5G Jobs in the West Midlands

5G
England > West Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands with a requirement for 5G skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited 5G over the 6 months to 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 246 275 279
Rank change year-on-year +29 +4 -
Permanent jobs citing 5G 14 4 1
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.19% 0.059% 0.014%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.40% 0.35% 0.093%
Number of salaries quoted 8 1 1
10th Percentile £45,000 - -
25th Percentile £46,875 £55,000 £25,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £27,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +122.22% -
75th Percentile £64,063 £65,000 £28,500
90th Percentile £70,625 - -
England median annual salary £62,500 £42,500 £70,500
% change year-on-year +47.06% -39.72% +22.61%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
West Midlands

5G is in the Communications and Computer Networking category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 999 1,157 1,079
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 13.80% 17.13% 14.92%
Number of salaries quoted 829 528 714
10th Percentile £25,750 £25,838 £26,750
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,750 £33,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% - -4.76%
75th Percentile £56,950 £63,750 £57,500
90th Percentile £67,500 £75,375 £72,500
England median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% +5.00%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings citing 5G as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for 5G in the West Midlands

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Salary Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing 5G in the West Midlands.

Salary trend for 5G in the West Midlands

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Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing 5G in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Salary histogram for 5G in the West Midlands

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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 5G within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 25 April 2024. 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
Birmingham 0 12 £55,000 -8.33% 2
Solihull - 3 £55,000 - 2
Shropshire - 1 £75,000 -
5G
England

5G
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:

Applications
1 2 (14.29%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 2 (14.29%) Azure
1 2 (14.29%) Entra ID
2 1 (7.14%) Azure Data Factory
2 1 (7.14%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (7.14%) Azure ExpressRoute
2 1 (7.14%) Azure Synapse Analytics
2 1 (7.14%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (7.14%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 6 (42.86%) 4G
2 3 (21.43%) 3GPP
3 2 (14.29%) Firewall
4 1 (7.14%) Diameter Protocol
4 1 (7.14%) HTTP
4 1 (7.14%) Internet
4 1 (7.14%) Network Security
4 1 (7.14%) SCTP
4 1 (7.14%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.14%) Azure SQL Database
1 1 (7.14%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (7.14%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (14.29%) GCC
2 1 (7.14%) Git
General
1 14 (100.00%) Telecoms
2 3 (21.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 2 (14.29%) Social Skills
4 1 (7.14%) Finance
4 1 (7.14%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 4 (28.57%) Senior
2 3 (21.43%) Security Tester
2 3 (21.43%) Telecoms Tester
2 3 (21.43%) Tester
3 2 (14.29%) Analyst
3 2 (14.29%) C# Developer
3 2 (14.29%) C# Software Developer
3 2 (14.29%) Developer
3 2 (14.29%) Project Manager
3 2 (14.29%) Security Analyst
3 2 (14.29%) Software Developer
3 2 (14.29%) Technical Manager
3 2 (14.29%) Technical Project Manager
3 2 (14.29%) Vulnerability Researcher
4 1 (7.14%) Azure Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) Data Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) Release Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) Release Train Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) Senior Data Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) Senior Security Analyst
Operating Systems
1 2 (14.29%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (42.86%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (21.43%) Software Engineering
2 3 (21.43%) Vulnerability Research
3 2 (14.29%) Business Intelligence
3 2 (14.29%) Fuzz Testing
3 2 (14.29%) Project Management
3 2 (14.29%) Risk Management
3 2 (14.29%) Security Testing
3 2 (14.29%) Test Automation
4 1 (7.14%) Agile
4 1 (7.14%) Data Modelling
4 1 (7.14%) ETL
4 1 (7.14%) ITSM
4 1 (7.14%) Network Virtualisation
4 1 (7.14%) Penetration Testing
4 1 (7.14%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (7.14%) Release Train
4 1 (7.14%) Scaled Agile Framework
4 1 (7.14%) Scrum
4 1 (7.14%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (14.29%) C#
2 1 (7.14%) Python
2 1 (7.14%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (42.86%) Security Cleared
2 3 (21.43%) SC Cleared
3 1 (7.14%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (21.43%) NCSC
2 1 (7.14%) Data Quality
Systems Management
1 2 (14.29%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 1 (7.14%) Databricks
1 1 (7.14%) Microsoft