UMTS Job Trends in England

Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in England requiring UMTS skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 609 453 656
Rank change year-on-year -156 +203 +339
Permanent jobs citing UMTS 3 236 4
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.006% 0.47% 0.009%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.034% 3.54% 0.060%
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £37,500 - £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 - £55,000
75th Percentile £42,500 - £61,875
90th Percentile - - £65,250
UK median annual salary £40,000 - £55,000

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
England

UMTS 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 8,909 6,660 6,627
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 17.13% 13.38% 14.67%
Number of salaries quoted 3,517 3,534 5,350
10th Percentile £25,750 £31,250 £28,286
25th Percentile £28,697 £40,000 £36,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -27.27% +10.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £62,500 £71,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £87,500 £85,000
UK median annual salary £38,500 £54,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -28.70% +8.00% -4.76%

UMTS
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing UMTS relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in England.

UMTS job vacancy trend in England

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Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing UMTS.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing UMTS

UMTS
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing UMTS within the England region over the 6 months to 31 December 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
South East -64 3 £40,000 - 1
UMTS
UK

UMTS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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:

Applications
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Communications & Networking
1 3 (100.00%) 4G
1 3 (100.00%) 5G
1 3 (100.00%) GSM
1 3 (100.00%) TETRA
1 3 (100.00%) Wireless
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Network Engineer
1 3 (100.00%) Network Support
1 3 (100.00%) Network Support Engineer
1 3 (100.00%) NOC Engineer
1 3 (100.00%) Radio Engineer
1 3 (100.00%) Radio Network Engineer
1 3 (100.00%) Support Engineer
2 2 (66.67%) RF Engineer
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) ITIL
1 3 (100.00%) Network Management
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft