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 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 158 177 58
Rank change year-on-year +19 -119 +168
Permanent jobs citing Wireless 23 118 343
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 0.64% 1.27% 5.04%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 4.65% 9.43% 26.32%
Number of salaries quoted 14 104 36
10th Percentile - £27,338 £26,875
25th Percentile £34,500 £30,385 £29,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,500 £37,500 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year +18.67% +15.38% -5.11%
75th Percentile £58,438 £50,000 £53,750
90th Percentile £79,125 £58,750 £65,000
England median annual salary £52,500 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +16.67% - -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 495 1,251 1,303
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 13.81% 13.49% 19.13%
Number of salaries quoted 331 926 551
10th Percentile £25,087 £26,375 £28,000
25th Percentile £28,625 £32,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £47,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.79% +5.56% -5.26%
75th Percentile £57,057 £57,500 £61,625
90th Percentile £73,750 £71,250 £77,500
England median annual salary £47,500 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year - -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 May 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 May 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
Bristol +34 10 £36,000 -26.15% 10
Wiltshire +38 8 £35,500 -29.00% 4
Gloucestershire +40 4 £57,500 +53.33% 13
Somerset -11 1 - - 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:

Applications
1 3 (13.04%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 7 (30.43%) Azure
2 4 (17.39%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (8.70%) Entra ID
4 1 (4.35%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 8 (34.78%) Firewall
1 8 (34.78%) LAN
1 8 (34.78%) Wi-Fi
2 7 (30.43%) WAN
3 6 (26.09%) VLAN
4 5 (21.74%) 5G
4 5 (21.74%) Bluetooth
4 5 (21.74%) GSM
4 5 (21.74%) LTE
4 5 (21.74%) UMTS
5 4 (17.39%) Network Security
5 4 (17.39%) VPN
6 2 (8.70%) Cisco Nexus
6 2 (8.70%) DHCP
6 2 (8.70%) DNS
6 2 (8.70%) IP Telephony
6 2 (8.70%) Remote Desktop
6 2 (8.70%) SAN
6 2 (8.70%) WLAN
7 1 (4.35%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (8.70%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (4.35%) GDB
General
1 5 (21.74%) Electronics
2 3 (13.04%) Social Skills
3 1 (4.35%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (4.35%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (4.35%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 6 (26.09%) Field Engineer
1 6 (26.09%) Field Service Engineer
1 6 (26.09%) Security Engineer
2 5 (21.74%) Electronics Engineer
2 5 (21.74%) Electronics Test Engineer
2 5 (21.74%) Test Engineer
3 3 (13.04%) IT Engineer
3 3 (13.04%) Network Engineer
3 3 (13.04%) Senior
4 2 (8.70%) 3rd Line Engineer
4 2 (8.70%) Consultant
4 2 (8.70%) Network Consultant
4 2 (8.70%) Senior Consultant
4 2 (8.70%) Senior Network Consultant
4 2 (8.70%) Technical Manager
5 1 (4.35%) Analyst
5 1 (4.35%) C++ Developer
5 1 (4.35%) Developer
5 1 (4.35%) Senior Analyst
5 1 (4.35%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.35%) HTML
1 1 (4.35%) HTML5
1 1 (4.35%) JSON
1 1 (4.35%) React
1 1 (4.35%) Redux
Miscellaneous
1 12 (52.17%) Driving Licence
2 2 (8.70%) CCTV
2 2 (8.70%) Data Centre
3 1 (4.35%) Embedded Systems
3 1 (4.35%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 4 (17.39%) Windows
2 3 (13.04%) Linux
3 2 (8.70%) Windows 10
3 2 (8.70%) Windows Server
3 2 (8.70%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (4.35%) Apple iOS
4 1 (4.35%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (30.43%) Coaching
1 7 (30.43%) Mentoring
2 5 (21.74%) Customer Requirements
2 5 (21.74%) Test Strategy
2 5 (21.74%) Validation
2 5 (21.74%) Verification and Validation
3 4 (17.39%) ITIL
4 3 (13.04%) Network Design
4 3 (13.04%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (13.04%) Service Delivery
5 2 (8.70%) Collaborative Culture
5 2 (8.70%) Collaborative Working
5 2 (8.70%) Load Balancing
5 2 (8.70%) Network Segmentation
5 2 (8.70%) Presales
5 2 (8.70%) Roadmaps
5 2 (8.70%) Root Cause Analysis
5 2 (8.70%) Server Management
5 2 (8.70%) Technology Roadmap
5 2 (8.70%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (13.04%) Python
2 1 (4.35%) C
2 1 (4.35%) C++
2 1 (4.35%) Java
Qualifications
1 5 (21.74%) Cisco Certification
1 5 (21.74%) Degree
1 5 (21.74%) HND
2 4 (17.39%) CCNP
3 3 (13.04%) CCNA
4 2 (8.70%) CCIE
4 2 (8.70%) SC Cleared
4 2 (8.70%) Security Cleared
5 1 (4.35%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (8.70%) Cyber Essentials
1 2 (8.70%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 2 (8.70%) NIST
2 1 (4.35%) GDPR
2 1 (4.35%) HIPAA
2 1 (4.35%) PCI DSS
2 1 (4.35%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (21.74%) Active Directory
2 2 (8.70%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (17.39%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (8.70%) Ansible
3 1 (4.35%) FortiGate
3 1 (4.35%) Terraform
Vendors
1 7 (30.43%) Cisco
2 4 (17.39%) Microsoft
2 4 (17.39%) Palo Alto
3 3 (13.04%) Meraki
4 2 (8.70%) CheckPoint
4 2 (8.70%) Fortinet
4 2 (8.70%) Ubiquiti
4 2 (8.70%) Veeam
4 2 (8.70%) VMware
5 1 (4.35%) Apple
5 1 (4.35%) F5
5 1 (4.35%) Google
5 1 (4.35%) Juniper
5 1 (4.35%) SolarWinds