3G Job Trends in the West Midlands

3G
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the West Midlands requiring 3G skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 166 215 187
Rank change year-on-year +49 -28 +102
Permanent jobs citing 3G 3 1 3
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.093% 0.017% 0.080%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.74% 0.14% 0.41%
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 3
10th Percentile - - £54,000
25th Percentile £51,250 - £54,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 - £65,000
75th Percentile £53,750 - £75,000
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £30,000 £38,000 £44,000
% change year-on-year -21.05% -13.64% -41.33%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
West Midlands

3G 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 in the West Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 408 735 726
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 12.65% 12.62% 19.42%
Number of salaries quoted 318 344 587
10th Percentile £27,750 £27,150 £26,500
25th Percentile £30,750 £34,938 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £39,000 £49,008 £44,242
Median % change year-on-year -20.42% +10.77% -11.52%
75th Percentile £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £73,750 £75,000 £73,750
England median annual salary £40,000 £50,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -20.79% -3.81% -

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Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings citing 3G as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for 3G in the West Midlands

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Salary Trend in the West Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing 3G.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing 3G

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Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing 3G within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 29 September 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
Worcestershire - 3 £52,500 - 3
3G
England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (100.00%) GPRS
1 3 (100.00%) GSM
1 3 (100.00%) Modbus
1 3 (100.00%) RS-232
1 3 (100.00%) RS-485
1 3 (100.00%) SSL
1 3 (100.00%) TCP/IP
General
1 3 (100.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) C Software Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) C++ Software Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Developer
1 1 (33.33%) Embedded C Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Embedded C Software Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Embedded C/C++ Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Embedded C/C++ Software Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Embedded C++ Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Embedded C++ Software Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Embedded Linux Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Embedded Linux Software Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Embedded Software Developer
1 1 (33.33%) Embedded Software Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Engineering Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Firmware Developer
1 1 (33.33%) Linux Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Software Developer
1 1 (33.33%) Software Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Software Engineering Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Software Manager
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Embedded Linux
1 3 (100.00%) FreeRTOS
1 3 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Agile
1 3 (100.00%) Embedded Software Development
1 3 (100.00%) Secure Coding
1 3 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 3 (100.00%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) C
1 3 (100.00%) C++
2 1 (33.33%) Embedded C++
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (100.00%) MISRA
System Software
1 3 (100.00%) Embedded Firmware
1 3 (100.00%) Firmware