3G Contracts in Berkshire

3G
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Berkshire 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 28 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 93 75 89
Rank change year-on-year -18 +14 -12
DemandTrendContract jobs citing 3G 2 39 29
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire 0.17% 2.27% 1.65%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.05% 12.91% 7.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 12 15
10th Percentile - £333 £338
25th Percentile - £409 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £570 £485 £425
Median % change year-on-year +17.53% +14.12% +3.66%
75th Percentile - £570 £484
90th Percentile - £633 £560
South East median daily rate £220 £485 £425
% change year-on-year -54.64% +14.12% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £24.50
Median hourly rate - - £25.00
75th Percentile - - £25.50
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate - - £25.00
% change year-on-year - - +101.13%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Berkshire

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 Berkshire.

DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 191 302 394
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 16.23% 17.60% 22.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 116 123 213
10th Percentile £293 £267 £205
25th Percentile £363 £388 £330
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +11.11% -0.59%
75th Percentile £538 £608 £590
90th Percentile £600 £648 £651
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £460
% change year-on-year - +8.81% -0.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 13 16
10th Percentile - £56.25 £16.25
25th Percentile - £71.75 £24.50
Median hourly rate £55.00 £83.50 £73.17
Median % change year-on-year -34.13% +14.12% +232.58%
75th Percentile - £87.46 £75.67
90th Percentile - - £76.55
South East median hourly rate £54.94 £57.35 £58.91
% change year-on-year -4.21% -2.64% +30.90%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Job postings citing 3G as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

Job vacancy trend for 3G in Berkshire

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Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing 3G.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing 3G

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Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing 3G.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing 3G

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DemandTrendContract Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing 3G within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 28 August 2025. 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Reading -6 1 £570 +8.57% 2
3G
South East

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire 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 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) 2G
1 2 (100.00%) 4G
1 2 (100.00%) 5G
2 1 (50.00%) Radio Access Network
2 1 (50.00%) Wi-Fi
General
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Design Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Radio Design Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Radio Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Senior
1 1 (50.00%) Senior Design Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Benchmarking
1 1 (50.00%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) Python
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) NSN NetAct
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Ericsson
1 1 (50.00%) Huawei
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (50.00%) Nokia