5G Contracts in England

5G
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring 5G skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited 5G 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 369 375 519
Rank change year-on-year +6 +144 +18
Contract jobs citing 5G 116 168 134
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.48% 0.45% 0.27%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 3.65% 3.35% 2.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 70 56 78
10th Percentile £300 £356 £225
25th Percentile £400 £420 £305
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £475 £413
Median % change year-on-year +1.05% +15.15% -8.33%
75th Percentile £613 £538 £550
90th Percentile £662 £575 £606
UK median daily rate £450 £475 £400
% change year-on-year -5.26% +18.75% -11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 8
10th Percentile - - £52.86
25th Percentile - £24.25 £60.25
Median hourly rate - £24.50 £66.25
Median % change year-on-year - -63.02% +5.16%
75th Percentile - £24.75 £70.00
90th Percentile - - £71.80
UK median hourly rate - £25.25 £67.50
% change year-on-year - -62.59% +7.14%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
England

5G 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%

5G
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for 5G in England

5G
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for 5G in England

5G
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing 5G in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for 5G in England

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for 5G 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 5G 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
London +42 38 £575 +10.58% 43
South East +6 32 £404 -7.71% 33
South West +58 20 £425 -29.17% 12
East of England +19 20 £538 +22.16% 31
North West +18 8 £205 -43.84% 5
North of England +11 8 £205 -43.84% 8
Midlands +19 3 £650 - 10
West Midlands +10 2 £625 - 7
East Midlands - 1 £650 - 3
5G
UK

5G
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 (2.59%) OpenStack
Applications
1 7 (6.03%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (3.45%) MS Visio
3 2 (1.72%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (1.72%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.86%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 3 (2.59%) OpenShift
2 2 (1.72%) Azure
2 2 (1.72%) PaaS
2 2 (1.72%) SaaS
3 1 (0.86%) AWS
3 1 (0.86%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (0.86%) Cloud Computing
3 1 (0.86%) GCP
3 1 (0.86%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 65 (56.03%) 4G
2 59 (50.86%) Radio Access Network
3 40 (34.48%) LTE
4 29 (25.00%) 2G
4 29 (25.00%) 5G NR
5 26 (22.41%) 3G
6 16 (13.79%) Wireless
7 10 (8.62%) Wireshark
8 8 (6.90%) VoLTE
9 7 (6.03%) 3GPP
10 6 (5.17%) Network Security
10 6 (5.17%) VoWiFi
11 5 (4.31%) Diameter Protocol
11 5 (4.31%) MPLS
11 5 (4.31%) VoIP
12 4 (3.45%) Ethernet
12 4 (3.45%) Software-Defined Radio
13 3 (2.59%) Firewall
13 3 (2.59%) PBX
14 2 (1.72%) Wi-Fi
Development Applications
1 2 (1.72%) JIRA
2 1 (0.86%) Git
General
1 65 (56.03%) Telecoms
2 19 (16.38%) Social Skills
3 7 (6.03%) Billing
4 6 (5.17%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (2.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 3 (2.59%) Multimedia
5 3 (2.59%) Public Sector
6 2 (1.72%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (0.86%) Aviation
7 1 (0.86%) Electronics
7 1 (0.86%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 11 (9.48%) Designer
2 8 (6.90%) Network Specialist
3 7 (6.03%) CUDA Engineer
3 7 (6.03%) Embedded Engineer
3 7 (6.03%) Embedded Linux Engineer
3 7 (6.03%) Linux Engineer
3 7 (6.03%) Network Design Specialist
3 7 (6.03%) Project Manager
3 7 (6.03%) Senior
4 6 (5.17%) Architect
4 6 (5.17%) Design Engineer
5 5 (4.31%) Analyst
5 5 (4.31%) Field Engineer
5 5 (4.31%) Field Test Engineer
5 5 (4.31%) Test Analyst
5 5 (4.31%) Test Engineer
6 4 (3.45%) OSS Project Manager
6 4 (3.45%) Senior Test Analyst
6 4 (3.45%) Solutions Designer
6 4 (3.45%) Telecoms Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.72%) OpenAPI
1 2 (1.72%) REST
1 2 (1.72%) RESTful
1 2 (1.72%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 20 (17.24%) Cloud Native
2 15 (12.93%) IoT
3 12 (10.34%) Team-Oriented Environment
4 7 (6.03%) CUDA
4 7 (6.03%) Smartphone
5 5 (4.31%) FPGA
6 4 (3.45%) Driving Licence
6 4 (3.45%) Embedded Systems
6 4 (3.45%) NB-IoT
7 3 (2.59%) Data Centre
7 3 (2.59%) Onboarding
8 2 (1.72%) CCTV
8 2 (1.72%) Fibre Optics
8 2 (1.72%) Industrial Internet of Things
8 2 (1.72%) Operational Technology
8 2 (1.72%) Replication
8 2 (1.72%) SCADA
8 2 (1.72%) Video Conferencing
9 1 (0.86%) Self-Motivation
9 1 (0.86%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 18 (15.52%) Linux
2 7 (6.03%) Android
2 7 (6.03%) Apple iOS
2 7 (6.03%) Embedded Linux
3 1 (0.86%) VMS
3 1 (0.86%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (29.31%) Problem-Solving
2 22 (18.97%) Agile
3 21 (18.10%) Network Design
4 18 (15.52%) Fault Management
5 17 (14.66%) Performance Optimisation
6 16 (13.79%) DevOps
6 16 (13.79%) High Availability
7 15 (12.93%) CI/CD
7 15 (12.93%) Continuous Improvement
8 14 (12.07%) Collaborative Working
9 13 (11.21%) Network Architecture
10 11 (9.48%) Validation
11 10 (8.62%) Computer Science
12 9 (7.76%) Network Planning
12 9 (7.76%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 8 (6.90%) Network Management
13 8 (6.90%) Project Management
13 8 (6.90%) Service Management
14 6 (5.17%) CRM
14 6 (5.17%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 18 (15.52%) Python
2 3 (2.59%) C++
3 2 (1.72%) Go
3 2 (1.72%) Java
4 1 (0.86%) C#
4 1 (0.86%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 15 (12.93%) Degree
2 9 (7.76%) Security Cleared
3 5 (4.31%) BPSS Clearance
3 5 (4.31%) SC Cleared
4 4 (3.45%) PMI Certification
4 4 (3.45%) PMP
5 3 (2.59%) DV Cleared
6 2 (1.72%) CCNP
6 2 (1.72%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (1.72%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (0.86%) AWS Certification
7 1 (0.86%) Azure Certification
7 1 (0.86%) ISEB
7 1 (0.86%) ISTQB
7 1 (0.86%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (2.59%) QA
2 2 (1.72%) NCSC
2 2 (1.72%) SLA
3 1 (0.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 2 (1.72%) Docker
1 2 (1.72%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (0.86%) VMware NSX
2 1 (0.86%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 15 (12.93%) Ansible
2 10 (8.62%) NSN NetAct
3 5 (4.31%) Kubernetes
4 4 (3.45%) Amdocs OSS
Vendors
1 35 (30.17%) Ericsson
2 33 (28.45%) Nokia
3 10 (8.62%) Microsoft
4 7 (6.03%) NVIDIA
5 5 (4.31%) Cisco
5 5 (4.31%) VMware
6 4 (3.45%) Amdocs
6 4 (3.45%) Ciena
6 4 (3.45%) Juniper
6 4 (3.45%) NetCracker
6 4 (3.45%) ServiceNow
7 3 (2.59%) F5
7 3 (2.59%) Palo Alto
8 2 (1.72%) Empirix
8 2 (1.72%) Huawei
8 2 (1.72%) Mavenir
8 2 (1.72%) NetScout
9 1 (0.86%) Avaya
9 1 (0.86%) Dell
9 1 (0.86%) Red Hat