5G Job Trends in the South East

5G
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South East requiring 5G skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 285 81 254
Rank change year-on-year -204 +173 +52
Permanent jobs citing 5G 15 272 140
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.10% 3.45% 0.79%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.11% 22.42% 5.07%
Number of salaries quoted 15 44 23
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £23,731 £46,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £25,154 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +19.27% -54.27% +18.28%
75th Percentile - £26,577 £62,500
90th Percentile £77,000 £28,973 £78,500
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
South 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 South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,350 1,213 2,761
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 9.27% 15.40% 15.53%
Number of salaries quoted 891 739 1,890
10th Percentile £27,750 £25,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,750 £31,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £65,000 £60,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £75,250 £70,000
England median annual salary £47,500 £47,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year - - -5.00%

5G
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

5G job vacancy trend in the South East

5G
Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing 5G.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing 5G

5G
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing 5G in the South East over the 6 months to 7 June 2026.

Salary histogram for 5G in the South East

5G
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing 5G within the South East region over the 6 months to 7 June 2026. 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
Thames Valley -117 13 £30,000 -20.00% 5
Buckinghamshire -76 12 £30,000 -35.14%
Hampshire - 2 £103,750 - 9
Berkshire - 1 £40,000 - 4
5G
England

5G
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (6.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Communications & Networking
1 12 (80.00%) Broadband
2 3 (20.00%) Wireless
3 1 (6.67%) 4G
3 1 (6.67%) 5G NR
3 1 (6.67%) GSM
3 1 (6.67%) LTE
3 1 (6.67%) TETRA
3 1 (6.67%) UMTS
General
1 12 (80.00%) Telecoms
2 1 (6.67%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 12 (80.00%) Account Manager
1 12 (80.00%) Corporate Account Manager
1 12 (80.00%) Internal Account Manager
2 1 (6.67%) Engineering Manager
2 1 (6.67%) Network Engineer
2 1 (6.67%) Network Support
2 1 (6.67%) Network Support Engineer
2 1 (6.67%) NOC Engineer
2 1 (6.67%) Radio Engineer
2 1 (6.67%) Radio Network Engineer
2 1 (6.67%) RF Engineer
2 1 (6.67%) Sales Manager
2 1 (6.67%) Software Engineering Manager
2 1 (6.67%) Software Manager
2 1 (6.67%) Support Engineer
2 1 (6.67%) Technical Manager
2 1 (6.67%) Technical Sales Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (6.67%) ASIC
1 1 (6.67%) FPGA
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (6.67%) Agile
1 1 (6.67%) CI/CD
1 1 (6.67%) ITIL
1 1 (6.67%) Mentoring
1 1 (6.67%) Network Management
1 1 (6.67%) Performance Engineering
1 1 (6.67%) SDLC
1 1 (6.67%) Software Engineering
1 1 (6.67%) Software Testing
Qualifications
1 1 (6.67%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (6.67%) Microsoft