Wireless Jobs in the South West

Wireless
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South West requiring Wireless skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Wireless over the 6 months leading up to 10 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 151 185 52
Rank change year-on-year +34 -133 +189
Permanent jobs citing Wireless 33 108 356
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 0.84% 1.07% 5.53%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 4.53% 8.83% 30.93%
Number of salaries quoted 17 93 65
10th Percentile £25,500 £27,242 £27,700
25th Percentile £28,750 £30,385 £30,725
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £36,000 £37,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% -11.76% +29.77%
75th Percentile £47,500 £50,000 £51,250
90th Percentile £58,000 £65,000 £57,500
England median annual salary £42,500 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -5.56% - -10.00%

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 729 1,223 1,151
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 18.63% 12.07% 17.89%
Number of salaries quoted 434 895 579
10th Percentile £25,087 £26,500 £28,125
25th Percentile £26,625 £31,875 £33,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £34,500 £48,750 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -29.23% +8.33% -5.26%
75th Percentile £53,750 £60,000 £62,833
90th Percentile £67,350 £72,500 £78,250
England median annual salary £37,500 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -21.05% -5.00% -4.76%

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

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Wireless in the South West.

Salary trend for Wireless in the South West

Wireless
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Wireless in the South West over the 6 months to 10 July 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 10 July 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 +45 12 £27,750 -47.14% 3
Bristol +44 8 £45,000 -10.00% 14
Wiltshire +38 6 - - 5
Cornwall +5 5 - - 2
Gloucestershire +30 2 £62,500 +38.89% 8
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 10 (30.30%) Microsoft Exchange
1 10 (30.30%) SharePoint
2 2 (6.06%) IIS
Cloud Services
1 13 (39.39%) Microsoft 365
2 9 (27.27%) Entra ID
3 8 (24.24%) OneDrive
4 7 (21.21%) Azure
5 4 (12.12%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (3.03%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 17 (51.52%) LAN
2 12 (36.36%) VPN
3 11 (33.33%) DHCP
3 11 (33.33%) DNS
4 10 (30.30%) LTE
5 9 (27.27%) Firewall
6 7 (21.21%) Wi-Fi
7 5 (15.15%) 5G
7 5 (15.15%) 802.11
7 5 (15.15%) Bluetooth
7 5 (15.15%) GSM
7 5 (15.15%) UMTS
7 5 (15.15%) VSAT
8 4 (12.12%) VLAN
9 3 (9.09%) Cisco IOS
9 3 (9.09%) Network Security
9 3 (9.09%) WAN
10 2 (6.06%) IPsec
10 2 (6.06%) SAN
10 2 (6.06%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (12.12%) SQL Server
2 3 (9.09%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 1 (3.03%) GDB
General
1 11 (33.33%) Electronics
2 6 (18.18%) Manufacturing
3 5 (15.15%) Aerospace
3 5 (15.15%) Automotive
3 5 (15.15%) Billing
3 5 (15.15%) Social Skills
3 5 (15.15%) Telecoms
4 2 (6.06%) Public Sector
5 1 (3.03%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (3.03%) Finance
5 1 (3.03%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 9 (27.27%) Technical Support
2 8 (24.24%) Analyst
2 8 (24.24%) Support Analyst
3 7 (21.21%) Support Engineer
4 6 (18.18%) IT Support
5 5 (15.15%) 2nd Line Support
5 5 (15.15%) Electronics Engineer
5 5 (15.15%) Electronics Test Engineer
5 5 (15.15%) Technical Engineer
5 5 (15.15%) Technical Support Engineer
5 5 (15.15%) Test Engineer
6 4 (12.12%) 1st Line Support
6 4 (12.12%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
6 4 (12.12%) Technical Analyst
6 4 (12.12%) Technical Support Analyst
7 3 (9.09%) 3rd Line Engineer
7 3 (9.09%) IT Engineer
7 3 (9.09%) Network Engineer
7 3 (9.09%) Senior
8 2 (6.06%) Senior IT Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (15.15%) 802.1X
2 1 (3.03%) HTML
2 1 (3.03%) HTML5
2 1 (3.03%) JSON
2 1 (3.03%) React
2 1 (3.03%) Redux
Miscellaneous
1 5 (15.15%) Driving Licence
1 5 (15.15%) Renewable Energy
2 2 (6.06%) Clustering
2 2 (6.06%) Data Centre
3 1 (3.03%) Embedded Systems
3 1 (3.03%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 3 (9.09%) Linux
1 3 (9.09%) Mac OS
1 3 (9.09%) Windows
2 2 (6.06%) Windows Server
3 1 (3.03%) Apple iOS
3 1 (3.03%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (51.52%) Mentoring
2 12 (36.36%) CRM
3 8 (24.24%) Coaching
3 8 (24.24%) ITSM
3 8 (24.24%) Line Management
4 6 (18.18%) Customer Service
5 5 (15.15%) Commercial Awareness
5 5 (15.15%) Customer Requirements
5 5 (15.15%) Fault Management
5 5 (15.15%) Proactive Monitoring
5 5 (15.15%) Statistics
5 5 (15.15%) Test Strategy
5 5 (15.15%) Validation
5 5 (15.15%) Verification and Validation
6 4 (12.12%) Project Planning
7 3 (9.09%) ITIL
7 3 (9.09%) Problem-Solving
8 2 (6.06%) Decision-Making
8 2 (6.06%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 2 (6.06%) Server Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (9.09%) Python
2 2 (6.06%) PowerShell
2 2 (6.06%) SQL
3 1 (3.03%) C
3 1 (3.03%) C++
3 1 (3.03%) Java
Qualifications
1 8 (24.24%) CCNA
1 8 (24.24%) Cisco Certification
1 8 (24.24%) Security Cleared
2 7 (21.21%) SC Cleared
3 5 (15.15%) Degree
3 5 (15.15%) GCSC
3 5 (15.15%) HND
3 5 (15.15%) JNCIA
4 2 (6.06%) ACMT
4 2 (6.06%) CCNP
4 2 (6.06%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 1 (3.03%) DBS Check
5 1 (3.03%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (9.09%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (3.03%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 1 (3.03%) GDPR
2 1 (3.03%) HIPAA
2 1 (3.03%) NIST
2 1 (3.03%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 12 (36.36%) Active Directory
2 4 (12.12%) Hyper-V
3 2 (6.06%) Docker
3 2 (6.06%) VMware ESXi
3 2 (6.06%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (6.06%) vSphere
3 2 (6.06%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 11 (33.33%) Microsoft Intune
2 10 (30.30%) Autotask
3 2 (6.06%) Ansible
3 2 (6.06%) Kubernetes
3 2 (6.06%) SCCM
3 2 (6.06%) vCenter Server
4 1 (3.03%) FortiGate
4 1 (3.03%) Terraform
Vendors
1 13 (39.39%) Microsoft
2 10 (30.30%) Meraki
3 5 (15.15%) Cisco
3 5 (15.15%) Freshdesk
4 3 (9.09%) Apple
4 3 (9.09%) Palo Alto
5 2 (6.06%) Citrix
5 2 (6.06%) Datto
5 2 (6.06%) Oracle
5 2 (6.06%) Sophos
5 2 (6.06%) Veeam
5 2 (6.06%) VMware
6 1 (3.03%) CheckPoint
6 1 (3.03%) F5
6 1 (3.03%) Fortinet
6 1 (3.03%) Google
6 1 (3.03%) Juniper
6 1 (3.03%) SAP
6 1 (3.03%) SolarWinds