5G Job Trends in Southampton

5G
Hampshire > Southampton

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Southampton requiring 5G skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 50 - 73
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing 5G 5 0 4
As % of all permanent jobs in Southampton 0.78% - 0.39%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 8.20% - 3.51%
Number of salaries quoted 5 0 4
10th Percentile - - £58,875
25th Percentile - - £68,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £100,000 - £83,750
75th Percentile - - £95,000
90th Percentile £106,750 - -
Hampshire median annual salary £100,000 - £77,500
% change year-on-year - - +63.16%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Southampton

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 Southampton.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 61 28 114
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Southampton 9.53% 10.04% 11.06%
Number of salaries quoted 59 25 104
10th Percentile £26,750 £36,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £32,750 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £45,000 £51,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -12.62% +33.77%
75th Percentile £73,750 £52,500 £64,475
90th Percentile £100,000 £57,500 £72,500
Hampshire median annual salary £51,250 £55,000 £49,000
% change year-on-year -6.82% +12.24% +6.52%

5G
Job Vacancy Trend in Southampton

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

5G job vacancy trend in Southampton

5G
Salary Trend in Southampton

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Southampton citing 5G.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Southampton citing 5G

5G
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Southampton 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 5 (100.00%) Wireless
2 4 (80.00%) 5G NR
3 1 (20.00%) LTE
General
1 1 (20.00%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) Sales Manager
1 4 (80.00%) Technical Manager
1 4 (80.00%) Technical Sales Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Engineering Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Software Engineering Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Software Manager
Miscellaneous
1 4 (80.00%) ASIC
1 4 (80.00%) FPGA
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (20.00%) Agile
1 1 (20.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (20.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (20.00%) Performance Engineering
1 1 (20.00%) SDLC
1 1 (20.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (20.00%) Software Testing
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) Degree