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 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 236 828 943
Rank change year-on-year +592 +115 +231
Permanent jobs citing LTE 752 79 25
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.35% 0.076% 0.026%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 7.45% 0.58% 0.16%
Number of salaries quoted 6 46 20
10th Percentile £47,500 £29,500 £32,350
25th Percentile £48,438 £32,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,750 £38,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +54.61% -41.54% -13.33%
75th Percentile £69,375 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £71,875 £80,000 £73,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £38,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +51.32% -41.54% -13.33%

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 10,094 13,581 15,458
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 18.08% 13.10% 16.14%
Number of salaries quoted 4,436 9,413 7,713
10th Percentile £23,504 £26,250 £28,000
25th Percentile £26,625 £32,500 £35,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £47,500 £50,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.53% -5.94% -3.81%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £77,500 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £35,000 £44,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -20.45% -2.22% -5.26%

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 31 May 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 31 May 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 +554 752 £58,750 +54.61% 29
UK excluding London +515 741 £57,500 +51.32% 22
East of England +171 316 £66,250 +1.92% 5
South East +230 227 - - 4
Midlands - 184 £50,000 - 1
East Midlands - 183 £50,000 -
North of England +44 8 - - 1
South West +116 6 - - 4
London +110 6 £58,750 -21.67% 14
Work from Home +104 5 £52,500 +50.00% 14
North West +4 4 - - 1
Yorkshire - 4 - -
West Midlands - 1 - - 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:

Applications
1 1 (0.13%) AutoCAD
1 1 (0.13%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 1 (0.13%) AWS
1 1 (0.13%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 745 (99.07%) Wi-Fi
2 741 (98.54%) 5G
2 741 (98.54%) Bluetooth
3 736 (97.87%) Wireless
4 732 (97.34%) GSM
5 731 (97.21%) UMTS
6 3 (0.40%) Modbus
7 2 (0.27%) 802.11
7 2 (0.27%) GPRS
8 1 (0.13%) BGP
8 1 (0.13%) ISDN
8 1 (0.13%) LAN
8 1 (0.13%) MPLS
8 1 (0.13%) OSPF
8 1 (0.13%) PPP
8 1 (0.13%) SDH
8 1 (0.13%) TCP/IP
8 1 (0.13%) VoIP
8 1 (0.13%) VPN
8 1 (0.13%) WAN
Development Applications
1 4 (0.53%) Git
2 3 (0.40%) Subversion
3 2 (0.27%) Eclipse
4 1 (0.13%) JIRA
General
1 744 (98.94%) Electronics
2 17 (2.26%) Social Skills
3 12 (1.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 4 (0.53%) Telecoms
5 3 (0.40%) Manufacturing
5 3 (0.40%) Marketing
6 2 (0.27%) Finance
6 2 (0.27%) Public Sector
7 1 (0.13%) Aerospace
7 1 (0.13%) Analytical Skills
7 1 (0.13%) Automotive
7 1 (0.13%) Billing
Job Titles
1 730 (97.07%) Electronics Engineer
1 730 (97.07%) Electronics Test Engineer
1 730 (97.07%) Test Engineer
2 11 (1.46%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 11 (1.46%) Lead
2 11 (1.46%) Lead Infrastructure Engineer
3 4 (0.53%) Embedded Engineer
4 3 (0.40%) Senior
5 2 (0.27%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 2 (0.27%) Network Engineer
5 2 (0.27%) Senior Embedded Engineer
5 2 (0.27%) Software Engineer
6 1 (0.13%) Architect
6 1 (0.13%) Database Manager
6 1 (0.13%) Engineering Manager
6 1 (0.13%) Senior Network Engineer
6 1 (0.13%) Support Engineer
6 1 (0.13%) Technical Support
6 1 (0.13%) Technical Support Engineer
6 1 (0.13%) Voice Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.27%) 802.1X
2 1 (0.13%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 730 (97.07%) Driving Licence
2 15 (1.99%) IoT
3 12 (1.60%) NB-IoT
4 3 (0.40%) Raspberry Pi
5 1 (0.13%) Data Centre
5 1 (0.13%) Embedded Systems
5 1 (0.13%) FPGA
5 1 (0.13%) Linux Command Line
5 1 (0.13%) Operational Technology
5 1 (0.13%) PKI
5 1 (0.13%) Public Cloud
5 1 (0.13%) Renewable Energy
5 1 (0.13%) SCADA
5 1 (0.13%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 12 (1.60%) Linux
2 11 (1.46%) Windows
2 11 (1.46%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 732 (97.34%) Validation
2 731 (97.21%) Customer Requirements
2 731 (97.21%) Verification and Validation
3 730 (97.07%) Coaching
3 730 (97.07%) Mentoring
3 730 (97.07%) Test Strategy
4 12 (1.60%) Software Testing
4 12 (1.60%) Strategic Thinking
5 11 (1.46%) Asset Management
5 11 (1.46%) Infrastructure as Code
5 11 (1.46%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 11 (1.46%) Penetration Testing
5 11 (1.46%) Project Planning
6 2 (0.27%) Agile
6 2 (0.27%) Business Intelligence
6 2 (0.27%) Continuous Improvement
6 2 (0.27%) Digital Marketing
6 2 (0.27%) Programme Management
6 2 (0.27%) Software Engineering
6 2 (0.27%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 14 (1.86%) Python
2 12 (1.60%) Bash
3 11 (1.46%) PowerShell
4 3 (0.40%) C
5 2 (0.27%) Embedded C
6 1 (0.13%) C++
6 1 (0.13%) Scala
6 1 (0.13%) SQL
Qualifications
1 742 (98.67%) Degree
2 730 (97.07%) HND
3 11 (1.46%) CompTIA Security+
3 11 (1.46%) Network+ Certification
4 1 (0.13%) CCNA
4 1 (0.13%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (0.13%) GCSC
4 1 (0.13%) JNCIA
4 1 (0.13%) SC Cleared
4 1 (0.13%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (0.13%) Data Quality
1 1 (0.13%) GDPR
1 1 (0.13%) QA
System Software
1 11 (1.46%) VMware Infrastructure
1 11 (1.46%) vSphere
2 3 (0.40%) Firmware
3 1 (0.13%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 11 (1.46%) Ansible
1 11 (1.46%) Puppet
1 11 (1.46%) Terraform
Vendors
1 11 (1.46%) Microsoft
1 11 (1.46%) VMware
2 2 (0.27%) Atmel
2 2 (0.27%) SAP
3 1 (0.13%) Avaya
3 1 (0.13%) Extreme Networks
3 1 (0.13%) F5
3 1 (0.13%) Freshdesk
3 1 (0.13%) Salesforce