5G NR Jobs in the UK excluding London

5G NR (5G New Radio)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring 5G NR skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited 5G NR over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 773 727 866
Rank change year-on-year -46 +139 -170
Permanent jobs citing 5G NR 7 1 8
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.009% 0.002% 0.010%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.069% 0.009% 0.069%
Number of salaries quoted 7 1 3
10th Percentile £69,000 - -
25th Percentile - £57,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% -7.69% +18.18%
75th Percentile - £62,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £82,000 - -
UK median annual salary £80,000 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +33.33% -7.69% +13.04%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK excluding London

5G NR 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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 10,116 10,597 11,637
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 12.63% 19.18% 15.24%
Number of salaries quoted 7,154 4,554 6,521
10th Percentile £25,760 £26,250 £26,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £32,000 £33,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,886 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -0.25% -5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £58,750 £61,250 £62,500
90th Percentile £69,675 £75,000 £75,000
UK median annual salary £47,500 £51,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -6.86% -2.86% +5.00%

5G NR
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing 5G NR as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for 5G NR in the UK excluding London

5G NR
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing 5G NR in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for 5G NR in the UK excluding London

5G NR
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing 5G NR in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Salary histogram for 5G NR in the UK excluding London

5G NR
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing 5G NR within the UK excluding London region 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
East of England - 6 £80,000 -
South East -27 1 £60,000 - 1
5G NR
UK

5G NR
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Communications & Networking
1 7 (100.00%) 5G
1 7 (100.00%) LTE
1 7 (100.00%) Software-Defined Radio
1 7 (100.00%) Wireless
2 6 (85.71%) 802.11
2 6 (85.71%) Ethernet
3 1 (14.29%) 3GPP
3 1 (14.29%) 4G
3 1 (14.29%) GSM
3 1 (14.29%) UMTS
Development Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Jenkins
1 1 (14.29%) TeamCity
General
1 2 (28.57%) Electronics
1 2 (28.57%) Manufacturing
2 1 (14.29%) Aerospace
2 1 (14.29%) Automotive
2 1 (14.29%) Avionics
2 1 (14.29%) Finance
2 1 (14.29%) Marketing
2 1 (14.29%) Public Sector
2 1 (14.29%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 5 (71.43%) Radio Specialist
1 5 (71.43%) Technical Specialist
2 1 (14.29%) Design Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Digital Design Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) FPGA Design Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) FPGA Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Lead
2 1 (14.29%) Principal Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Senior
2 1 (14.29%) Senior Design Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Senior FPGA Design Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Senior FPGA Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (85.71%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 6 (85.71%) PCIe
2 1 (14.29%) Embedded Systems
2 1 (14.29%) FPGA
2 1 (14.29%) Robotics
2 1 (14.29%) Verilog
2 1 (14.29%) VHDL
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) Digital Signal Processing
1 7 (100.00%) Signal Processing
2 6 (85.71%) Performance Analysis
2 6 (85.71%) Software Engineering
2 6 (85.71%) UML
3 1 (14.29%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (14.29%) Continuous Integration
3 1 (14.29%) Digital Marketing
3 1 (14.29%) Mentoring
3 1 (14.29%) Programme Management
3 1 (14.29%) Project Planning
3 1 (14.29%) Systems Engineering
3 1 (14.29%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) C
1 1 (14.29%) C++
1 1 (14.29%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 5 (71.43%) BPSS Clearance
1 5 (71.43%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 6 (85.71%) Embedded Firmware
1 6 (85.71%) Firmware
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) SAP
1 1 (14.29%) Xilinx