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 7 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 84 109 140
Rank change year-on-year +25 +31 -31
Contract jobs citing 5G 26 5 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East of England 1.38% 0.25% 0.27%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 9.29% 1.41% 1.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 1 6
10th Percentile £350 - £378
25th Percentile £420 - £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £300 £459
Median % change year-on-year +50.00% -34.64% +14.75%
75th Percentile £488 - £511
90th Percentile £528 - £525
England median daily rate £475 £430 £450
% change year-on-year +10.47% -4.44% +11.87%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £57.00 -
England median hourly rate £46.63 £67.50 £63.00
% change year-on-year -30.93% +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 280 354 464
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 14.90% 17.79% 18.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 133 198 270
10th Percentile £194 £210 £193
25th Percentile £255 £328 £308
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £475 £425
Median % change year-on-year -15.79% +11.76% +21.43%
75th Percentile £538 £636 £500
90th Percentile £585 £700 £601
England median daily rate £495 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -5.71% +5.00% +14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 102 42 51
10th Percentile £14.16 - £13.25
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 £21.63
90th Percentile - £74.43 £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 7 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 7 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 +15 14 £430 +43.33% 1
Suffolk - 9 £475 -
Cambridgeshire - 3 £575 - 17
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England

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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%) Firewall
2 9 (34.62%) Network Security
2 9 (34.62%) Radio Access Network
2 9 (34.62%) VPN
3 6 (23.08%) Wireless
4 5 (19.23%) NAS
5 4 (15.38%) Wireshark
6 2 (7.69%) 5G NR
6 2 (7.69%) Software-Defined Radio
7 1 (3.85%) 3GPP
7 1 (3.85%) Bluetooth
7 1 (3.85%) GSM
7 1 (3.85%) LTE
7 1 (3.85%) TETRA
7 1 (3.85%) UMTS
7 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%) Social Skills
2 8 (30.77%) Telecoms
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 5 (19.23%) Core Network Specialist
3 5 (19.23%) Mobile Specialist
3 5 (19.23%) Network Design Specialist
3 5 (19.23%) Network Specialist
4 4 (15.38%) Design Engineer
4 4 (15.38%) IP Design Engineer
4 4 (15.38%) IP Engineer
4 4 (15.38%) IP Network Engineer
4 4 (15.38%) Network Design Engineer
4 4 (15.38%) Network Engineer
5 3 (11.54%) Consultant
5 3 (11.54%) Infrastructure Consultant
5 3 (11.54%) Network Infrastructure Consultant
6 2 (7.69%) 4G Project Manager
6 2 (7.69%) Project Manager
6 2 (7.69%) Wireless Product Manager
7 1 (3.85%) Telecoms Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (3.85%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 5 (19.23%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (34.62%) Load Balancing
1 9 (34.62%) Network Design
1 9 (34.62%) Network Virtualisation
2 3 (11.54%) Agile
2 3 (11.54%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 3 (11.54%) Software Engineering
3 1 (3.85%) Acceptance Criteria
3 1 (3.85%) Requirements Gathering
3 1 (3.85%) Scrum
3 1 (3.85%) Use Case
3 1 (3.85%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 11 (42.31%) C++
2 9 (34.62%) Python
3 6 (23.08%) C
Qualifications
1 9 (34.62%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 9 (34.62%) Cisco
1 9 (34.62%) Juniper
2 4 (15.38%) Klocwork
2 4 (15.38%) Perforce