2G
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for 2G skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited 2G over the 6 months to 28 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 901 955 1180
Rank change year-on-year +54 +225 -326
Permanent jobs citing 2G 4 18 42
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.004% 0.017% 0.027%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.029% 0.11% 0.20%
Number of salaries quoted 2 17 28
10th Percentile - - £82,375
25th Percentile - £87,000 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £100,000 £100,000
Median % change year-on-year -55.00% - +122.22%
75th Percentile - £110,000 -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £87,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year -48.28% +148.57% -22.22%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

2G 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 13,589 16,002 20,740
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.85% 15.38% 13.44%
Number of salaries quoted 9,487 8,190 11,843
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,750 £28,265
25th Percentile £32,500 £36,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,250 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.47% -4.29% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,715 £87,500 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £43,500 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -3.33% - -

2G
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing 2G as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for 2G in the UK

2G
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing 2G.

Salary trend for 2G in the UK

2G
Top 5 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing 2G within the UK over the 6 months to 28 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
England +97 3 £45,000 -55.00% 6
UK excluding London -7 3 £45,000 -48.28% 6
Midlands - 2 £45,000 -
West Midlands - 2 £45,000 -
South West -18 1 - -

2G
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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) AWS
1 1 (25.00%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 4 (100.00%) 3G
1 4 (100.00%) 4G
2 2 (50.00%) 5G
2 2 (50.00%) Ethernet
2 2 (50.00%) TCP/IP
3 1 (25.00%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (50.00%) MySQL
General
1 4 (100.00%) Telecoms
2 2 (50.00%) Automotive
2 2 (50.00%) Electronics
2 2 (50.00%) Finance
2 2 (50.00%) Manufacturing
2 2 (50.00%) Marketing
2 2 (50.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Embedded Engineer
2 2 (50.00%) Embedded C++ Engineer
2 2 (50.00%) Embedded Linux Engineer
2 2 (50.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
2 2 (50.00%) Linux Engineer
2 2 (50.00%) Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Embedded Systems
2 1 (25.00%) Cloud Native
Operating Systems
1 2 (50.00%) Android
1 2 (50.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
1 2 (50.00%) Digital Marketing
1 2 (50.00%) Programme Management
1 2 (50.00%) Prototyping
1 2 (50.00%) Software Engineering
2 1 (25.00%) Platform Engineering
Programming Languages
1 2 (50.00%) C
1 2 (50.00%) C++
1 2 (50.00%) Embedded C++
1 2 (50.00%) PHP
System Software
1 1 (25.00%) Docker
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Apple
1 2 (50.00%) SAP