3GPP Job Trends in the South West

3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP)
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South West requiring 3GPP skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 190 - 249
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing 3GPP 2 0 2
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 0.034% - 0.030%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.33% - 0.20%
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 2
10th Percentile £48,250 - -
25th Percentile £56,875 - £67,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 - £70,000
75th Percentile £86,875 - £72,500
90th Percentile £94,750 - -
England median annual salary £72,500 £52,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year +38.10% -25.00% -20.90%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
South West

3GPP 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 West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 598 436 985
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 10.13% 12.23% 14.89%
Number of salaries quoted 341 250 805
10th Percentile £25,375 £30,000 £27,403
25th Percentile £28,250 £34,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,000 £51,058 £48,750
Median % change year-on-year -35.37% +4.73% +8.33%
75th Percentile £48,750 £71,250 £58,750
90th Percentile £68,750 £81,375 £70,000
England median annual salary £42,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -23.64% +10.00% -3.05%

3GPP
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing 3GPP relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the South West.

3GPP job vacancy trend in the South West

3GPP
Salary Trend in the South West

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing 3GPP.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing 3GPP

3GPP
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing 3GPP in the South West over the 6 months to 19 February 2026.

Salary histogram for 3GPP in the South West

3GPP
Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing 3GPP within the South West region over the 6 months to 19 February 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
Bristol - 2 £72,500 - 1
3GPP
England

3GPP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) 4G
1 1 (50.00%) 5G
1 1 (50.00%) Diameter Protocol
1 1 (50.00%) ICMP
1 1 (50.00%) IPv4
1 1 (50.00%) IPv6
1 1 (50.00%) Radio Access Network
1 1 (50.00%) SCTP
1 1 (50.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (50.00%) Wireshark
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Architect
1 1 (50.00%) Salesforce Architect
1 1 (50.00%) Salesforce Solution Architect
1 1 (50.00%) Solutions Architect
1 1 (50.00%) Support Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Technical Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Technical Support
1 1 (50.00%) Technical Support Engineer
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Network Architecture
1 1 (50.00%) Scenario Testing
1 1 (50.00%) SDLC
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Salesforce