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 25 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 343 532 807
Rank change year-on-year +189 +275 -271
Permanent jobs citing 5G 274 112 62
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.80% 0.28% 0.086%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 5.29% 2.48% 0.76%
Number of salaries quoted 29 66 39
10th Percentile - £32,500 £37,200
25th Percentile £52,500 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £46,500 £70,500
Median % change year-on-year +55.91% -34.04% +3.68%
75th Percentile £80,000 £67,813 £75,000
90th Percentile £82,750 £76,250 £78,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £44,000 £70,500
% change year-on-year +36.36% -37.59% +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 5,182 4,512 8,110
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 15.19% 11.33% 11.26%
Number of salaries quoted 3,318 3,334 5,078
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £41,651
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% - +4.55%
75th Percentile £67,500 £76,250 £73,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £88,750 £90,000
UK median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% +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 25 May 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:

Business Applications
1 5 (1.82%) Oracle ERP
2 2 (0.73%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 210 (76.64%) Azure
1 210 (76.64%) Entra ID
2 10 (3.65%) GitHub
3 3 (1.09%) AWS
3 3 (1.09%) Cloud Computing
3 3 (1.09%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 218 (79.56%) Broadband
2 24 (8.76%) Firewall
3 18 (6.57%) 4G
4 17 (6.20%) WAN
5 16 (5.84%) VPN
6 11 (4.01%) Wireless
7 10 (3.65%) DHCP
7 10 (3.65%) DNS
7 10 (3.65%) SD-WAN
8 7 (2.55%) MPLS
9 6 (2.19%) IPv4
9 6 (2.19%) LTE
9 6 (2.19%) TCP/IP
10 5 (1.82%) 5G NR
10 5 (1.82%) 802.11
10 5 (1.82%) Ethernet
10 5 (1.82%) Software-Defined Radio
11 4 (1.46%) 3GPP
12 3 (1.09%) Wi-Fi
13 2 (0.73%) VoIP
Development Applications
1 10 (3.65%) Git
1 10 (3.65%) Jenkins
1 10 (3.65%) JIRA
1 10 (3.65%) Trac
2 4 (1.46%) GCC
General
1 213 (77.74%) Analytical Skills
1 213 (77.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 33 (12.04%) Telecoms
3 19 (6.93%) Social Skills
4 7 (2.55%) Legal
5 5 (1.82%) Finance
6 4 (1.46%) Public Sector
7 3 (1.09%) Aerospace
7 3 (1.09%) Back Office
8 2 (0.73%) Marketing
9 1 (0.36%) Military
9 1 (0.36%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 215 (78.47%) Technical Specialist
2 210 (76.64%) Linux Specialist
3 131 (47.81%) Senior
4 127 (46.35%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
4 127 (46.35%) Senior Linux Specialist
4 127 (46.35%) Senior Technical Specialist
4 127 (46.35%) Senior Unix Technical Specialist
5 17 (6.20%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 8 (2.92%) GNSS Engineer
6 8 (2.92%) RF Engineer
7 7 (2.55%) Architect
7 7 (2.55%) Network Engineer
8 5 (1.82%) Developer
8 5 (1.82%) Lead
8 5 (1.82%) Radio Specialist
8 5 (1.82%) Software Developer
8 5 (1.82%) Software Engineer
8 5 (1.82%) Support Specialist
9 3 (1.09%) IoT Architect
9 3 (1.09%) Network Communications Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (1.82%) 802.1X
1 5 (1.82%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 210 (76.64%) Social Media
2 10 (3.65%) IoT
3 8 (2.92%) GNSS
4 7 (2.55%) Driving Licence
5 5 (1.82%) PCIe
6 4 (1.46%) Device Driver
7 3 (1.09%) Algorithms
7 3 (1.09%) Cloud Native
7 3 (1.09%) Culture of Ownership
7 3 (1.09%) Data Structures
7 3 (1.09%) Hybrid Cloud
7 3 (1.09%) Public Cloud
8 2 (0.73%) Private Cloud
9 1 (0.36%) Data Centre
9 1 (0.36%) PKI
9 1 (0.36%) SIMD
Operating Systems
1 238 (86.86%) Linux
2 210 (76.64%) Ubuntu
3 13 (4.74%) Windows
4 11 (4.01%) Windows Server
5 5 (1.82%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 219 (79.93%) Cybersecurity
2 210 (76.64%) Artificial Intelligence
2 210 (76.64%) CRM
2 210 (76.64%) IT Strategy
2 210 (76.64%) Technology Strategy
3 17 (6.20%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 16 (5.84%) Actionable Insight
4 16 (5.84%) Configuration Management
4 16 (5.84%) Validation
5 13 (4.74%) DevOps
6 12 (4.38%) Software Engineering
7 11 (4.01%) Problem-Solving
8 10 (3.65%) Signal Processing
9 8 (2.92%) Collaborative Culture
9 8 (2.92%) Continuous Improvement
9 8 (2.92%) Customer Engagement
9 8 (2.92%) Project Delivery
9 8 (2.92%) Requirements Gathering
9 8 (2.92%) Test Assurance
9 8 (2.92%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 211 (77.01%) Bash
2 12 (4.38%) Python
3 10 (3.65%) PowerShell
4 6 (2.19%) C
5 5 (1.82%) Assembly Language
6 2 (0.73%) C#
6 2 (0.73%) C++
7 1 (0.36%) Perl
7 1 (0.36%) Ruby
7 1 (0.36%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 25 (9.12%) Security Cleared
2 19 (6.93%) SC Cleared
3 14 (5.11%) Degree
4 5 (1.82%) BPSS Clearance
5 3 (1.09%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (2.55%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (0.36%) NCSC
2 1 (0.36%) SLA
System Software
1 220 (80.29%) Active Directory
2 23 (8.39%) Hyper-V
3 16 (5.84%) pfSense
3 16 (5.84%) Virtual Machines
4 10 (3.65%) Docker
4 10 (3.65%) NFS
5 5 (1.82%) Embedded Firmware
5 5 (1.82%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 210 (76.64%) Jamf Pro
1 210 (76.64%) Microsoft Intune
2 16 (5.84%) Grafana
2 16 (5.84%) ZABBIX
3 10 (3.65%) Ansible
3 10 (3.65%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
3 10 (3.65%) SCDPM
4 7 (2.55%) FortiGate
5 4 (1.46%) Kubernetes
6 1 (0.36%) Check_MK
Vendors
1 220 (80.29%) Microsoft
2 210 (76.64%) CyberArk
2 210 (76.64%) Tanium
3 18 (6.57%) Juniper
4 17 (6.20%) Fortinet
5 16 (5.84%) VMware
6 10 (3.65%) McAfee
6 10 (3.65%) Veeam
7 9 (3.28%) Cisco
8 8 (2.92%) Virgin Media
9 7 (2.55%) Darktrace
9 7 (2.55%) HP
9 7 (2.55%) NEC
10 5 (1.82%) Oracle
11 2 (0.73%) Sparx
12 1 (0.36%) Intel
12 1 (0.36%) Palo Alto
12 1 (0.36%) Splunk