5G Jobs with Work from Home Options

5G
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 26 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 345 554 779
Rank change year-on-year +209 +225 -254
Permanent jobs citing 5G 270 121 52
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.80% 0.28% 0.078%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 5.10% 2.49% 0.72%
Number of salaries quoted 24 75 31
10th Percentile £52,500 £33,750 £36,000
25th Percentile £64,813 £41,250 £48,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £47,500 £70,500
Median % change year-on-year +57.89% -32.62% +3.68%
75th Percentile £81,563 £69,375 £75,000
90th Percentile £83,375 £81,500 £90,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £42,500 £70,500
% change year-on-year +47.06% -39.72% +28.18%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Work from Home

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 with a WFH option and a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 5,294 4,862 7,251
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 15.65% 11.24% 10.87%
Number of salaries quoted 3,433 3,593 4,857
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £39,250 £41,250 £41,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £56,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +2.68% +6.67%
75th Percentile £67,500 £76,250 £73,675
90th Percentile £80,000 £89,852 £87,500
UK median annual salary £47,500 £50,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.94% -3.81% +5.00%

5G
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing 5G as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

5G trend for jobs with a WFH option

5G
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing 5G.

5G salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

5G
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing 5G over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

5G salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

5G
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 4 (1.48%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (1.48%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 5 (1.85%) Oracle ERP
2 4 (1.48%) Oracle Payables
2 4 (1.48%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 2 (0.74%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 210 (77.78%) Azure
1 210 (77.78%) Entra ID
2 10 (3.70%) GitHub
3 4 (1.48%) OCI
4 3 (1.11%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 219 (81.11%) Broadband
2 20 (7.41%) Firewall
3 16 (5.93%) VPN
4 14 (5.19%) WAN
5 13 (4.81%) 4G
6 11 (4.07%) SD-WAN
7 10 (3.70%) DHCP
7 10 (3.70%) DNS
7 10 (3.70%) Wireless
8 6 (2.22%) IPv4
8 6 (2.22%) LTE
8 6 (2.22%) TCP/IP
9 5 (1.85%) 5G NR
9 5 (1.85%) 802.11
9 5 (1.85%) Ethernet
9 5 (1.85%) Software-Defined Radio
10 4 (1.48%) 3GPP
10 4 (1.48%) Skype
11 3 (1.11%) MPLS
11 3 (1.11%) Wi-Fi
Development Applications
1 10 (3.70%) Git
1 10 (3.70%) Jenkins
1 10 (3.70%) JIRA
1 10 (3.70%) Trac
2 5 (1.85%) Visual Studio
3 3 (1.11%) GCC
General
1 214 (79.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 213 (78.89%) Analytical Skills
3 27 (10.00%) Telecoms
4 19 (7.04%) Social Skills
5 14 (5.19%) Finance
6 11 (4.07%) Legal
7 8 (2.96%) Aerospace
8 7 (2.59%) Marketing
9 5 (1.85%) Organisational Skills
9 5 (1.85%) Retail
10 4 (1.48%) Public Sector
11 1 (0.37%) Military
11 1 (0.37%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 215 (79.63%) Technical Specialist
2 210 (77.78%) Linux Specialist
3 135 (50.00%) Senior
4 127 (47.04%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
4 127 (47.04%) Senior Linux Specialist
4 127 (47.04%) Senior Technical Specialist
4 127 (47.04%) Senior Unix Technical Specialist
5 13 (4.81%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 10 (3.70%) Software Engineer
7 6 (2.22%) Network Engineer
8 5 (1.85%) C++ Software Engineer
8 5 (1.85%) Linux Engineer
8 5 (1.85%) Python Engineer
8 5 (1.85%) Python Software Engineer
8 5 (1.85%) Radio Specialist
8 5 (1.85%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
8 5 (1.85%) Senior Linux Engineer
8 5 (1.85%) Senior Software Engineer
8 5 (1.85%) Support Specialist
9 4 (1.48%) GNSS Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (3.33%) Oracle Fusion
2 5 (1.85%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 210 (77.78%) Social Media
2 9 (3.33%) GNSS
3 6 (2.22%) IoT
4 5 (1.85%) PCIe
5 4 (1.48%) Device Driver
6 3 (1.11%) Driving Licence
7 2 (0.74%) Algorithms
7 2 (0.74%) Data Structures
7 2 (0.74%) Private Cloud
8 1 (0.37%) PKI
8 1 (0.37%) SIMD
Operating Systems
1 241 (89.26%) Linux
2 210 (77.78%) Ubuntu
3 13 (4.81%) Windows
4 11 (4.07%) Windows Server
5 5 (1.85%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 220 (81.48%) Cybersecurity
2 210 (77.78%) Artificial Intelligence
2 210 (77.78%) CRM
2 210 (77.78%) IT Strategy
2 210 (77.78%) Technology Strategy
3 21 (7.78%) Configuration Management
3 21 (7.78%) Validation
4 17 (6.30%) Software Engineering
5 16 (5.93%) Actionable Insight
6 15 (5.56%) Signal Processing
7 13 (4.81%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 10 (3.70%) Customer Service
8 10 (3.70%) DevOps
8 10 (3.70%) Digital Signal Processing
8 10 (3.70%) Project Management
9 9 (3.33%) B2B
9 9 (3.33%) Collaborative Culture
9 9 (3.33%) ERP
9 9 (3.33%) Test Assurance
9 9 (3.33%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 216 (80.00%) Bash
2 17 (6.30%) Python
3 10 (3.70%) PowerShell
4 6 (2.22%) C
4 6 (2.22%) C++
4 6 (2.22%) Perl
5 5 (1.85%) Assembly Language
6 2 (0.74%) C#
7 1 (0.37%) Ruby
7 1 (0.37%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 25 (9.26%) Security Cleared
2 19 (7.04%) SC Cleared
3 15 (5.56%) Degree
4 5 (1.85%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (1.85%) PMO
2 3 (1.11%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (0.37%) NCSC
3 1 (0.37%) SLA
System Software
1 220 (81.48%) Active Directory
2 19 (7.04%) Hyper-V
3 16 (5.93%) pfSense
3 16 (5.93%) Virtual Machines
4 10 (3.70%) Docker
4 10 (3.70%) NFS
5 5 (1.85%) Embedded Firmware
5 5 (1.85%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 210 (77.78%) Jamf Pro
1 210 (77.78%) Microsoft Intune
2 16 (5.93%) Grafana
2 16 (5.93%) ZABBIX
3 10 (3.70%) Ansible
3 10 (3.70%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
3 10 (3.70%) SCDPM
4 3 (1.11%) FortiGate
4 3 (1.11%) Kubernetes
5 1 (0.37%) Check_MK
Vendors
1 224 (82.96%) Microsoft
2 210 (77.78%) CyberArk
2 210 (77.78%) Tanium
3 17 (6.30%) Fortinet
3 17 (6.30%) Juniper
4 16 (5.93%) VMware
5 10 (3.70%) McAfee
5 10 (3.70%) Veeam
6 9 (3.33%) Oracle
6 9 (3.33%) Virgin Media
7 4 (1.48%) Cisco
8 3 (1.11%) Darktrace
8 3 (1.11%) HP
8 3 (1.11%) NEC
9 2 (0.74%) Sparx
10 1 (0.37%) Intel
10 1 (0.37%) Splunk