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

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 276 502 787
Rank change year-on-year +226 +285 +152
Permanent jobs citing 5G 552 434 200
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.06% 0.44% 0.19%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 7.96% 3.19% 1.25%
Number of salaries quoted 60 78 120
10th Percentile - £45,000 £22,000
25th Percentile £23,731 £51,250 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £25,154 £62,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -59.75% +47.06% -39.72%
75th Percentile £57,500 £77,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £76,250 £82,500 £81,375
UK excluding London median annual salary £25,154 £60,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -58.08% +41.18% -43.33%

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 6,936 13,623 16,032
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.30% 13.85% 15.42%
Number of salaries quoted 4,252 9,516 8,186
10th Percentile £23,731 £26,250 £27,750
25th Percentile £30,500 £32,500 £36,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £47,500 £50,250
Median % change year-on-year - -5.47% -4.29%
75th Percentile £67,500 £63,750 £71,250
90th Percentile £85,000 £77,715 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £43,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -8.05% -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 30 April 2025.

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 30 April 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
England +206 537 £25,154 -59.75% 96
UK excluding London +316 523 £25,154 -58.08% 62
East of England +141 184 £55,000 -15.38% 20
South East +130 180 £25,154 -56.25% 24
Midlands +170 131 £81,500 +48.18% 8
East Midlands - 107 - - 2
Work from Home -22 44 £72,500 -3.33% 42
West Midlands +61 24 £81,500 +48.18% 6
South West +90 19 - - 5
London -57 11 £80,000 +6.67% 36
North of England +80 9 £72,500 +81.25% 7
Yorkshire +71 7 £72,500 - 1
North West +31 2 - - 4

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 4 (0.72%) Confluence
2 1 (0.18%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (0.72%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 12 (2.17%) GitHub
2 8 (1.45%) Azure
3 4 (0.72%) GCP
4 3 (0.54%) AWS
4 3 (0.54%) PaaS
5 2 (0.36%) Power Platform
6 1 (0.18%) Entra ID
6 1 (0.18%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 437 (79.17%) Wi-Fi
2 431 (78.08%) Bluetooth
2 431 (78.08%) LTE
3 425 (76.99%) Wireless
4 420 (76.09%) GSM
4 420 (76.09%) UMTS
5 58 (10.51%) 4G
6 31 (5.62%) WAN
7 27 (4.89%) 3GPP
7 27 (4.89%) SD-WAN
8 6 (1.09%) Broadband
8 6 (1.09%) DNS
8 6 (1.09%) Internet
9 5 (0.91%) 2G
9 5 (0.91%) 3G
9 5 (0.91%) HTTP
9 5 (0.91%) Unified Communications
10 4 (0.72%) SMTP
10 4 (0.72%) TCP/IP
11 3 (0.54%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (0.72%) Metadata
2 2 (0.36%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 12 (2.17%) Git
2 8 (1.45%) Visual Studio
3 4 (0.72%) JIRA
3 4 (0.72%) LabVIEW
3 4 (0.72%) Subversion
4 1 (0.18%) GitLab
4 1 (0.18%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.18%) Robot Framework
General
1 450 (81.52%) Electronics
2 70 (12.68%) Telecoms
3 41 (7.43%) Retail
4 22 (3.99%) Social Skills
5 20 (3.62%) Analytical Skills
6 19 (3.44%) Presentation Skills
7 11 (1.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 8 (1.45%) Marketing
8 8 (1.45%) Organisational Skills
8 8 (1.45%) Public Sector
9 5 (0.91%) Manufacturing
10 4 (0.72%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 424 (76.81%) Electronics Engineer
1 424 (76.81%) Electronics Test Engineer
1 424 (76.81%) Test Engineer
2 21 (3.80%) Senior
3 19 (3.44%) Lead
4 11 (1.99%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 11 (1.99%) Lead Infrastructure Engineer
5 10 (1.81%) Tester
6 9 (1.63%) Automation Specialist
6 9 (1.63%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
6 9 (1.63%) Software Engineer
7 8 (1.45%) C Software Engineer
7 8 (1.45%) C/C++ Software Engineer
7 8 (1.45%) Embedded C Engineer
7 8 (1.45%) Embedded C/C++ Engineer
7 8 (1.45%) Embedded C++ Engineer
7 8 (1.45%) Embedded Engineer
7 8 (1.45%) Senior Project Leader
7 8 (1.45%) Technical Leader
7 8 (1.45%) Technical Project Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (0.72%) pytest
1 4 (0.72%) REST
2 3 (0.54%) OpenAPI
2 3 (0.54%) RESTful
2 3 (0.54%) Swagger
3 2 (0.36%) gRPC
Miscellaneous
1 420 (76.09%) Driving Licence
2 29 (5.25%) IoT
3 28 (5.07%) Self-Driving Car
4 18 (3.26%) Self-Motivation
5 12 (2.17%) GNSS
5 12 (2.17%) NB-IoT
6 5 (0.91%) Operational Technology
7 4 (0.72%) Algorithms
7 4 (0.72%) Cloud Native
7 4 (0.72%) FPGA
7 4 (0.72%) MicroBlaze
7 4 (0.72%) NHS
7 4 (0.72%) Tandem
8 3 (0.54%) Public Cloud
9 2 (0.36%) CCTV
9 2 (0.36%) Over-the-Top Content
9 2 (0.36%) Video\Live Streaming
10 1 (0.18%) Industrial Internet of Things
10 1 (0.18%) Private Cloud
10 1 (0.18%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 24 (4.35%) Linux
2 20 (3.62%) Windows
3 11 (1.99%) Windows Server
4 8 (1.45%) Unix
5 3 (0.54%) Android
6 2 (0.36%) Android TV
6 2 (0.36%) VMS
7 1 (0.18%) Debian
7 1 (0.18%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 445 (80.62%) Validation
2 436 (78.99%) Mentoring
3 429 (77.72%) Customer Requirements
4 424 (76.81%) Verification and Validation
5 420 (76.09%) Coaching
5 420 (76.09%) Test Strategy
6 44 (7.97%) Customer Service
7 41 (7.43%) Customer Experience
8 29 (5.25%) Cybersecurity
9 27 (4.89%) B2B
10 25 (4.53%) Test Automation
11 24 (4.35%) Test Assurance
12 18 (3.26%) Problem-Solving
13 16 (2.90%) Computer Science
13 16 (2.90%) Defect Tracking
13 16 (2.90%) Requirements Analysis
13 16 (2.90%) Software Engineering
14 13 (2.36%) Agile
15 12 (2.17%) Penetration Testing
15 12 (2.17%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 35 (6.34%) Python
2 19 (3.44%) Bash
3 14 (2.54%) C++
4 12 (2.17%) C
5 11 (1.99%) PowerShell
6 8 (1.45%) SQL
7 4 (0.72%) MATLAB
7 4 (0.72%) Perl
8 2 (0.36%) Go
8 2 (0.36%) Java
9 1 (0.18%) R
Qualifications
1 466 (84.42%) Degree
2 424 (76.81%) HND
3 11 (1.99%) CompTIA Security+
3 11 (1.99%) Network+ Certification
4 6 (1.09%) Master's Degree
5 4 (0.72%) SC Cleared
5 4 (0.72%) Security Cleared
6 1 (0.18%) CISA
6 1 (0.18%) CISM
6 1 (0.18%) CISSP
6 1 (0.18%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (4.17%) NCSC
2 16 (2.90%) PMO
3 4 (0.72%) Data Quality
4 2 (0.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.18%) QA
System Software
1 11 (1.99%) VMware Infrastructure
1 11 (1.99%) vSphere
2 8 (1.45%) Docker
3 4 (0.72%) Embedded Firmware
3 4 (0.72%) Firmware
4 1 (0.18%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.18%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 15 (2.72%) Terraform
2 11 (1.99%) Ansible
2 11 (1.99%) Puppet
3 4 (0.72%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.18%) FortiGate
4 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 11 (1.99%) Microsoft
1 11 (1.99%) VMware
2 5 (0.91%) EMC
3 4 (0.72%) Intel
4 3 (0.54%) Databricks
5 2 (0.36%) ConnectWise
5 2 (0.36%) NVIDIA
6 1 (0.18%) HP
6 1 (0.18%) Meraki
6 1 (0.18%) Sophos
6 1 (0.18%) Virgin Media