Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring UMTS skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited UMTS over the 6 months leading up to 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 250 889 951
Rank change year-on-year +639 +62 +258
Permanent jobs citing UMTS 731 23 11
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.32% 0.022% 0.011%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 7.33% 0.17% 0.071%
Number of salaries quoted 1 1 7
10th Percentile - - £52,500
25th Percentile £61,250 £52,500 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £60,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% -14.29% +143.48%
75th Percentile £73,750 £67,500 £75,000
90th Percentile - - £77,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £67,500 £60,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +12.50% -14.29% -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

UMTS 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 9,970 13,562 15,535
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 17.99% 13.13% 15.99%
Number of salaries quoted 4,374 9,412 7,743
10th Percentile £23,504 £26,250 £28,000
25th Percentile £26,781 £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%

UMTS
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for UMTS in the UK

UMTS
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for UMTS in the UK

UMTS
Top 12 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing UMTS within the UK over the 6 months to 30 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 +588 731 £67,500 +12.50%
UK excluding London +570 722 £67,500 +12.50%
East of England - 313 £67,500 -
South East +248 217 - -
East Midlands - 179 - -
Midlands - 179 - -
North of England - 8 - -
South West - 5 - -
North West - 4 - -
London - 4 - -
Yorkshire - 4 - -
Work from Home - 1 £67,500 - 1

UMTS
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:

Communications & Networking
1 731 (100.00%) GSM
1 731 (100.00%) LTE
2 730 (99.86%) 5G
2 730 (99.86%) Bluetooth
2 730 (99.86%) Wi-Fi
2 730 (99.86%) Wireless
3 1 (0.14%) Radio Access Network
3 1 (0.14%) Software-Defined Radio
Development Applications
1 1 (0.14%) Git
General
1 730 (99.86%) Electronics
2 1 (0.14%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 730 (99.86%) Electronics Engineer
1 730 (99.86%) Electronics Test Engineer
1 730 (99.86%) Test Engineer
2 1 (0.14%) DSP Engineer
2 1 (0.14%) Embedded Engineer
2 1 (0.14%) Senior
2 1 (0.14%) Senior DSP Engineer
2 1 (0.14%) Senior Embedded Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 730 (99.86%) Driving Licence
2 1 (0.14%) FPGA
2 1 (0.14%) Linux Command Line
2 1 (0.14%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.14%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 731 (100.00%) Validation
2 730 (99.86%) Coaching
2 730 (99.86%) Customer Requirements
2 730 (99.86%) Mentoring
2 730 (99.86%) Test Strategy
2 730 (99.86%) Verification and Validation
3 1 (0.14%) Agile
3 1 (0.14%) Issue Tracking
3 1 (0.14%) Software Testing
3 1 (0.14%) System Testing
3 1 (0.14%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (0.14%) Bash
1 1 (0.14%) C
1 1 (0.14%) C++
1 1 (0.14%) Python
Qualifications
1 730 (99.86%) Degree
1 730 (99.86%) HND