GSM Contracts in the Thames Valley

Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM)
South East > Thames Valley

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley with a requirement for GSM skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited GSM 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 140 144 153
Rank change year-on-year +4 +9 -26
Contract jobs citing GSM 3 4 11
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.11% 0.14% 0.32%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.50% 0.84% 1.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 4 3
10th Percentile - £333 £363
25th Percentile - £344 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £431 £425
Median % change year-on-year - +1.47% -
75th Percentile - £519 £444
90th Percentile - - £448
South East median daily rate - £250 £425
% change year-on-year - -41.18% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £24.28 - -
25th Percentile £24.31 - -
Median hourly rate £24.75 - -
75th Percentile £25.31 - -
90th Percentile £25.43 - -
South East median hourly rate £24.75 - £32.50

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Thames Valley

GSM 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 Thames Valley with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 602 477 601
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 22.53% 16.24% 17.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 292 293 344
10th Percentile £205 £313 £200
25th Percentile £350 £400 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £488 £464
Median % change year-on-year +2.56% +4.99% +16.08%
75th Percentile £600 £570 £552
90th Percentile £650 £648 £645
South East median daily rate £488 £486 £450
% change year-on-year +0.26% +8.06% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 50 15 18
10th Percentile £17.79 £19.70 £12.19
25th Percentile £23.78 £25.75 £13.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £66.00 £17.00
Median % change year-on-year -1.52% +288.24% -47.29%
75th Percentile £85.65 £80.25 £23.75
90th Percentile £87.47 £81.22 £38.80
South East median hourly rate £57.35 £53.00 £21.50
% change year-on-year +8.21% +146.51% -34.85%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for GSM 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 GSM in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for GSM 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 GSM in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for GSM 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 GSM within the Thames Valley 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
Berkshire -4 3 - - 2
GSM
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:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (66.67%) DSL
1 2 (66.67%) WAN
2 1 (33.33%) 2G
2 1 (33.33%) 3G
2 1 (33.33%) ADSL
2 1 (33.33%) ATM
2 1 (33.33%) BGP
2 1 (33.33%) Cisco IOS
2 1 (33.33%) EIGRP
2 1 (33.33%) Ethernet
2 1 (33.33%) ICMP
2 1 (33.33%) Internet
2 1 (33.33%) LAN
2 1 (33.33%) LTE
2 1 (33.33%) MPLS
2 1 (33.33%) OSPF
2 1 (33.33%) PPP
2 1 (33.33%) RIP
2 1 (33.33%) VPN
2 1 (33.33%) Wireless
General
1 2 (66.67%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Cisco Engineer
1 2 (66.67%) Cisco Network Engineer
1 2 (66.67%) Mobile Engineer
1 2 (66.67%) Network Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Design Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Real Time Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Systems Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Fibre Optics
1 1 (33.33%) Operational Technology
1 1 (33.33%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Migration
1 1 (33.33%) Process Management
1 1 (33.33%) Project Delivery
1 1 (33.33%) User Acceptance Testing
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) BC Cleared
1 1 (33.33%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Cisco
1 2 (66.67%) Nokia
2 1 (33.33%) ADVA
2 1 (33.33%) Juniper
2 1 (33.33%) Nokia Networks
2 1 (33.33%) Tellabs