5G Job Trends in the South West

5G
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South West requiring 5G skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 203 131 239
Rank change year-on-year -72 +108 -9
Permanent jobs citing 5G 11 28 45
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 0.14% 1.00% 0.44%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.85% 6.59% 3.77%
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 8
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -11.11%
75th Percentile - - £72,500
90th Percentile - - £74,375
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 West

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 West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 593 425 1,194
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 7.67% 15.11% 11.65%
Number of salaries quoted 354 301 950
10th Percentile £26,750 £28,750 £26,475
25th Percentile £31,250 £30,500 £32,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £43,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.98% -9.47% +5.56%
75th Percentile £57,500 £57,500 £58,750
90th Percentile £73,250 £73,750 £71,803
England median annual salary £47,500 £47,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year - - -5.00%

5G
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

5G job vacancy trend in the South West

5G
Salary Trend in the South West

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

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

5G
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 5G within the South West region over the 6 months to 13 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
Devon -39 10 - -
Cornwall - 1 - -
5G
England

5G
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (9.09%) SAS
Applications
1 10 (90.91%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 10 (90.91%) GitHub
2 1 (9.09%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 10 (90.91%) SD-WAN
1 10 (90.91%) WAN
2 1 (9.09%) Broadband
Development Applications
1 10 (90.91%) Git
1 10 (90.91%) LabVIEW
General
1 10 (90.91%) Electronics
2 7 (63.64%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (54.55%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (9.09%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 10 (90.91%) Product Engineer
1 10 (90.91%) Product Test Engineer
1 10 (90.91%) Test Engineer
1 10 (90.91%) Verification Engineer
2 4 (36.36%) Electronics Engineer
2 4 (36.36%) Electronics Test Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Machine Learning Scientist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (90.91%) pytest
2 1 (9.09%) Streamlit
Miscellaneous
1 10 (90.91%) Self-Driving Car
2 6 (54.55%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (9.09%) Algorithms
3 1 (9.09%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 10 (90.91%) Unix
1 10 (90.91%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (90.91%) B2B
1 10 (90.91%) Kalman Filter
1 10 (90.91%) Test Assurance
1 10 (90.91%) Test Automation
2 7 (63.64%) Validation
3 6 (54.55%) Physics
3 6 (54.55%) Problem-Solving
3 6 (54.55%) System Testing
3 6 (54.55%) Test Scripting
3 6 (54.55%) Verification and Validation
4 4 (36.36%) Manual Testing
5 1 (9.09%) Agile
5 1 (9.09%) AI
5 1 (9.09%) Analytics
5 1 (9.09%) CRM
5 1 (9.09%) Data Analysis
5 1 (9.09%) Data Visualisation
5 1 (9.09%) Machine Learning
5 1 (9.09%) Predictive Modelling
5 1 (9.09%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 11 (100.00%) Python
2 10 (90.91%) MATLAB
3 1 (9.09%) SQL
Qualifications
1 10 (90.91%) Degree
1 10 (90.91%) HND