Demand for 5G talent, along with salaries for 5G roles, continues to increase as the 5G era sets in, according to a report by recruitment website Boss Zhipin.

The average salary for 5G positions reached more than 14,000 yuan ($2,024) per month during the first five months of 2019, an increase of 15.7 percent on 2018, the report said.

The demand for 5G talent has also risen over the past three years.

While demand in 2018 increased more than 31 percent on 2017, this year demand exploded, said the report, with demand in the first five months of this year nearing 60 percent of the whole of last year's figure – a year-on-year growth of 38.9 percent.

Beijing, Shenzhen and Shanghai have the highest demand for 5G talent, followed by new first-tier cities Xi'an and Hangzhou. Pilot cities for the 5G network have advantages attracting 5G workers, the report said.

The industries with the greatest need for 5G talent are communications and network equipment, which accounts for more than 40 percent of demand, computer software (17.2 percent) and intelligent hardware (5.3 percent).

The most-in-demand positions are communication research and development engineer and telecommunications network engineer, accounting for 43.5 and 19.9 percent of total demand, respectively.

Boss Zhipin data also showed sharp increases in the demand for optical transmission engineers and radio frequency engineers during the spring hiring season this year.

People who majored in communication engineering and computer-related degrees comprise the primary 5G-ready talent pool, according to the report.

The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology granted commercial-use 5G licenses to the China Broadcasting Network and the country's top three telecom operators in early June, encouraging demand for 5G talent.

The number of searches for 5G positions per day on Boss Zhipin has multiplied after the news, the website said.