5G Job Trends in the Thames Valley

5G
South East > Thames Valley

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

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 154 85 193
Rank change year-on-year -69 +108 +21
Permanent jobs citing 5G 12 102 3
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 0.30% 3.01% 0.075%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 3.37% 21.98% 0.62%
Number of salaries quoted 6 2 1
10th Percentile - £35,375 -
25th Percentile £37,500 £35,938 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £41,250 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.03% -45.00% -6.25%
75th Percentile £59,688 £45,938 -
90th Percentile £79,375 £46,125 -
South East median annual salary £40,000 £57,500 £75,000
% change year-on-year -30.43% -23.33% -6.25%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 356 464 486
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 8.83% 13.71% 12.21%
Number of salaries quoted 190 213 423
10th Percentile £27,000 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £38,750 £35,400
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% - +11.11%
75th Percentile £56,533 £63,750 £61,875
90th Percentile £68,875 £87,500 £77,500
South East median annual salary £45,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -18.18% +10.00% +5.26%

5G
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

5G job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

5G
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing 5G.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing 5G

5G
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing 5G in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 13 January 2026.

Salary histogram for 5G in the Thames Valley

5G
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 5G within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 13 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 -2 9 £40,000 - 5
Buckinghamshire -69 2 £62,500 +51.52% 2
Oxfordshire +22 1 - - 1
5G
South East

5G
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:

Applications
1 3 (25.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (25.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (8.33%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 8 (66.67%) Wireless
2 6 (50.00%) 4G
3 3 (25.00%) GSM
3 3 (25.00%) Internet
3 3 (25.00%) TETRA
3 3 (25.00%) UMTS
4 2 (16.67%) 802.11
4 2 (16.67%) LAN
4 2 (16.67%) Network Security
4 2 (16.67%) VoIP
4 2 (16.67%) WAN
4 2 (16.67%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (16.67%) WLAN
5 1 (8.33%) Broadband
5 1 (8.33%) ICMP
5 1 (8.33%) MIMO
5 1 (8.33%) NGN
5 1 (8.33%) PSTN
5 1 (8.33%) SCTP
5 1 (8.33%) Wireshark
General
1 3 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (16.67%) Games
2 2 (16.67%) Manufacturing
2 2 (16.67%) Telecoms
3 1 (8.33%) Billing
3 1 (8.33%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (8.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (8.33%) Marketing
3 1 (8.33%) Retail
Job Titles
1 4 (33.33%) Support Engineer
2 3 (25.00%) Network Engineer
2 3 (25.00%) Network Support
2 3 (25.00%) Network Support Engineer
2 3 (25.00%) NOC Engineer
2 3 (25.00%) Radio Engineer
2 3 (25.00%) Radio Network Engineer
2 3 (25.00%) Senior
3 2 (16.67%) RF Engineer
3 2 (16.67%) Senior Systems Engineer
3 2 (16.67%) Systems Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) Electrical Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) FPGA Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) Mechanical Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) Senior FPGA Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) Solutions Architect
4 1 (8.33%) Technical Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) Technical Support
4 1 (8.33%) Technical Support Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) Wireless Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (16.67%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 3 (25.00%) IoT
2 2 (16.67%) BYOD
2 2 (16.67%) CCTV
3 1 (8.33%) Cloud Native
3 1 (8.33%) Data Centre
3 1 (8.33%) FPGA
3 1 (8.33%) PCIe
3 1 (8.33%) Smart City
3 1 (8.33%) Social Media
3 1 (8.33%) Verilog
Operating Systems
1 3 (25.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (33.33%) ITIL
2 3 (25.00%) Network Management
3 2 (16.67%) AI
3 2 (16.67%) CRM
3 2 (16.67%) Customer Experience
3 2 (16.67%) Decision-Making
3 2 (16.67%) Economics
3 2 (16.67%) Logistics
3 2 (16.67%) Machine Learning
3 2 (16.67%) Network Design
3 2 (16.67%) Presales
3 2 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (16.67%) Procure-to-Pay
3 2 (16.67%) Product Management
4 1 (8.33%) CAFM
4 1 (8.33%) Competitor Analysis
4 1 (8.33%) Facilities Management
4 1 (8.33%) Validation
4 1 (8.33%) Workflow
4 1 (8.33%) Workflow Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (16.67%) Python
2 1 (8.33%) Perl
2 1 (8.33%) SystemVerilog
Qualifications
1 1 (8.33%) City & Guilds
1 1 (8.33%) PMI Certification
1 1 (8.33%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (8.33%) QA
System Software
1 1 (8.33%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (8.33%) Ansible
1 1 (8.33%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 4 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 2 (16.67%) Ruckus Wireless