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 28 December 2025, 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
28 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 108 81 110
Rank change year-on-year -27 +29 0
Contract jobs citing Nokia 5 20 12
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 0.34% 1.38% 0.70%
As % of the Vendors category 0.54% 2.87% 1.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 7 9
10th Percentile - £454 £328
25th Percentile - £472 £365
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £380
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +31.58% -7.88%
75th Percentile - £593 £395
90th Percentile - £671 £405
South East median daily rate £550 £504 £380
% change year-on-year +9.18% +32.57% -6.46%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 3
10th Percentile - - £24.30
25th Percentile £19.00 - £24.38
Median hourly rate £20.00 - £25.00
75th Percentile £21.00 - £25.25
90th Percentile - - £25.40
South East median hourly rate £20.00 - £30.00
% change year-on-year - - +25.00%

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 922 698 923
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 61.88% 48.01% 54.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 652 440 572
10th Percentile £293 £313 £205
25th Percentile £416 £431 £365
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £558 £500
Median % change year-on-year -10.35% +11.55% -6.10%
75th Percentile £600 £650 £620
90th Percentile £662 £688 £688
South East median daily rate £500 £513 £510
% change year-on-year -2.44% +0.59% +1.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 43 11 39
10th Percentile £14.55 £26.25 £24.90
25th Percentile £17.79 £35.75 £54.78
Median hourly rate £22.00 £56.75 £61.79
Median % change year-on-year -61.23% -8.16% +21.16%
75th Percentile £81.00 £64.09 £67.09
90th Percentile £95.00 £65.62 £75.42
South East median hourly rate £22.00 £47.50 £55.53
% change year-on-year -53.68% -14.46% +112.64%

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
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

Nokia
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 28 December 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Reading -7 3 - -
Nokia
South East

Nokia
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 4 (80.00%) DWDM
2 3 (60.00%) SDH
3 1 (20.00%) 5G
3 1 (20.00%) Ethernet
3 1 (20.00%) LAN
3 1 (20.00%) MPLS
3 1 (20.00%) Network Security
3 1 (20.00%) NGN
3 1 (20.00%) Radio Access Network
3 1 (20.00%) WAN
Development Applications
1 2 (40.00%) Rational DOORS
General
1 5 (100.00%) Telecoms
2 2 (40.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Architect
1 2 (40.00%) Network Engineer
1 2 (40.00%) Solutions Architect
1 2 (40.00%) Telecoms Architect
2 1 (20.00%) Design Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Designer
2 1 (20.00%) Fibre Designer
2 1 (20.00%) IP Design Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) IP Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) IP Network Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Network Design Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Network Designer
2 1 (20.00%) Transmission Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Data Centre
2 1 (20.00%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (20.00%) Fibre Optics
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) ArchiMate
1 2 (40.00%) Architecture Governance
1 2 (40.00%) Boundary Protection
1 2 (40.00%) BPMN
1 2 (40.00%) Customer Requirements
1 2 (40.00%) Decision-Making
1 2 (40.00%) Enterprise Architecture
1 2 (40.00%) ITIL
1 2 (40.00%) Roadmaps
1 2 (40.00%) Strategic Roadmap
1 2 (40.00%) TOGAF
2 1 (20.00%) Capacity Planning
2 1 (20.00%) Change Control
2 1 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (20.00%) Impact Assessments
2 1 (20.00%) Low Latency
2 1 (20.00%) Network Management
2 1 (20.00%) PRINCE
2 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (20.00%) Spectrum Management
Qualifications
1 4 (80.00%) SC Cleared
1 4 (80.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (20.00%) BC Cleared
2 1 (20.00%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (20.00%) DV Cleared
2 1 (20.00%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) SLA
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) Amdocs OSS
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) Cisco
1 3 (60.00%) Juniper
2 2 (40.00%) F5
2 2 (40.00%) IBM
2 2 (40.00%) Palo Alto
3 1 (20.00%) Ciena
3 1 (20.00%) Cramer