5G Jobs in the South East

5G
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for 5G skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited 5G over the 6 months to 26 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 247 340 434
Rank change year-on-year +93 +94 -109
Permanent jobs citing 5G 143 74 54
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.86% 0.49% 0.27%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 5.16% 2.83% 1.77%
Number of salaries quoted 18 50 22
10th Percentile - £22,000 £52,700
25th Percentile £46,750 £27,500 £63,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £46,500 £70,500
Median % change year-on-year +23.66% -34.04% +28.18%
75th Percentile £66,250 £71,875 £77,500
90th Percentile £85,375 £82,500 £89,000
England median annual salary £62,500 £42,500 £70,500
% change year-on-year +47.06% -39.72% +22.61%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
South East

5G is in the Communications and Computer Networking category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 2,771 2,611 3,050
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 16.66% 17.30% 15.48%
Number of salaries quoted 1,913 1,536 1,848
10th Percentile £26,000 £26,250 £27,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £31,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,500 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.33% -5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £59,000 £62,500 £64,250
90th Percentile £70,000 £75,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% +5.00%

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
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing 5G in the South East over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Salary histogram 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 26 April 2024. 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
Surrey +46 53 - - 5
Thames Valley +13 40 £55,000 +10.00% 12
Middlesex - 30 - -
Buckinghamshire -5 27 £55,000 -31.25% 4
Kent +12 14 £55,000 +18.28% 3
Berkshire +19 10 - - 7
Hampshire -16 4 £83,750 +76.32% 2
Oxfordshire -5 3 - - 1
East Sussex - 2 - -
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:

Applications
1 1 (0.70%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (0.70%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (2.10%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 67 (46.85%) Azure
1 67 (46.85%) Entra ID
2 10 (6.99%) GitHub
3 3 (2.10%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 86 (60.14%) Broadband
2 28 (19.58%) Firewall
3 26 (18.18%) Wireless
4 24 (16.78%) LTE
5 23 (16.08%) GSM
5 23 (16.08%) UMTS
6 22 (15.38%) Bluetooth
6 22 (15.38%) ISDN
6 22 (15.38%) PSTN
6 22 (15.38%) Wi-Fi
7 16 (11.19%) VPN
8 14 (9.79%) 4G
9 12 (8.39%) MPLS
9 12 (8.39%) WAN
10 10 (6.99%) DHCP
10 10 (6.99%) DNS
11 6 (4.20%) IPv4
11 6 (4.20%) TCP/IP
12 3 (2.10%) 3GPP
13 1 (0.70%) Internet
Development Applications
1 22 (15.38%) LabVIEW
2 11 (7.69%) Jenkins
3 10 (6.99%) Git
3 10 (6.99%) JIRA
3 10 (6.99%) Trac
4 1 (0.70%) TeamCity
General
1 104 (72.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 82 (57.34%) Analytical Skills
3 56 (39.16%) Telecoms
4 24 (16.78%) Social Skills
5 20 (13.99%) Finance
6 16 (11.19%) Marketing
7 3 (2.10%) Legal
8 2 (1.40%) Public Sector
9 1 (0.70%) Electronics
9 1 (0.70%) Local Government
9 1 (0.70%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 67 (46.85%) Linux Specialist
1 67 (46.85%) Technical Specialist
2 46 (32.17%) Senior
3 38 (26.57%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
3 38 (26.57%) Senior Linux Specialist
3 38 (26.57%) Senior Technical Specialist
3 38 (26.57%) Senior Unix Technical Specialist
4 15 (10.49%) Hardware Engineer
5 13 (9.09%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 11 (7.69%) Systems Engineer
7 10 (6.99%) Test Engineer
8 8 (5.59%) Hardware Test Engineer
9 6 (4.20%) Network Engineer
10 5 (3.50%) Hardware Technician
11 4 (2.80%) Senior Systems Engineer
12 3 (2.10%) QA Engineer
12 3 (2.10%) Quality Engineer
12 3 (2.10%) Senior Manager
12 3 (2.10%) Software Engineer
12 3 (2.10%) Support Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.10%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 67 (46.85%) Social Media
2 22 (15.38%) Acoustics
2 22 (15.38%) Satnav
3 12 (8.39%) Driving Licence
3 12 (8.39%) IoT
4 9 (6.29%) ARM Cortex
4 9 (6.29%) Management Information System
5 5 (3.50%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (1.40%) Device Driver
7 1 (0.70%) Embedded Systems
7 1 (0.70%) FPGA
7 1 (0.70%) SIMD
7 1 (0.70%) Verilog
7 1 (0.70%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 86 (60.14%) Linux
2 67 (46.85%) Ubuntu
3 10 (6.99%) Windows
3 10 (6.99%) Windows Server
4 3 (2.10%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 79 (55.24%) Cybersecurity
2 67 (46.85%) Artificial Intelligence
2 67 (46.85%) CRM
2 67 (46.85%) IT Strategy
2 67 (46.85%) Technology Strategy
3 34 (23.78%) Data Management
4 26 (18.18%) Agile
5 22 (15.38%) Coaching
5 22 (15.38%) Critical Thinking
5 22 (15.38%) Test Automation
5 22 (15.38%) Test Scripting
6 21 (14.69%) Problem-Solving
7 17 (11.89%) Validation
8 16 (11.19%) Actionable Insight
8 16 (11.19%) Configuration Management
9 15 (10.49%) Collaborative Culture
9 15 (10.49%) Matrix Organization
9 15 (10.49%) Roadmaps
9 15 (10.49%) Storytelling
9 15 (10.49%) Strategic Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 68 (47.55%) Bash
2 33 (23.08%) Python
3 10 (6.99%) PowerShell
4 4 (2.80%) C
5 3 (2.10%) Assembly Language
6 1 (0.70%) C++
6 1 (0.70%) MATLAB
6 1 (0.70%) Perl
6 1 (0.70%) Ruby
6 1 (0.70%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 40 (27.97%) Degree
2 26 (18.18%) Security Cleared
3 16 (11.19%) SC Cleared
4 15 (10.49%) Master's Degree
4 15 (10.49%) MBA
5 9 (6.29%) BPSS Clearance
5 9 (6.29%) CTC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (8.39%) Cyber Essentials
2 9 (6.29%) COSHH
2 9 (6.29%) GDPR
3 5 (3.50%) QA
4 1 (0.70%) SLA
System Software
1 77 (53.85%) Active Directory
2 28 (19.58%) Hyper-V
3 16 (11.19%) pfSense
3 16 (11.19%) Virtual Machines
4 10 (6.99%) Docker
4 10 (6.99%) NFS
Systems Management
1 67 (46.85%) Jamf Pro
1 67 (46.85%) Microsoft Intune
2 16 (11.19%) Grafana
2 16 (11.19%) ZABBIX
3 12 (8.39%) FortiGate
4 10 (6.99%) Ansible
4 10 (6.99%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
4 10 (6.99%) SCDPM
Vendors
1 77 (53.85%) Microsoft
2 67 (46.85%) CyberArk
2 67 (46.85%) Tanium
3 18 (12.59%) Virgin Media
4 16 (11.19%) Fortinet
4 16 (11.19%) Juniper
4 16 (11.19%) VMware
5 12 (8.39%) Cisco
5 12 (8.39%) Darktrace
5 12 (8.39%) HP
5 12 (8.39%) NEC
6 10 (6.99%) McAfee
6 10 (6.99%) Veeam
7 9 (6.29%) Mitel
7 9 (6.29%) Ribbon
8 4 (2.80%) Oracle
9 1 (0.70%) Intel
9 1 (0.70%) Remedy
9 1 (0.70%) SAP
9 1 (0.70%) Xilinx