3G Contracts in the Thames Valley

3G
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley requiring 3G skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited 3G over the 6 months leading up to 14 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 111 122 112
Rank change year-on-year +11 -10 -25
Contract jobs citing 3G 26 25 61
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.97% 0.87% 1.71%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 4.91% 4.92% 9.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 11 19
10th Percentile £391 £280 £370
25th Percentile £422 £315 £391
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £460 £378 £425
Median % change year-on-year +21.69% -11.06% -
75th Percentile £495 £450 £450
90th Percentile £519 £519 £504
South East median daily rate £460 £378 £425
% change year-on-year +21.69% -11.06% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
10th Percentile - - £11.50
25th Percentile - - £11.71
Median hourly rate - - £12.05
75th Percentile - - £12.90
90th Percentile - - £13.41
South East median hourly rate - - £12.05
% change year-on-year - - -71.65%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Thames Valley

3G falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills in the Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 530 508 660
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 19.76% 17.66% 18.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 241 300 373
10th Percentile £206 £267 £231
25th Percentile £363 £400 £395
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year +2.50% +5.26% +18.75%
75th Percentile £608 £600 £550
90th Percentile £638 £688 £650
South East median daily rate £500 £481 £450
% change year-on-year +4.05% +6.79% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 45 20 21
10th Percentile £16.73 £18.05 £12.25
25th Percentile £22.58 £19.25 £13.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £69.42 £17.00
Median % change year-on-year -6.36% +308.34% -47.69%
75th Percentile £85.65 £80.25 £20.00
90th Percentile £87.50 £81.04 £25.00
South East median hourly rate £57.35 £60.00 £22.10
% change year-on-year -4.42% +171.49% -48.00%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing 3G as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for 3G in the Thames Valley

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing 3G in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for 3G in the Thames Valley

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Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing 3G in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 14 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for 3G in the Thames Valley

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing 3G in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for 3G in the Thames Valley

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Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing 3G within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 14 June 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
Berkshire -8 26 £460 +21.69% 2
3G
South East

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 (15.38%) OpenStack
Applications
1 6 (23.08%) Microsoft Excel
1 6 (23.08%) Microsoft Office
1 6 (23.08%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Communications & Networking
1 26 (100.00%) 4G
2 22 (84.62%) 5G
3 14 (53.85%) Radio Access Network
4 11 (42.31%) 2G
5 9 (34.62%) Wireshark
6 7 (26.92%) DNS
6 7 (26.92%) VoLTE
7 6 (23.08%) Diameter Protocol
7 6 (23.08%) GGSN
7 6 (23.08%) LTE
7 6 (23.08%) RANAP
7 6 (23.08%) SGSN
8 4 (15.38%) ATM
8 4 (15.38%) Ethernet
8 4 (15.38%) GPRS
8 4 (15.38%) SDH
9 3 (11.54%) GSM
9 3 (11.54%) MVNO
9 3 (11.54%) SCCP
9 3 (11.54%) SS7
General
1 12 (46.15%) Telecoms
2 7 (26.92%) Social Skills
3 6 (23.08%) Multimedia
3 6 (23.08%) Presentation Skills
4 3 (11.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (3.85%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 7 (26.92%) Consultant
2 5 (19.23%) Performance Consultant
2 5 (19.23%) Performance Specialist
2 5 (19.23%) Senior
2 5 (19.23%) Senior Consultant
2 5 (19.23%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
2 5 (19.23%) Senior Performance Consultant
3 3 (11.54%) Designer
3 3 (11.54%) Transmission Planner
4 1 (3.85%) Data Engineer
4 1 (3.85%) Governance Manager
4 1 (3.85%) Mobile Engineer
4 1 (3.85%) Planning Manager
4 1 (3.85%) Product Owner
4 1 (3.85%) Telecoms Consultant
4 1 (3.85%) Telecoms Designer
4 1 (3.85%) Telecoms Planner
4 1 (3.85%) Transmission Engineer
4 1 (3.85%) Transmission Planning Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (3.85%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (42.31%) Customer Experience
2 10 (38.46%) Capacity Planning
2 10 (38.46%) Performance Management
3 8 (30.77%) Roadmaps
4 7 (26.92%) Problem-Solving
5 6 (23.08%) Computer Science
5 6 (23.08%) Decision-Making
5 6 (23.08%) Network Architecture
5 6 (23.08%) Performance Improvement
5 6 (23.08%) Statistics
5 6 (23.08%) Technical Leadership
6 5 (19.23%) Conflict Resolution
6 5 (19.23%) Project Delivery
7 4 (15.38%) Break/Fix
7 4 (15.38%) Performance Analysis
8 3 (11.54%) Impact Assessments
8 3 (11.54%) Performance Monitoring
9 2 (7.69%) Agile
9 2 (7.69%) B2B
9 2 (7.69%) Change Control
Qualifications
1 6 (23.08%) Computer Science Degree
1 6 (23.08%) Degree
2 1 (3.85%) CSPO
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.85%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (11.54%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (3.85%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 1 (3.85%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 9 (34.62%) Empirix
1 9 (34.62%) NetScout
2 3 (11.54%) Ericsson
2 3 (11.54%) VMware
3 2 (7.69%) Microsoft