5G Contracts in Bristol

5G
South West > Bristol

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Bristol requiring 5G skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited 5G 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 35 71 92
Rank change year-on-year +36 +21 -3
Contract jobs citing 5G 20 3 9
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Bristol 3.72% 0.28% 0.72%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 22.73% 1.97% 4.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 0 6
10th Percentile £335 - -
25th Percentile £393 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 - £400
Median % change year-on-year - - -24.53%
75th Percentile £466 - -
90th Percentile £560 - -
South West median daily rate £425 £600 £400
% change year-on-year -29.17% +50.00% -24.53%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Bristol

5G 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 88 152 213
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 16.39% 14.38% 16.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 41 76 97
10th Percentile £235 £230 £200
25th Percentile £250 £355 £320
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £382 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year -23.60% +11.11% -
75th Percentile £538 £640 £600
90th Percentile £588 £688 £680
South West median daily rate £548 £538 £500
% change year-on-year +1.95% +7.50% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 16 87
10th Percentile £68.00 £12.57 -
25th Percentile £72.50 £38.26 -
Median hourly rate £75.00 £65.00 £9.80
Median % change year-on-year +15.38% +563.27% -44.00%
75th Percentile - £85.00 -
90th Percentile - £87.50 £65.00
South West median hourly rate £75.00 £40.00 £9.80
% change year-on-year +87.50% +308.16% -80.62%

5G
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

Job postings citing 5G as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Bristol.

Job vacancy trend for 5G in Bristol

5G
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Bristol

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing 5G in Bristol.

Daily rate trend for 5G in Bristol

5G
Daily Rate Histogram in Bristol

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing 5G in Bristol over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for 5G in Bristol

5G
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bristol 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (10.00%) PaaS
1 2 (10.00%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 13 (65.00%) 4G
2 10 (50.00%) Radio Access Network
3 9 (45.00%) 2G
4 6 (30.00%) Wireshark
5 3 (15.00%) LTE
5 3 (15.00%) PBX
5 3 (15.00%) VoIP
6 2 (10.00%) Firewall
6 2 (10.00%) Unified Communications
General
1 11 (55.00%) Telecoms
2 4 (20.00%) Billing
2 4 (20.00%) Social Skills
3 2 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (5.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 7 (35.00%) Network Design Specialist
1 7 (35.00%) Network Specialist
2 6 (30.00%) Project Manager
3 4 (20.00%) OSS Project Manager
3 4 (20.00%) Telecoms Manager
3 4 (20.00%) Telecoms Project Manager
4 2 (10.00%) Core Network Project Manager
4 2 (10.00%) Designer
4 2 (10.00%) Mobile Project Manager
4 2 (10.00%) Network Manager
4 2 (10.00%) Network Project Manager
5 1 (5.00%) Contracts Manager
5 1 (5.00%) Security Manager
Miscellaneous
1 4 (20.00%) Cloud Native
2 2 (10.00%) Replication
2 2 (10.00%) Video Conferencing
3 1 (5.00%) Blackberry
3 1 (5.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (45.00%) Network Design
2 8 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (25.00%) Agile
3 5 (25.00%) Risk Management
4 4 (20.00%) CRM
4 4 (20.00%) Fault Management
4 4 (20.00%) Network Management
4 4 (20.00%) PRINCE2
4 4 (20.00%) Project Management
4 4 (20.00%) Scrum
4 4 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 4 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 4 (20.00%) Waterfall
5 3 (15.00%) Commercial Awareness
5 3 (15.00%) Customer Experience
5 3 (15.00%) Matrix Organization
5 3 (15.00%) Migration
5 3 (15.00%) Validation
6 2 (10.00%) Decision-Making
6 2 (10.00%) Impact Assessments
Qualifications
1 8 (40.00%) Security Cleared
2 5 (25.00%) BPSS Clearance
3 4 (20.00%) PMI Certification
3 4 (20.00%) PMP
3 4 (20.00%) SC Cleared
4 3 (15.00%) DV Cleared
5 1 (5.00%) CCNP
5 1 (5.00%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (5.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (15.00%) QA
2 1 (5.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 1 (5.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (20.00%) Amdocs OSS
Vendors
1 17 (85.00%) Ericsson
2 16 (80.00%) Nokia
3 4 (20.00%) Amdocs
3 4 (20.00%) Ciena
3 4 (20.00%) NetCracker
4 3 (15.00%) Cisco
4 3 (15.00%) F5
4 3 (15.00%) Juniper
4 3 (15.00%) Palo Alto
5 1 (5.00%) Avaya
5 1 (5.00%) Ribbon
5 1 (5.00%) VMware