5G Contracts in the East of England

5G
England > East of England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the East of England with a requirement for 5G skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited 5G over the 6 months to 11 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
11 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 81 115 135
Rank change year-on-year +34 +20 -31
Contract jobs citing 5G 26 5 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East of England 1.38% 0.25% 0.23%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 9.29% 1.36% 1.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 1 5
10th Percentile £350 - £364
25th Percentile £409 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £440 £300 £450
Median % change year-on-year +46.67% -33.33% +12.50%
75th Percentile £488 - £468
90th Percentile £538 - £502
England median daily rate £475 £450 £450
% change year-on-year +5.56% - +11.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £52.50 £53.50 -
Median hourly rate £55.00 £57.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -3.51% - -
75th Percentile £57.50 £60.50 -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £55.00 £67.50 £63.00
% change year-on-year -18.52% +7.14% +40.00%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
East of England

5G is in the Communications and Computer Networking category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the East of England with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 280 367 465
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 14.82% 18.38% 18.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 132 207 272
10th Percentile £198 £210 £193
25th Percentile £259 £344 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £410 £475 £425
Median % change year-on-year -13.68% +11.76% +21.43%
75th Percentile £538 £638 £520
90th Percentile £586 £700 £613
England median daily rate £498 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -5.24% +5.00% +14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 103 41 52
10th Percentile £14.16 - £13.41
25th Percentile £16.30 £15.25 £15.25
Median hourly rate £21.46 £52.50 £15.50
Median % change year-on-year -59.12% +238.71% -15.16%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £23.19
90th Percentile - £74.50 £52.50
England median hourly rate £40.00 £18.50 £23.91
% change year-on-year +116.22% -22.63% -4.36%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Job postings citing 5G as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

Job vacancy trend for 5G in the East of England

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing 5G in the East of England.

Daily rate trend for 5G in the East of England

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Daily Rate Histogram in the East of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing 5G in the East of England over the 6 months to 11 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for 5G in the East of England

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing 5G in the East of England.

Hourly rate trend for 5G in the East of England

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Contract Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing 5G within the East of England region over the 6 months to 11 May 2024. 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
Hertfordshire +18 14 £430 +43.33% 1
Suffolk - 8 £475 -
Cambridgeshire - 4 £575 - 19
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England

5G
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England 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 19 (73.08%) 4G
2 9 (34.62%) Radio Access Network
3 8 (30.77%) Firewall
3 8 (30.77%) Network Security
3 8 (30.77%) VPN
4 6 (23.08%) Wireless
5 5 (19.23%) NAS
6 4 (15.38%) Wireshark
7 2 (7.69%) 5G NR
7 2 (7.69%) Software-Defined Radio
8 1 (3.85%) 3GPP
8 1 (3.85%) Bluetooth
8 1 (3.85%) GSM
8 1 (3.85%) LTE
8 1 (3.85%) TETRA
8 1 (3.85%) UMTS
8 1 (3.85%) Wi-Fi
Development Applications
1 6 (23.08%) JIRA
2 4 (15.38%) gcov
2 4 (15.38%) GDB
2 4 (15.38%) Git
2 4 (15.38%) Gradle
2 4 (15.38%) Subversion
General
1 9 (34.62%) Telecoms
2 8 (30.77%) Social Skills
3 5 (19.23%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 9 (34.62%) C++ Developer
1 9 (34.62%) Developer
2 8 (30.77%) Python Developer
3 4 (15.38%) Core Network Specialist
3 4 (15.38%) Design Engineer
3 4 (15.38%) IP Design Engineer
3 4 (15.38%) IP Engineer
3 4 (15.38%) IP Network Engineer
3 4 (15.38%) Mobile Specialist
3 4 (15.38%) Network Design Engineer
3 4 (15.38%) Network Design Specialist
3 4 (15.38%) Network Engineer
3 4 (15.38%) Network Specialist
4 3 (11.54%) Consultant
4 3 (11.54%) Infrastructure Consultant
4 3 (11.54%) Network Infrastructure Consultant
5 2 (7.69%) 4G Project Manager
5 2 (7.69%) Project Manager
5 2 (7.69%) Wireless Product Manager
6 1 (3.85%) Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (3.85%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 5 (19.23%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (30.77%) Load Balancing
1 8 (30.77%) Network Design
1 8 (30.77%) Network Virtualisation
2 4 (15.38%) Software Engineering
3 3 (11.54%) Agile
3 3 (11.54%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 1 (3.85%) Acceptance Criteria
4 1 (3.85%) Open Source
4 1 (3.85%) Requirements Gathering
4 1 (3.85%) Scrum
4 1 (3.85%) Use Case
4 1 (3.85%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 11 (42.31%) C++
2 9 (34.62%) Python
3 7 (26.92%) C
4 1 (3.85%) Embedded C
Qualifications
1 8 (30.77%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 8 (30.77%) Cisco
1 8 (30.77%) Juniper
2 4 (15.38%) Klocwork
2 4 (15.38%) Perforce