5G Contracts in Berkshire

5G
South East > Berkshire

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Berkshire with a requirement for 5G skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited 5G over the 6 months to 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 78 73 69
Rank change year-on-year -5 -4 -13
Contract jobs citing 5G 43 40 67
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire 2.22% 2.27% 2.84%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 9.33% 12.12% 15.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 26 32
10th Percentile £350 £280 £313
25th Percentile £389 £400 £380
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £513 £418
Median % change year-on-year -14.63% +22.75% +1.21%
75th Percentile £519 £572 £445
90th Percentile £540 £594 £497
South East median daily rate £438 £400 £425
% change year-on-year +9.38% -5.88% +13.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £24.25 - -
Median hourly rate £24.50 - -
75th Percentile £24.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £24.50 £67.50 -
% change year-on-year -63.70% - -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Berkshire

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

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 461 330 443
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 23.78% 18.72% 18.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 206 181 232
10th Percentile £205 £300 £194
25th Percentile £319 £400 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £488 £463
Median % change year-on-year +0.41% +5.51% +20.44%
75th Percentile £600 £588 £561
90th Percentile £610 £675 £638
South East median daily rate £495 £486 £450
% change year-on-year +1.80% +8.06% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 13 7
10th Percentile £40.70 £19.60 -
25th Percentile £76.99 £24.50 -
Median hourly rate £83.77 £66.00 £17.00
Median % change year-on-year +26.92% +288.24% -45.16%
75th Percentile £87.46 £80.25 £47.00
90th Percentile £87.53 £81.30 £73.60
South East median hourly rate £57.35 £53.50 £21.50
% change year-on-year +7.20% +148.84% -37.68%

5G
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Job postings citing 5G as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

Job vacancy trend for 5G in Berkshire

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing 5G in Berkshire.

Daily rate trend for 5G in Berkshire

5G
Daily Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing 5G in Berkshire over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for 5G in Berkshire

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing 5G in Berkshire.

Hourly rate trend for 5G in Berkshire

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Contract Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing 5G within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 8 May 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Reading -4 30 £525 -2.78% 3
Newbury +4 7 £438 -6.82%
Bracknell - 2 - - 1
Slough +4 1 £372 -18.58% 4
5G
South East

5G
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (2.33%) OpenStack
Applications
1 7 (16.28%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (13.95%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (13.95%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Communications & Networking
1 27 (62.79%) 4G
2 25 (58.14%) Radio Access Network
3 23 (53.49%) 3G
4 11 (25.58%) LTE
5 7 (16.28%) DNS
5 7 (16.28%) VoLTE
6 6 (13.95%) Diameter Protocol
6 6 (13.95%) GGSN
6 6 (13.95%) RANAP
6 6 (13.95%) SGSN
6 6 (13.95%) Wireshark
7 5 (11.63%) 2G
8 4 (9.30%) GPRS
9 3 (6.98%) GSM
10 2 (4.65%) Broadband
10 2 (4.65%) DSL
10 2 (4.65%) Ethernet
10 2 (4.65%) SCCP
10 2 (4.65%) SS7
10 2 (4.65%) WAN
General
1 27 (62.79%) Telecoms
2 9 (20.93%) Social Skills
3 7 (16.28%) Finance
4 6 (13.95%) Law
4 6 (13.95%) Legal
4 6 (13.95%) Multimedia
4 6 (13.95%) Presentation Skills
5 2 (4.65%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (2.33%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 10 (23.26%) Telecoms Manager
2 7 (16.28%) Consultant
3 6 (13.95%) Network Manager
3 6 (13.95%) Performance Specialist
3 6 (13.95%) Procurement Manager
4 5 (11.63%) Build Manager
4 5 (11.63%) Performance Consultant
4 5 (11.63%) Senior
4 5 (11.63%) Senior Consultant
4 5 (11.63%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
4 5 (11.63%) Senior Performance Consultant
5 3 (6.98%) Health and Safety Manager
5 3 (6.98%) Project Manager
6 2 (4.65%) Mobile Engineer
6 2 (4.65%) Network Engineer
7 1 (2.33%) Data Engineer
7 1 (2.33%) Lead
7 1 (2.33%) Programme Manager
7 1 (2.33%) Project Planner
7 1 (2.33%) Technical Leader
Miscellaneous
1 6 (13.95%) Hybrid Cloud
2 3 (6.98%) IoT
2 3 (6.98%) NB-IoT
3 1 (2.33%) Product Ownership
3 1 (2.33%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (41.86%) Customer Experience
2 10 (23.26%) Capacity Planning
2 10 (23.26%) Problem-Solving
2 10 (23.26%) Roadmaps
3 7 (16.28%) Performance Management
3 7 (16.28%) Technical Leadership
4 6 (13.95%) Computer Science
4 6 (13.95%) Contract Management
4 6 (13.95%) Decision-Making
4 6 (13.95%) Edge Computing
4 6 (13.95%) Line Management
4 6 (13.95%) Network Architecture
4 6 (13.95%) Performance Improvement
4 6 (13.95%) Statistics
5 5 (11.63%) Conflict Resolution
6 4 (9.30%) Stakeholder Management
7 3 (6.98%) B2B
7 3 (6.98%) Technical Architecture
8 2 (4.65%) Capacity Management
8 2 (4.65%) Change Control
Qualifications
1 7 (16.28%) Degree
2 6 (13.95%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (2.33%) BC Cleared
3 1 (2.33%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (2.33%) CSPO
3 1 (2.33%) HNC
3 1 (2.33%) SC Cleared
3 1 (2.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.65%) SLA
2 1 (2.33%) QA
System Software
1 2 (4.65%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 1 (2.33%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 6 (13.95%) Empirix
1 6 (13.95%) NetScout
2 2 (4.65%) Cisco
3 1 (2.33%) ADVA
3 1 (2.33%) Juniper
3 1 (2.33%) Microsoft
3 1 (2.33%) Nokia
3 1 (2.33%) Nokia Networks
3 1 (2.33%) Tellabs