5G NR (5G New Radio)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for 5G NR skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited 5G NR over the 6 months to 29 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 878 - 1217
Rank change year-on-year - - -318
Permanent jobs citing 5G NR 7 0 5
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.007% - 0.003%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.051% - 0.024%
Number of salaries quoted 7 0 5
10th Percentile £69,000 - £48,000
25th Percentile - - £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 - £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +15.56%
75th Percentile - - £77,500
90th Percentile £82,000 - -
UK excluding London median annual salary £80,000 - £65,000
% change year-on-year - - +15.56%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

5G NR 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 13,623 16,032 20,893
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.85% 15.41% 13.41%
Number of salaries quoted 9,516 8,186 11,814
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,750 £28,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £36,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,250 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.47% -4.29% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,715 £87,500 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £43,500 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -3.33% - -

5G NR
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing 5G NR as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for 5G NR in the UK

5G NR
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing 5G NR.

Salary trend for 5G NR in the UK

5G NR
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing 5G NR over the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

Salary histogram for 5G NR in the UK

5G NR
Top 5 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing 5G NR within the UK over the 6 months to 29 April 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
England - 7 £80,000 - 4
UK excluding London - 7 £80,000 - 3
East of England - 6 £80,000 - 1
Work from Home - 5 £80,000 - 2
South East - 1 £60,000 - 1

5G NR
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 7 (100.00%) 5G
1 7 (100.00%) LTE
1 7 (100.00%) Software-Defined Radio
1 7 (100.00%) Wireless
2 6 (85.71%) 802.11
2 6 (85.71%) Ethernet
3 1 (14.29%) 3GPP
3 1 (14.29%) 4G
3 1 (14.29%) GSM
3 1 (14.29%) UMTS
Development Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Jenkins
1 1 (14.29%) TeamCity
General
1 2 (28.57%) Electronics
1 2 (28.57%) Manufacturing
2 1 (14.29%) Aerospace
2 1 (14.29%) Automotive
2 1 (14.29%) Avionics
2 1 (14.29%) Finance
2 1 (14.29%) Marketing
2 1 (14.29%) Public Sector
2 1 (14.29%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 5 (71.43%) Radio Specialist
1 5 (71.43%) Technical Specialist
2 1 (14.29%) Design Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Digital Design Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) FPGA Design Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) FPGA Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Lead
2 1 (14.29%) Principal Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Senior
2 1 (14.29%) Senior Design Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Senior FPGA Design Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Senior FPGA Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (85.71%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 6 (85.71%) PCIe
2 1 (14.29%) Embedded Systems
2 1 (14.29%) FPGA
2 1 (14.29%) Robotics
2 1 (14.29%) Verilog
2 1 (14.29%) VHDL
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) Digital Signal Processing
1 7 (100.00%) Signal Processing
2 6 (85.71%) Performance Analysis
2 6 (85.71%) Software Engineering
2 6 (85.71%) UML
3 1 (14.29%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (14.29%) Continuous Integration
3 1 (14.29%) Digital Marketing
3 1 (14.29%) Mentoring
3 1 (14.29%) Programme Management
3 1 (14.29%) Project Planning
3 1 (14.29%) Systems Engineering
3 1 (14.29%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) C
1 1 (14.29%) C++
1 1 (14.29%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 5 (71.43%) BPSS Clearance
1 5 (71.43%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 6 (85.71%) Embedded Firmware
1 6 (85.71%) Firmware
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) SAP
1 1 (14.29%) Xilinx