5G Job Trends in the North East

5G
England > North East

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North East requiring 5G skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank - - 115
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing 5G 0 0 3
As % of all permanent jobs in the North East - - 0.15%
As % of the Communications & Networking category - - 1.18%
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £77,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - £80,000
75th Percentile - - £82,500
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £30,000 £25,154 £60,000
% change year-on-year +19.27% -58.08% +29.03%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
North East

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 North East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 113 103 254
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North East 4.96% 15.97% 12.35%
Number of salaries quoted 79 77 230
10th Percentile £25,417 £23,687 £25,000
25th Percentile £28,250 £25,087 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £33,198 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +28.02% -21.89% +1.96%
75th Percentile £48,750 £61,250 £62,500
90th Percentile £60,500 £79,800 £70,000
England median annual salary £47,500 £47,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year - - -5.00%

5G
Job Vacancy Trend in the North East

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

5G job vacancy trend in the North East