5G Contracts in Reading

5G
Berkshire > Reading

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Reading 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 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 64 65 73
Rank change year-on-year +1 +8 -16
Contract jobs citing 5G 31 22 25
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Reading 2.60% 2.11% 1.84%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 12.70% 11.96% 11.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 15 8
10th Percentile - £247 £235
25th Percentile - £438 £272
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £540 £354
Median % change year-on-year - +52.65% +36.06%
75th Percentile - £571 £437
90th Percentile - £712 £576
Berkshire median daily rate £419 £481 £410
% change year-on-year -12.99% +17.38% +9.33%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Reading

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 Reading with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 244 184 227
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 20.49% 17.68% 16.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 110 97 115
10th Percentile £205 £337 £164
25th Percentile £335 £425 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £475
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +10.53% +25.00%
75th Percentile £608 £650 £602
90th Percentile - £718 £675
Berkshire median daily rate £490 £486 £467
% change year-on-year +0.77% +4.12% +20.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 3 1
10th Percentile £77.22 - -
25th Percentile - - £25.50
Median hourly rate £87.46 £66.00 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year +32.52% +153.85% -45.26%
75th Percentile £87.53 £73.69 £26.50
90th Percentile - £78.30 -
Berkshire median hourly rate £83.77 £66.00 £17.00
% change year-on-year +26.92% +288.24% -50.72%

5G
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Job vacancy trend for 5G in Reading

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Reading

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

Daily rate trend for 5G in Reading

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Reading

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

Hourly rate trend for 5G in Reading

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading 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:

Applications
1 5 (16.13%) Microsoft Excel
1 5 (16.13%) Microsoft Office
1 5 (16.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 5 (16.13%) IaaS
1 5 (16.13%) PaaS
1 5 (16.13%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 17 (54.84%) Radio Access Network
2 11 (35.48%) 3G
2 11 (35.48%) 4G
3 10 (32.26%) LTE
4 5 (16.13%) Broadband
4 5 (16.13%) Diameter Protocol
4 5 (16.13%) DNS
4 5 (16.13%) GGSN
4 5 (16.13%) RANAP
4 5 (16.13%) SGSN
4 5 (16.13%) VoLTE
4 5 (16.13%) Wireshark
General
1 19 (61.29%) Telecoms
2 11 (35.48%) Law
3 6 (19.35%) Finance
3 6 (19.35%) Legal
4 5 (16.13%) Multimedia
4 5 (16.13%) Organisational Skills
4 5 (16.13%) Presentation Skills
4 5 (16.13%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 10 (32.26%) Telecoms Manager
2 6 (19.35%) Consultant
2 6 (19.35%) Network Manager
2 6 (19.35%) Performance Specialist
2 6 (19.35%) Procurement Manager
3 5 (16.13%) Build Manager
3 5 (16.13%) Penetration Tester
3 5 (16.13%) Performance Consultant
3 5 (16.13%) Security Penetration Tester
3 5 (16.13%) Security Specialist
3 5 (16.13%) Security Tester
3 5 (16.13%) Senior
3 5 (16.13%) Senior Consultant
3 5 (16.13%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
3 5 (16.13%) Senior Performance Consultant
3 5 (16.13%) Tester
3 5 (16.13%) Testing Specialist
4 3 (9.68%) Health and Safety Manager
4 3 (9.68%) Project Manager
5 1 (3.23%) Telecoms Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (16.13%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 6 (19.35%) Hybrid Cloud
2 5 (16.13%) Mobile App
3 1 (3.23%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (48.39%) Customer Experience
2 7 (22.58%) Capacity Planning
2 7 (22.58%) Problem-Solving
2 7 (22.58%) Roadmaps
2 7 (22.58%) Technical Leadership
3 6 (19.35%) Contract Management
3 6 (19.35%) Decision-Making
3 6 (19.35%) Edge Computing
3 6 (19.35%) Line Management
3 6 (19.35%) Performance Management
4 5 (16.13%) Application Security
4 5 (16.13%) Conflict Resolution
4 5 (16.13%) Cybersecurity
4 5 (16.13%) MITRE ATT&CK
4 5 (16.13%) Network Architecture
4 5 (16.13%) OWASP
4 5 (16.13%) Penetration Testing
4 5 (16.13%) Performance Improvement
4 5 (16.13%) Stakeholder Management
4 5 (16.13%) Statistics
Qualifications
1 5 (16.13%) Computer Science Degree
1 5 (16.13%) CREST Certified
1 5 (16.13%) Degree
1 5 (16.13%) GIAC
1 5 (16.13%) GPEN
1 5 (16.13%) OSCP
1 5 (16.13%) SANS
1 5 (16.13%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (16.13%) GDPR
1 5 (16.13%) NCSC
1 5 (16.13%) PCI DSS
Vendors
1 5 (16.13%) Empirix
1 5 (16.13%) NetScout
1 5 (16.13%) Virgin Media