Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS)
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term GNSS in contract job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited GNSS over the 6 months to 1 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 594 704 852
Rank change year-on-year +110 +148 -173
Contract jobs citing GNSS 4 8 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.009% 0.013% 0.001%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.030% 0.040% 0.003%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 5 0
10th Percentile £613 £551 -
25th Percentile £631 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £688 £590 -
Median % change year-on-year +16.53% - -
75th Percentile £744 £600 -
90th Percentile £763 - -
UK excluding London median daily rate £688 £590 -
% change year-on-year +16.53% - -

All Generic Skills
UK

GNSS is in the General and Transferable Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 13,220 19,810 29,289
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 30.39% 33.29% 33.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,485 13,626 20,449
10th Percentile £263 £308 £313
25th Percentile £413 £450 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £656 £680 £656
90th Percentile £788 £800 £763
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 910 637 726
10th Percentile £12.25 £9.80 £14.25
25th Percentile £15.17 £10.63 £17.00
Median hourly rate £30.00 £22.49 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +33.42% -18.24% +3.19%
75th Percentile £60.75 £64.50 £50.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £66.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.00 £22.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +27.27% +10.00% -16.67%

GNSS
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing GNSS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for GNSS in the UK

GNSS
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing GNSS.

Daily rate trend for GNSS in the UK

GNSS
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing GNSS over the 6 months to 1 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for GNSS in the UK

GNSS
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing GNSS.

Hourly rate trend for GNSS in the UK

GNSS
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 GNSS within the UK over the 6 months to 1 May 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
England +128 4 £688 +16.53% 10
UK excluding London +44 4 £688 +16.53% 11
South East +19 3 £688 - 2
East of England - 1 - - 3

GNSS
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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) 4G
1 1 (25.00%) LTE
1 1 (25.00%) Network Security
1 1 (25.00%) Wireless
General
1 1 (25.00%) Military
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) FPGA Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Design Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) FPGA Design Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Network Communications Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) RF Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) RF Test Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Test Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) FPGA
1 2 (50.00%) VHDL
2 1 (25.00%) Algorithms
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) FPGA Design
1 2 (50.00%) Open Source
1 2 (50.00%) Risk Management
1 2 (50.00%) Test Scripting
2 1 (25.00%) Agile
2 1 (25.00%) Artificial Intelligence
2 1 (25.00%) Machine Learning
2 1 (25.00%) Requirements Analysis
2 1 (25.00%) Root Cause Analysis
2 1 (25.00%) Systems Engineering
Programming Languages
1 2 (50.00%) C
1 2 (50.00%) C++
1 2 (50.00%) Embedded C
1 2 (50.00%) Embedded C++
1 2 (50.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (50.00%) DV Cleared
2 2 (50.00%) SC Cleared
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Xilinx