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 28 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 178 133 173
Rank change year-on-year -45 +40 -130
Permanent jobs citing Wireless 47 34 83
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 0.55% 1.00% 0.97%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 7.15% 6.17% 8.57%
Number of salaries quoted 38 18 69
10th Percentile £33,500 £25,500 £25,625
25th Percentile £40,000 £28,750 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £40,000 £37,000
Median % change year-on-year +31.25% +8.11% -12.94%
75th Percentile £70,000 £48,438 £50,000
90th Percentile - £54,875 £61,000
England median annual salary £48,500 £42,500 £46,273
% change year-on-year +14.12% -8.15% +2.83%

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 657 551 968
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 7.65% 16.13% 11.32%
Number of salaries quoted 388 382 747
10th Percentile £28,425 £28,750 £27,387
25th Percentile £31,250 £30,500 £31,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £42,500 £48,750
Median % change year-on-year - -12.82% +8.33%
75th Percentile £63,750 £57,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £68,525 £75,000
England median annual salary £47,500 £42,500 £48,500
% change year-on-year +11.76% -12.37% -3.96%

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 28 July 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 28 July 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 -13 23 £70,000 +3.70% 7
Bristol -31 8 £52,500 +20.00% 3
Somerset - 8 £37,000 - 2
Wiltshire -20 3 £62,500 +52.44% 2
Dorset -17 1 £37,500 +35.14% 1
Devon - 1 £34,000 - 2
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 6 (12.77%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 7 (14.89%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (8.51%) Adobe Illustrator
3 1 (2.13%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 7 (14.89%) Entra ID
1 7 (14.89%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (6.38%) Azure
3 2 (4.26%) AWS
4 1 (2.13%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 12 (25.53%) Bluetooth
2 11 (23.40%) Wi-Fi
3 7 (14.89%) DNS
4 6 (12.77%) DHCP
4 6 (12.77%) TCP/IP
5 4 (8.51%) BGP
5 4 (8.51%) Firewall
5 4 (8.51%) OSPF
5 4 (8.51%) SD-WAN
5 4 (8.51%) VLAN
5 4 (8.51%) VPN
5 4 (8.51%) WAN
6 3 (6.38%) Cisco ISE
6 3 (6.38%) LAN
6 3 (6.38%) Network Security
6 3 (6.38%) WLAN
7 2 (4.26%) Cisco Wireless
7 2 (4.26%) EIGRP
7 2 (4.26%) HSRP
7 2 (4.26%) VRRP
Development Applications
1 1 (2.13%) Git
General
1 12 (25.53%) Social Skills
2 9 (19.15%) Electronics
3 7 (14.89%) Manufacturing
4 3 (6.38%) Telecoms
5 2 (4.26%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (2.13%) Advertising
6 1 (2.13%) Finance
6 1 (2.13%) Law
6 1 (2.13%) Local Government
6 1 (2.13%) Marketing
6 1 (2.13%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 19 (40.43%) Support Engineer
2 14 (29.79%) Embedded Engineer
3 11 (23.40%) Embedded Software Engineer
3 11 (23.40%) Software Engineer
3 11 (23.40%) Technical Engineer
3 11 (23.40%) Technical Support
3 11 (23.40%) Technical Support Engineer
4 8 (17.02%) IT Engineer
4 8 (17.02%) IT Support
4 8 (17.02%) IT Support Engineer
5 5 (10.64%) Network Engineer
6 4 (8.51%) Senior
7 3 (6.38%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
7 3 (6.38%) Firmware Engineer
8 2 (4.26%) Senior Embedded Engineer
8 2 (4.26%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
8 2 (4.26%) Senior Software Engineer
9 1 (2.13%) Principal Network Engineer
9 1 (2.13%) Sales and Marketing Manager
9 1 (2.13%) Senior Audio Visual Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 11 (23.40%) Driving Licence
1 11 (23.40%) IoT
2 7 (14.89%) Onboarding
3 4 (8.51%) Embedded Systems
3 4 (8.51%) Self-Motivation
4 3 (6.38%) Smart Home
5 1 (2.13%) Apple TV
5 1 (2.13%) ARM Cortex
5 1 (2.13%) CMDB
5 1 (2.13%) Data Centre
5 1 (2.13%) Device Driver
5 1 (2.13%) Distributed Architecture
5 1 (2.13%) Home Automation
5 1 (2.13%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (2.13%) PKI
5 1 (2.13%) Raspberry Pi
Operating Systems
1 7 (14.89%) Mac OS
1 7 (14.89%) Windows
2 6 (12.77%) Apple iOS
3 2 (4.26%) Linux
4 1 (2.13%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (29.79%) Problem-Solving
2 12 (25.53%) Software Engineering
3 11 (23.40%) Continuous Improvement
3 11 (23.40%) Signal Processing
4 9 (19.15%) Customer Service
5 8 (17.02%) Cybersecurity
6 6 (12.77%) Project Delivery
7 5 (10.64%) CRM
7 5 (10.64%) Technical Leadership
8 4 (8.51%) Decision-Making
8 4 (8.51%) Mathematics
8 4 (8.51%) Root Cause Analysis
9 3 (6.38%) Disaster Recovery
9 3 (6.38%) SDLC
10 2 (4.26%) Business Continuity
10 2 (4.26%) Change Management
10 2 (4.26%) Mentoring
10 2 (4.26%) Network Architecture
10 2 (4.26%) Network Design
10 2 (4.26%) Network Segmentation
Programming Languages
1 4 (8.51%) C
2 3 (6.38%) C++
2 3 (6.38%) Python
3 1 (2.13%) Rust
Qualifications
1 8 (17.02%) Degree
2 4 (8.51%) SC Cleared
2 4 (8.51%) Security Cleared
3 3 (6.38%) CCNP
3 3 (6.38%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (4.26%) HNC
5 1 (2.13%) A+ Certification
5 1 (2.13%) CCNA
5 1 (2.13%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (2.13%) DV Cleared
5 1 (2.13%) JNCIS
5 1 (2.13%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (2.13%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (2.13%) JTAG
System Software
1 7 (14.89%) Active Directory
2 5 (10.64%) Firmware
3 3 (6.38%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 6 (12.77%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (4.26%) Ansible
2 2 (4.26%) FortiGate
3 1 (2.13%) Terraform
Vendors
1 14 (29.79%) Microsoft
2 6 (12.77%) Cisco
3 4 (8.51%) Adobe
3 4 (8.51%) Aruba
3 4 (8.51%) Fortinet
4 3 (6.38%) Meraki
5 2 (4.26%) Juniper
6 1 (2.13%) Apple
6 1 (2.13%) Avaya
6 1 (2.13%) CheckPoint
6 1 (2.13%) Dell
6 1 (2.13%) F5
6 1 (2.13%) Facebook
6 1 (2.13%) HP
6 1 (2.13%) Infoblox
6 1 (2.13%) Salesforce
6 1 (2.13%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
6 1 (2.13%) SolarWinds
6 1 (2.13%) WatchGuard
6 1 (2.13%) Yahoo!