Automation
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (30.77%) Signal Processing
1 8 (30.77%) Software Engineering
2 6 (23.08%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (19.23%) CRM
4 4 (15.38%) Mathematics
5 3 (11.54%) SDLC
5 3 (11.54%) Technical Leadership
6 2 (7.69%) Continuous Improvement
6 2 (7.69%) Decision-Making
6 2 (7.69%) Root Cause Analysis
7 1 (3.85%) Competitor Analysis
7 1 (3.85%) Creative Thinking
7 1 (3.85%) Cybersecurity
7 1 (3.85%) High Availability
7 1 (3.85%) Multichannel Marketing
7 1 (3.85%) Patch Management
7 1 (3.85%) Service Delivery
7 1 (3.85%) Task Automation
7 1 (3.85%) Telesales
Programming Languages
1 3 (11.54%) C
1 3 (11.54%) C++
Qualifications
1 5 (19.23%) Degree
2 1 (3.85%) A+ Certification
2 1 (3.85%) Azure Certification
2 1 (3.85%) City & Guilds
2 1 (3.85%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (3.85%) Network+ Certification
System Software
1 3 (11.54%) Embedded Firmware
1 3 (11.54%) Firmware
2 1 (3.85%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (3.85%) SCCM
Vendors
1 6 (23.08%) Microsoft
2 4 (15.38%) Adobe
3 1 (3.85%) BT
3 1 (3.85%) Cisco
3 1 (3.85%) Facebook
3 1 (3.85%) Openreach
3 1 (3.85%) Salesforce
3 1 (3.85%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud