3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for 3GPP skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited 3GPP over the 6 months to 9 December 2023 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 Dec 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 712 1045 1015
Rank change year-on-year +333 -30 -287
Permanent jobs citing 3GPP 17 33 55
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.033% 0.027% 0.043%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.21% 0.22% 0.33%
Number of salaries quoted 9 28 31
10th Percentile £41,250 £72,500 £60,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £82,500 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £85,000 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year -35.29% - +30.77%
75th Percentile £75,000 £87,500 -
90th Percentile - £103,000 -
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £85,000 £85,000
% change year-on-year -35.29% - +47.83%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

3GPP 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 with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 7,927 15,194 16,509
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 15.20% 12.40% 12.93%
Number of salaries quoted 6,195 10,339 11,513
10th Percentile £26,500 £28,625 £27,500
25th Percentile £34,000 £37,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -
75th Percentile £67,500 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £88,750 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £46,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -2.17% +2.22% -

3GPP
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing 3GPP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for 3GPP in the UK

3GPP
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing 3GPP.

Salary trend for 3GPP in the UK

3GPP
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing 3GPP over the 6 months to 9 December 2023.

Salary histogram for 3GPP in the UK

3GPP
Top 9 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing 3GPP within the UK over the 6 months to 9 December 2023. 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
England +335 17 £55,000 -35.29% 14
UK excluding London +233 17 £55,000 -35.29% 11
South East +159 6 £75,000 - 5
West Midlands +132 6 £42,500 - 1
Midlands +131 6 £42,500 - 1
East of England - 4 £55,000 - 4
Work from Home +253 1 £68,000 -24.44% 8
North of England +128 1 £68,000 -20.00%
North West +126 1 £68,000 -21.84%

3GPP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Communications & Networking
1 11 (64.71%) 5G
2 7 (41.18%) 5G NR
2 7 (41.18%) LTE
2 7 (41.18%) Wireless
3 5 (29.41%) 4G
3 5 (29.41%) Radio Access Network
4 4 (23.53%) Software-Defined Radio
5 3 (17.65%) GSM
5 3 (17.65%) MIMO
5 3 (17.65%) UMTS
6 2 (11.76%) BGP
6 2 (11.76%) Broadband
6 2 (11.76%) VXLAN
7 1 (5.88%) 2G
7 1 (5.88%) 3G
7 1 (5.88%) Bluetooth
7 1 (5.88%) WAN
7 1 (5.88%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (5.88%) ZigBee
Development Applications
1 4 (23.53%) Jenkins
1 4 (23.53%) TeamCity
General
1 13 (76.47%) Telecoms
2 10 (58.82%) Electronics
3 5 (29.41%) Manufacturing
4 4 (23.53%) Finance
4 4 (23.53%) Marketing
4 4 (23.53%) Public Sector
5 3 (17.65%) Back Office
6 1 (5.88%) Retail
6 1 (5.88%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (23.53%) Analyst
1 4 (23.53%) Design Engineer
1 4 (23.53%) Digital Design Engineer
1 4 (23.53%) FPGA Design Engineer
1 4 (23.53%) FPGA Engineer
2 3 (17.65%) Principal Engineer
2 3 (17.65%) Senior
2 3 (17.65%) Senior Design Engineer
2 3 (17.65%) Senior FPGA Design Engineer
2 3 (17.65%) Senior FPGA Engineer
3 1 (5.88%) Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (23.53%) Embedded Systems
1 4 (23.53%) FPGA
1 4 (23.53%) IoT
1 4 (23.53%) Verilog
1 4 (23.53%) VHDL
2 2 (11.76%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (23.53%) Business Intelligence
1 4 (23.53%) Continuous Integration
1 4 (23.53%) Cybersecurity
1 4 (23.53%) Digital Marketing
1 4 (23.53%) Digital Signal Processing
1 4 (23.53%) Mentoring
1 4 (23.53%) Programme Management
1 4 (23.53%) Project Planning
1 4 (23.53%) Signal Processing
1 4 (23.53%) Systems Engineering
1 4 (23.53%) Test Strategy
1 4 (23.53%) Time Management
2 3 (17.65%) Configuration Management
2 3 (17.65%) Mathematics
2 3 (17.65%) Physics
2 3 (17.65%) Product Roadmap
2 3 (17.65%) Roadmaps
2 3 (17.65%) Software Engineering
3 2 (11.76%) Change Management
3 2 (11.76%) Fault Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (41.18%) C++
2 4 (23.53%) C
2 4 (23.53%) MATLAB
3 3 (17.65%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (17.65%) Degree
1 3 (17.65%) Master's Degree
1 3 (17.65%) PhD
2 2 (11.76%) SC Cleared
2 2 (11.76%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (23.53%) NCSC
1 4 (23.53%) QA
Vendors
1 4 (23.53%) SAP
1 4 (23.53%) Xilinx
2 1 (5.88%) EMC