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 23 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 265 - 817
Rank change year-on-year - - +403
DemandTrendPermanent jobs citing UMTS 730 0 10
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.19% - 0.014%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 5.79% - 0.082%
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 6
10th Percentile - - £50,000
25th Percentile - - £51,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +126.09%
75th Percentile - - £76,250
90th Percentile - - £77,500
UK excluding London median annual salary - - £65,000

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.

DemandTrendPermanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 12,603 11,217 12,227
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 20.52% 12.90% 16.99%
Number of salaries quoted 6,111 6,073 7,048
10th Percentile £23,504 £27,750 £28,250
25th Percentile £25,087 £35,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £31,500 £50,000 £52,000
Median % change year-on-year -37.00% -3.85% -0.95%
75th Percentile £52,500 £65,000 £70,021
90th Percentile £72,500 £80,000 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £27,000 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -40.00% - -5.26%

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Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for UMTS in the UK

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Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing UMTS.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing UMTS

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Top 11 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 23 August 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
DemandTrendPermanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England - 730 - -
UK excluding London - 721 - -
East of England - 312 - -
South East - 217 - -
East Midlands - 179 - -
Midlands - 179 - -
North of England - 8 - -
South West - 5 - -
North West - 4 - -
London - 4 - -
Yorkshire - 4 - -

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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
1 730 (100.00%) 5G
1 730 (100.00%) Bluetooth
1 730 (100.00%) GSM
1 730 (100.00%) LTE
1 730 (100.00%) Wi-Fi
1 730 (100.00%) Wireless
General
1 730 (100.00%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 730 (100.00%) Electronics Engineer
1 730 (100.00%) Electronics Test Engineer
1 730 (100.00%) Test Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 730 (100.00%) Driving Licence
Processes & Methodologies
1 730 (100.00%) Coaching
1 730 (100.00%) Customer Requirements
1 730 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 730 (100.00%) Test Strategy
1 730 (100.00%) Validation
1 730 (100.00%) Verification and Validation
Qualifications
1 730 (100.00%) Degree
1 730 (100.00%) HND