5G
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies 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 10 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 510 789 931
Rank change year-on-year +279 +142 -178
Permanent jobs citing 5G 434 191 272
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.44% 0.19% 0.17%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 3.21% 1.21% 1.30%
Number of salaries quoted 81 112 149
10th Percentile £45,000 £22,000 £42,500
25th Percentile £51,250 £32,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £42,750 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +46.20% -38.93% +27.27%
75th Percentile £77,500 £71,125 £75,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £81,125 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £42,500 £70,500
% change year-on-year +41.18% -39.72% +30.56%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

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 with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 13,516 15,741 20,996
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.62% 15.58% 13.35%
Number of salaries quoted 9,426 8,007 11,698
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,750 £28,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,750 £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 £63,750 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,715 £87,500 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £43,750 £45,000 £46,500
% change year-on-year -2.78% -3.23% +3.33%

5G
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for 5G in the UK

5G
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for 5G in the UK

5G
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing 5G over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

Salary histogram for 5G in the UK

5G
Top 13 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing 5G within the UK over the 6 months to 10 May 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
England +315 430 £62,500 +46.20% 76
Work from Home +194 270 £72,500 +54.26% 42
UK excluding London +78 258 £60,000 +41.18% 65
London +269 172 £75,000 - 16
South East +82 145 £55,000 +18.28% 26
South West +9 47 £61,500 -10.55% 4
East of England - 41 £65,000 - 21
West Midlands +7 13 £55,000 -21.99% 3
Midlands -8 13 £55,000 -21.99% 3
North of England -1 12 £40,000 -5.88% 6
Yorkshire +32 5 £27,500 -35.29% 1
North West - 4 £40,000 - 2
North East - 3 £80,000 - 3

5G
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 (1.84%) Confluence
2 4 (0.92%) JBoss
Applications
1 5 (1.15%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.69%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.46%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.23%) OrCAD
4 1 (0.23%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (1.15%) Oracle ERP
2 4 (0.92%) Temenos T24
3 2 (0.46%) Oracle Payables
3 2 (0.46%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 2 (0.46%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 212 (48.85%) Azure
1 212 (48.85%) Entra ID
2 10 (2.30%) GitHub
3 8 (1.84%) SaaS
4 3 (0.69%) Cloud Computing
5 2 (0.46%) OCI
6 1 (0.23%) AWS
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%) GCP
6 1 (0.23%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 250 (57.60%) Broadband
2 53 (12.21%) WAN
3 48 (11.06%) Wireless
4 47 (10.83%) 4G
5 39 (8.99%) SD-WAN
6 34 (7.83%) LTE
7 33 (7.60%) Firewall
8 27 (6.22%) Bluetooth
8 27 (6.22%) GSM
9 25 (5.76%) Wi-Fi
10 23 (5.30%) UMTS
11 22 (5.07%) ISDN
11 22 (5.07%) PSTN
12 17 (3.92%) VPN
13 16 (3.69%) DNS
14 15 (3.46%) Radio Access Network
15 14 (3.23%) MPLS
16 11 (2.53%) DHCP
17 10 (2.30%) Internet
18 9 (2.07%) 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 25 (5.76%) LabVIEW
2 19 (4.38%) JIRA
3 14 (3.23%) Jenkins
4 13 (3.00%) Git
5 10 (2.30%) Trac
6 4 (0.92%) GCC
7 2 (0.46%) Visual Studio
8 1 (0.23%) TeamCity
General
1 273 (62.90%) Analytical Skills
2 271 (62.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 106 (24.42%) Telecoms
4 103 (23.73%) Social Skills
5 59 (13.59%) Finance
6 39 (8.99%) Marketing
7 37 (8.53%) Presentation Skills
8 24 (5.53%) Electronics
9 13 (3.00%) Aerospace
9 13 (3.00%) Organisational Skills
10 12 (2.76%) Law
11 9 (2.07%) Legal
12 6 (1.38%) Public Sector
13 5 (1.15%) Retail
14 4 (0.92%) Banking
15 3 (0.69%) 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 (49.54%) Technical Specialist
2 210 (48.39%) Linux Specialist
3 163 (37.56%) Senior
4 127 (29.26%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
4 127 (29.26%) Senior Linux Specialist
4 127 (29.26%) Senior Technical Specialist
4 127 (29.26%) Senior Unix Technical Specialist
5 19 (4.38%) Senior Manager
6 18 (4.15%) Lead
7 16 (3.69%) RF Engineer
8 15 (3.46%) Developer
8 15 (3.46%) Hardware Engineer
8 15 (3.46%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 14 (3.23%) Software Engineer
9 14 (3.23%) Systems Engineer
10 13 (3.00%) GNSS Engineer
11 12 (2.76%) Project Manager
11 12 (2.76%) Technical Leader
12 11 (2.53%) Technical Project Leader
12 11 (2.53%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (1.61%) Oracle Fusion
2 6 (1.38%) 802.1X
3 4 (0.92%) REST
3 4 (0.92%) Web Services
4 2 (0.46%) Middleware
5 1 (0.23%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 210 (48.39%) Social Media
2 22 (5.07%) Acoustics
2 22 (5.07%) Satnav
3 21 (4.84%) IoT
4 19 (4.38%) GNSS
4 19 (4.38%) Self-Motivation
5 14 (3.23%) Driving Licence
6 12 (2.76%) FPGA
7 11 (2.53%) Robotics
8 10 (2.30%) Management Information System
9 9 (2.07%) ARM Cortex
9 9 (2.07%) VHDL
10 8 (1.84%) MicroBlaze
11 6 (1.38%) Device Driver
11 6 (1.38%) PCIe
12 4 (0.92%) Embedded Systems
12 4 (0.92%) Fibre Optics
13 3 (0.69%) Algorithms
13 3 (0.69%) Data Structures
13 3 (0.69%) NB-IoT
Operating Systems
1 256 (58.99%) Linux
2 210 (48.39%) Ubuntu
3 29 (6.68%) Windows
4 11 (2.53%) Windows Server
5 8 (1.84%) Embedded Linux
6 7 (1.61%) Unix
7 4 (0.92%) AIX
8 1 (0.23%) Android
8 1 (0.23%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 246 (56.68%) Cybersecurity
2 222 (51.15%) Artificial Intelligence
3 210 (48.39%) CRM
3 210 (48.39%) IT Strategy
3 210 (48.39%) Technology Strategy
4 78 (17.97%) Problem-Solving
5 62 (14.29%) Test Automation
6 52 (11.98%) Project Management
7 46 (10.60%) B2B
8 41 (9.45%) Agile
8 41 (9.45%) Mentoring
9 37 (8.53%) Test Assurance
10 36 (8.29%) Data Management
10 36 (8.29%) Knowledge Transfer
11 34 (7.83%) Validation
12 32 (7.37%) Collaborative Culture
12 32 (7.37%) Project Delivery
13 31 (7.14%) Roadmaps
14 30 (6.91%) Storytelling
14 30 (6.91%) Strategic Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 213 (49.08%) Bash
2 47 (10.83%) Python
3 24 (5.53%) C++
4 17 (3.92%) C
5 15 (3.46%) MATLAB
6 11 (2.53%) Perl
7 10 (2.30%) PowerShell
8 9 (2.07%) Tcl
9 8 (1.84%) VB
10 6 (1.38%) Assembly Language
11 3 (0.69%) C#
12 2 (0.46%) Embedded C++
13 1 (0.23%) Ruby
13 1 (0.23%) SQL
Qualifications
1 94 (21.66%) Degree
2 44 (10.14%) Security Cleared
3 30 (6.91%) Master's Degree
3 30 (6.91%) MBA
4 22 (5.07%) SC Cleared
5 15 (3.46%) BPSS Clearance
6 9 (2.07%) CTC Cleared
7 6 (1.38%) CISM
7 6 (1.38%) CISSP
8 3 (0.69%) HND
9 1 (0.23%) CISA
9 1 (0.23%) DV Cleared
9 1 (0.23%) ISACA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (5.07%) PMO
2 14 (3.23%) Cyber Essentials
3 9 (2.07%) COSHH
3 9 (2.07%) GDPR
3 9 (2.07%) NCSC
4 6 (1.38%) QA
5 5 (1.15%) NIST
5 5 (1.15%) SLA
6 3 (0.69%) JTAG
7 1 (0.23%) COBIT
7 1 (0.23%) COSO
7 1 (0.23%) Data Quality
System Software
1 220 (50.69%) Active Directory
2 30 (6.91%) Hyper-V
3 21 (4.84%) Firmware
4 16 (3.69%) pfSense
4 16 (3.69%) Virtual Machines
5 15 (3.46%) Embedded Firmware
6 12 (2.76%) Docker
7 10 (2.30%) NFS
Systems Management
1 210 (48.39%) Jamf Pro
1 210 (48.39%) Microsoft Intune
2 16 (3.69%) Grafana
2 16 (3.69%) ZABBIX
3 14 (3.23%) FortiGate
4 10 (2.30%) Ansible
4 10 (2.30%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
4 10 (2.30%) SCDPM
5 4 (0.92%) Kubernetes
6 1 (0.23%) Check_MK
Vendors
1 223 (51.38%) Microsoft
2 210 (48.39%) CyberArk
2 210 (48.39%) Tanium
3 38 (8.76%) Virgin Media
4 17 (3.92%) Fortinet
4 17 (3.92%) Juniper
5 16 (3.69%) VMware
6 15 (3.46%) Cisco
7 14 (3.23%) Darktrace
7 14 (3.23%) HP
7 14 (3.23%) NEC
8 12 (2.76%) Oracle
9 10 (2.30%) McAfee
9 10 (2.30%) Veeam
10 9 (2.07%) Mitel
10 9 (2.07%) Ribbon
10 9 (2.07%) Xilinx
11 8 (1.84%) Altera
11 8 (1.84%) Green Hills
11 8 (1.84%) Motorola