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 26 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 443 766 881
Rank change year-on-year +323 +115 -172
Permanent jobs citing 5G 427 175 252
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.50% 0.19% 0.19%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 3.51% 1.21% 1.43%
Number of salaries quoted 77 104 132
10th Percentile £45,000 £22,000 £42,625
25th Percentile £51,250 £32,500 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £42,500 £70,500
Median % change year-on-year +47.06% -39.72% +22.61%
75th Percentile £77,500 £70,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £82,500 £89,875
UK median annual salary £62,500 £42,500 £70,500
% change year-on-year +47.06% -39.72% +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 12,171 14,406 17,599
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 14.33% 15.43% 13.47%
Number of salaries quoted 8,624 7,488 10,426
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,750 £28,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,750 £37,000
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 26 April 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 26 April 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 +302 174 £75,000 +12.78% 15
South East +93 143 £57,500 +23.66% 24
South West +5 44 £61,500 -10.55% 9
East of England - 40 £65,000 - 16
Midlands +18 15 £55,000 -8.33% 5
West Midlands +37 14 £55,000 -8.33% 5
North of England -10 13 £40,000 -5.88% 2
Yorkshire +35 6 - -
North West - 4 £40,000 -
North East - 3 £80,000 - 2
East Midlands - 1 - -
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 (1.87%) Confluence
2 4 (0.94%) JBoss
Applications
1 9 (2.11%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (1.17%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.47%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.23%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (1.17%) Oracle ERP
2 4 (0.94%) Oracle Payables
2 4 (0.94%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 4 (0.94%) Temenos T24
3 2 (0.47%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 212 (49.65%) Azure
1 212 (49.65%) Entra ID
2 10 (2.34%) GitHub
3 8 (1.87%) SaaS
4 4 (0.94%) OCI
5 3 (0.70%) Cloud Computing
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
1 252 (59.02%) Broadband
2 46 (10.77%) WAN
3 45 (10.54%) Wireless
4 41 (9.60%) 4G
5 34 (7.96%) LTE
5 34 (7.96%) SD-WAN
6 31 (7.26%) Firewall
7 27 (6.32%) GSM
8 26 (6.09%) Bluetooth
9 25 (5.85%) Wi-Fi
10 23 (5.39%) UMTS
11 22 (5.15%) ISDN
11 22 (5.15%) PSTN
12 17 (3.98%) VPN
13 14 (3.28%) DNS
13 14 (3.28%) Radio Access Network
14 12 (2.81%) MPLS
15 10 (2.34%) DHCP
16 9 (2.11%) 3GPP
16 9 (2.11%) Internet
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 27 (6.32%) LabVIEW
2 18 (4.22%) JIRA
3 13 (3.04%) Git
3 13 (3.04%) Jenkins
4 10 (2.34%) Trac
5 3 (0.70%) GCC
6 1 (0.23%) TeamCity
6 1 (0.23%) Visual Studio
General
1 274 (64.17%) Analytical Skills
2 273 (63.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 104 (24.36%) Social Skills
4 102 (23.89%) Telecoms
5 62 (14.52%) Finance
6 36 (8.43%) Marketing
7 35 (8.20%) Presentation Skills
8 21 (4.92%) Electronics
9 14 (3.28%) Aerospace
10 12 (2.81%) Law
11 11 (2.58%) Legal
11 11 (2.58%) Organisational Skills
12 6 (1.41%) Retail
13 5 (1.17%) Public Sector
14 4 (0.94%) Banking
15 2 (0.47%) Manufacturing
16 1 (0.23%) Automotive
16 1 (0.23%) Avionics
16 1 (0.23%) Local Government
16 1 (0.23%) Military
Job Titles
1 215 (50.35%) Technical Specialist
2 210 (49.18%) Linux Specialist
3 164 (38.41%) Senior
4 127 (29.74%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
4 127 (29.74%) Senior Linux Specialist
4 127 (29.74%) Senior Technical Specialist
4 127 (29.74%) Senior Unix Technical Specialist
5 22 (5.15%) Senior Manager
6 17 (3.98%) Lead
7 15 (3.51%) Hardware Engineer
8 14 (3.28%) Project Manager
8 14 (3.28%) RF Engineer
8 14 (3.28%) Systems Engineer
9 13 (3.04%) Developer
9 13 (3.04%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 12 (2.81%) Software Engineer
11 11 (2.58%) Technical Leader
11 11 (2.58%) Test Engineer
12 10 (2.34%) Project Leader
12 10 (2.34%) Technical Project Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (2.11%) Oracle Fusion
2 6 (1.41%) 802.1X
3 4 (0.94%) REST
3 4 (0.94%) Web Services
4 2 (0.47%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 210 (49.18%) Social Media
2 22 (5.15%) Acoustics
2 22 (5.15%) Satnav
3 20 (4.68%) Self-Motivation
4 17 (3.98%) GNSS
4 17 (3.98%) IoT
5 12 (2.81%) Driving Licence
6 11 (2.58%) FPGA
7 10 (2.34%) Robotics
8 9 (2.11%) ARM Cortex
8 9 (2.11%) Management Information System
9 8 (1.87%) VHDL
10 7 (1.64%) MicroBlaze
11 6 (1.41%) Device Driver
11 6 (1.41%) PCIe
12 4 (0.94%) Fibre Optics
13 3 (0.70%) Embedded Systems
14 2 (0.47%) Algorithms
14 2 (0.47%) Data Structures
14 2 (0.47%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 251 (58.78%) Linux
2 210 (49.18%) Ubuntu
3 29 (6.79%) Windows
4 11 (2.58%) Windows Server
5 9 (2.11%) Unix
6 7 (1.64%) Embedded Linux
7 4 (0.94%) AIX
8 1 (0.23%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 244 (57.14%) Cybersecurity
2 222 (51.99%) Artificial Intelligence
3 210 (49.18%) CRM
3 210 (49.18%) IT Strategy
3 210 (49.18%) Technology Strategy
4 75 (17.56%) Problem-Solving
5 56 (13.11%) Test Automation
6 50 (11.71%) Project Management
7 41 (9.60%) B2B
8 40 (9.37%) Agile
9 38 (8.90%) Knowledge Transfer
9 38 (8.90%) Mentoring
10 36 (8.43%) Collaborative Culture
11 34 (7.96%) Data Management
12 32 (7.49%) Test Assurance
12 32 (7.49%) Validation
13 30 (7.03%) Matrix Organization
13 30 (7.03%) Roadmaps
13 30 (7.03%) Storytelling
13 30 (7.03%) Strategic Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 212 (49.65%) Bash
2 47 (11.01%) Python
3 18 (4.22%) C++
4 16 (3.75%) C
4 16 (3.75%) MATLAB
5 10 (2.34%) PowerShell
6 9 (2.11%) Perl
7 8 (1.87%) Tcl
8 7 (1.64%) VB
9 5 (1.17%) Assembly Language
10 2 (0.47%) C#
11 1 (0.23%) Embedded C++
11 1 (0.23%) Ruby
11 1 (0.23%) SQL
Qualifications
1 91 (21.31%) Degree
2 44 (10.30%) Security Cleared
3 30 (7.03%) Master's Degree
3 30 (7.03%) MBA
4 22 (5.15%) SC Cleared
5 15 (3.51%) BPSS Clearance
6 9 (2.11%) CTC Cleared
7 6 (1.41%) CISM
7 6 (1.41%) CISSP
8 5 (1.17%) HND
9 2 (0.47%) CISA
9 2 (0.47%) ISACA
10 1 (0.23%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (4.68%) PMO
2 12 (2.81%) Cyber Essentials
3 9 (2.11%) COSHH
3 9 (2.11%) GDPR
4 8 (1.87%) NCSC
5 5 (1.17%) QA
5 5 (1.17%) SLA
6 4 (0.94%) NIST
7 3 (0.70%) JTAG
8 2 (0.47%) COBIT
8 2 (0.47%) COSO
9 1 (0.23%) Data Quality
System Software
1 220 (51.52%) Active Directory
2 28 (6.56%) Hyper-V
3 19 (4.45%) Firmware
4 16 (3.75%) pfSense
4 16 (3.75%) Virtual Machines
5 13 (3.04%) Embedded Firmware
6 11 (2.58%) Docker
7 10 (2.34%) NFS
Systems Management
1 210 (49.18%) Jamf Pro
1 210 (49.18%) Microsoft Intune
2 16 (3.75%) Grafana
2 16 (3.75%) ZABBIX
3 12 (2.81%) FortiGate
4 10 (2.34%) Ansible
4 10 (2.34%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
4 10 (2.34%) SCDPM
5 3 (0.70%) Kubernetes
6 1 (0.23%) Check_MK
Vendors
1 225 (52.69%) Microsoft
2 210 (49.18%) CyberArk
2 210 (49.18%) Tanium
3 41 (9.60%) Virgin Media
4 17 (3.98%) Fortinet
4 17 (3.98%) Juniper
5 16 (3.75%) VMware
6 14 (3.28%) Oracle
7 13 (3.04%) Cisco
8 12 (2.81%) Darktrace
8 12 (2.81%) HP
8 12 (2.81%) NEC
9 10 (2.34%) McAfee
9 10 (2.34%) Veeam
10 9 (2.11%) Mitel
10 9 (2.11%) Ribbon
11 8 (1.87%) Xilinx
12 7 (1.64%) Altera
12 7 (1.64%) Green Hills
12 7 (1.64%) Motorola