5G Job Trends in Birmingham

5G
West Midlands > Birmingham

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Birmingham requiring 5G skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 99 80 95
Rank change year-on-year -19 +15 +58
Permanent jobs citing 5G 1 45 8
As % of all permanent jobs in Birmingham 0.059% 2.39% 0.65%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.61% 17.65% 3.17%
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 4
10th Percentile - - £47,625
25th Percentile - - £51,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - £63,750
75th Percentile - - £75,000
90th Percentile - - -
West Midlands median annual salary - - £65,000

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Birmingham

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 Birmingham.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 163 255 252
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 9.54% 13.55% 20.49%
Number of salaries quoted 99 102 208
10th Percentile £28,250 £36,375 £29,000
25th Percentile £28,625 £43,313 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £54,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.41% -1.82% -
75th Percentile £68,125 £67,138 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £83,625 £85,000
West Midlands median annual salary £37,750 £50,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -24.50% +11.11% -5.26%

5G
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing 5G relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Birmingham.

5G job vacancy trend in Birmingham

5G
Salary Trend in Birmingham

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing 5G.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing 5G

5G
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Birmingham by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) 4G
1 1 (100.00%) Broadband
1 1 (100.00%) SD-WAN
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Marketing
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Product Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) IoT
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Contract Negotiation
1 1 (100.00%) Market Research
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Management
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Product Management
1 1 (100.00%) Product Roadmap
1 1 (100.00%) Product Vision
1 1 (100.00%) Requirements Gathering
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management