2G Contract Job Trends in Bristol

2G
South West > Bristol

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Bristol requiring 2G skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 67 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing 2G 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Bristol 0.27% - -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 3.28% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £417 - -
25th Percentile £426 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £448 - -
75th Percentile £464 - -
90th Percentile £471 - -
South West median daily rate £448 - -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Bristol

2G 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 Bristol.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 61 118 123
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 8.16% 13.30% 11.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 42 58 77
10th Percentile £235 £381 £230
25th Percentile £311 £413 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £475 £575
Median % change year-on-year -10.53% -17.39% +21.05%
75th Percentile £506 £584 £650
90th Percentile £575 £675 £700
South West median daily rate £486 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -7.38% - +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 22 12
10th Percentile £22.51 £16.95 £65.00
25th Percentile £29.59 - £67.81
Median hourly rate £41.40 £65.00 £73.75
Median % change year-on-year -36.32% -11.86% +13.46%
75th Percentile £53.20 £75.00 £77.19
90th Percentile £60.28 £84.00 £85.63
South West median hourly rate £56.50 £65.00 £56.49
% change year-on-year -13.08% +15.06% -5.60%

2G
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing 2G relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol.

2G job vacancy trend in Bristol

2G
Daily Rate Trend in Bristol

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing 2G.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing 2G

2G
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bristol 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) AWS
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
1 1 (50.00%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) 5G
1 2 (100.00%) Radio Access Network
2 1 (50.00%) 4G
General
1 2 (100.00%) Telecoms
2 1 (50.00%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Design Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Network Design Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Network Design Specialist
1 1 (50.00%) Network Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Network Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) IoT
1 1 (50.00%) NB-IoT
1 1 (50.00%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Change Management
1 2 (100.00%) ETL
1 2 (100.00%) ITIL
1 2 (100.00%) Network Design
1 2 (100.00%) Release Management
1 2 (100.00%) Visualisation
2 1 (50.00%) Analytics
2 1 (50.00%) Change Control
2 1 (50.00%) Co-Creation
2 1 (50.00%) Customer Experience
2 1 (50.00%) Data Integration
2 1 (50.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) Python
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) GDPR
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) BMC
1 1 (50.00%) Remedy