LTE Contracts in England

3GPP Long Term Evolution (LTE)
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for LTE skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited LTE over the 6 months to 29 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 505 614 692
Rank change year-on-year +109 +78 -142
Contract jobs citing LTE 38 34 91
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.10% 0.067% 0.13%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.76% 0.55% 1.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 18 28
10th Percentile £415 - £385
25th Percentile £475 £225 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £418 £481
Median % change year-on-year +25.60% -13.14% +28.33%
75th Percentile £588 £634 £609
90th Percentile £655 £875 £843
UK median daily rate £500 £486 £575
% change year-on-year +2.88% -15.48% +53.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £57.00 -
UK median hourly rate - £57.00 -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
England

LTE 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 5,026 6,162 7,886
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 13.50% 12.21% 11.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,035 4,048 5,186
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 £495 £519 £500
% change year-on-year -4.53% +3.70% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 399 439 302
10th Percentile £13.50 £9.80 £14.82
25th Percentile £17.35 £10.63 £16.25
Median hourly rate £40.00 £18.82 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year +112.54% -21.29% -4.36%
75th Percentile £63.75 £60.00 £47.84
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £64.26
UK median hourly rate £38.50 £19.00 £27.88
% change year-on-year +102.63% -31.84% +1.36%

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Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for LTE in England

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for LTE in England

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Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing LTE in England over the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for LTE in England

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for LTE 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 LTE within the England region over the 6 months to 29 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 +17 13 £475 +90.00% 8
South West - 13 - - 1
North of England +35 9 £638 +67.54% 2
North East - 9 £638 -
East of England +9 2 £400 -20.00% 9
London +100 1 £525 -38.24% 4
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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 4 (10.53%) OpenStack
Applications
1 5 (13.16%) Microsoft Excel
1 5 (13.16%) Microsoft Office
1 5 (13.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Communications & Networking
1 24 (63.16%) Radio Access Network
2 21 (55.26%) 4G
3 18 (47.37%) Wireshark
4 16 (42.11%) 5G
5 12 (31.58%) 3GPP
5 12 (31.58%) Wireless
6 9 (23.68%) Diameter Protocol
7 6 (15.79%) VoLTE
8 5 (13.16%) 3G
8 5 (13.16%) DNS
8 5 (13.16%) GGSN
8 5 (13.16%) RANAP
8 5 (13.16%) SGSN
9 4 (10.53%) TETRA
10 2 (5.26%) GSM
11 1 (2.63%) ADSL
11 1 (2.63%) Bluetooth
11 1 (2.63%) LAN
11 1 (2.63%) UMTS
11 1 (2.63%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (10.53%) Elasticsearch
1 4 (10.53%) MySQL
2 3 (7.89%) GIS
General
1 31 (81.58%) Telecoms
2 6 (15.79%) Multimedia
2 6 (15.79%) Social Skills
3 5 (13.16%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (2.63%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (13.16%) Build Manager
1 5 (13.16%) Telecoms Manager
2 3 (7.89%) Design Engineer
2 3 (7.89%) SCADA Engineer
3 2 (5.26%) Optimisation Engineer
3 2 (5.26%) RAN Design Engineer
3 2 (5.26%) RAN Engineer
3 2 (5.26%) Telecoms Engineer
4 1 (2.63%) Automation Specialist
4 1 (2.63%) Core Network Designer
4 1 (2.63%) Designer
4 1 (2.63%) Network Design Specialist
4 1 (2.63%) Network Specialist
4 1 (2.63%) Product Owner
4 1 (2.63%) Real Time Engineer
4 1 (2.63%) RF Engineer
4 1 (2.63%) RF Test Engineer
4 1 (2.63%) Technical Specialist
4 1 (2.63%) Telecoms Specialist
4 1 (2.63%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (10.53%) Elastic Stack
1 4 (10.53%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 6 (15.79%) SCADA
2 3 (7.89%) Operational Technology
3 2 (5.26%) CCTV
4 1 (2.63%) Fibre Optics
4 1 (2.63%) GNSS
4 1 (2.63%) IoT
4 1 (2.63%) NB-IoT
4 1 (2.63%) Product Ownership
4 1 (2.63%) Smart Meter
4 1 (2.63%) TM Forum
Operating Systems
1 4 (10.53%) Linux
1 4 (10.53%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (34.21%) High Availability
2 11 (28.95%) Network Design
2 11 (28.95%) Project Management
3 5 (13.16%) Computer Science
3 5 (13.16%) Customer Experience
3 5 (13.16%) Network Architecture
3 5 (13.16%) Performance Improvement
3 5 (13.16%) Statistics
4 2 (5.26%) Agile
4 2 (5.26%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (5.26%) Cybersecurity
4 2 (5.26%) Risk Assessment
5 1 (2.63%) Acceptance Criteria
5 1 (2.63%) Cost Optimisation
5 1 (2.63%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (2.63%) Project Delivery
5 1 (2.63%) Requirements Gathering
5 1 (2.63%) Storytelling
5 1 (2.63%) Strategic Thinking
5 1 (2.63%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 4 (10.53%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 8 (21.05%) Degree
2 5 (13.16%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (5.26%) Master's Degree
4 1 (2.63%) HND
System Software
1 4 (10.53%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (10.53%) Ansible
1 4 (10.53%) Grafana
1 4 (10.53%) Kubernetes
1 4 (10.53%) Prometheus
1 4 (10.53%) Terraform
1 4 (10.53%) yum
Vendors
1 13 (34.21%) Actix
1 13 (34.21%) Nokia
2 11 (28.95%) Ericsson
2 11 (28.95%) Huawei
3 5 (13.16%) Empirix
3 5 (13.16%) NetScout
4 4 (10.53%) Oracle