Nokia Contract Job Trends in Berkshire

Nokia
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Berkshire requiring knowledge or experience of Nokia products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Nokia over the 6 months leading up to 8 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are not representative of contractor rates within the Nokia Corporation.

6 months to
8 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 110 90 108
Rank change year-on-year -20 +18 -21
Contract jobs citing Nokia 15 5 7
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 0.77% 0.42% 0.40%
As % of the Vendors category 1.54% 0.73% 0.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 4 3
10th Percentile - £363 £498
25th Percentile £400 £364 £541
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £420 £390 £625
Median % change year-on-year +7.83% -37.68% +47.93%
75th Percentile £450 £413 £638
90th Percentile £485 £435 -
South East median daily rate £420 £390 £508
% change year-on-year +7.83% -23.25% +19.76%

All Vendors
Berkshire

Nokia falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services in Berkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 973 687 908
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 49.80% 57.35% 52.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 576 423 497
10th Percentile £310 £350 £281
25th Percentile £425 £435 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -8.70% +9.52%
75th Percentile £619 £600 £650
90th Percentile £713 £688 £738
South East median daily rate £515 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +3.00% -4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 93 25 42
10th Percentile £25.33 £14.48 £14.50
25th Percentile £54.00 £14.75 £18.91
Median hourly rate £85.00 £19.91 £58.40
Median % change year-on-year +326.92% -65.90% +4.17%
75th Percentile £88.00 £32.31 £61.60
90th Percentile £110.20 £51.10 £68.48
South East median hourly rate £55.00 £19.00 £57.35
% change year-on-year +189.47% -66.87% +27.44%

Nokia
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

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

Nokia job vacancy trend in Berkshire

Nokia
Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Nokia

Nokia
Daily Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Nokia in Berkshire over the 6 months to 8 August 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Nokia in Berkshire

Nokia
Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Nokia

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Contract 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 Nokia within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 8 August 2026. 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
Reading -14 11 £450 -
Nokia
South East

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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:

Application Platforms
1 6 (40.00%) OpenStack
Communications & Networking
1 10 (66.67%) 5G
2 9 (60.00%) Radio Access Network
3 8 (53.33%) Diameter Protocol
4 6 (40.00%) LTE
4 6 (40.00%) VoLTE
4 6 (40.00%) VoWiFi
4 6 (40.00%) Wireshark
5 4 (26.67%) 2G
6 2 (13.33%) 3G
6 2 (13.33%) 4G
6 2 (13.33%) Cisco Nexus
6 2 (13.33%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
6 2 (13.33%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
6 2 (13.33%) Firewall
6 2 (13.33%) Network Security
6 2 (13.33%) VLAN
7 1 (6.67%) MPLS
7 1 (6.67%) NX-OS
7 1 (6.67%) SIGTRAN
7 1 (6.67%) SS7
General
1 6 (40.00%) Telecoms
2 3 (20.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (6.67%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (6.67%) Finance
3 1 (6.67%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (20.00%) Network Engineer
2 2 (13.33%) Designer
2 2 (13.33%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
2 2 (13.33%) Technical Manager
3 1 (6.67%) Applications Engineer
3 1 (6.67%) Lead
3 1 (6.67%) Mobile Designer
3 1 (6.67%) OSS Engineer
3 1 (6.67%) OSS Systems Engineer
3 1 (6.67%) Systems Engineer
3 1 (6.67%) Telecoms Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (6.67%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (13.33%) Data Centre
1 2 (13.33%) Legacy Systems
1 2 (13.33%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 7 (46.67%) Linux
2 6 (40.00%) Unix
3 1 (6.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (46.67%) High Availability
2 6 (40.00%) Service Delivery
3 4 (26.67%) Technical Leadership
4 3 (20.00%) Migration
4 3 (20.00%) Project Delivery
5 2 (13.33%) Capacity Planning
5 2 (13.33%) Data Management
5 2 (13.33%) Load Balancing
5 2 (13.33%) Network Design
5 2 (13.33%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (13.33%) Project Planning
5 2 (13.33%) Risk Management
6 1 (6.67%) Escalation Management
6 1 (6.67%) Inventory Management
6 1 (6.67%) Operational Stability
6 1 (6.67%) Release Management
6 1 (6.67%) Risk Analysis
6 1 (6.67%) Roadmaps
6 1 (6.67%) Service Design
6 1 (6.67%) Service Migration
Programming Languages
1 8 (53.33%) Python
2 1 (6.67%) Java
2 1 (6.67%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 3 (20.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (20.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (6.67%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (6.67%) CCNA
2 1 (6.67%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (6.67%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (40.00%) SLA
2 1 (6.67%) Data Quality
Systems Management
1 6 (40.00%) Kubernetes
2 2 (13.33%) Avamar
2 2 (13.33%) FortiGate
2 2 (13.33%) NSN NetAct
3 1 (6.67%) Amdocs OSS
Vendors
1 8 (53.33%) Ericsson
2 7 (46.67%) BT
3 6 (40.00%) Huawei
4 4 (26.67%) Cisco
5 2 (13.33%) Cramer
5 2 (13.33%) F5
5 2 (13.33%) Juniper
5 2 (13.33%) VMware
6 1 (6.67%) NetCracker