2G Contracts in England

2G
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for 2G skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited 2G over the 6 months to 28 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 522 618 654
Rank change year-on-year +96 +36 -113
Contract jobs citing 2G 16 37 130
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.043% 0.073% 0.18%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.32% 0.60% 1.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 26 59
10th Percentile £311 £300 £306
25th Percentile £388 £352 £378
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £456 £400 £450
Median % change year-on-year +14.06% -11.11% +5.88%
75th Percentile £495 £447 £650
90th Percentile - £519 £700
UK median daily rate £456 £400 £450
% change year-on-year +14.06% -11.11% +9.09%
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 - - -
UK median hourly rate £25.25 - -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
England

2G 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 England with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 4,997 6,165 7,901
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 13.52% 12.21% 11.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,017 4,051 5,204
10th Percentile £206 £231 £220
25th Percentile £350 £400 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +5.00% +14.68%
75th Percentile £600 £650 £613
90th Percentile £700 £738 £700
UK median daily rate £490 £518 £500
% change year-on-year -5.41% +3.60% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 396 439 303
10th Percentile £13.50 £9.80 £14.82
25th Percentile £17.00 £10.63 £16.25
Median hourly rate £39.25 £18.82 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year +108.55% -21.29% -4.36%
75th Percentile £63.75 £60.00 £48.20
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £64.48
UK median hourly rate £38.00 £19.00 £28.41
% change year-on-year +100.00% -33.12% +1.46%

2G
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing 2G as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for 2G in England

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing 2G in England.

Daily rate trend for 2G in England

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Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing 2G in England over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for 2G in England

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing 2G in England.

Hourly rate trend for 2G in England

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Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing 2G within the England region over the 6 months to 28 April 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
South East +11 8 £425 -5.56% 3
London +105 6 £490 +28.95%
North West - 2 £350 -
North of England - 2 £350 -
2G
UK

2G
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 5 (31.25%) ArcGIS
Communications & Networking
1 16 (100.00%) 3G
1 16 (100.00%) 4G
2 11 (68.75%) 5G
3 8 (50.00%) Radio Access Network
4 5 (31.25%) ATM
4 5 (31.25%) Ethernet
5 4 (25.00%) SDH
6 1 (6.25%) BGP
6 1 (6.25%) DSL
6 1 (6.25%) EIGRP
6 1 (6.25%) GSM
6 1 (6.25%) ICMP
6 1 (6.25%) Internet
6 1 (6.25%) MPLS
6 1 (6.25%) OSPF
6 1 (6.25%) PPP
6 1 (6.25%) RIP
6 1 (6.25%) VPN
6 1 (6.25%) WAN
6 1 (6.25%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (31.25%) GIS
1 5 (31.25%) QGIS
General
1 6 (37.50%) Telecoms
2 4 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (18.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (12.50%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (25.00%) Radio Specialist
2 3 (18.75%) Transmission Planner
3 2 (12.50%) Radio Engineer
3 2 (12.50%) Radio Planner
4 1 (6.25%) Architect
4 1 (6.25%) Build Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) Cisco Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) Cisco Network Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) Data Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) Databuild Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) Mobile Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) Network Architect
4 1 (6.25%) Network Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) RF Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) Telecoms Planner
4 1 (6.25%) Transmission Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) Transmission Planning Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (37.50%) Customer Experience
2 5 (31.25%) Data Analysis
2 5 (31.25%) Visualisation
3 4 (25.00%) Break/Fix
3 4 (25.00%) Performance Analysis
3 4 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (25.00%) Project Delivery
3 4 (25.00%) Project Management
4 2 (12.50%) Business Case
4 2 (12.50%) Customer-Centricity
4 2 (12.50%) Network Design
4 2 (12.50%) Network Optimisation
4 2 (12.50%) Network Planning
4 2 (12.50%) Radio Network Optimisation
4 2 (12.50%) Roadmaps
4 2 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (12.50%) Statistics
4 2 (12.50%) Supplier Management
5 1 (6.25%) Computer Science
5 1 (6.25%) QMS
Programming Languages
1 5 (31.25%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (6.25%) BC Cleared
1 1 (6.25%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (6.25%) Degree
1 1 (6.25%) MBCS
1 1 (6.25%) SC Cleared
1 1 (6.25%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (12.50%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (6.25%) ADVA
1 1 (6.25%) Cisco
1 1 (6.25%) Ericsson
1 1 (6.25%) Juniper
1 1 (6.25%) Mavenir
1 1 (6.25%) Nokia
1 1 (6.25%) Nokia Networks
1 1 (6.25%) Remedy
1 1 (6.25%) Tellabs