5G Job Trends in Berkshire

5G
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Berkshire requiring 5G skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 142 133 134
Rank change year-on-year -9 +1 +17
Permanent jobs citing 5G 3 9 9
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Berkshire 0.15% 0.37% 0.45%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.88% 3.23% 3.20%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 8
10th Percentile - - £59,250
25th Percentile £85,000 - £67,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 - £70,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -6.67%
75th Percentile £95,000 - £81,250
90th Percentile - - £83,500
South East median annual salary £25,154 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -54.27% +4.76% -30.00%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Berkshire

5G 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 Berkshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 160 279 281
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Berkshire 8.15% 11.51% 14.09%
Number of salaries quoted 129 160 219
10th Percentile £22,750 £35,000 £27,625
25th Percentile £30,000 £40,472 £33,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.38% -4.55% -8.33%
75th Percentile £60,000 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £78,750
South East median annual salary £41,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -17.00% - +5.26%

5G
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Job postings citing 5G as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

Job vacancy trend for 5G in Berkshire

5G
Salary Trend in Berkshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing 5G.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing 5G

5G
Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing 5G within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 18 September 2025. 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
Maidenhead - 1 £90,000 -
5G
South East

5G
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire 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 3 (100.00%) Internet
2 2 (66.67%) 802.11
2 2 (66.67%) LAN
2 2 (66.67%) Network Security
2 2 (66.67%) VoIP
2 2 (66.67%) WAN
2 2 (66.67%) Wi-Fi
2 2 (66.67%) Wireless
2 2 (66.67%) WLAN
3 1 (33.33%) 4G
General
1 2 (66.67%) Games
1 2 (66.67%) Manufacturing
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Senior
2 2 (66.67%) Senior Systems Engineer
2 2 (66.67%) Systems Engineer
3 1 (33.33%) FPGA Engineer
3 1 (33.33%) Senior FPGA Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (66.67%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) IoT
2 2 (66.67%) BYOD
2 2 (66.67%) CCTV
3 1 (33.33%) FPGA
3 1 (33.33%) PCIe
3 1 (33.33%) Smart City
3 1 (33.33%) Verilog
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Artificial Intelligence
1 2 (66.67%) Decision-Making
1 2 (66.67%) Economics
1 2 (66.67%) Logistics
1 2 (66.67%) Machine Learning
1 2 (66.67%) Network Design
1 2 (66.67%) Presales
1 2 (66.67%) Procure-to-Pay
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) Perl
1 1 (33.33%) Python
1 1 (33.33%) SystemVerilog
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Ruckus Wireless