3GPP Job Trends in the Thames Valley

3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP)
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring 3GPP skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 169 - 187
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing 3GPP 1 0 3
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 0.025% - 0.078%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.28% - 0.64%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £42,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 - -
75th Percentile £47,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% -33.33% -11.76%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 355 474 471
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 8.78% 13.86% 12.25%
Number of salaries quoted 191 221 408
10th Percentile £27,000 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £38,750 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% - +9.29%
75th Percentile £56,578 £63,750 £61,250
90th Percentile £68,750 £90,000 £77,500
South East median annual salary £45,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -18.18% +10.00% +5.26%

3GPP
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

3GPP job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

3GPP
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing 3GPP.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing 3GPP

3GPP
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing 3GPP within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 9 January 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
Berkshire - 1 £45,000 - 2
3GPP
South East

3GPP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 (100.00%) 4G
1 1 (100.00%) 5G
1 1 (100.00%) Diameter Protocol
1 1 (100.00%) ICMP
1 1 (100.00%) IPv4
1 1 (100.00%) IPv6
1 1 (100.00%) SCTP
1 1 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (100.00%) Wireshark
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Support Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Support
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Support Engineer
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Scenario Testing
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC