3G
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for 3G skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited 3G over the 6 months to 4 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 871 959 1065
Rank change year-on-year +88 +106 -247
Permanent jobs citing 3G 40 40 148
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.041% 0.039% 0.095%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.29% 0.25% 0.71%
Number of salaries quoted 22 36 108
10th Percentile - - £32,500
25th Percentile £29,500 £36,250 £48,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,000 £83,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -54.49% +11.33% +62.16%
75th Percentile £40,438 £102,500 £96,250
90th Percentile £44,875 £110,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £38,000 £37,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year +1.33% -40.00% +38.89%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

3G 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 13,593 15,966 20,916
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.80% 15.42% 13.37%
Number of salaries quoted 9,473 8,149 11,832
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,750 £28,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,500 £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 £43,500 £45,000 £45,978
% change year-on-year -3.33% -2.13% +2.17%

3G
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing 3G as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for 3G in the UK

3G
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for 3G in the UK

3G
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing 3G over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Salary histogram for 3G in the UK

3G
Top 11 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing 3G within the UK over the 6 months to 4 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 +89 39 £38,000 -54.49% 15
UK excluding London +5 37 £38,000 +1.33% 13
South East +25 13 £31,000 -20.00% 5
Yorkshire +99 12 - - 2
North of England +31 12 - - 2
East of England - 8 £38,000 - 5
Work from Home +70 6 £31,000 -71.82% 5
London +105 2 £50,000 -54.55% 2
South West -21 2 £42,500 -15.00% 1
West Midlands - 2 £45,000 -
Midlands - 2 £45,000 -

3G
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:

Applications
1 4 (10.00%) Microsoft Office
1 4 (10.00%) OrCAD
Cloud Services
1 2 (5.00%) AWS
2 1 (2.50%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 37 (92.50%) 4G
2 26 (65.00%) Wireless
3 16 (40.00%) LTE
4 14 (35.00%) GPRS
5 12 (30.00%) MQTT
5 12 (30.00%) RS-485
5 12 (30.00%) Wi-Fi
6 8 (20.00%) Bluetooth
6 8 (20.00%) GSM
7 6 (15.00%) Modbus
7 6 (15.00%) VSAT
8 4 (10.00%) 2G
8 4 (10.00%) TCP/IP
9 3 (7.50%) 5G
10 2 (5.00%) ADSL
10 2 (5.00%) Ethernet
10 2 (5.00%) VDSL
10 2 (5.00%) VPN
11 1 (2.50%) 3GPP
11 1 (2.50%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (7.50%) MySQL
2 1 (2.50%) MongoDB
2 1 (2.50%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 7 (17.50%) JIRA
2 4 (10.00%) Eclipse
2 4 (10.00%) Subversion
3 1 (2.50%) Appium
3 1 (2.50%) Cucumber
3 1 (2.50%) GoogleTest
3 1 (2.50%) JMeter
3 1 (2.50%) JUnit
3 1 (2.50%) Spock
General
1 12 (30.00%) Mandarin Language
1 12 (30.00%) Telecoms
2 9 (22.50%) Social Skills
3 8 (20.00%) Electronics
3 8 (20.00%) Finance
3 8 (20.00%) Manufacturing
3 8 (20.00%) Marketing
3 8 (20.00%) Military
3 8 (20.00%) Public Sector
4 2 (5.00%) Automotive
5 1 (2.50%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 20 (50.00%) Embedded Engineer
2 16 (40.00%) Support Engineer
2 16 (40.00%) Technical Engineer
2 16 (40.00%) Technical Support
2 16 (40.00%) Technical Support Engineer
3 14 (35.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
3 14 (35.00%) Software Engineer
4 6 (15.00%) Systems Support Engineer
5 5 (12.50%) Electronics Engineer
6 2 (5.00%) Embedded C++ Engineer
6 2 (5.00%) Embedded Linux Engineer
6 2 (5.00%) Junior
6 2 (5.00%) Linux Engineer
6 2 (5.00%) Network Specialist
6 2 (5.00%) Network Support
6 2 (5.00%) Network Support Specialist
6 2 (5.00%) Senior Electronics Engineer
6 2 (5.00%) Senior Embedded Engineer
6 2 (5.00%) Support Specialist
6 2 (5.00%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (32.50%) REST
2 4 (10.00%) Flash
3 1 (2.50%) HTML
3 1 (2.50%) HTML5
3 1 (2.50%) pytest
Miscellaneous
1 12 (30.00%) Self-Motivation
2 6 (15.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 6 (15.00%) IoT
2 6 (15.00%) NB-IoT
3 4 (10.00%) ARM Cortex
4 3 (7.50%) Embedded Systems
5 2 (5.00%) Digital Signage
6 1 (2.50%) Cloud Native
6 1 (2.50%) iPhone
6 1 (2.50%) Smartphone
6 1 (2.50%) SystemC
6 1 (2.50%) Verilog
6 1 (2.50%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 19 (47.50%) Linux
2 12 (30.00%) Embedded Linux
3 9 (22.50%) Windows
4 7 (17.50%) Windows Server
5 3 (7.50%) Android
6 2 (5.00%) Windows 10
6 2 (5.00%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (37.50%) Software Engineering
2 13 (32.50%) Agile
2 13 (32.50%) Software Testing
2 13 (32.50%) Test Automation
3 12 (30.00%) OO
3 12 (30.00%) OOD
3 12 (30.00%) User Experience
4 8 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
4 8 (20.00%) Digital Marketing
4 8 (20.00%) Programme Management
5 6 (15.00%) Prototyping
6 4 (10.00%) CAD
6 4 (10.00%) Customer Requirements
6 4 (10.00%) Schematic Capture
7 3 (7.50%) Problem-Solving
8 2 (5.00%) Customer Service
8 2 (5.00%) Proactive Maintenance
8 2 (5.00%) Product Management
8 2 (5.00%) Project Management
8 2 (5.00%) Ticket Management
Programming Languages
1 19 (47.50%) C++
2 15 (37.50%) C
3 12 (30.00%) JavaScript
4 4 (10.00%) Assembly Language
4 4 (10.00%) C#
5 2 (5.00%) Embedded C++
5 2 (5.00%) PHP
6 1 (2.50%) Go
6 1 (2.50%) Python
Qualifications
1 8 (20.00%) Security Cleared
2 6 (15.00%) Degree
2 6 (15.00%) GCSC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (30.00%) GDPR
2 6 (15.00%) SLA
3 4 (10.00%) IEC 61131
3 4 (10.00%) JTAG
4 1 (2.50%) QA
System Software
1 2 (5.00%) Active Directory
1 2 (5.00%) Docker
2 1 (2.50%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 1 (2.50%) Consul
1 1 (2.50%) Kubernetes
1 1 (2.50%) Packer
Vendors
1 8 (20.00%) SAP
2 6 (15.00%) Cisco
2 6 (15.00%) HP
3 5 (12.50%) EMC
3 5 (12.50%) Microsoft
4 3 (7.50%) Apple
5 1 (2.50%) Autodesk
5 1 (2.50%) CA
5 1 (2.50%) Google
5 1 (2.50%) NCR