NGN Contract Job Trends in Berkshire

Next Generation Network (NGN)
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Berkshire requiring NGN skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 114 102 125
Rank change year-on-year -12 +23 +2
Contract jobs citing NGN 1 1 2
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 0.068% 0.066% 0.12%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.41% 0.33% 0.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
South East median daily rate - - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £24.33
25th Percentile £19.00 - £24.44
Median hourly rate £20.00 - £24.75
75th Percentile £21.00 - £24.94
90th Percentile - - £24.98
South East median hourly rate £20.00 - £24.75
% change year-on-year - - +3.13%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Berkshire

NGN 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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 244 299 452
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 16.49% 19.68% 26.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 160 131 270
10th Percentile £255 £233 £200
25th Percentile £325 £353 £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £427 £475 £419
Median % change year-on-year -10.11% +13.43% -11.84%
75th Percentile £537 £603 £575
90th Percentile £618 £650 £650
South East median daily rate £475 £500 £450
% change year-on-year -5.00% +11.11% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 2 12
10th Percentile £17.63 £22.28 £24.41
25th Percentile £28.00 £27.94 £55.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £38.25 £71.07
Median % change year-on-year +69.93% -46.18% +202.40%
75th Percentile £84.50 £48.94 £77.85
90th Percentile £89.88 £54.83 £85.36
South East median hourly rate £70.16 £61.50 £60.00
% change year-on-year +14.08% +2.50% +33.33%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing NGN relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

NGN job vacancy trend in Berkshire

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Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing NGN.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing NGN

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Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing NGN.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing NGN

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Berkshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) 5G
1 1 (100.00%) DWDM
1 1 (100.00%) MPLS
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
1 1 (100.00%) Radio Access Network
1 1 (100.00%) SDH
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
General
1 1 (100.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Network Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Transmission Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Capacity Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Change Control
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Integration Acceptance Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Low Latency
1 1 (100.00%) Network Management
1 1 (100.00%) Network Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Process Management
1 1 (100.00%) Service Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Spectrum Management
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) BC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (100.00%) MCP
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) SLA
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Amdocs OSS
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Ciena
1 1 (100.00%) Cramer
1 1 (100.00%) Nokia