5G
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for 5G skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited 5G over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 506 771 948
Rank change year-on-year +265 +177 -205
Permanent jobs citing 5G 431 200 284
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.44% 0.19% 0.18%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 3.17% 1.25% 1.37%
Number of salaries quoted 77 120 150
10th Percentile £45,000 £22,000 £42,500
25th Percentile £51,250 £33,750 £56,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £42,500 £70,500
Median % change year-on-year +47.06% -39.72% +28.18%
75th Percentile £77,500 £70,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £81,375 £88,875
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £42,500 £72,750
% change year-on-year +41.18% -41.58% +32.27%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

5G 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 13,586 16,051 20,707
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.86% 15.34% 13.43%
Number of salaries quoted 9,485 8,237 11,833
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,750 £28,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £36,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.94% -3.81% +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
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for 5G in the UK

5G
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for 5G in the UK

5G
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing 5G over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for 5G in the UK

5G
Top 13 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing 5G within the UK over the 6 months to 27 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 +324 426 £62,500 +47.06% 73
Work from Home +217 269 £75,000 +57.89% 27
UK excluding London +88 252 £60,000 +41.18% 56
London +295 174 £75,000 +12.78% 16
South East +98 143 £57,500 +23.66% 23
South West +25 43 £61,500 -10.55% 8
East of England - 40 £65,000 - 15
West Midlands +36 14 £55,000 -8.33% 5
Midlands +18 14 £55,000 -8.33% 5
North of England -3 13 £40,000 -5.88% 3
Yorkshire +32 6 - -
North West - 4 £40,000 - 1
North East - 3 £80,000 - 2

5G
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:

Application Platforms
1 8 (1.86%) Confluence
2 4 (0.93%) JBoss
Applications
1 9 (2.09%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (1.16%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.46%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.23%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (1.16%) Oracle ERP
2 4 (0.93%) Oracle Payables
2 4 (0.93%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 4 (0.93%) Temenos T24
3 2 (0.46%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 212 (49.19%) Azure
1 212 (49.19%) Entra ID
2 10 (2.32%) GitHub
3 8 (1.86%) SaaS
4 4 (0.93%) OCI
5 3 (0.70%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (0.23%) AWS
6 1 (0.23%) Azure Data Factory
6 1 (0.23%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (0.23%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 1 (0.23%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 1 (0.23%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (0.23%) GCP
6 1 (0.23%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 252 (58.47%) Broadband
2 49 (11.37%) WAN
3 45 (10.44%) Wireless
4 42 (9.74%) 4G
5 37 (8.58%) SD-WAN
6 34 (7.89%) LTE
7 31 (7.19%) Firewall
8 27 (6.26%) GSM
9 26 (6.03%) Bluetooth
10 25 (5.80%) Wi-Fi
11 23 (5.34%) UMTS
12 22 (5.10%) ISDN
12 22 (5.10%) PSTN
13 17 (3.94%) VPN
14 14 (3.25%) DNS
14 14 (3.25%) Radio Access Network
15 12 (2.78%) MPLS
16 10 (2.32%) DHCP
17 9 (2.09%) 3GPP
17 9 (2.09%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.23%) Azure SQL Database
1 1 (0.23%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (0.23%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 27 (6.26%) LabVIEW
2 18 (4.18%) JIRA
3 13 (3.02%) Git
3 13 (3.02%) Jenkins
4 10 (2.32%) Trac
5 4 (0.93%) Visual Studio
6 3 (0.70%) GCC
7 1 (0.23%) TeamCity
General
1 274 (63.57%) Analytical Skills
2 273 (63.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 104 (24.13%) Social Skills
4 103 (23.90%) Telecoms
5 65 (15.08%) Finance
6 39 (9.05%) Marketing
7 35 (8.12%) Presentation Skills
8 21 (4.87%) Electronics
9 17 (3.94%) Aerospace
10 14 (3.25%) Organisational Skills
11 12 (2.78%) Law
12 11 (2.55%) Legal
13 9 (2.09%) Retail
14 5 (1.16%) Public Sector
15 4 (0.93%) Banking
16 2 (0.46%) Manufacturing
17 1 (0.23%) Automotive
17 1 (0.23%) Avionics
17 1 (0.23%) Local Government
17 1 (0.23%) Military
Job Titles
1 215 (49.88%) Technical Specialist
2 210 (48.72%) Linux Specialist
3 167 (38.75%) Senior
4 127 (29.47%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
4 127 (29.47%) Senior Linux Specialist
4 127 (29.47%) Senior Technical Specialist
4 127 (29.47%) Senior Unix Technical Specialist
5 22 (5.10%) Senior Manager
6 17 (3.94%) Lead
7 15 (3.48%) Hardware Engineer
7 15 (3.48%) Software Engineer
8 14 (3.25%) Project Manager
8 14 (3.25%) RF Engineer
8 14 (3.25%) Systems Engineer
9 13 (3.02%) Developer
9 13 (3.02%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 11 (2.55%) Technical Leader
10 11 (2.55%) Test Engineer
11 10 (2.32%) Project Leader
11 10 (2.32%) Technical Project Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (2.09%) Oracle Fusion
2 6 (1.39%) 802.1X
3 4 (0.93%) REST
3 4 (0.93%) Web Services
4 2 (0.46%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 210 (48.72%) Social Media
2 22 (5.10%) Acoustics
2 22 (5.10%) Satnav
3 20 (4.64%) GNSS
3 20 (4.64%) Self-Motivation
4 17 (3.94%) IoT
5 12 (2.78%) Driving Licence
6 11 (2.55%) FPGA
7 10 (2.32%) Robotics
8 9 (2.09%) ARM Cortex
8 9 (2.09%) Management Information System
9 8 (1.86%) VHDL
10 7 (1.62%) MicroBlaze
11 6 (1.39%) Device Driver
11 6 (1.39%) PCIe
12 4 (0.93%) Fibre Optics
13 3 (0.70%) Embedded Systems
14 2 (0.46%) Algorithms
14 2 (0.46%) Data Structures
14 2 (0.46%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 255 (59.16%) Linux
2 210 (48.72%) Ubuntu
3 29 (6.73%) Windows
4 11 (2.55%) Windows Server
5 9 (2.09%) Unix
6 7 (1.62%) Embedded Linux
7 4 (0.93%) AIX
8 1 (0.23%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 247 (57.31%) Cybersecurity
2 222 (51.51%) Artificial Intelligence
3 210 (48.72%) CRM
3 210 (48.72%) IT Strategy
3 210 (48.72%) Technology Strategy
4 75 (17.40%) Problem-Solving
5 59 (13.69%) Test Automation
6 53 (12.30%) Project Management
7 44 (10.21%) B2B
8 40 (9.28%) Agile
9 38 (8.82%) Knowledge Transfer
9 38 (8.82%) Mentoring
10 36 (8.35%) Collaborative Culture
11 35 (8.12%) Test Assurance
11 35 (8.12%) Validation
12 34 (7.89%) Data Management
13 30 (6.96%) Market Research
13 30 (6.96%) Roadmaps
13 30 (6.96%) Storytelling
13 30 (6.96%) Strategic Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 215 (49.88%) Bash
2 50 (11.60%) Python
3 22 (5.10%) C++
4 16 (3.71%) C
4 16 (3.71%) MATLAB
5 12 (2.78%) Perl
6 10 (2.32%) PowerShell
7 8 (1.86%) Tcl
8 7 (1.62%) VB
9 5 (1.16%) Assembly Language
10 2 (0.46%) C#
10 2 (0.46%) Embedded C++
11 1 (0.23%) Ruby
11 1 (0.23%) SQL
Qualifications
1 94 (21.81%) Degree
2 44 (10.21%) Security Cleared
3 30 (6.96%) Master's Degree
3 30 (6.96%) MBA
4 22 (5.10%) SC Cleared
5 15 (3.48%) BPSS Clearance
6 9 (2.09%) CTC Cleared
7 6 (1.39%) CISM
7 6 (1.39%) CISSP
8 5 (1.16%) HND
9 2 (0.46%) CISA
9 2 (0.46%) ISACA
10 1 (0.23%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (5.34%) PMO
2 12 (2.78%) Cyber Essentials
3 9 (2.09%) COSHH
3 9 (2.09%) GDPR
4 8 (1.86%) NCSC
5 5 (1.16%) QA
5 5 (1.16%) SLA
6 4 (0.93%) NIST
7 3 (0.70%) JTAG
8 2 (0.46%) COBIT
8 2 (0.46%) COSO
9 1 (0.23%) Data Quality
System Software
1 220 (51.04%) Active Directory
2 28 (6.50%) Hyper-V
3 19 (4.41%) Firmware
4 16 (3.71%) pfSense
4 16 (3.71%) Virtual Machines
5 13 (3.02%) Embedded Firmware
6 11 (2.55%) Docker
7 10 (2.32%) NFS
Systems Management
1 210 (48.72%) Jamf Pro
1 210 (48.72%) Microsoft Intune
2 16 (3.71%) Grafana
2 16 (3.71%) ZABBIX
3 12 (2.78%) FortiGate
4 10 (2.32%) Ansible
4 10 (2.32%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
4 10 (2.32%) SCDPM
5 3 (0.70%) Kubernetes
6 1 (0.23%) Check_MK
Vendors
1 225 (52.20%) Microsoft
2 210 (48.72%) CyberArk
2 210 (48.72%) Tanium
3 41 (9.51%) Virgin Media
4 17 (3.94%) Fortinet
4 17 (3.94%) Juniper
5 16 (3.71%) VMware
6 14 (3.25%) Oracle
7 13 (3.02%) Cisco
8 12 (2.78%) Darktrace
8 12 (2.78%) HP
8 12 (2.78%) NEC
9 10 (2.32%) McAfee
9 10 (2.32%) Veeam
10 9 (2.09%) Mitel
10 9 (2.09%) Ribbon
11 8 (1.86%) Xilinx
12 7 (1.62%) Altera
12 7 (1.62%) Green Hills
12 7 (1.62%) Motorola