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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 123 188 60
Rank change year-on-year +65 -128 +167
Permanent jobs citing Wireless 43 54 226
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 1.23% 0.72% 4.79%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 7.49% 6.79% 25.25%
Number of salaries quoted 23 31 109
10th Percentile £25,500 £12,000 £28,000
25th Percentile £28,500 £29,609 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £37,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -11.76% +26.87%
75th Percentile £48,125 £63,750 £52,500
90th Percentile £48,750 £70,000 £57,500
England median annual salary £42,500 £50,047 £46,500
% change year-on-year -15.08% +7.63% -7.00%

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 574 795 895
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 16.37% 10.55% 18.98%
Number of salaries quoted 359 492 606
10th Percentile £26,625 £28,775 £29,000
25th Percentile £30,500 £33,438 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -30.00% +5.26% +2.15%
75th Percentile £53,750 £67,500 £66,813
90th Percentile £64,000 £81,250 £77,715
England median annual salary £41,500 £50,000 £52,000
% change year-on-year -17.00% -3.85% -0.95%

Wireless
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Wireless 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 18 September 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 18 September 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 17 £27,750 -57.31%
Bristol +49 12 £42,500 -40.35% 7
Wiltshire +29 6 £41,000 +82.22% 1
Cornwall -10 6 £27,500 -34.91% 1
Devon +11 1 £45,000 +20.00% 3
Somerset -1 1 £36,051 +200.43% 2
Wireless
England

Wireless
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 16 (37.21%) Microsoft Exchange
2 15 (34.88%) SharePoint
3 6 (13.95%) IIS
Applications
1 2 (4.65%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (2.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (2.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 22 (51.16%) Microsoft 365
2 14 (32.56%) Entra ID
3 13 (30.23%) OneDrive
4 11 (25.58%) Azure
5 4 (9.30%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (2.33%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (2.33%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 23 (53.49%) VPN
2 21 (48.84%) DHCP
2 21 (48.84%) DNS
2 21 (48.84%) LAN
3 14 (32.56%) Firewall
4 10 (23.26%) LTE
5 8 (18.60%) VLAN
6 7 (16.28%) Cisco IOS
7 6 (13.95%) IPsec
7 6 (13.95%) VoIP
7 6 (13.95%) Wi-Fi
8 5 (11.63%) 5G
8 5 (11.63%) 802.11
8 5 (11.63%) Bluetooth
8 5 (11.63%) GSM
8 5 (11.63%) UMTS
8 5 (11.63%) VSAT
9 3 (6.98%) SAN
10 2 (4.65%) Broadband
10 2 (4.65%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (18.60%) SQL Server
2 7 (16.28%) Amazon RDS
General
1 15 (34.88%) Electronics
2 10 (23.26%) Manufacturing
2 10 (23.26%) Social Skills
3 9 (20.93%) Telecoms
4 6 (13.95%) Finance
4 6 (13.95%) Public Sector
5 5 (11.63%) Aerospace
5 5 (11.63%) Automotive
5 5 (11.63%) Billing
5 5 (11.63%) Marketing
6 2 (4.65%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (4.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (2.33%) Police
7 1 (2.33%) Retail
Job Titles
1 14 (32.56%) 2nd Line Support
1 14 (32.56%) Analyst
2 13 (30.23%) Support Analyst
3 11 (25.58%) IT Support
3 11 (25.58%) Support Engineer
4 9 (20.93%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
4 9 (20.93%) Technical Support
5 8 (18.60%) IT Engineer
6 7 (16.28%) Senior
7 6 (13.95%) 3rd Line Engineer
7 6 (13.95%) IT Support Engineer
7 6 (13.95%) Senior IT Engineer
7 6 (13.95%) Senior IT Support
7 6 (13.95%) Senior Support Engineer
8 5 (11.63%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
8 5 (11.63%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
8 5 (11.63%) 2nd/3rd Line Support Engineer
8 5 (11.63%) Electronics Engineer
8 5 (11.63%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
8 5 (11.63%) Technical Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (11.63%) 802.1X
2 1 (2.33%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 7 (16.28%) Driving Licence
2 6 (13.95%) Clustering
3 5 (11.63%) Renewable Energy
4 2 (4.65%) Data Centre
5 1 (2.33%) Public Cloud
5 1 (2.33%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 8 (18.60%) Windows
2 7 (16.28%) Windows Server
3 6 (13.95%) Linux
3 6 (13.95%) Mac OS
4 1 (2.33%) Android
4 1 (2.33%) Apple iOS
4 1 (2.33%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (58.14%) Mentoring
2 17 (39.53%) CRM
3 14 (32.56%) Line Management
4 13 (30.23%) ITSM
5 11 (25.58%) Coaching
6 7 (16.28%) Customer Service
7 6 (13.95%) Collaborative Culture
7 6 (13.95%) Containerisation
7 6 (13.95%) Disaster Recovery
7 6 (13.95%) IT Strategy
7 6 (13.95%) ITIL
7 6 (13.95%) Migration
7 6 (13.95%) Remote Monitoring and Management
7 6 (13.95%) Server Building
7 6 (13.95%) Server Management
8 5 (11.63%) Business Intelligence
8 5 (11.63%) Problem-Solving
8 5 (11.63%) Programme Management
8 5 (11.63%) Validation
8 5 (11.63%) Verification and Validation
Programming Languages
1 7 (16.28%) PowerShell
2 2 (4.65%) Python
2 2 (4.65%) SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (16.28%) CCNA
1 7 (16.28%) Cisco Certification
1 7 (16.28%) Security Cleared
2 6 (13.95%) ACMT
2 6 (13.95%) Degree
2 6 (13.95%) SC Cleared
2 6 (13.95%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
3 5 (11.63%) GCSC
3 5 (11.63%) HND
3 5 (11.63%) JNCIA
4 1 (2.33%) CCNP
4 1 (2.33%) DBS Check
4 1 (2.33%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (13.95%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (4.65%) GDPR
3 1 (2.33%) HIPAA
3 1 (2.33%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 18 (41.86%) Active Directory
2 8 (18.60%) Hyper-V
3 7 (16.28%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (13.95%) Docker
4 6 (13.95%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (4.65%) vSphere
5 2 (4.65%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 20 (46.51%) Microsoft Intune
2 19 (44.19%) Autotask
3 6 (13.95%) Kubernetes
3 6 (13.95%) vCenter Server
4 2 (4.65%) Ansible
4 2 (4.65%) SCCM
5 1 (2.33%) FortiGate
5 1 (2.33%) Terraform
Vendors
1 25 (58.14%) Microsoft
2 14 (32.56%) Meraki
3 8 (18.60%) Cisco
4 7 (16.28%) Veeam
4 7 (16.28%) VMware
5 6 (13.95%) Apple
5 6 (13.95%) Datto
5 6 (13.95%) Oracle
5 6 (13.95%) Sophos
6 5 (11.63%) Freshdesk
6 5 (11.63%) SAP
7 2 (4.65%) Citrix
7 2 (4.65%) Palo Alto
8 1 (2.33%) CheckPoint
8 1 (2.33%) F5
8 1 (2.33%) Google
8 1 (2.33%) Juniper
8 1 (2.33%) SolarWinds
8 1 (2.33%) SonicWALL