3G Contracts in England

3G
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring 3G skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited 3G 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 457 495 586
Rank change year-on-year +38 +91 +42
Contract jobs citing 3G 28 47 67
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.11% 0.13% 0.13%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.88% 0.94% 1.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 25 44
10th Percentile £193 £327 £292
25th Percentile £213 £375 £357
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £490 £400
Median % change year-on-year -15.82% +22.50% -7.19%
75th Percentile £476 £788 £536
90th Percentile £625 - £841
UK median daily rate £450 £490 £400
% change year-on-year -8.16% +22.50% -6.54%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 2
10th Percentile - - £53.63
25th Percentile - £24.25 £57.02
Median hourly rate - £24.50 £65.16
Median % change year-on-year - -62.40% +440.71%
75th Percentile - £24.75 £71.81
90th Percentile - - £74.32
UK median hourly rate £27.00 £24.50 £65.16
% change year-on-year +10.20% -62.40% +440.71%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
England

3G 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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 3,178 5,012 6,158
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 13.05% 13.48% 12.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,963 3,022 4,045
10th Percentile £220 £206 £231
25th Percentile £363 £350 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £490 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.04% -6.67% +5.00%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £650
90th Percentile £675 £700 £738
UK median daily rate £488 £495 £519
% change year-on-year -1.52% -4.53% +3.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 127 399 439
10th Percentile £13.81 £13.50 £9.80
25th Percentile £15.22 £17.35 £10.63
Median hourly rate £28.00 £40.00 £18.82
Median % change year-on-year -30.00% +112.54% -21.29%
75th Percentile £63.50 £63.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £81.01 £70.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £40.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year -27.50% +110.53% -32.74%

3G
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing 3G as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for 3G in England

3G
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for 3G in England

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Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing 3G in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for 3G in England

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing 3G in England.

Hourly rate trend for 3G in England

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Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing 3G within the England 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
South East +38 20 £220 -47.46% 7
North of England +23 7 £205 -43.84% 1
North West +21 7 £205 -43.84%
London +35 5 £400 -18.37% 5
East Midlands - 1 £650 - 2
Midlands - 1 £650 - 2
3G
UK

3G
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (10.71%) OpenStack
Applications
1 5 (17.86%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (7.14%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (7.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 5 (17.86%) OpenShift
2 1 (3.57%) Azure
2 1 (3.57%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (3.57%) Cloud Computing
2 1 (3.57%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 28 (100.00%) 4G
2 26 (92.86%) 5G
3 18 (64.29%) 2G
4 13 (46.43%) LTE
4 13 (46.43%) Radio Access Network
5 5 (17.86%) 3GPP
5 5 (17.86%) Network Security
6 4 (14.29%) Diameter Protocol
6 4 (14.29%) Ethernet
6 4 (14.29%) MPLS
7 3 (10.71%) 5G NR
7 3 (10.71%) VoLTE
8 2 (7.14%) DNS
8 2 (7.14%) GGSN
8 2 (7.14%) HTTP
8 2 (7.14%) MVNO
8 2 (7.14%) RANAP
8 2 (7.14%) VLAN
8 2 (7.14%) VXLAN
8 2 (7.14%) Wireshark
General
1 20 (71.43%) Telecoms
2 9 (32.14%) Social Skills
3 3 (10.71%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (10.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 3 (10.71%) Multimedia
4 2 (7.14%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (3.57%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 5 (17.86%) Designer
2 4 (14.29%) Architect
2 4 (14.29%) Technical Design Authority
3 3 (10.71%) Design Engineer
3 3 (10.71%) IP Designer
4 2 (7.14%) Ericsson Engineer
4 2 (7.14%) Ericsson Field Engineer
4 2 (7.14%) Field Engineer
4 2 (7.14%) Field Test Engineer
4 2 (7.14%) Lead
4 2 (7.14%) Network Architect
4 2 (7.14%) Senior
4 2 (7.14%) Senior Design Engineer
4 2 (7.14%) Technical Architect
4 2 (7.14%) Technical Design Architect
4 2 (7.14%) Test Engineer
5 1 (3.57%) Network Engineer
5 1 (3.57%) Network Service Designer
5 1 (3.57%) Service Designer
5 1 (3.57%) Solutions Architect
Miscellaneous
1 7 (25.00%) IoT
1 7 (25.00%) Smartphone
2 4 (14.29%) Onboarding
3 3 (10.71%) Data Centre
3 3 (10.71%) Driving Licence
4 1 (3.57%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (3.57%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 7 (25.00%) Android
1 7 (25.00%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (35.71%) Network Architecture
2 6 (21.43%) Project Management
3 4 (14.29%) Customer Service
3 4 (14.29%) Data Security
3 4 (14.29%) Mobile Device Management
3 4 (14.29%) Network Design
3 4 (14.29%) Roadmaps
3 4 (14.29%) Time Management
3 4 (14.29%) Validation
4 3 (10.71%) Computer Science
4 3 (10.71%) Design Patterns
4 3 (10.71%) Network Management
4 3 (10.71%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (7.14%) Agile
5 2 (7.14%) Benchmarking
5 2 (7.14%) Decision-Making
5 2 (7.14%) Project Delivery
5 2 (7.14%) Statistics
5 2 (7.14%) Strategic Roadmap
5 2 (7.14%) Technology Roadmap
Qualifications
1 7 (25.00%) Degree
2 2 (7.14%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (3.57%) ISEB
3 1 (3.57%) ISTQB
3 1 (3.57%) SC Cleared
3 1 (3.57%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (3.57%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (3.57%) VMware NSX
1 1 (3.57%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 5 (17.86%) Kubernetes
2 2 (7.14%) NSN NetAct
Vendors
1 6 (21.43%) VMware
2 5 (17.86%) Ericsson
2 5 (17.86%) Microsoft
3 4 (14.29%) Nokia
3 4 (14.29%) ServiceNow
4 2 (7.14%) Cisco
4 2 (7.14%) Empirix
4 2 (7.14%) Mavenir
4 2 (7.14%) NetScout
5 1 (3.57%) Arista
5 1 (3.57%) Dell
5 1 (3.57%) Huawei
5 1 (3.57%) Juniper
5 1 (3.57%) Red Hat