LTE Job Trends in the West Midlands

3GPP Long Term Evolution (LTE)
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the West Midlands requiring LTE skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 177 194 -
Rank change year-on-year +17 - -
Permanent jobs citing LTE 1 4 0
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 0.019% 0.096% -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.082% 0.58% -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 - -
England median annual salary £54,000 £45,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +20.00% -18.18% -4.35%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
West Midlands

LTE 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 1,226 684 751
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 23.11% 16.48% 19.99%
Number of salaries quoted 240 304 669
10th Percentile £26,750 £32,500 £26,500
25th Percentile £28,250 £37,500 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,750 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -24.50% +11.11% -3.23%
75th Percentile £59,063 £63,750 £58,750
90th Percentile £72,850 £74,144 £71,500
England median annual salary £40,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -27.27% +10.00% -4.76%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing LTE relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

LTE job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

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Salary Trend in the West Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing LTE.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing LTE

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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 LTE within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 15 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
Staffordshire - 1 £35,000 -
LTE
England

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands 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%) 5G
General
1 1 (100.00%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Marketing Specialist