NGN Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Next Generation Network (NGN)
South East > Thames Valley

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

6 months to
3 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 205 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing NGN 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 0.013% - -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.20% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £45,000 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 - -
75th Percentile £55,000 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median annual salary £71,250 £42,500 -
% change year-on-year +67.65% - -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Thames Valley

NGN 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 495 569 670
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 6.59% 14.93% 14.16%
Number of salaries quoted 366 260 304
10th Percentile £29,000 £27,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - -10.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £61,250 £63,750 £65,375
90th Percentile £71,250 £70,125 £80,000
South East median annual salary £47,500 £42,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +11.76% -15.00% -

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Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

NGN job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

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Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing NGN.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing NGN

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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 NGN within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 3 October 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
Buckinghamshire - 1 £50,000 -
NGN
South East

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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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Ethernet
1 1 (100.00%) SNMP
1 1 (100.00%) VLAN
1 1 (100.00%) Wi-Fi
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) C++ Software Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded C++ Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded C++ Software Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Linux Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Linux Software Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Linux Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) QML
1 1 (100.00%) Qt
1 1 (100.00%) Qt Quick
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Software Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C
1 1 (100.00%) C++
1 1 (100.00%) Python
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Firmware
1 1 (100.00%) Firmware
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft