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 22 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 151 198 197
Rank change year-on-year +47 -1 +108
Permanent jobs citing 5G 20 21 21
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 0.55% 0.33% 0.45%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 3.37% 3.11% 2.63%
Number of salaries quoted 1 4 5
10th Percentile - - £46,250
25th Percentile - - £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £91,000 £90,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.11% +44.00% +25.00%
75th Percentile - - £76,250
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £62,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +13.64% - -21.99%

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 594 675 798
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 16.27% 10.53% 17.24%
Number of salaries quoted 370 397 627
10th Percentile £26,963 £30,000 £29,500
25th Percentile £30,000 £32,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £34,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -32.00% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £52,500 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £63,875 £84,250 £77,715
England median annual salary £40,000 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -23.81% - -

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 22 October 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
Devon +2 11 - -
Wiltshire - 7 - -
Bristol - 2 £91,000 - 6
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:

Communications & Networking
1 11 (55.00%) SD-WAN
1 11 (55.00%) WAN
2 5 (25.00%) Bluetooth
2 5 (25.00%) GSM
2 5 (25.00%) LTE
2 5 (25.00%) UMTS
2 5 (25.00%) Wi-Fi
2 5 (25.00%) Wireless
3 2 (10.00%) 2G
3 2 (10.00%) 4G
3 2 (10.00%) Internet
3 2 (10.00%) Software-Defined Radio
4 1 (5.00%) DNS
4 1 (5.00%) HTTP
4 1 (5.00%) ICMP
4 1 (5.00%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 2 (10.00%) IDA Disassembler
General
1 10 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 9 (45.00%) Military
3 7 (35.00%) Presentation Skills
3 7 (35.00%) Retail
4 6 (30.00%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (25.00%) Electronics
6 2 (10.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 7 (35.00%) Lead
1 7 (35.00%) Professional Services Engineer
2 5 (25.00%) Electronics Engineer
2 5 (25.00%) Electronics Test Engineer
2 5 (25.00%) Test Engineer
3 4 (20.00%) GNSS Engineer
3 4 (20.00%) Hardware Engineer
3 4 (20.00%) RF Engineer
4 1 (5.00%) Vulnerability Researcher
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.00%) Flash
Miscellaneous
1 11 (55.00%) Self-Driving Car
2 7 (35.00%) Onboarding
3 5 (25.00%) Driving Licence
4 4 (20.00%) GNSS
5 2 (10.00%) Linux Command Line
6 1 (5.00%) Arduino
6 1 (5.00%) ARM Cortex
6 1 (5.00%) Embedded Systems
6 1 (5.00%) Raspberry Pi
Operating Systems
1 2 (10.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (55.00%) B2B
1 11 (55.00%) Test Automation
2 7 (35.00%) Computer Science
2 7 (35.00%) Use Case
3 6 (30.00%) Problem-Solving
4 5 (25.00%) Coaching
4 5 (25.00%) Customer Requirements
4 5 (25.00%) Mentoring
4 5 (25.00%) Test Strategy
4 5 (25.00%) Validation
4 5 (25.00%) Verification and Validation
5 4 (20.00%) Customer Engagement
5 4 (20.00%) Project Delivery
5 4 (20.00%) Requirements Gathering
5 4 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 4 (20.00%) Test Assurance
6 2 (10.00%) Budget Responsibility
6 2 (10.00%) Digital Strategy
6 2 (10.00%) Programme Delivery
6 2 (10.00%) Vulnerability Research
Programming Languages
1 9 (45.00%) C++
1 9 (45.00%) Python
2 7 (35.00%) MATLAB
3 2 (10.00%) C
Qualifications
1 16 (80.00%) Degree
2 5 (25.00%) HND
3 2 (10.00%) DV Cleared
3 2 (10.00%) Security Cleared