UMTS Job Trends in the South East

Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS)
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South East requiring UMTS skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 266 215 -
Rank change year-on-year -51 - -
Permanent jobs citing UMTS 2 98 0
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.020% 0.92% -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.15% 6.46% -
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £37,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 - -
75th Percentile £42,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £40,000 - £55,000

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
South East

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 the South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,353 1,517 1,228
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 13.85% 14.31% 16.71%
Number of salaries quoted 715 782 998
10th Percentile £27,040 £30,750 £27,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £40,625 £33,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £54,625 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -17.62% +9.25% +3.90%
75th Percentile £59,500 £63,438 £61,250
90th Percentile £70,000 £75,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £40,000 £54,000 £51,500
% change year-on-year -25.93% +4.85% -1.90%

UMTS
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

UMTS job vacancy trend in the South East

UMTS
Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing UMTS.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing UMTS

UMTS
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 UMTS within the South East region over the 6 months to 5 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
Berkshire +9 2 £40,000 - 4
Thames Valley -67 2 £40,000 - 4
UMTS
England

UMTS
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 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) 4G
1 2 (100.00%) 5G
1 2 (100.00%) GSM
1 2 (100.00%) TETRA
1 2 (100.00%) Wireless
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Network Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) Network Support
1 2 (100.00%) Network Support Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) NOC Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) Radio Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) Radio Network Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) Support Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) RF Engineer
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) ITIL
1 2 (100.00%) Network Management
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft