UMTS Contracts in Berkshire

Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS)
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Berkshire requiring UMTS skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited UMTS over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 77 - 114
Rank change year-on-year - - +9
Contract jobs citing UMTS 16 0 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire 1.36% - 0.055%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 7.66% - 0.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 0 1
10th Percentile £390 - -
25th Percentile - - £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 - £350
Median % change year-on-year - - -17.65%
75th Percentile - - £375
90th Percentile - - -
South East median daily rate £450 - £250
% change year-on-year - - -41.18%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Berkshire

UMTS 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 209 492 342
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 17.82% 24.80% 18.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 101 217 184
10th Percentile £270 £205 £313
25th Percentile £363 £310 £392
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £490 £488
Median % change year-on-year -8.16% +0.51% +4.48%
75th Percentile £538 £600 £588
90th Percentile £590 £619 £675
South East median daily rate £480 £490 £488
% change year-on-year -2.04% +0.51% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 25 14
10th Percentile £19.73 £40.70 £19.65
25th Percentile £21.58 £76.99 £25.13
Median hourly rate £24.66 £83.77 £66.00
Median % change year-on-year -70.56% +26.92% +288.24%
75th Percentile £58.58 £87.46 £80.25
90th Percentile £78.93 £87.53 £81.26
South East median hourly rate £54.94 £57.35 £53.00
% change year-on-year -4.21% +8.21% +146.51%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for UMTS in Berkshire

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing UMTS in Berkshire.

Daily rate trend for UMTS in Berkshire

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Daily Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing UMTS in Berkshire over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for UMTS in Berkshire

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing UMTS in Berkshire.

Hourly rate trend for UMTS in Berkshire

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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 UMTS within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Slough - 16 £450 -
UMTS
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:

Communications & Networking
1 16 (100.00%) ATM
1 16 (100.00%) Ethernet
1 16 (100.00%) Frame Relay
1 16 (100.00%) GPRS
1 16 (100.00%) GSM
1 16 (100.00%) LAN
1 16 (100.00%) LTE
1 16 (100.00%) MPLS
1 16 (100.00%) SAN
1 16 (100.00%) SDH
1 16 (100.00%) VPN
1 16 (100.00%) WAN
1 16 (100.00%) Wireshark
General
1 16 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 16 (100.00%) Telecoms
2 1 (6.25%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 15 (93.75%) IP Engineer
2 14 (87.50%) Test Engineer
3 5 (31.25%) IP Network Engineer
3 5 (31.25%) Network Engineer
4 2 (12.50%) Consultant
4 2 (12.50%) IP Consultant
4 2 (12.50%) IP Network Consultant
4 2 (12.50%) Network Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 16 (100.00%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 16 (100.00%) Linux
1 16 (100.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (100.00%) Fault Management
1 16 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 16 (100.00%) Project Management
1 16 (100.00%) Regression Testing
1 16 (100.00%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 16 (100.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 16 (100.00%) CCNP
1 16 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 16 (100.00%) ISEB
1 16 (100.00%) ISTQB
1 16 (100.00%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Vendors
1 16 (100.00%) Cisco
1 16 (100.00%) Juniper
1 16 (100.00%) Microsoft