5G Job Trends in Bristol

5G
South West > Bristol

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Bristol requiring 5G skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 90 - 125
Rank change year-on-year - - +51
Permanent jobs citing 5G 2 0 3
As % of all permanent jobs in Bristol 0.14% - 0.19%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.27% - 1.67%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 3
10th Percentile - - £43,750
25th Percentile - - £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £91,000 - £58,500
Median % change year-on-year - - +23.16%
75th Percentile - - £65,500
90th Percentile - - £68,950
South West median annual salary £91,000 £90,000 £58,500
% change year-on-year +1.11% +53.85% +17.00%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Bristol

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 Bristol.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 157 176 180
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bristol 10.67% 8.65% 11.15%
Number of salaries quoted 124 114 170
10th Percentile £28,250 £30,000 £31,225
25th Percentile £30,750 £30,750 £37,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 £50,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.96% -8.18% +3.29%
75th Percentile £52,575 £71,250 £67,393
90th Percentile £68,750 £80,000 £80,255
South West median annual salary £34,000 £51,000 £49,000
% change year-on-year -33.33% +4.08% +3.16%

5G
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

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

5G job vacancy trend in Bristol

5G
Salary Trend in Bristol

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing 5G.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing 5G

5G
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bristol 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 2 (100.00%) 2G
1 2 (100.00%) 4G
1 2 (100.00%) Software-Defined Radio
2 1 (50.00%) DNS
2 1 (50.00%) HTTP
2 1 (50.00%) ICMP
2 1 (50.00%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) IDA Disassembler
General
1 2 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Vulnerability Researcher
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) Flash
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Linux Command Line
2 1 (50.00%) Arduino
2 1 (50.00%) ARM Cortex
2 1 (50.00%) Embedded Systems
2 1 (50.00%) Raspberry Pi
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Embedded Software Development
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) Prototyping
1 2 (100.00%) Rapid Prototyping
1 2 (100.00%) Reverse Engineering
1 2 (100.00%) Vulnerability Research
2 1 (50.00%) Business Development
2 1 (50.00%) Penetration Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Red Team
2 1 (50.00%) Strategic Planning
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) C
1 2 (100.00%) C++
1 2 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared