5G Jobs in the Midlands

5G
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Midlands 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 128 311 319
Rank change year-on-year +183 +8 +21
Permanent jobs citing 5G 131 14 4
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 1.89% 0.12% 0.042%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 15.71% 0.88% 0.23%
Number of salaries quoted 1 8 1
10th Percentile - £45,000 -
25th Percentile £77,250 £46,875 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £81,500 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +48.18% -8.33% +46.34%
75th Percentile £85,750 £64,063 £65,000
90th Percentile - £70,625 -
England median annual salary £25,154 £62,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year -59.75% +47.06% -39.72%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 834 1,599 1,722
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 12.01% 13.70% 18.03%
Number of salaries quoted 475 1,299 719
10th Percentile £27,750 £25,000 £26,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £30,750 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £42,500 £43,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% -1.16% -4.44%
75th Percentile £57,500 £55,000 £61,250
90th Percentile £67,500 £64,000 £72,500
England median annual salary £47,500 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year - -5.00% -4.76%

5G
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for 5G in the Midlands

5G
Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

Salary trend for 5G in the Midlands

5G
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing 5G within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 1 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 Midlands - 107 - - 2
West Midlands +60 24 £81,500 +48.18% 6
5G
England

5G
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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:

Communications & Networking
1 108 (82.44%) Wi-Fi
2 106 (80.92%) Bluetooth
2 106 (80.92%) LTE
3 104 (79.39%) GSM
3 104 (79.39%) UMTS
3 104 (79.39%) Wireless
4 22 (16.79%) 3GPP
5 2 (1.53%) 4G
5 2 (1.53%) DNS
5 2 (1.53%) VPN
6 1 (0.76%) Internet
6 1 (0.76%) LoRaWAN
6 1 (0.76%) Modbus
6 1 (0.76%) MQTT
General
1 108 (82.44%) Electronics
2 22 (16.79%) Telecoms
3 4 (3.05%) Social Skills
4 2 (1.53%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (1.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 104 (79.39%) Electronics Engineer
1 104 (79.39%) Electronics Test Engineer
1 104 (79.39%) Test Engineer
2 9 (6.87%) Automation Specialist
2 9 (6.87%) Senior
2 9 (6.87%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
2 9 (6.87%) Tester
3 6 (4.58%) Security Tester
4 4 (3.05%) Developer
4 4 (3.05%) Software Developer
5 3 (2.29%) Penetration Tester
6 2 (1.53%) Graduate
6 2 (1.53%) Graduate Technical Engineer
6 2 (1.53%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 2 (1.53%) Lead
6 2 (1.53%) Lead Infrastructure Engineer
6 2 (1.53%) Technical Engineer
7 1 (0.76%) Architect
7 1 (0.76%) Systems Architect
Miscellaneous
1 104 (79.39%) Driving Licence
2 5 (3.82%) IoT
3 3 (2.29%) NB-IoT
4 2 (1.53%) CCTV
4 2 (1.53%) Video\Live Streaming
5 1 (0.76%) Industrial Internet of Things
5 1 (0.76%) Operational Technology
5 1 (0.76%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.53%) Linux
1 2 (1.53%) VMS
1 2 (1.53%) Windows
1 2 (1.53%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 104 (79.39%) Coaching
1 104 (79.39%) Customer Requirements
1 104 (79.39%) Mentoring
1 104 (79.39%) Test Strategy
1 104 (79.39%) Validation
1 104 (79.39%) Verification and Validation
2 23 (17.56%) Cybersecurity
3 9 (6.87%) Vulnerability Research
4 4 (3.05%) CI/CD
4 4 (3.05%) Clean Code
4 4 (3.05%) Non-Functional Testing
4 4 (3.05%) Refactoring
4 4 (3.05%) SDLC
4 4 (3.05%) TDD
5 3 (2.29%) Artificial Intelligence
5 3 (2.29%) Edge Computing
6 2 (1.53%) Asset Management
6 2 (1.53%) Penetration Testing
6 2 (1.53%) Project Planning
6 2 (1.53%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 6 (4.58%) Python
2 2 (1.53%) Bash
2 2 (1.53%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 106 (80.92%) Degree
2 104 (79.39%) HND
3 2 (1.53%) CompTIA Security+
3 2 (1.53%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (17.56%) NCSC
System Software
1 2 (1.53%) VMware Infrastructure
1 2 (1.53%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 2 (1.53%) Ansible
1 2 (1.53%) Puppet
1 2 (1.53%) Terraform
Vendors
1 2 (1.53%) Microsoft
1 2 (1.53%) NVIDIA
1 2 (1.53%) VMware