2G Jobs in the UK excluding London

2G
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for 2G skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited 2G over the 6 months to 3 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 748 764 842
Rank change year-on-year +16 +78 -191
Permanent jobs citing 2G 3 4 15
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.004% 0.007% 0.021%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.031% 0.036% 0.14%
Number of salaries quoted 2 3 3
10th Percentile - - £35,700
25th Percentile - - £42,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £87,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -48.28% +58.18% +22.22%
75th Percentile - - £57,500
90th Percentile - - -
UK median annual salary £45,000 £100,000 £100,000
% change year-on-year -55.00% - +122.22%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK excluding London

2G 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 UK excluding London with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 9,831 11,009 10,969
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 13.96% 17.91% 15.44%
Number of salaries quoted 7,131 4,846 6,519
10th Percentile £25,750 £26,250 £26,750
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,576 £33,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,750 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% - -
75th Percentile £57,500 £60,000 £60,207
90th Percentile £68,750 £75,000 £73,750
UK median annual salary £48,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.00% -4.76% +5.00%

2G
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing 2G as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for 2G in the UK excluding London

2G
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing 2G in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for 2G in the UK excluding London

2G
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing 2G within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 3 May 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
Midlands - 2 £45,000 -
West Midlands - 2 £45,000 -
South West -22 1 - -
2G
UK

2G
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) AWS
1 1 (33.33%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 3 (100.00%) 3G
1 3 (100.00%) 4G
2 2 (66.67%) Ethernet
2 2 (66.67%) TCP/IP
3 1 (33.33%) 5G
3 1 (33.33%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (66.67%) MySQL
General
1 3 (100.00%) Telecoms
2 2 (66.67%) Automotive
2 2 (66.67%) Electronics
2 2 (66.67%) Finance
2 2 (66.67%) Manufacturing
2 2 (66.67%) Marketing
2 2 (66.67%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Embedded Engineer
2 2 (66.67%) Embedded Software Engineer
2 2 (66.67%) Software Engineer
3 1 (33.33%) Embedded C++ Engineer
3 1 (33.33%) Embedded Linux Engineer
3 1 (33.33%) Linux Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Embedded Systems
2 1 (33.33%) Cloud Native
Operating Systems
1 2 (66.67%) Android
2 1 (33.33%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Business Intelligence
1 2 (66.67%) Digital Marketing
1 2 (66.67%) Programme Management
1 2 (66.67%) Prototyping
1 2 (66.67%) Software Engineering
2 1 (33.33%) Platform Engineering
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) C
1 2 (66.67%) PHP
2 1 (33.33%) C++
2 1 (33.33%) Embedded C++
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) Docker
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Apple
1 2 (66.67%) SAP