Next Generation Network (NGN)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for NGN skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited NGN over the 6 months to 7 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 583 684 831
Rank change year-on-year +101 +147 -141
Contract jobs citing NGN 2 9 18
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.005% 0.015% 0.020%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.037% 0.13% 0.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 14
10th Percentile - £423 £350
25th Percentile £406 £456 £691
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £550 £713
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% -22.81% +72.73%
75th Percentile £419 £681 £872
90th Percentile - £738 £875
UK excluding London median daily rate - - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £24.25 - -
Median hourly rate £24.50 - -
75th Percentile £24.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £24.50 - -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

NGN 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 5,443 7,173 9,616
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 12.71% 12.35% 10.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,255 4,651 6,275
10th Percentile £205 £241 £230
25th Percentile £350 £400 £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £518 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.44% +3.60% +11.11%
75th Percentile £601 £638 £606
90th Percentile £700 £720 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £475 £440
% change year-on-year - +7.95% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 417 474 363
10th Percentile £13.50 £9.80 £14.95
25th Percentile £16.30 £10.63 £17.00
Median hourly rate £40.00 £18.88 £28.25
Median % change year-on-year +111.92% -33.19% +6.60%
75th Percentile £63.75 £60.00 £50.39
90th Percentile £68.21 £75.00 £65.91
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.88 £18.50 £21.50
% change year-on-year +148.00% -13.95% -9.71%

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Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for NGN in the UK

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for NGN in the UK

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for NGN in the UK

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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 NGN within the UK over the 6 months to 7 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
Work from Home +122 1 - - 3
England +96 1 - - 5
UK excluding London - 1 - - 2
South East - 1 - -

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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 2 (100.00%) GSM
1 2 (100.00%) MPLS
2 1 (50.00%) 2G
2 1 (50.00%) 3G
2 1 (50.00%) ATM
2 1 (50.00%) BGP
2 1 (50.00%) CDMA
2 1 (50.00%) DSL
2 1 (50.00%) DWDM
2 1 (50.00%) EIGRP
2 1 (50.00%) Ethernet
2 1 (50.00%) ICMP
2 1 (50.00%) Internet
2 1 (50.00%) OSPF
2 1 (50.00%) PPP
2 1 (50.00%) RIP
2 1 (50.00%) SDH
2 1 (50.00%) VPN
2 1 (50.00%) WAN
2 1 (50.00%) Wireless
General
1 2 (100.00%) Telecoms
2 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Architect
1 1 (50.00%) BSS Architect
1 1 (50.00%) Cisco Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Cisco Network Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Mobile Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Network Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) OSS Architect
1 1 (50.00%) Senior
1 1 (50.00%) Senior Architect
1 1 (50.00%) Telecoms Architect
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Migration
1 1 (50.00%) Process Management
1 1 (50.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) BC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) Amdocs OSS
1 1 (50.00%) Netcool
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) ADVA
1 1 (50.00%) Amdocs
1 1 (50.00%) Cisco
1 1 (50.00%) Cramer
1 1 (50.00%) HP
1 1 (50.00%) Juniper
1 1 (50.00%) Nokia
1 1 (50.00%) Nokia Networks
1 1 (50.00%) Tellabs