5G Contracts in England

5G
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England 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 7 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 403 517 533
Rank change year-on-year +114 +16 -44
Contract jobs citing 5G 139 128 248
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.38% 0.26% 0.35%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.88% 2.14% 3.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 52 77 106
10th Percentile £351 £227 £306
25th Percentile £420 £320 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £430 £450
Median % change year-on-year +10.47% -4.44% +11.87%
75th Percentile £538 £550 £538
90th Percentile £586 £606 £645
UK median daily rate £475 £428 £450
% change year-on-year +11.11% -5.00% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 7 2
10th Percentile £28.39 £52.65 £59.80
25th Percentile £34.59 £58.00 £60.25
Median hourly rate £46.63 £67.50 £63.00
Median % change year-on-year -30.93% +7.14% +40.00%
75th Percentile £60.09 £70.00 £66.25
90th Percentile £67.16 £72.40 £67.00
UK median hourly rate £26.00 £68.75 £63.00
% change year-on-year -62.18% +9.13% +40.00%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
England

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 England with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 4,830 5,993 7,881
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 13.20% 12.20% 11.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,915 3,924 5,163
10th Percentile £208 £237 £223
25th Percentile £350 £400 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.71% +5.00% +14.29%
75th Percentile £601 £650 £613
90th Percentile £700 £738 £700
UK median daily rate £495 £518 £500
% change year-on-year -4.44% +3.60% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 391 434 305
10th Percentile £13.50 £9.80 £14.84
25th Percentile £16.58 £10.63 £16.25
Median hourly rate £40.00 £18.50 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year +116.22% -22.63% -4.36%
75th Percentile £63.75 £59.95 £47.50
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £63.25
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £18.88 £28.25
% change year-on-year +111.92% -33.19% +6.60%

5G
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for 5G in England

5G
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for 5G in England

5G
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing 5G in England over the 6 months to 7 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for 5G in England

5G
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for 5G in England

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Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing 5G in England over the 6 months to 7 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for 5G 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 5G within the England region over the 6 months to 7 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
South East +8 47 £438 +9.38% 26
London +89 33 £490 -2.00% 18
East of England +25 26 £450 +50.00% 18
North of England +35 17 £365 -24.90% 5
South West +12 8 £600 +50.00% 3
North West +24 7 £365 -23.44% 2
Midlands +33 6 - - 4
West Midlands +25 6 - - 4
North East - 6 - - 1
Yorkshire +29 4 - - 2
5G
UK

5G
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 7 (5.04%) OpenStack
2 5 (3.60%) ArcGIS
Applications
1 7 (5.04%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (4.32%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (4.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (2.16%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (1.44%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 3 (2.16%) Smartsheet
2 1 (0.72%) AWS
2 1 (0.72%) Azure
2 1 (0.72%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 74 (53.24%) 4G
2 45 (32.37%) Radio Access Network
3 35 (25.18%) 3G
4 22 (15.83%) Network Security
5 18 (12.95%) Firewall
5 18 (12.95%) LTE
6 15 (10.79%) Wireless
7 13 (9.35%) 2G
8 12 (8.63%) Diameter Protocol
8 12 (8.63%) VPN
9 11 (7.91%) Wi-Fi
9 11 (7.91%) Wireshark
10 10 (7.19%) BGP
10 10 (7.19%) MPLS
11 8 (5.76%) DNS
11 8 (5.76%) VoLTE
12 7 (5.04%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
12 7 (5.04%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
12 7 (5.04%) NAS
13 6 (4.32%) RANAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (3.60%) GIS
1 5 (3.60%) QGIS
2 4 (2.88%) Elasticsearch
2 4 (2.88%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 18 (12.95%) Git
2 14 (10.07%) JIRA
3 10 (7.19%) Jenkins
4 4 (2.88%) gcov
4 4 (2.88%) GDB
4 4 (2.88%) Gradle
4 4 (2.88%) Subversion
General
1 65 (46.76%) Telecoms
2 34 (24.46%) Social Skills
3 12 (8.63%) Finance
4 11 (7.91%) Multimedia
5 6 (4.32%) Law
5 6 (4.32%) Legal
5 6 (4.32%) Marketing
5 6 (4.32%) Presentation Skills
6 4 (2.88%) Analytical Skills
6 4 (2.88%) Influencing Skills
6 4 (2.88%) Public Sector
7 3 (2.16%) Aerospace
7 3 (2.16%) Military
Job Titles
1 20 (14.39%) Lead
2 16 (11.51%) Network Engineer
3 13 (9.35%) Telecoms Manager
4 12 (8.63%) Consultant
4 12 (8.63%) Project Manager
4 12 (8.63%) Team Leader
5 9 (6.47%) C++ Developer
5 9 (6.47%) Developer
6 8 (5.76%) Design Engineer
6 8 (5.76%) Network Design Engineer
6 8 (5.76%) Network Manager
6 8 (5.76%) Python Developer
7 7 (5.04%) QA Leader
8 6 (4.32%) Network Design Specialist
8 6 (4.32%) Network Specialist
8 6 (4.32%) Performance Specialist
8 6 (4.32%) Procurement Manager
8 6 (4.32%) Senior
9 5 (3.60%) Mobile Specialist
9 5 (3.60%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (7.91%) JSON
2 8 (5.76%) XML
3 7 (5.04%) NETCONF
3 7 (5.04%) YANG
4 4 (2.88%) Elastic Stack
5 1 (0.72%) SPML
Miscellaneous
1 8 (5.76%) Data Protection Act
2 6 (4.32%) Hybrid Cloud
2 6 (4.32%) IoT
3 4 (2.88%) Distributed Architecture
3 4 (2.88%) NB-IoT
4 3 (2.16%) Virtual Team
5 2 (1.44%) Product Ownership
6 1 (0.72%) Data Centre
6 1 (0.72%) Management Information System
6 1 (0.72%) PKI
6 1 (0.72%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 15 (10.79%) Linux
2 7 (5.04%) Windows
3 4 (2.88%) Oracle Linux
4 1 (0.72%) CentOS
4 1 (0.72%) Solaris
4 1 (0.72%) Unix
4 1 (0.72%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (17.99%) Customer Experience
2 19 (13.67%) Network Design
3 16 (11.51%) Problem-Solving
3 16 (11.51%) Roadmaps
4 14 (10.07%) Load Balancing
5 12 (8.63%) Capacity Planning
6 11 (7.91%) Network Virtualisation
7 10 (7.19%) Agile
8 9 (6.47%) Computer Science
8 9 (6.47%) Performance Management
8 9 (6.47%) Project Management
8 9 (6.47%) Stakeholder Management
8 9 (6.47%) Technical Leadership
8 9 (6.47%) Test Automation
9 8 (5.76%) Data Protection
9 8 (5.76%) Network Architecture
9 8 (5.76%) Project Delivery
9 8 (5.76%) Statistics
10 7 (5.04%) DevOps
10 7 (5.04%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 30 (21.58%) Python
2 14 (10.07%) C++
3 8 (5.76%) C
4 4 (2.88%) Shell Script
5 2 (1.44%) Bash
5 2 (1.44%) Swift
6 1 (0.72%) Perl
Qualifications
1 15 (10.79%) Security Cleared
2 12 (8.63%) Degree
3 8 (5.76%) Computer Science Degree
4 6 (4.32%) SC Cleared
5 2 (1.44%) BPSS Clearance
5 2 (1.44%) PMP
6 1 (0.72%) BC Cleared
6 1 (0.72%) CSPO
6 1 (0.72%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (5.76%) QA
2 2 (1.44%) SLA
3 1 (0.72%) Def Stans
3 1 (0.72%) NCSC
3 1 (0.72%) PMO
3 1 (0.72%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 5 (3.60%) Docker
2 2 (1.44%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 7 (5.04%) Kubernetes
2 5 (3.60%) FortiGate
3 4 (2.88%) Ansible
3 4 (2.88%) Grafana
3 4 (2.88%) Prometheus
3 4 (2.88%) Terraform
3 4 (2.88%) yum
4 3 (2.16%) Iperf
5 1 (0.72%) Check_MK
5 1 (0.72%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 19 (13.67%) Cisco
2 12 (8.63%) Juniper
3 10 (7.19%) Nokia
4 7 (5.04%) F5
4 7 (5.04%) Fortinet
5 6 (4.32%) Empirix
5 6 (4.32%) NetScout
6 4 (2.88%) Klocwork
6 4 (2.88%) Oracle
6 4 (2.88%) Palo Alto
6 4 (2.88%) Perforce
7 2 (1.44%) Huawei
7 2 (1.44%) Sparx
8 1 (0.72%) ADVA
8 1 (0.72%) Ericsson
8 1 (0.72%) Microsoft
8 1 (0.72%) Nokia Networks
8 1 (0.72%) Splunk
8 1 (0.72%) Tellabs
8 1 (0.72%) VMware