5G Jobs in England

5G
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England requiring 5G skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited 5G over the 6 months leading up to 20 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 212 421 697
Rank change year-on-year +209 +276 +238
Permanent jobs citing 5G 818 473 145
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 1.55% 0.55% 0.20%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 7.79% 4.28% 1.23%
Number of salaries quoted 54 73 91
10th Percentile - £35,500 £27,500
25th Percentile £23,731 £47,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £25,154 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -54.27% +4.76% -25.53%
75th Percentile £29,144 £67,500 £71,750
90th Percentile £63,750 £79,500 £81,250
UK median annual salary £25,154 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -54.27% +4.76% -25.53%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
England

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 England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 10,506 11,045 11,836
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 19.86% 12.93% 16.08%
Number of salaries quoted 4,794 7,382 6,789
10th Percentile - £26,250 £28,250
25th Percentile £25,087 £32,500 £35,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,500 £47,500 £50,500
Median % change year-on-year -25.26% -5.94% -3.81%
75th Percentile £58,750 £62,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £87,500
UK median annual salary £32,500 £47,500 £51,536
% change year-on-year -31.58% -7.83% -1.84%

5G
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for 5G in England

5G
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing 5G in England.

Salary trend for 5G in England

5G
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing 5G in England over the 6 months to 20 July 2025.

Salary histogram for 5G in England

5G
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing 5G within the England region over the 6 months to 20 July 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
East of England +133 315 £25,000 -54.55% 16
South East +114 267 £25,154 -54.27% 24
Midlands +169 184 £81,500 +48.18% 18
East Midlands - 180 - - 6
South West +72 26 - - 4
North of England +31 11 £72,500 +141.67% 8
London -72 10 £120,000 +60.00% 28
Yorkshire +32 7 £72,500 +152.17% 4
West Midlands +13 4 £81,500 +48.18% 11
North West +10 4 - - 3
5G
UK

5G
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (0.37%) Confluence
Applications
1 7 (0.86%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 7 (0.86%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 3 (0.37%) GCP
1 3 (0.37%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 735 (89.85%) Wi-Fi
2 730 (89.24%) Bluetooth
2 730 (89.24%) GSM
2 730 (89.24%) LTE
2 730 (89.24%) UMTS
2 730 (89.24%) Wireless
3 49 (5.99%) 4G
4 27 (3.30%) WAN
5 22 (2.69%) SD-WAN
6 7 (0.86%) PSTN
7 6 (0.73%) Unified Communications
8 4 (0.49%) 3GPP
9 3 (0.37%) Broadband
9 3 (0.37%) Internet
10 1 (0.12%) DNS
10 1 (0.12%) LAN
10 1 (0.12%) Modbus
10 1 (0.12%) MPLS
10 1 (0.12%) VoIP
10 1 (0.12%) VPN
Development Applications
1 4 (0.49%) Visual Studio
2 3 (0.37%) JIRA
General
1 739 (90.34%) Electronics
2 50 (6.11%) Retail
3 48 (5.87%) Telecoms
4 18 (2.20%) Presentation Skills
5 12 (1.47%) Social Skills
6 11 (1.34%) Marketing
7 9 (1.10%) Analytical Skills
7 9 (1.10%) Military
8 8 (0.98%) Organisational Skills
9 7 (0.86%) Billing
10 5 (0.61%) Public Sector
11 3 (0.37%) Back Office
12 2 (0.24%) Finance
Job Titles
1 730 (89.24%) Electronics Engineer
1 730 (89.24%) Electronics Test Engineer
1 730 (89.24%) Test Engineer
2 15 (1.83%) Lead
3 11 (1.34%) Senior
4 8 (0.98%) Project Leader
4 8 (0.98%) Senior Project Leader
4 8 (0.98%) Software Project Leader
4 8 (0.98%) Technical Leader
4 8 (0.98%) Technical Project Leader
5 7 (0.86%) Professional Services Engineer
6 4 (0.49%) C/C++ Software Engineer
6 4 (0.49%) C++ Software Engineer
6 4 (0.49%) Embedded C Engineer
6 4 (0.49%) Embedded C/C++ Engineer
6 4 (0.49%) Embedded C/C++ Software Engineer
6 4 (0.49%) Embedded C++ Engineer
6 4 (0.49%) Embedded C++ Software Engineer
6 4 (0.49%) Embedded Engineer
6 4 (0.49%) Real Time Embedded Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.12%) gRPC
1 1 (0.12%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 730 (89.24%) Driving Licence
2 19 (2.32%) Self-Driving Car
3 10 (1.22%) Self-Motivation
4 9 (1.10%) IoT
5 7 (0.86%) Onboarding
6 6 (0.73%) Operational Technology
7 5 (0.61%) NHS
8 4 (0.49%) GNSS
9 1 (0.12%) CCTV
9 1 (0.12%) Industrial Internet of Things
9 1 (0.12%) NB-IoT
9 1 (0.12%) Private Cloud
9 1 (0.12%) SCADA
9 1 (0.12%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 4 (0.49%) Linux
2 1 (0.12%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 747 (91.32%) Mentoring
1 747 (91.32%) Validation
2 738 (90.22%) Customer Requirements
3 735 (89.85%) Verification and Validation
4 732 (89.49%) Coaching
5 730 (89.24%) Test Strategy
6 50 (6.11%) Customer Experience
6 50 (6.11%) Customer Service
7 22 (2.69%) B2B
8 19 (2.32%) Computer Science
8 19 (2.32%) Test Automation
9 16 (1.96%) Product Management
10 12 (1.47%) Defect Tracking
10 12 (1.47%) Requirements Analysis
10 12 (1.47%) Software Engineering
10 12 (1.47%) Test Assurance
11 11 (1.34%) Agile
12 9 (1.10%) CRM
12 9 (1.10%) Cybersecurity
13 8 (0.98%) Continuous Integration
Programming Languages
1 12 (1.47%) C++
2 10 (1.22%) Python
3 7 (0.86%) MATLAB
4 4 (0.49%) C
5 3 (0.37%) Bash
5 3 (0.37%) SQL
6 1 (0.12%) Go
6 1 (0.12%) Java
Qualifications
1 754 (92.18%) Degree
2 730 (89.24%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (1.47%) PMO
2 4 (0.49%) NCSC
System Software
1 4 (0.49%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (0.37%) Terraform
2 1 (0.12%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 7 (0.86%) Microsoft
2 4 (0.49%) Intel
3 2 (0.24%) ConnectWise
4 1 (0.12%) NVIDIA