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 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 156 520 599
Rank change year-on-year +364 +79 +78
Permanent jobs citing 5G 830 263 157
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 2.11% 0.35% 0.27%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 11.81% 2.67% 1.45%
Number of salaries quoted 49 76 96
10th Percentile - £37,500 £22,000
25th Percentile £23,731 £47,313 £32,350
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £25,154 £55,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -54.27% +29.41% -39.72%
75th Percentile £26,577 £72,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £66,250 £82,500 £73,750
UK median annual salary £25,154 £60,000 £46,500
% change year-on-year -58.08% +29.03% -34.04%

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 7,027 9,853 10,799
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 17.84% 13.21% 18.61%
Number of salaries quoted 3,301 7,110 4,617
10th Percentile £23,504 £25,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £25,087 £31,250 £32,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £44,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.45% -2.22% -5.26%
75th Percentile £57,000 £58,750 £60,250
90th Percentile £71,250 £68,750 £75,000
UK median annual salary £42,500 £47,500 £50,500
% change year-on-year -10.53% -5.94% -3.81%

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 30 May 2025.

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 30 May 2025. 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
East of England +156 314 £55,000 -15.38% 48
South East +151 271 £25,154 -54.27% 84
Midlands +232 205 £81,500 +48.18% 35
East Midlands - 181 - - 15
South West +84 26 - - 43
West Midlands +69 24 £81,500 +48.18% 18
North of England +53 13 £72,500 +81.25% 37
Yorkshire +64 9 £72,500 +163.64% 15
North West +9 4 - - 16
Northern Ireland - 1 - - 2
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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (0.48%) Confluence
Applications
1 5 (0.60%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.12%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 8 (0.96%) GitHub
2 4 (0.48%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 738 (88.92%) Wi-Fi
2 732 (88.19%) Bluetooth
2 732 (88.19%) LTE
3 723 (87.11%) Wireless
4 721 (86.87%) GSM
4 721 (86.87%) UMTS
5 46 (5.54%) 4G
6 23 (2.77%) 3GPP
6 23 (2.77%) WAN
7 22 (2.65%) SD-WAN
8 5 (0.60%) Broadband
9 3 (0.36%) Internet
10 1 (0.12%) 3G
10 1 (0.12%) 802.11
10 1 (0.12%) LAN
10 1 (0.12%) LoRaWAN
10 1 (0.12%) Modbus
10 1 (0.12%) MQTT
10 1 (0.12%) PSTN
10 1 (0.12%) VPN
Development Applications
1 4 (0.48%) Git
1 4 (0.48%) JIRA
1 4 (0.48%) LabVIEW
1 4 (0.48%) Visual Studio
General
1 746 (89.88%) Electronics
2 65 (7.83%) Telecoms
3 45 (5.42%) Retail
4 22 (2.65%) Social Skills
5 18 (2.17%) Presentation Skills
6 15 (1.81%) Analytical Skills
7 11 (1.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 8 (0.96%) Organisational Skills
9 5 (0.60%) Marketing
9 5 (0.60%) Military
10 4 (0.48%) Back Office
11 1 (0.12%) Billing
11 1 (0.12%) Finance
11 1 (0.12%) Games
11 1 (0.12%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 725 (87.35%) Electronics Engineer
1 725 (87.35%) Electronics Test Engineer
1 725 (87.35%) Test Engineer
2 23 (2.77%) Lead
3 18 (2.17%) Senior
4 11 (1.33%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 11 (1.33%) Lead Infrastructure Engineer
5 9 (1.08%) Automation Specialist
5 9 (1.08%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
5 9 (1.08%) Tester
6 8 (0.96%) Developer
6 8 (0.96%) Project Leader
6 8 (0.96%) Senior Project Leader
6 8 (0.96%) Software Project Leader
6 8 (0.96%) Technical Leader
6 8 (0.96%) Technical Project Leader
7 6 (0.72%) Security Tester
8 4 (0.48%) Professional Services Engineer
8 4 (0.48%) Real Time Embedded Software Engineer
8 4 (0.48%) Verification Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (0.48%) pytest
2 1 (0.12%) 802.1X
2 1 (0.12%) gRPC
2 1 (0.12%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 721 (86.87%) Driving Licence
2 20 (2.41%) Self-Driving Car
3 17 (2.05%) IoT
4 14 (1.69%) Self-Motivation
5 12 (1.45%) NB-IoT
6 4 (0.48%) GNSS
6 4 (0.48%) Onboarding
7 1 (0.12%) BYOD
7 1 (0.12%) CCTV
7 1 (0.12%) Industrial Internet of Things
7 1 (0.12%) Operational Technology
7 1 (0.12%) Private Cloud
7 1 (0.12%) SCADA
7 1 (0.12%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 16 (1.93%) Windows
2 15 (1.81%) Linux
3 11 (1.33%) Windows Server
4 4 (0.48%) Unix
5 1 (0.12%) Android
5 1 (0.12%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 734 (88.43%) Validation
2 733 (88.31%) Mentoring
3 729 (87.83%) Customer Requirements
4 721 (86.87%) Coaching
4 721 (86.87%) Test Strategy
4 721 (86.87%) Verification and Validation
5 45 (5.42%) Customer Service
6 42 (5.06%) Customer Experience
7 23 (2.77%) Cybersecurity
8 22 (2.65%) B2B
9 20 (2.41%) Test Automation
10 16 (1.93%) Computer Science
10 16 (1.93%) Test Assurance
11 14 (1.69%) Problem-Solving
12 12 (1.45%) Agile
12 12 (1.45%) Defect Tracking
12 12 (1.45%) Requirements Analysis
12 12 (1.45%) Software Engineering
13 11 (1.33%) Asset Management
13 11 (1.33%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 27 (3.25%) Python
2 15 (1.81%) Bash
3 11 (1.33%) PowerShell
4 9 (1.08%) C++
5 8 (0.96%) MATLAB
6 4 (0.48%) C
6 4 (0.48%) SQL
7 1 (0.12%) Go
7 1 (0.12%) Java
Qualifications
1 753 (90.72%) Degree
2 725 (87.35%) HND
3 11 (1.33%) CompTIA Security+
3 11 (1.33%) Network+ Certification
4 1 (0.12%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (2.77%) NCSC
2 12 (1.45%) PMO
System Software
1 11 (1.33%) VMware Infrastructure
1 11 (1.33%) vSphere
2 5 (0.60%) Docker
Systems Management
1 15 (1.81%) Terraform
2 11 (1.33%) Ansible
2 11 (1.33%) Puppet
3 1 (0.12%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 12 (1.45%) Microsoft
2 11 (1.33%) VMware
3 4 (0.48%) Intel
4 2 (0.24%) ConnectWise
5 1 (0.12%) EMC
5 1 (0.12%) Meraki
5 1 (0.12%) NVIDIA
5 1 (0.12%) Ruckus Wireless
5 1 (0.12%) Virgin Media