3GPP Long Term Evolution (LTE)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring LTE skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited LTE 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 322 805 966
Rank change year-on-year +483 +161 +144
Permanent jobs citing LTE 443 80 21
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.85% 0.081% 0.020%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 6.39% 0.59% 0.13%
Number of salaries quoted 6 48 17
10th Percentile £49,375 £29,500 £50,500
25th Percentile £53,438 £31,000 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £38,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +71.05% -41.54% -13.33%
75th Percentile £72,813 £71,563 £70,000
90th Percentile £74,375 £80,000 £74,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £66,250 £38,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +74.34% -45.71% -6.67%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

LTE 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% -

LTE
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for LTE in the UK

LTE
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for LTE in the UK

LTE
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing LTE over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Salary histogram for LTE in the UK

LTE
Top 13 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing LTE 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 +462 443 £65,000 +71.05% 30
UK excluding London +452 436 £66,250 +74.34% 20
East of England +145 182 £67,500 +3.85% 9
South East +202 139 - - 3
Midlands - 108 £50,000 -
East Midlands - 107 £50,000 -
Work from Home +160 4 £58,750 +23.68% 10
London +107 4 £58,750 -21.67% 11
North of England +86 4 - - 5
South West +115 3 - - 2
North West +33 2 - - 3
Yorkshire - 2 - - 1
West Midlands - 1 - -

LTE
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 1 (0.23%) Apache
Applications
1 1 (0.23%) AutoCAD
1 1 (0.23%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 3 (0.68%) AWS
1 3 (0.68%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 434 (97.97%) Wi-Fi
2 431 (97.29%) 5G
2 431 (97.29%) Bluetooth
3 426 (96.16%) Wireless
4 422 (95.26%) GSM
5 421 (95.03%) UMTS
6 4 (0.90%) GPRS
6 4 (0.90%) Modbus
7 3 (0.68%) 3G
8 2 (0.45%) TCP/IP
9 1 (0.23%) 802.11
9 1 (0.23%) CDMA
9 1 (0.23%) ISDN
9 1 (0.23%) LAN
9 1 (0.23%) MPLS
9 1 (0.23%) PPP
9 1 (0.23%) SDH
9 1 (0.23%) VoIP
9 1 (0.23%) VPN
9 1 (0.23%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.23%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 3 (0.68%) Git
1 3 (0.68%) JIRA
2 2 (0.45%) Subversion
3 1 (0.23%) Eclipse
General
1 436 (98.42%) Electronics
2 19 (4.29%) Social Skills
3 11 (2.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 7 (1.58%) Telecoms
5 5 (1.13%) Manufacturing
6 4 (0.90%) Finance
6 4 (0.90%) Marketing
6 4 (0.90%) Public Sector
7 3 (0.68%) Analytical Skills
8 1 (0.23%) Aerospace
8 1 (0.23%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 420 (94.81%) Electronics Engineer
1 420 (94.81%) Electronics Test Engineer
1 420 (94.81%) Test Engineer
2 11 (2.48%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 11 (2.48%) Lead
2 11 (2.48%) Lead Infrastructure Engineer
3 4 (0.90%) Senior
4 3 (0.68%) Embedded Engineer
4 3 (0.68%) Engineering Manager
4 3 (0.68%) Product Manager
5 2 (0.45%) Network Engineer
5 2 (0.45%) Senior Embedded Engineer
6 1 (0.23%) DSP Engineer
6 1 (0.23%) Embedded Software Engineer
6 1 (0.23%) Network Architect
6 1 (0.23%) RF Engineer
6 1 (0.23%) Senior Developer
6 1 (0.23%) Senior Network Engineer
6 1 (0.23%) Systems Engineer
6 1 (0.23%) Voice Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.23%) 802.1X
1 1 (0.23%) Android SDK
1 1 (0.23%) JNI
1 1 (0.23%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 420 (94.81%) Driving Licence
2 16 (3.61%) IoT
3 14 (3.16%) NB-IoT
4 2 (0.45%) Raspberry Pi
5 1 (0.23%) Data Centre
5 1 (0.23%) Embedded Systems
5 1 (0.23%) FPGA
5 1 (0.23%) Linux Command Line
5 1 (0.23%) Management Information System
5 1 (0.23%) Operational Technology
5 1 (0.23%) PKI
5 1 (0.23%) Public Cloud
5 1 (0.23%) Renewable Energy
5 1 (0.23%) SCADA
5 1 (0.23%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 13 (2.93%) Linux
2 11 (2.48%) Windows
2 11 (2.48%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.23%) Android
3 1 (0.23%) CentOS
3 1 (0.23%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 422 (95.26%) Validation
2 421 (95.03%) Customer Requirements
2 421 (95.03%) Verification and Validation
3 420 (94.81%) Coaching
3 420 (94.81%) Mentoring
3 420 (94.81%) Test Strategy
4 14 (3.16%) Strategic Thinking
5 12 (2.71%) Software Testing
6 11 (2.48%) Asset Management
6 11 (2.48%) Infrastructure as Code
6 11 (2.48%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 11 (2.48%) Penetration Testing
6 11 (2.48%) Project Planning
7 4 (0.90%) Agile
7 4 (0.90%) Business Intelligence
7 4 (0.90%) Continuous Improvement
7 4 (0.90%) Digital Marketing
7 4 (0.90%) Problem-Solving
7 4 (0.90%) Product Management
7 4 (0.90%) Programme Management
Programming Languages
1 13 (2.93%) Python
2 12 (2.71%) Bash
3 11 (2.48%) PowerShell
4 2 (0.45%) C
4 2 (0.45%) C++
5 1 (0.23%) Embedded C
5 1 (0.23%) Java
5 1 (0.23%) Scala
5 1 (0.23%) SQL
Qualifications
1 435 (98.19%) Degree
2 421 (95.03%) HND
3 11 (2.48%) CompTIA Security+
3 11 (2.48%) Network+ Certification
4 1 (0.23%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (0.23%) QA
System Software
1 11 (2.48%) VMware Infrastructure
1 11 (2.48%) vSphere
2 2 (0.45%) Firmware
3 1 (0.23%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 11 (2.48%) Ansible
1 11 (2.48%) Puppet
1 11 (2.48%) Terraform
Vendors
1 11 (2.48%) Microsoft
1 11 (2.48%) VMware
2 4 (0.90%) SAP
3 1 (0.23%) Atmel
3 1 (0.23%) Avaya
3 1 (0.23%) Extreme Networks
3 1 (0.23%) F5