5G Jobs in England

5G
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for 5G skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited 5G over the 6 months to 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 467 731 943
Rank change year-on-year +264 +212 -238
Permanent jobs citing 5G 438 170 246
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.48% 0.20% 0.17%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 3.60% 1.23% 1.30%
Number of salaries quoted 87 102 138
10th Percentile £42,000 £22,000 £42,500
25th Percentile £50,625 £32,500 £56,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £46,500 £70,500
Median % change year-on-year +29.03% -34.04% +28.18%
75th Percentile £77,500 £70,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £78,500 £86,125
UK median annual salary £60,000 £46,500 £70,500
% change year-on-year +29.03% -34.04% +28.18%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
England

5G is in the Communications and Computer Networking category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 12,178 13,772 18,865
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 13.38% 16.37% 13.36%
Number of salaries quoted 8,544 6,977 10,429
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,750 £28,189
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £87,500 £85,000
UK median annual salary £47,500 £50,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.94% -3.81% +5.00%

5G
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing 5G as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for 5G in England

5G
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing 5G in England.

Salary trend for 5G in England

5G
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing 5G in England over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for 5G in England

5G
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing 5G within the England region over the 6 months to 1 June 2024. 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
London +267 175 £75,000 +3.45% 18
South East +61 149 £55,000 +18.28% 18
South West +2 47 £61,500 -10.55% 2
East of England - 42 £65,000 - 4
Midlands -3 13 £55,000 -21.99% 2
West Midlands -4 13 £55,000 -21.99% 1
North of England -8 12 £40,000 -5.88% 6
Yorkshire +15 5 £27,500 -35.29% 3
North West - 4 £40,000 - 1
North East - 3 £80,000 - 2
5G
UK

5G
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 8 (1.83%) Confluence
2 4 (0.91%) JBoss
Applications
1 2 (0.46%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (0.23%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.23%) OrCAD
2 1 (0.23%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (1.14%) Oracle ERP
2 4 (0.91%) Temenos T24
3 2 (0.46%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 212 (48.40%) Azure
1 212 (48.40%) Entra ID
2 10 (2.28%) GitHub
3 8 (1.83%) SaaS
4 6 (1.37%) AWS
4 6 (1.37%) GCP
5 3 (0.68%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (0.23%) Azure Data Factory
6 1 (0.23%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (0.23%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 1 (0.23%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 1 (0.23%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (0.23%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 251 (57.31%) Broadband
2 54 (12.33%) WAN
3 52 (11.87%) 4G
4 49 (11.19%) Wireless
5 37 (8.45%) SD-WAN
6 36 (8.22%) Firewall
7 35 (7.99%) LTE
8 27 (6.16%) Bluetooth
8 27 (6.16%) GSM
9 25 (5.71%) Wi-Fi
10 23 (5.25%) UMTS
11 22 (5.02%) ISDN
11 22 (5.02%) PSTN
12 18 (4.11%) DNS
13 17 (3.88%) MPLS
13 17 (3.88%) VPN
14 16 (3.65%) Radio Access Network
15 13 (2.97%) DHCP
16 10 (2.28%) TCP/IP
17 9 (2.05%) 3GPP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.23%) Azure SQL Database
1 1 (0.23%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (0.23%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 22 (5.02%) LabVIEW
2 19 (4.34%) JIRA
3 14 (3.20%) Jenkins
4 13 (2.97%) Git
5 10 (2.28%) Trac
6 4 (0.91%) GCC
7 1 (0.23%) TeamCity
General
1 274 (62.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 270 (61.64%) Analytical Skills
3 109 (24.89%) Telecoms
4 99 (22.60%) Social Skills
5 50 (11.42%) Finance
6 39 (8.90%) Marketing
7 34 (7.76%) Presentation Skills
8 24 (5.48%) Electronics
9 12 (2.74%) Law
9 12 (2.74%) Organisational Skills
10 8 (1.83%) Aerospace
11 7 (1.60%) Legal
12 6 (1.37%) Public Sector
13 5 (1.14%) Back Office
14 4 (0.91%) Banking
15 3 (0.68%) Manufacturing
16 1 (0.23%) Automotive
16 1 (0.23%) Avionics
16 1 (0.23%) Influencing Skills
16 1 (0.23%) Military
Job Titles
1 215 (49.09%) Technical Specialist
2 210 (47.95%) Linux Specialist
3 159 (36.30%) Senior
4 127 (29.00%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
4 127 (29.00%) Senior Linux Specialist
4 127 (29.00%) Senior Technical Specialist
4 127 (29.00%) Senior Unix Technical Specialist
5 23 (5.25%) Lead
6 18 (4.11%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 17 (3.88%) Senior Manager
8 16 (3.65%) GNSS Engineer
8 16 (3.65%) RF Engineer
9 15 (3.42%) Developer
9 15 (3.42%) Hardware Engineer
10 14 (3.20%) Systems Engineer
11 12 (2.74%) Software Engineer
11 12 (2.74%) Technical Leader
12 11 (2.51%) Project Leader
12 11 (2.51%) Project Manager
12 11 (2.51%) Technical Project Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (1.37%) 802.1X
2 5 (1.14%) Oracle Fusion
3 4 (0.91%) REST
3 4 (0.91%) Web Services
4 2 (0.46%) Middleware
5 1 (0.23%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 210 (47.95%) Social Media
2 23 (5.25%) IoT
3 22 (5.02%) Acoustics
3 22 (5.02%) Satnav
4 18 (4.11%) Driving Licence
5 16 (3.65%) GNSS
5 16 (3.65%) Self-Motivation
6 12 (2.74%) FPGA
7 11 (2.51%) Robotics
8 10 (2.28%) Management Information System
9 9 (2.05%) ARM Cortex
9 9 (2.05%) VHDL
10 8 (1.83%) MicroBlaze
11 6 (1.37%) Cloud Native
11 6 (1.37%) Device Driver
11 6 (1.37%) PCIe
12 5 (1.14%) Culture of Ownership
12 5 (1.14%) Fibre Optics
12 5 (1.14%) Hybrid Cloud
12 5 (1.14%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 253 (57.76%) Linux
2 210 (47.95%) Ubuntu
3 28 (6.39%) Windows
4 11 (2.51%) Windows Server
5 8 (1.83%) Embedded Linux
6 4 (0.91%) AIX
6 4 (0.91%) Unix
7 3 (0.68%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.23%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 244 (55.71%) Cybersecurity
2 222 (50.68%) Artificial Intelligence
3 210 (47.95%) CRM
3 210 (47.95%) IT Strategy
3 210 (47.95%) Technology Strategy
4 77 (17.58%) Problem-Solving
5 60 (13.70%) Test Automation
6 50 (11.42%) Project Management
7 47 (10.73%) Mentoring
8 44 (10.05%) B2B
9 41 (9.36%) Agile
10 39 (8.90%) Data Management
10 39 (8.90%) Knowledge Transfer
11 35 (7.99%) Project Delivery
11 35 (7.99%) Roadmaps
11 35 (7.99%) Test Assurance
12 32 (7.31%) Collaborative Culture
12 32 (7.31%) Validation
13 30 (6.85%) Market Research
13 30 (6.85%) Strategic Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 211 (48.17%) Bash
2 42 (9.59%) Python
3 21 (4.79%) C++
4 17 (3.88%) C
5 12 (2.74%) MATLAB
6 10 (2.28%) PowerShell
7 9 (2.05%) Perl
7 9 (2.05%) Tcl
8 8 (1.83%) VB
9 6 (1.37%) Assembly Language
10 3 (0.68%) C#
11 1 (0.23%) Embedded C++
11 1 (0.23%) Ruby
11 1 (0.23%) SQL
Qualifications
1 89 (20.32%) Degree
2 44 (10.05%) Security Cleared
3 30 (6.85%) Master's Degree
3 30 (6.85%) MBA
4 22 (5.02%) SC Cleared
5 15 (3.42%) BPSS Clearance
6 9 (2.05%) CTC Cleared
7 5 (1.14%) AWS Certification
7 5 (1.14%) CISM
7 5 (1.14%) CISSP
8 1 (0.23%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (4.57%) PMO
2 17 (3.88%) Cyber Essentials
3 9 (2.05%) COSHH
3 9 (2.05%) GDPR
3 9 (2.05%) NCSC
4 6 (1.37%) QA
5 5 (1.14%) NIST
5 5 (1.14%) SLA
6 3 (0.68%) JTAG
7 1 (0.23%) Data Quality
System Software
1 220 (50.23%) Active Directory
2 33 (7.53%) Hyper-V
3 21 (4.79%) Firmware
4 16 (3.65%) pfSense
4 16 (3.65%) Virtual Machines
5 15 (3.42%) Embedded Firmware
6 12 (2.74%) Docker
7 10 (2.28%) NFS
Systems Management
1 210 (47.95%) Jamf Pro
1 210 (47.95%) Microsoft Intune
2 17 (3.88%) FortiGate
3 16 (3.65%) Grafana
3 16 (3.65%) ZABBIX
4 10 (2.28%) Ansible
4 10 (2.28%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
4 10 (2.28%) SCDPM
5 4 (0.91%) Kubernetes
6 1 (0.23%) Check_MK
Vendors
1 221 (50.46%) Microsoft
2 210 (47.95%) CyberArk
2 210 (47.95%) Tanium
3 40 (9.13%) Virgin Media
4 18 (4.11%) Cisco
5 17 (3.88%) Darktrace
5 17 (3.88%) Fortinet
5 17 (3.88%) HP
5 17 (3.88%) Juniper
5 17 (3.88%) NEC
6 16 (3.65%) VMware
7 10 (2.28%) McAfee
7 10 (2.28%) Oracle
7 10 (2.28%) Veeam
8 9 (2.05%) Mitel
8 9 (2.05%) Ribbon
8 9 (2.05%) Xilinx
9 8 (1.83%) Altera
9 8 (1.83%) Green Hills
9 8 (1.83%) Motorola