5G
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies 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 442 728 974
Rank change year-on-year +286 +246 -253
Permanent jobs citing 5G 462 159 302
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.51% 0.20% 0.17%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 4.15% 1.23% 1.33%
Number of salaries quoted 64 104 162
10th Percentile £30,350 £28,955 £42,500
25th Percentile £50,313 £41,063 £53,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £54,000 £70,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.85% -23.40% +28.18%
75th Percentile £63,125 £70,875 £75,938
90th Percentile £78,125 £80,875 £82,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £70,500
% change year-on-year +4.76% -25.53% +30.56%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 11,133 12,974 22,658
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 12.32% 16.08% 12.93%
Number of salaries quoted 7,152 7,381 12,357
10th Percentile £26,750 £28,500 £28,250
25th Percentile £33,500 £36,250 £38,367
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,000 £51,573 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.99% -1.77% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £70,083 £70,750
90th Percentile £78,750 £86,250 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year - -5.26% +5.56%

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 26 July 2024.

Salary histogram for 5G in the UK

5G
Top 12 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 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
England +290 457 £55,000 +4.76% 29
Work from Home +188 289 £55,000 +4.76% 7
UK excluding London +121 285 £55,000 +4.76% 23
London +232 172 £80,000 +6.67% 6
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
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 10 (2.16%) Confluence
2 4 (0.87%) JBoss
Applications
1 5 (1.08%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.43%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (0.43%) OrCAD
3 1 (0.22%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.22%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 6 (1.30%) Oracle ERP
2 4 (0.87%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 227 (49.13%) Azure
2 224 (48.48%) Entra ID
3 13 (2.81%) GitHub
4 9 (1.95%) AWS
5 8 (1.73%) SaaS
6 6 (1.30%) GCP
7 1 (0.22%) AWS CloudFormation
7 1 (0.22%) Azure Data Factory
7 1 (0.22%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (0.22%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 1 (0.22%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 1 (0.22%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (0.22%) OCI
7 1 (0.22%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 254 (54.98%) Broadband
2 57 (12.34%) WAN
3 52 (11.26%) 4G
4 42 (9.09%) SD-WAN
5 35 (7.58%) Radio Access Network
6 33 (7.14%) 3GPP
7 31 (6.71%) Firewall
8 30 (6.49%) Wireless
9 20 (4.33%) DNS
10 18 (3.90%) LTE
11 16 (3.46%) DHCP
11 16 (3.46%) TCP/IP
11 16 (3.46%) VPN
12 14 (3.03%) MPLS
13 12 (2.60%) Network Security
14 10 (2.16%) Bluetooth
14 10 (2.16%) Wi-Fi
15 8 (1.73%) GSM
15 8 (1.73%) ISDN
15 8 (1.73%) UMTS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.22%) Azure SQL Database
1 1 (0.22%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (0.22%) GIS
1 1 (0.22%) Oracle BI Publisher
1 1 (0.22%) Oracle Reports
1 1 (0.22%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 21 (4.55%) JIRA
2 15 (3.25%) Git
3 12 (2.60%) Jenkins
3 12 (2.60%) LabVIEW
4 9 (1.95%) Trac
5 3 (0.65%) GCC
General
1 271 (58.66%) Analytical Skills
2 264 (57.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 129 (27.92%) Telecoms
4 101 (21.86%) Social Skills
5 58 (12.55%) Finance
6 40 (8.66%) Marketing
7 38 (8.23%) Presentation Skills
8 27 (5.84%) Electronics
9 23 (4.98%) Games
10 14 (3.03%) Law
11 12 (2.60%) Organisational Skills
12 7 (1.52%) Legal
13 5 (1.08%) Back Office
14 4 (0.87%) Banking
15 3 (0.65%) Manufacturing
16 2 (0.43%) Aerospace
16 2 (0.43%) Public Sector
17 1 (0.22%) Automotive
17 1 (0.22%) Influencing Skills
17 1 (0.22%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 212 (45.89%) Technical Specialist
2 210 (45.45%) Linux Specialist
3 151 (32.68%) Senior
4 127 (27.49%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
4 127 (27.49%) Senior Linux Specialist
4 127 (27.49%) Senior Technical Specialist
4 127 (27.49%) Senior Unix Technical Specialist
5 38 (8.23%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 27 (5.84%) Network Engineer
7 23 (4.98%) Lead
8 21 (4.55%) Project Manager
9 20 (4.33%) RF Engineer
10 16 (3.46%) GNSS Engineer
10 16 (3.46%) Senior Manager
11 14 (3.03%) Technical Leader
12 13 (2.81%) Azure Engineer
12 13 (2.81%) Project Leader
12 13 (2.81%) Technical Project Leader
13 12 (2.60%) Developer
13 12 (2.60%) Technical Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (1.30%) Oracle Fusion
2 5 (1.08%) REST
2 5 (1.08%) Web Services
3 4 (0.87%) 802.1X
3 4 (0.87%) pytest
4 2 (0.43%) Yocto
5 1 (0.22%) Middleware
5 1 (0.22%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 210 (45.45%) Social Media
2 23 (4.98%) IoT
3 17 (3.68%) Self-Motivation
4 16 (3.46%) GNSS
5 15 (3.25%) Driving Licence
6 11 (2.38%) FPGA
7 10 (2.16%) Robotics
8 9 (1.95%) Management Information System
9 8 (1.73%) Acoustics
9 8 (1.73%) Cloud Native
9 8 (1.73%) MicroBlaze
9 8 (1.73%) Satnav
9 8 (1.73%) VHDL
10 6 (1.30%) ARM Cortex
11 5 (1.08%) Algorithms
11 5 (1.08%) Culture of Ownership
11 5 (1.08%) Data Structures
11 5 (1.08%) Fibre Optics
11 5 (1.08%) Hybrid Cloud
11 5 (1.08%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 251 (54.33%) Linux
2 210 (45.45%) Ubuntu
3 32 (6.93%) Windows
4 9 (1.95%) Windows Server
5 8 (1.73%) Unix
6 7 (1.52%) Windows 10
7 4 (0.87%) AIX
7 4 (0.87%) Embedded Linux
8 1 (0.22%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 264 (57.14%) Cybersecurity
2 224 (48.48%) Artificial Intelligence
3 210 (45.45%) CRM
3 210 (45.45%) IT Strategy
3 210 (45.45%) Technology Strategy
4 73 (15.80%) Problem-Solving
5 53 (11.47%) Test Automation
6 48 (10.39%) B2B
7 46 (9.96%) Mentoring
7 46 (9.96%) Project Management
8 42 (9.09%) Project Delivery
9 41 (8.87%) Knowledge Transfer
10 40 (8.66%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 39 (8.44%) Test Assurance
12 37 (8.01%) Roadmaps
13 32 (6.93%) Collaborative Culture
14 30 (6.49%) Market Research
14 30 (6.49%) Matrix Organization
14 30 (6.49%) Storytelling
14 30 (6.49%) Strategic Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 211 (45.67%) Bash
2 29 (6.28%) Python
3 23 (4.98%) C++
4 15 (3.25%) MATLAB
5 13 (2.81%) C
6 9 (1.95%) Perl
6 9 (1.95%) PowerShell
6 9 (1.95%) Tcl
7 8 (1.73%) VB
8 3 (0.65%) Assembly Language
8 3 (0.65%) C#
9 2 (0.43%) Embedded C++
9 2 (0.43%) SQL
10 1 (0.22%) PL/SQL
10 1 (0.22%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 76 (16.45%) Degree
2 43 (9.31%) Security Cleared
3 32 (6.93%) SC Cleared
4 30 (6.49%) Master's Degree
4 30 (6.49%) MBA
5 9 (1.95%) BPSS Clearance
6 6 (1.30%) CTC Cleared
7 5 (1.08%) AWS Certification
8 4 (0.87%) HND
9 3 (0.65%) CISM
9 3 (0.65%) CISSP
9 3 (0.65%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (4.98%) NCSC
2 22 (4.76%) PMO
3 14 (3.03%) Cyber Essentials
4 6 (1.30%) COSHH
4 6 (1.30%) GDPR
4 6 (1.30%) QA
5 5 (1.08%) SLA
6 3 (0.65%) JTAG
6 3 (0.65%) NIST
7 1 (0.22%) Data Quality
System Software
1 220 (47.62%) Active Directory
2 30 (6.49%) Hyper-V
3 19 (4.11%) Firmware
4 16 (3.46%) Virtual Machines
5 15 (3.25%) pfSense
6 14 (3.03%) Docker
7 13 (2.81%) Embedded Firmware
8 9 (1.95%) NFS
9 1 (0.22%) KVM
9 1 (0.22%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 210 (45.45%) Jamf Pro
1 210 (45.45%) Microsoft Intune
2 15 (3.25%) Grafana
2 15 (3.25%) ZABBIX
3 14 (3.03%) FortiGate
4 9 (1.95%) Ansible
4 9 (1.95%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
4 9 (1.95%) SCDPM
5 5 (1.08%) Kubernetes
6 1 (0.22%) Terraform
Vendors
1 221 (47.84%) Microsoft
2 210 (45.45%) CyberArk
2 210 (45.45%) Tanium
3 42 (9.09%) Virgin Media
4 16 (3.46%) Juniper
4 16 (3.46%) VMware
5 15 (3.25%) Cisco
5 15 (3.25%) Fortinet
6 14 (3.03%) Darktrace
6 14 (3.03%) HP
6 14 (3.03%) NEC
7 12 (2.60%) Oracle
8 9 (1.95%) McAfee
8 9 (1.95%) Veeam
9 8 (1.73%) Altera
9 8 (1.73%) Green Hills
9 8 (1.73%) Motorola
9 8 (1.73%) Xilinx
10 6 (1.30%) Mitel
10 6 (1.30%) Ribbon