3G Job Trends in the UK excluding London

3G
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring 3G 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 497 527 557
Rank change year-on-year +30 +30 +183
Permanent jobs citing 3G 9 45 10
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.021% 0.13% 0.029%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.12% 0.92% 0.19%
Number of salaries quoted 9 23 10
10th Percentile £26,250 £38,000 £28,625
25th Percentile £28,000 £52,500 £32,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £55,000 £53,750
Median % change year-on-year -45.45% +2.33% +16.22%
75th Percentile £53,750 £57,500 £74,250
90th Percentile £54,000 £63,500 £75,500
UK median annual salary £32,500 £55,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -40.91% +22.22% -40.00%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK excluding London

3G 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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 7,546 4,908 5,310
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 17.88% 13.68% 15.33%
Number of salaries quoted 2,806 2,444 4,367
10th Percentile £25,087 £29,750 £25,625
25th Percentile £27,694 £36,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,750 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -32.50% +11.11% -
75th Percentile £52,500 £62,500 £59,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £75,000 £71,250
UK median annual salary £38,500 £54,750 £50,000
% change year-on-year -29.68% +9.50% -4.76%

3G
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing 3G relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

3G job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

3G
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing 3G.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing 3G

3G
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing 3G in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 13 January 2026.

Salary histogram for 3G in the UK excluding London

3G
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 3G within the UK excluding London 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
Midlands - 9 £30,000 -
East Midlands - 5 £28,000 -
West Midlands - 4 £52,500 -
3G
UK

3G
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 5 (55.56%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (11.11%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 9 (100.00%) TCP/IP
2 5 (55.56%) 4G
2 5 (55.56%) ADSL
3 4 (44.44%) GPRS
3 4 (44.44%) GSM
3 4 (44.44%) Modbus
3 4 (44.44%) RS-232
3 4 (44.44%) RS-485
3 4 (44.44%) SSL
General
1 3 (33.33%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 5 (55.56%) IT Support
1 5 (55.56%) IT Support Technician
1 5 (55.56%) IT Technician
1 5 (55.56%) Support Technician
2 2 (22.22%) C Software Engineer
2 2 (22.22%) C/C++ Embedded Software Engineer
2 2 (22.22%) C/C++ Software Engineer
2 2 (22.22%) C++ Software Engineer
2 2 (22.22%) Embedded C Engineer
2 2 (22.22%) Embedded C Software Engineer
2 2 (22.22%) Embedded C/C++ Engineer
2 2 (22.22%) Embedded C/C++ Software Engineer
2 2 (22.22%) Embedded C++ Engineer
2 2 (22.22%) Embedded C++ Software Engineer
2 2 (22.22%) Embedded Engineer
2 2 (22.22%) Embedded Linux Engineer
2 2 (22.22%) Embedded Linux Software Engineer
2 2 (22.22%) Embedded Software Engineer
2 2 (22.22%) Linux Engineer
2 2 (22.22%) Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (55.56%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 5 (55.56%) Windows
2 4 (44.44%) Embedded Linux
2 4 (44.44%) FreeRTOS
2 4 (44.44%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (44.44%) Embedded Software Development
1 4 (44.44%) Secure Coding
1 4 (44.44%) Software Engineering
1 4 (44.44%) Test Automation
2 3 (33.33%) Agile
Programming Languages
1 4 (44.44%) C
1 4 (44.44%) C++
2 2 (22.22%) Embedded C++
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (44.44%) MISRA
System Software
1 5 (55.56%) Active Directory
2 4 (44.44%) Embedded Firmware
2 4 (44.44%) Firmware