LTE Contracts in the South East

3GPP Long Term Evolution (LTE)
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 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 189 207 222
Rank change year-on-year +18 +15 -57
Contract jobs citing LTE 12 14 37
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.22% 0.24% 0.48%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.96% 1.43% 2.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 9 2
10th Percentile - - £356
25th Percentile - £225 £366
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £250 £388
Median % change year-on-year +90.00% -35.48% +29.17%
75th Percentile - £350 £416
90th Percentile - £418 £429
England median daily rate £525 £418 £481
% change year-on-year +25.60% -13.14% +28.33%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
South East

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 the South East with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,248 982 1,241
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 22.61% 16.90% 16.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 612 592 774
10th Percentile £205 £236 £189
25th Percentile £363 £363 £310
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £486 £450
Median % change year-on-year +0.26% +8.06% +5.88%
75th Percentile £588 £588 £560
90th Percentile £638 £700 £657
England median daily rate £490 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -6.67% +5.00% +14.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 130 74 68
10th Percentile £16.25 £18.33 £15.25
25th Percentile £27.50 £42.50 £16.81
Median hourly rate £57.35 £53.00 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year +8.21% +146.51% -34.85%
75th Percentile £64.69 £67.50 £46.40
90th Percentile £85.65 £80.25 £60.00
England median hourly rate £39.25 £18.82 £23.91
% change year-on-year +108.55% -21.29% -4.36%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing LTE as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for LTE in the South East

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing LTE in the South East.

Daily rate trend for LTE in the South East

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing LTE in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for LTE in the South East

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Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing LTE within the South East 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
Thames Valley +10 11 £475 +35.71% 4
Berkshire +2 11 £475 +35.71% 2
Hampshire +5 1 - - 2
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England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 4 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
1 4 (33.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Communications & Networking
1 9 (75.00%) 5G
1 9 (75.00%) Radio Access Network
2 5 (41.67%) VoLTE
3 4 (33.33%) 3G
3 4 (33.33%) 4G
3 4 (33.33%) Diameter Protocol
3 4 (33.33%) DNS
3 4 (33.33%) GGSN
3 4 (33.33%) RANAP
3 4 (33.33%) SGSN
3 4 (33.33%) Wireshark
4 1 (8.33%) ADSL
4 1 (8.33%) DSL
4 1 (8.33%) GSM
4 1 (8.33%) LAN
4 1 (8.33%) WAN
General
1 11 (91.67%) Telecoms
2 5 (41.67%) Multimedia
2 5 (41.67%) Social Skills
3 4 (33.33%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (41.67%) Build Manager
1 5 (41.67%) Telecoms Manager
2 1 (8.33%) Architect
2 1 (8.33%) Core Network Designer
2 1 (8.33%) Design Engineer
2 1 (8.33%) Designer
2 1 (8.33%) Integration Architect
2 1 (8.33%) Network Designer
2 1 (8.33%) Real Time Engineer
2 1 (8.33%) Systems Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (8.33%) Fibre Optics
1 1 (8.33%) IoT
1 1 (8.33%) NB-IoT
1 1 (8.33%) Operational Technology
1 1 (8.33%) SCADA
1 1 (8.33%) Smart Meter
1 1 (8.33%) TM Forum
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (33.33%) Computer Science
1 4 (33.33%) Customer Experience
1 4 (33.33%) Network Architecture
1 4 (33.33%) Performance Improvement
1 4 (33.33%) Statistics
2 1 (8.33%) Analytics
2 1 (8.33%) Data Analytics
2 1 (8.33%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (8.33%) Project Delivery
2 1 (8.33%) Storytelling
2 1 (8.33%) Strategic Thinking
2 1 (8.33%) TOGAF
Qualifications
1 5 (41.67%) Degree
2 4 (33.33%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (8.33%) HND
Vendors
1 4 (33.33%) Empirix
1 4 (33.33%) NetScout