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 28 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 499 471 554
Rank change year-on-year -28 +83 +109
DemandTrendContract jobs citing 3G 12 56 59
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.044% 0.17% 0.14%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.36% 1.37% 1.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 22 31
10th Percentile £217 £327 £313
25th Percentile £265 £403 £390
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £433 £490 £450
Median % change year-on-year -11.73% +8.89% +8.76%
75th Percentile £495 £576 £487
90th Percentile £507 £638 £588
UK median daily rate £450 £490 £438
% change year-on-year -8.16% +12.00% +5.74%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 7
10th Percentile - - £40.62
25th Percentile - - £52.68
Median hourly rate - - £65.98
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - £69.98
UK median hourly rate £27.00 - £65.98
% change year-on-year - - +388.74%

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.

DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 3,377 4,078 5,598
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 12.26% 12.29% 12.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,090 2,451 3,646
10th Percentile £250 £243 £225
25th Percentile £373 £380 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 £505 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.57% +1.00% -0.30%
75th Percentile £600 £613 £625
90th Percentile £688 £688 £725
UK median daily rate £485 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -3.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 176 266 255
10th Percentile £14.45 £14.16 £16.27
25th Percentile £23.13 £21.37 £22.88
Median hourly rate £42.00 £54.94 £56.49
Median % change year-on-year -23.55% -2.75% +43.01%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £68.68
90th Percentile £82.18 £75.00 £75.86
UK median hourly rate £44.00 £50.00 £56.49
% change year-on-year -12.00% -11.49% +46.73%

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
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing 3G.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing 3G

3G
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing 3G in England over the 6 months to 28 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for 3G in England

3G
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing 3G.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing 3G

3G
DemandTrendContract 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 28 August 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +25 6 £465 -5.10%
South East -24 5 £220 -54.64% 1
North West -11 3 £220 -41.33% 2
North of England -26 3 £220 -41.33% 3
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:

Applications
1 3 (25.00%) Microsoft Office
Communications & Networking
1 12 (100.00%) 4G
1 12 (100.00%) 5G
2 10 (83.33%) 2G
3 5 (41.67%) Radio Access Network
4 4 (33.33%) 5G NR
4 4 (33.33%) LTE
5 2 (16.67%) VoIP
6 1 (8.33%) VoLTE
6 1 (8.33%) VoWiFi
6 1 (8.33%) Wi-Fi
General
1 7 (58.33%) Telecoms
2 5 (41.67%) Social Skills
3 1 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (8.33%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 4 (33.33%) Test Engineer
2 3 (25.00%) Senior
3 2 (16.67%) Design Engineer
3 2 (16.67%) Ericsson Engineer
3 2 (16.67%) Ericsson Field Engineer
3 2 (16.67%) Field Engineer
3 2 (16.67%) Field Test Engineer
3 2 (16.67%) Senior Design Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) Architect
4 1 (8.33%) Consultant
4 1 (8.33%) Core Network Architect
4 1 (8.33%) Migration Architect
4 1 (8.33%) Mobile Architect
4 1 (8.33%) Network Architect
4 1 (8.33%) Radio Design Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) Radio Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) RAN Design Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) RAN Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) Senior Consultant
4 1 (8.33%) Senior RAN Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (25.00%) IoT
1 3 (25.00%) Smartphone
2 2 (16.67%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 3 (25.00%) Android
1 3 (25.00%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (25.00%) Benchmarking
1 3 (25.00%) Network Architecture
1 3 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (16.67%) Manual Testing
2 2 (16.67%) Network Optimisation
3 1 (8.33%) Customer Service
3 1 (8.33%) Data Analysis
3 1 (8.33%) Data Security
3 1 (8.33%) Migration
3 1 (8.33%) Mobile Device Management
3 1 (8.33%) Performance Analysis
3 1 (8.33%) Time Management
3 1 (8.33%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (8.33%) Python
Systems Management
1 3 (25.00%) NSN NetAct
Vendors
1 3 (25.00%) Ericsson
1 3 (25.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (25.00%) Nokia
2 1 (8.33%) Huawei
2 1 (8.33%) ServiceNow