3GPP Contracts in England

3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring 3GPP skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited 3GPP 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 470 530 630
Rank change year-on-year +60 +100 +116
Contract jobs citing 3GPP 15 12 23
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.062% 0.032% 0.046%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.47% 0.24% 0.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 1 8
10th Percentile £420 - £279
25th Percentile £506 £375 £440
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £400 £500
Median % change year-on-year +31.25% -20.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £613 £425 £521
90th Percentile £638 - £543
UK median daily rate £525 £400 £500
% change year-on-year +31.25% -20.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £59.00 - £53.50
Median hourly rate £62.00 - £57.00
75th Percentile £65.00 - £60.50
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £62.00 - £57.00

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
England

3GPP 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%

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Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for 3GPP in England

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for 3GPP in England

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Daily Rate Histogram in England

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

Daily rate histogram for 3GPP in England

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for 3GPP 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 3GPP 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 - 6 £400 - 6
East of England +34 5 £575 +43.75% 7
North of England - 1 - - 1
East Midlands - 1 £650 -
Midlands - 1 £650 - 1
North West - 1 - - 1
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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 2 (13.33%) OpenStack
Cloud Services
1 4 (26.67%) OpenShift
2 1 (6.67%) Cloud Computing
2 1 (6.67%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 9 (60.00%) 4G
2 7 (46.67%) 5G
2 7 (46.67%) LTE
3 5 (33.33%) 3G
3 5 (33.33%) Wireless
4 3 (20.00%) Radio Access Network
5 2 (13.33%) Diameter Protocol
5 2 (13.33%) HTTP
5 2 (13.33%) MVNO
6 1 (6.67%) MIMO
6 1 (6.67%) Network Security
Development Applications
1 2 (13.33%) Jenkins
2 1 (6.67%) Git
2 1 (6.67%) GitLab
General
1 10 (66.67%) Telecoms
2 3 (20.00%) Social Skills
3 2 (13.33%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (6.67%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (26.67%) Architect
1 4 (26.67%) Technical Design Authority
2 3 (20.00%) Embedded Engineer
2 3 (20.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
2 3 (20.00%) Radio Engineer
2 3 (20.00%) Software Engineer
3 2 (13.33%) Developer
3 2 (13.33%) Software Developer
3 2 (13.33%) Solutions Architect
3 2 (13.33%) Technical Architect
3 2 (13.33%) Technical Design Architect
4 1 (6.67%) DevOps Engineer
4 1 (6.67%) Network Architect
4 1 (6.67%) Performance Engineer
4 1 (6.67%) Test Automation Engineer
4 1 (6.67%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (13.33%) OpenAPI
1 2 (13.33%) REST
1 2 (13.33%) RESTful
1 2 (13.33%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 4 (26.67%) Onboarding
2 1 (6.67%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 3 (20.00%) Linux
2 1 (6.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (26.67%) Project Management
2 3 (20.00%) Multithreading
2 3 (20.00%) Network Architecture
2 3 (20.00%) Roadmaps
2 3 (20.00%) Software Architecture
3 2 (13.33%) API Development
3 2 (13.33%) Conflict Resolution
3 2 (13.33%) Containerisation
3 2 (13.33%) Decision-Making
3 2 (13.33%) Microservices
3 2 (13.33%) Project Delivery
3 2 (13.33%) Technology Roadmap
4 1 (6.67%) Case Management
4 1 (6.67%) DevOps
4 1 (6.67%) Machine Learning
4 1 (6.67%) Open Source
4 1 (6.67%) Performance Engineering
4 1 (6.67%) Performance Optimisation
4 1 (6.67%) Procure-to-Pay
4 1 (6.67%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 6 (40.00%) C++
2 3 (20.00%) C
2 3 (20.00%) Python
3 2 (13.33%) Go
3 2 (13.33%) Java
4 1 (6.67%) C#
4 1 (6.67%) Perl
Qualifications
1 1 (6.67%) SC Cleared
1 1 (6.67%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 2 (13.33%) Docker
Systems Management
1 7 (46.67%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 4 (26.67%) VMware
2 1 (6.67%) Amdocs
2 1 (6.67%) Cisco
2 1 (6.67%) Dell
2 1 (6.67%) Google
2 1 (6.67%) Huawei
2 1 (6.67%) Mavenir
2 1 (6.67%) Rakuten
2 1 (6.67%) Samsung