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 10 May 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
10 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 106 88 109
Rank change year-on-year -18 +21 -17
Contract jobs citing Nokia 12 3 6
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 0.65% 0.26% 0.31%
As % of the Vendors category 1.31% 0.49% 0.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 2 3
10th Percentile £400 £454 £225
25th Percentile £418 £488 £293
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £561 £405
Median % change year-on-year -19.82% +38.58% -1.82%
75th Percentile - £618 £415
90th Percentile £497 £643 £421
South East median daily rate £450 £610 £500
% change year-on-year -26.23% +22.00% +15.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £24.28
25th Percentile - - £24.31
Median hourly rate - - £24.75
75th Percentile - - £25.31
90th Percentile - - £25.43
South East median hourly rate - - £27.50

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 916 616 941
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 49.89% 52.92% 48.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 622 378 546
10th Percentile £306 £350 £213
25th Percentile £405 £450 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £513
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +7.32% -6.82%
75th Percentile £600 £637 £608
90th Percentile £675 £700 £688
South East median daily rate £510 £508 £500
% change year-on-year +0.49% +1.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 63 14 48
10th Percentile £30.43 £18.92 £15.55
25th Percentile £71.80 £25.75 £37.81
Median hourly rate £88.00 £42.78 £58.30
Median % change year-on-year +105.73% -26.63% -7.46%
75th Percentile - £65.62 £61.60
90th Percentile £99.50 £84.09 £63.80
South East median hourly rate £52.50 £24.83 £50.00
% change year-on-year +111.44% -50.34% +11.11%

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

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Daily Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Nokia in Berkshire over the 6 months to 10 May 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Nokia in Berkshire

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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 10 May 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 -12 10 £450 -19.82% 1
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 5 (41.67%) OpenStack
Communications & Networking
1 9 (75.00%) 5G
2 8 (66.67%) Radio Access Network
3 7 (58.33%) Diameter Protocol
4 5 (41.67%) LTE
4 5 (41.67%) VoLTE
4 5 (41.67%) VoWiFi
4 5 (41.67%) Wireshark
5 4 (33.33%) 2G
6 2 (16.67%) 3G
6 2 (16.67%) 4G
7 1 (8.33%) Cisco Nexus
7 1 (8.33%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
7 1 (8.33%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
7 1 (8.33%) Firewall
7 1 (8.33%) Network Security
7 1 (8.33%) SIGTRAN
7 1 (8.33%) SS7
7 1 (8.33%) VLAN
General
1 6 (50.00%) Telecoms
2 2 (16.67%) Social Skills
3 1 (8.33%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (16.67%) Designer
1 2 (16.67%) Network Engineer
1 2 (16.67%) Technical Manager
2 1 (8.33%) Design Engineer
2 1 (8.33%) IP Design Engineer
2 1 (8.33%) IP Engineer
2 1 (8.33%) IP Network Engineer
2 1 (8.33%) Lead
2 1 (8.33%) Mobile Designer
2 1 (8.33%) Network Design Engineer
2 1 (8.33%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (8.33%) Data Centre
1 1 (8.33%) Legacy Systems
1 1 (8.33%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 5 (41.67%) Linux
1 5 (41.67%) Unix
2 1 (8.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (41.67%) High Availability
1 5 (41.67%) Service Delivery
2 3 (25.00%) Project Delivery
2 3 (25.00%) Technical Leadership
3 2 (16.67%) Data Management
3 2 (16.67%) Migration
3 2 (16.67%) Network Design
3 2 (16.67%) Project Planning
3 2 (16.67%) Risk Management
4 1 (8.33%) Capacity Planning
4 1 (8.33%) Escalation Management
4 1 (8.33%) Load Balancing
4 1 (8.33%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (8.33%) Programme Management
4 1 (8.33%) Risk Analysis
4 1 (8.33%) Service Design
4 1 (8.33%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (8.33%) Test Automation
4 1 (8.33%) Test Strategy
4 1 (8.33%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 5 (41.67%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (16.67%) SC Cleared
1 2 (16.67%) Security Cleared
2 1 (8.33%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (41.67%) SLA
Systems Management
1 5 (41.67%) Kubernetes
2 2 (16.67%) NSN NetAct
3 1 (8.33%) Avamar
3 1 (8.33%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 7 (58.33%) Ericsson
2 6 (50.00%) BT
3 5 (41.67%) Huawei
4 1 (8.33%) Cisco
4 1 (8.33%) F5
4 1 (8.33%) Juniper
4 1 (8.33%) VMware