5G Jobs in the UK excluding London

5G
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring 5G skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited 5G over the 6 months leading up to 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 437 558 678
Rank change year-on-year +121 +120 -105
Permanent jobs citing 5G 285 121 204
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.44% 0.25% 0.26%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 3.54% 1.33% 1.81%
Number of salaries quoted 59 82 114
10th Percentile £29,000 £27,500 £42,875
25th Percentile £47,125 £33,938 £54,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £70,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -25.53% +30.56%
75th Percentile £62,500 £69,688 £75,000
90th Percentile £68,950 £76,250 £78,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £54,000 £70,500
% change year-on-year +1.85% -23.40% +28.18%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 8,042 9,068 11,294
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 12.32% 18.83% 14.42%
Number of salaries quoted 5,374 4,409 6,985
10th Percentile £26,250 £26,500 £26,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £33,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - -5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £58,750 £61,250 £62,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £75,000 £75,000
UK median annual salary £49,000 £51,573 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.99% -1.77% +5.00%

5G
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing 5G as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for 5G in the UK excluding London

5G
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing 5G in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for 5G in the UK excluding London

5G
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing 5G in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

Salary histogram for 5G in the UK excluding London

5G
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 5G within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 26 July 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
South East +69 133 £55,000 +15.79% 5
West Midlands +49 55 £57,500 -18.44% 6
Midlands +31 55 £57,500 -18.44% 8
South West +19 46 £60,000 -11.11% 3
East of England +29 36 £55,000 -12.00% 3
North of England +2 15 £30,000 -29.41% 2
Yorkshire +47 11 £30,000 -29.41% 1
North West - 4 £40,000 - 1
5G
UK

5G
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:

Applications
1 5 (1.75%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.70%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (0.70%) OrCAD
3 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.35%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 6 (2.11%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 83 (29.12%) Azure
2 81 (28.42%) Entra ID
3 13 (4.56%) GitHub
4 7 (2.46%) SaaS
5 3 (1.05%) AWS
6 1 (0.35%) AWS CloudFormation
6 1 (0.35%) Azure Data Factory
6 1 (0.35%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (0.35%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 1 (0.35%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 1 (0.35%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (0.35%) GCP
6 1 (0.35%) OCI
6 1 (0.35%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 102 (35.79%) Broadband
2 54 (18.95%) WAN
3 49 (17.19%) 4G
4 40 (14.04%) SD-WAN
5 31 (10.88%) 3GPP
5 31 (10.88%) Firewall
5 31 (10.88%) Radio Access Network
6 25 (8.77%) Wireless
7 17 (5.96%) DNS
7 17 (5.96%) LTE
8 16 (5.61%) DHCP
8 16 (5.61%) TCP/IP
8 16 (5.61%) VPN
9 14 (4.91%) MPLS
10 10 (3.51%) Bluetooth
11 9 (3.16%) Network Security
12 8 (2.81%) GSM
12 8 (2.81%) ISDN
12 8 (2.81%) PSTN
12 8 (2.81%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.35%) Azure SQL Database
1 1 (0.35%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (0.35%) GIS
1 1 (0.35%) Oracle BI Publisher
1 1 (0.35%) Oracle Reports
1 1 (0.35%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 15 (5.26%) Git
2 12 (4.21%) Jenkins
2 12 (4.21%) LabVIEW
3 11 (3.86%) JIRA
4 9 (3.16%) Trac
5 3 (1.05%) GCC
General
1 125 (43.86%) Analytical Skills
2 123 (43.16%) Telecoms
3 109 (38.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 83 (29.12%) Social Skills
5 48 (16.84%) Finance
6 35 (12.28%) Marketing
7 29 (10.18%) Presentation Skills
8 27 (9.47%) Electronics
9 21 (7.37%) Games
10 12 (4.21%) Organisational Skills
11 5 (1.75%) Legal
12 3 (1.05%) Manufacturing
13 2 (0.70%) Aerospace
13 2 (0.70%) Public Sector
14 1 (0.35%) Automotive
14 1 (0.35%) Avionics
14 1 (0.35%) Influencing Skills
14 1 (0.35%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 69 (24.21%) Technical Specialist
2 67 (23.51%) Linux Specialist
3 58 (20.35%) Senior
4 38 (13.33%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 38 (13.33%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
4 38 (13.33%) Senior Linux Specialist
4 38 (13.33%) Senior Technical Specialist
4 38 (13.33%) Senior Unix Technical Specialist
5 26 (9.12%) Network Engineer
6 20 (7.02%) RF Engineer
7 16 (5.61%) GNSS Engineer
7 16 (5.61%) Lead
8 13 (4.56%) Azure Engineer
8 13 (4.56%) Senior Manager
9 12 (4.21%) Developer
9 12 (4.21%) Technical Leader
10 11 (3.86%) Project Leader
10 11 (3.86%) Project Manager
10 11 (3.86%) Technical Project Leader
11 10 (3.51%) Technical Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (2.11%) Oracle Fusion
2 4 (1.40%) pytest
3 3 (1.05%) 802.1X
4 2 (0.70%) Yocto
5 1 (0.35%) Middleware
5 1 (0.35%) REST
5 1 (0.35%) SOAP
5 1 (0.35%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 67 (23.51%) Social Media
2 20 (7.02%) IoT
3 17 (5.96%) Self-Motivation
4 16 (5.61%) GNSS
5 15 (5.26%) Driving Licence
6 11 (3.86%) FPGA
7 10 (3.51%) Robotics
8 8 (2.81%) Acoustics
8 8 (2.81%) Management Information System
8 8 (2.81%) MicroBlaze
8 8 (2.81%) Satnav
8 8 (2.81%) VHDL
9 6 (2.11%) ARM Cortex
10 5 (1.75%) Algorithms
10 5 (1.75%) Data Structures
10 5 (1.75%) Fibre Optics
11 3 (1.05%) Cloud Native
11 3 (1.05%) Embedded Systems
11 3 (1.05%) PCIe
12 2 (0.70%) NB-IoT
Operating Systems
1 102 (35.79%) Linux
2 67 (23.51%) Ubuntu
3 28 (9.82%) Windows
4 9 (3.16%) Windows Server
5 7 (2.46%) Windows 10
6 4 (1.40%) Embedded Linux
6 4 (1.40%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 116 (40.70%) Cybersecurity
2 71 (24.91%) Problem-Solving
3 67 (23.51%) Artificial Intelligence
3 67 (23.51%) CRM
3 67 (23.51%) IT Strategy
3 67 (23.51%) Technology Strategy
4 53 (18.60%) Test Automation
5 47 (16.49%) B2B
6 42 (14.74%) Project Delivery
7 40 (14.04%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 39 (13.68%) Mentoring
8 39 (13.68%) Test Assurance
9 33 (11.58%) Project Management
10 30 (10.53%) Validation
11 29 (10.18%) Knowledge Transfer
12 27 (9.47%) Market Research
12 27 (9.47%) Matrix Organization
12 27 (9.47%) Roadmaps
12 27 (9.47%) Storytelling
12 27 (9.47%) Strategic Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 68 (23.86%) Bash
2 29 (10.18%) Python
3 22 (7.72%) C++
4 15 (5.26%) MATLAB
5 13 (4.56%) C
6 9 (3.16%) Perl
6 9 (3.16%) PowerShell
6 9 (3.16%) Tcl
7 8 (2.81%) VB
8 3 (1.05%) Assembly Language
8 3 (1.05%) C#
9 2 (0.70%) SQL
10 1 (0.35%) Embedded C++
10 1 (0.35%) PL/SQL
10 1 (0.35%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 70 (24.56%) Degree
2 43 (15.09%) Security Cleared
3 32 (11.23%) SC Cleared
4 27 (9.47%) Master's Degree
4 27 (9.47%) MBA
5 9 (3.16%) BPSS Clearance
6 6 (2.11%) CTC Cleared
7 4 (1.40%) HND
8 3 (1.05%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (7.02%) NCSC
2 14 (4.91%) Cyber Essentials
3 12 (4.21%) PMO
4 6 (2.11%) COSHH
4 6 (2.11%) GDPR
4 6 (2.11%) QA
5 3 (1.05%) JTAG
6 1 (0.35%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.35%) SLA
System Software
1 76 (26.67%) Active Directory
2 29 (10.18%) Hyper-V
3 15 (5.26%) pfSense
3 15 (5.26%) Virtual Machines
4 14 (4.91%) Docker
5 13 (4.56%) Embedded Firmware
5 13 (4.56%) Firmware
6 9 (3.16%) NFS
Systems Management
1 67 (23.51%) Jamf Pro
1 67 (23.51%) Microsoft Intune
2 15 (5.26%) Grafana
2 15 (5.26%) ZABBIX
3 14 (4.91%) FortiGate
4 9 (3.16%) Ansible
4 9 (3.16%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
4 9 (3.16%) SCDPM
5 5 (1.75%) Kubernetes
6 1 (0.35%) Terraform
Vendors
1 78 (27.37%) Microsoft
2 67 (23.51%) CyberArk
2 67 (23.51%) Tanium
3 34 (11.93%) Virgin Media
4 15 (5.26%) Fortinet
4 15 (5.26%) Juniper
4 15 (5.26%) VMware
5 14 (4.91%) Cisco
5 14 (4.91%) Darktrace
5 14 (4.91%) HP
5 14 (4.91%) NEC
6 9 (3.16%) McAfee
6 9 (3.16%) Veeam
7 8 (2.81%) Altera
7 8 (2.81%) Green Hills
7 8 (2.81%) Motorola
7 8 (2.81%) Oracle
7 8 (2.81%) Xilinx
8 6 (2.11%) Mitel
8 6 (2.11%) Ribbon