Communications Engineer
UK
The median Communications Engineer salary in the UK is £30,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 June 2024.
The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 12 Jun 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 882 | 901 | 1232 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +19 | +331 | -268 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Communications Engineer | 22 | 18 | 31 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.020% | 0.019% | 0.018% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.021% | 0.021% | 0.019% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 15 | 7 | 20 |
| 10th Percentile | £28,100 | - | £33,400 |
| 25th Percentile | £28,250 | £31,931 | £34,250 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £30,500 | £35,000 | £36,750 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -12.86% | -4.76% | -10.91% |
| 75th Percentile | £32,750 | £43,000 | £38,750 |
| 90th Percentile | £75,000 | £47,800 | £38,875 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £70,000 | £35,000 | £37,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +100.00% | -6.67% | -9.09% |
All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.
| Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title | 104,121 | 84,323 | 165,675 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 94.77% | 91.19% | 95.89% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 73,469 | 54,972 | 85,174 |
| 10th Percentile | £28,500 | £32,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £38,603 | £45,000 | £42,750 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £52,500 | £60,000 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -12.50% | - | +9.09% |
| 75th Percentile | £70,000 | £80,000 | £78,750 |
| 90th Percentile | £90,000 | £100,000 | £95,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £50,000 | £53,519 | £50,296 |
| % change year-on-year | -6.58% | +6.41% | +5.89% |
Communications Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Communications Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Communications Engineer
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Communications Engineer.
Communications Engineer
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing Communications Engineer over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.
Communications Engineer
Top 6 Job Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Communications Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 12 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 |
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| England | +36 | 22 | £30,500 | -8.86% | 3 |
| London | +101 | 12 | £30,500 | - | 1 |
| UK excluding London | -55 | 10 | £70,000 | +100.00% | 2 |
| South East | -23 | 8 | £70,000 | +100.00% | 1 |
| Work from Home | +27 | 4 | £75,000 | +134.88% | 1 |
| East of England | -12 | 2 | - | - | 2 |
Communications Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 12 June 2024, Communications Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Communications Engineer in the job title.
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Communications Engineer Skill Set
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: