Senior Communications Engineer Job Trends

Senior Communications Engineer
UK

The median Senior Communications Engineer salary in the UK is £75,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 11 January 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 641 - 725
Rank change year-on-year - - +287
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Communications Engineer 1 0 1
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.002% - 0.002%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.002% - 0.002%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £70,000 - £28,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 - £30,500
75th Percentile £80,000 - £32,750
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median annual salary £75,000 - -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 53,748 49,914 53,281
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.60% 92.93% 95.28%
Number of salaries quoted 33,232 25,949 41,098
10th Percentile £28,500 £33,500 £30,125
25th Percentile £36,250 £45,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -4.76%

Senior Communications Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Senior Communications Engineer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Senior Communications Engineer job vacancy trend in the UK

Senior Communications Engineer
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for Senior Communications Engineer job vacancies in the UK.

Salary distribution trend for Senior Communications Engineer job vacancies in the UK

Senior Communications Engineer
Top 4 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Communications Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 11 January 2026. 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 - 1 £75,000 -
Work from Home - 1 £75,000 -
East of England - 1 £75,000 -
UK excluding London - 1 £75,000 -

Senior Communications Engineer Skill Set
Top 13 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 11 January 2026, Senior Communications Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Senior Communications Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) C
1 1 (100.00%) C++
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Signal Processing
1 1 (100.00%) Kalman Filter
1 1 (100.00%) Master's Degree
1 1 (100.00%) MATLAB
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Signal Processing
1 1 (100.00%) Software-Defined Radio
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
1 1 (100.00%) Verification and Validation

Senior Communications Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Software-Defined Radio
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Algorithms
1 1 (100.00%) GNSS
1 1 (100.00%) Verilog
1 1 (100.00%) VHDL
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Signal Processing
1 1 (100.00%) Kalman Filter
1 1 (100.00%) Signal Processing
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
1 1 (100.00%) Verification and Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C
1 1 (100.00%) C++
1 1 (100.00%) MATLAB
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Master's Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared