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 27 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 182 460 737
Rank change year-on-year +278 +277 +188
Permanent jobs citing 5G 845 435 173
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 1.75% 0.49% 0.20%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 9.75% 3.60% 1.24%
Number of salaries quoted 51 85 104
10th Percentile - £45,000 £22,000
25th Percentile £23,731 £51,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £25,154 £60,000 £46,500
Median % change year-on-year -58.08% +29.03% -34.04%
75th Percentile £26,577 £77,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £76,250 £82,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £25,154 £60,000 £46,500
% change year-on-year -58.08% +29.03% -34.04%

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 8,668 12,070 13,933
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 17.97% 13.69% 15.98%
Number of salaries quoted 3,615 8,541 7,118
10th Percentile £25,087 £26,250 £27,750
25th Percentile £29,913 £32,500 £35,381
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £66,250 £62,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £77,500 £87,500
UK median annual salary £42,500 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -10.53% -5.00% -4.76%

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 27 May 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 27 May 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 +148 314 £55,000 -15.38% 58
South East +147 270 £25,154 -54.27% 101
Midlands +220 205 £81,500 +48.18% 38
East Midlands - 181 - - 15
South West +85 25 - - 47
West Midlands +79 24 £81,500 +48.18% 21
North of England +50 13 £72,500 +81.25% 40
London -45 13 £80,000 +6.67% 70
Yorkshire +69 9 £72,500 +163.64% 16
North West -2 4 - - 17
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 4 (0.47%) Confluence
2 1 (0.12%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (0.47%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 8 (0.95%) GitHub
2 4 (0.47%) GCP
3 1 (0.12%) Azure
3 1 (0.12%) Entra ID
3 1 (0.12%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 746 (88.28%) Wi-Fi
2 741 (87.69%) Bluetooth
2 741 (87.69%) LTE
3 731 (86.51%) Wireless
4 730 (86.39%) GSM
4 730 (86.39%) UMTS
5 52 (6.15%) 4G
6 26 (3.08%) WAN
7 23 (2.72%) 3GPP
8 22 (2.60%) SD-WAN
9 5 (0.59%) Broadband
9 5 (0.59%) Unified Communications
10 2 (0.24%) Internet
10 2 (0.24%) VoIP
10 2 (0.24%) VPN
11 1 (0.12%) 3G
11 1 (0.12%) DNS
11 1 (0.12%) LAN
11 1 (0.12%) MPLS
11 1 (0.12%) Radio Access Network
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.12%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 4 (0.47%) Git
1 4 (0.47%) JIRA
1 4 (0.47%) LabVIEW
1 4 (0.47%) Visual Studio
General
1 755 (89.35%) Electronics
2 68 (8.05%) Telecoms
3 44 (5.21%) Retail
4 21 (2.49%) Social Skills
5 18 (2.13%) Presentation Skills
6 15 (1.78%) Analytical Skills
7 11 (1.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 8 (0.95%) Organisational Skills
9 4 (0.47%) Back Office
9 4 (0.47%) Marketing
9 4 (0.47%) Military
9 4 (0.47%) Public Sector
10 1 (0.12%) Finance
10 1 (0.12%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 734 (86.86%) Electronics Engineer
1 734 (86.86%) Electronics Test Engineer
1 734 (86.86%) Test Engineer
2 22 (2.60%) Lead
3 17 (2.01%) Senior
4 11 (1.30%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 11 (1.30%) Lead Infrastructure Engineer
5 9 (1.07%) Automation Specialist
5 9 (1.07%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
5 9 (1.07%) Tester
6 8 (0.95%) Developer
6 8 (0.95%) Project Leader
6 8 (0.95%) Senior Project Leader
6 8 (0.95%) Software Project Leader
6 8 (0.95%) Technical Leader
6 8 (0.95%) Technical Project Leader
7 6 (0.71%) Security Tester
8 4 (0.47%) C Software Engineer
8 4 (0.47%) Embedded C Engineer
8 4 (0.47%) Verification Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (0.47%) pytest
2 1 (0.12%) gRPC
2 1 (0.12%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 730 (86.39%) Driving Licence
2 20 (2.37%) IoT
3 19 (2.25%) Self-Driving Car
4 14 (1.66%) Self-Motivation
5 12 (1.42%) NB-IoT
6 5 (0.59%) Operational Technology
7 4 (0.47%) GNSS
7 4 (0.47%) NHS
8 3 (0.36%) Onboarding
9 2 (0.24%) Over-the-Top Content
10 1 (0.12%) CCTV
10 1 (0.12%) Cloud Native
10 1 (0.12%) Industrial Internet of Things
10 1 (0.12%) Private Cloud
10 1 (0.12%) SCADA
10 1 (0.12%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 16 (1.89%) Windows
2 15 (1.78%) Linux
3 11 (1.30%) Windows Server
4 4 (0.47%) Unix
5 3 (0.36%) Android
6 2 (0.24%) Android TV
7 1 (0.12%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 747 (88.40%) Validation
2 746 (88.28%) Mentoring
3 739 (87.46%) Customer Requirements
4 734 (86.86%) Verification and Validation
5 730 (86.39%) Coaching
5 730 (86.39%) Test Strategy
6 44 (5.21%) Customer Service
7 41 (4.85%) Customer Experience
8 28 (3.31%) Cybersecurity
9 22 (2.60%) B2B
10 19 (2.25%) Test Automation
11 16 (1.89%) Test Assurance
12 15 (1.78%) Computer Science
13 14 (1.66%) Problem-Solving
14 12 (1.42%) Agile
14 12 (1.42%) Defect Tracking
14 12 (1.42%) Infrastructure as Code
14 12 (1.42%) Penetration Testing
14 12 (1.42%) Requirements Analysis
14 12 (1.42%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 26 (3.08%) Python
2 15 (1.78%) Bash
3 11 (1.30%) PowerShell
4 8 (0.95%) C++
5 7 (0.83%) MATLAB
6 4 (0.47%) C
6 4 (0.47%) SQL
7 1 (0.12%) Go
7 1 (0.12%) Java
Qualifications
1 767 (90.77%) Degree
2 734 (86.86%) HND
3 11 (1.30%) CompTIA Security+
3 11 (1.30%) Network+ Certification
4 2 (0.24%) Master's Degree
5 1 (0.12%) CISA
5 1 (0.12%) CISM
5 1 (0.12%) CISSP
5 1 (0.12%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (2.72%) NCSC
2 12 (1.42%) PMO
3 1 (0.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 11 (1.30%) VMware Infrastructure
1 11 (1.30%) vSphere
2 5 (0.59%) Docker
3 1 (0.12%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.12%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 15 (1.78%) Terraform
2 11 (1.30%) Ansible
2 11 (1.30%) Puppet
3 1 (0.12%) FortiGate
3 1 (0.12%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 11 (1.30%) Microsoft
1 11 (1.30%) VMware
2 4 (0.47%) Intel
3 2 (0.24%) ConnectWise
4 1 (0.12%) EMC
4 1 (0.12%) HP
4 1 (0.12%) Meraki
4 1 (0.12%) NVIDIA
4 1 (0.12%) Sophos
4 1 (0.12%) Virgin Media