5G NR (5G New Radio)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for 5G NR skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited 5G NR 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 588 711 -
Rank change year-on-year +123 - -
Contract jobs citing 5G NR 6 5 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.014% 0.008% -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.11% 0.068% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 0
10th Percentile - £303 -
25th Percentile £563 £306 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £325 -
Median % change year-on-year +76.92% - -
75th Percentile £588 £356 -
90th Percentile - £368 -
UK excluding London median daily rate £575 £325 -
% change year-on-year +76.92% - -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

5G NR 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 with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 5,610 7,363 9,692
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 12.95% 12.33% 10.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,363 4,791 6,355
10th Percentile £205 £235 £228
25th Percentile £350 £400 £384
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £518 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.41% +3.60% +11.11%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £606
90th Percentile £700 £725 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £475 £438
% change year-on-year - +8.57% +9.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 420 478 361
10th Percentile £13.50 £9.80 £14.88
25th Percentile £17.00 £10.63 £17.00
Median hourly rate £38.00 £19.00 £28.41
Median % change year-on-year +100.00% -33.12% +1.46%
75th Percentile £62.50 £60.00 £50.77
90th Percentile £67.75 £75.00 £66.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.88 £18.50 £21.50
% change year-on-year +148.00% -13.95% -13.13%

5G NR
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for 5G NR in the UK

5G NR
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for 5G NR in the UK

5G NR
Top 4 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing 5G NR within the UK 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
Work from Home +129 4 - - 2
England +114 2 £575 +76.92% 4
UK excluding London +64 2 £575 +76.92% 3
East of England +9 2 £575 +91.67% 1

5G NR
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 (66.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 4 (66.67%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 6 (100.00%) 5G
2 4 (66.67%) 3GPP
2 4 (66.67%) 4G
2 4 (66.67%) LTE
2 4 (66.67%) Radio Access Network
3 2 (33.33%) Software-Defined Radio
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (66.67%) Power BI
1 4 (66.67%) Tableau
General
1 4 (66.67%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) Design Engineer
1 4 (66.67%) Radio Design Engineer
1 4 (66.67%) Radio Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Analytics
1 4 (66.67%) Business Intelligence
1 4 (66.67%) Network Architecture
1 4 (66.67%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 2 (33.33%) C
1 2 (33.33%) C++
Vendors
1 4 (66.67%) Microsoft