5G Jobs in the South East

5G
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 22 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 103 251 310
Rank change year-on-year +148 +59 +130
Permanent jobs citing 5G 270 148 75
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 2.85% 0.88% 0.53%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 18.46% 5.37% 3.02%
Number of salaries quoted 42 22 53
10th Percentile - - £22,000
25th Percentile £23,731 £46,750 £27,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £25,154 £55,000 £46,500
Median % change year-on-year -54.27% +18.28% -34.04%
75th Percentile £26,577 £62,500 £70,000
90th Percentile - £79,875 £81,250
England median annual salary £25,154 £60,000 £44,000
% change year-on-year -58.08% +36.36% -37.59%

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 1,463 2,755 2,482
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 15.45% 16.31% 17.44%
Number of salaries quoted 749 1,867 1,445
10th Percentile £25,250 £26,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,500 £32,500 £31,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,500 £47,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.11% +5.56% -5.26%
75th Percentile £60,000 £60,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £76,400 £70,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £46,500 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -2.11% -5.00% -4.76%

5G
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for 5G in the South East

5G
Salary Trend in the South East

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

Salary trend 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 22 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
Thames Valley +169 215 £30,000 -14.29% 20
Buckinghamshire +84 177 £30,000 -14.29% 1
Oxfordshire +73 38 £37,500 - 6
Kent +39 21 £25,154 -54.27%
Surrey +12 20 £25,154 - 10
West Sussex - 9 - -
East Sussex +29 5 - - 1
5G
England

5G
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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
1 226 (83.70%) Bluetooth
1 226 (83.70%) LTE
1 226 (83.70%) Wi-Fi
2 217 (80.37%) GSM
2 217 (80.37%) UMTS
2 217 (80.37%) Wireless
3 44 (16.30%) 4G
4 2 (0.74%) SD-WAN
4 2 (0.74%) WAN
General
1 226 (83.70%) Electronics
2 43 (15.93%) Telecoms
3 41 (15.19%) Retail
4 12 (4.44%) Social Skills
5 9 (3.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (0.74%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (0.37%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 217 (80.37%) Electronics Engineer
1 217 (80.37%) Electronics Test Engineer
1 217 (80.37%) Test Engineer
2 9 (3.33%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 9 (3.33%) Lead
2 9 (3.33%) Lead Infrastructure Engineer
3 2 (0.74%) Sales Representative
4 1 (0.37%) Field Engineer
4 1 (0.37%) Field Service Engineer
4 1 (0.37%) IT Engineer
4 1 (0.37%) Service Delivery Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 217 (80.37%) Driving Licence
2 11 (4.07%) IoT
3 9 (3.33%) NB-IoT
4 1 (0.37%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 10 (3.70%) Windows
2 9 (3.33%) Linux
2 9 (3.33%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.37%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 217 (80.37%) Coaching
1 217 (80.37%) Customer Requirements
1 217 (80.37%) Mentoring
1 217 (80.37%) Test Strategy
1 217 (80.37%) Validation
1 217 (80.37%) Verification and Validation
2 43 (15.93%) Customer Service
3 41 (15.19%) Customer Experience
4 9 (3.33%) Asset Management
4 9 (3.33%) Infrastructure as Code
4 9 (3.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 9 (3.33%) Penetration Testing
4 9 (3.33%) Project Planning
4 9 (3.33%) Software Testing
4 9 (3.33%) Strategic Thinking
5 2 (0.74%) B2B
5 2 (0.74%) B2B Sales
5 2 (0.74%) CRM
6 1 (0.37%) Problem-Solving
6 1 (0.37%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 9 (3.33%) Bash
1 9 (3.33%) PowerShell
1 9 (3.33%) Python
Qualifications
1 226 (83.70%) Degree
2 217 (80.37%) HND
3 9 (3.33%) CompTIA Security+
3 9 (3.33%) Network+ Certification
System Software
1 9 (3.33%) VMware Infrastructure
1 9 (3.33%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 9 (3.33%) Ansible
1 9 (3.33%) Puppet
1 9 (3.33%) Terraform
Vendors
1 9 (3.33%) Microsoft
1 9 (3.33%) VMware
2 2 (0.74%) ConnectWise
3 1 (0.37%) Meraki