5G Contract Job Trends in England

5G
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring 5G skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 448 395 433
Rank change year-on-year -53 +38 +148
Contract jobs citing 5G 64 133 157
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.23% 0.40% 0.37%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.95% 3.35% 2.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 43 55 84
10th Percentile £369 £310 £304
25th Percentile £413 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £447 £520 £450
Median % change year-on-year -14.04% +15.56% -
75th Percentile £513 £569 £563
90th Percentile £604 £588 £601
UK median daily rate £450 £520 £450
% change year-on-year -13.46% +15.56% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 10
10th Percentile - £27.25 £51.05
25th Percentile - £30.63 -
Median hourly rate - £45.00 £65.98
Median % change year-on-year - -31.80% +16.54%
75th Percentile - £61.09 -
90th Percentile - £67.56 £70.60
UK median hourly rate - £45.00 £65.98
% change year-on-year - -31.80% +16.54%

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 3,282 3,967 5,565
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 11.81% 12.04% 13.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,054 2,323 3,578
10th Percentile £227 £242 £225
25th Percentile £363 £388 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £508 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.94% +1.50% -1.96%
75th Percentile £600 £613 £618
90th Percentile £688 £688 £713
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 166 217 280
10th Percentile £15.31 £14.44 £16.73
25th Percentile £25.04 £22.75 £24.03
Median hourly rate £41.72 £57.35 £56.49
Median % change year-on-year -27.25% +1.52% +34.02%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £67.78
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.00 £76.12
UK median hourly rate £43.00 £50.50 £56.49
% change year-on-year -14.85% -10.60% +34.50%

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
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing 5G.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing 5G

5G
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing 5G in England over the 6 months to 18 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for 5G in England

5G
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing 5G.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing 5G

5G
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 18 September 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 +22 21 £475 -9.09% 6
South West +34 13 £425 -27.66% 4
South East -32 12 £473 +11.44% 31
East of England 0 8 £400 -28.09% 9
North West -12 4 £442 +17.93% 4
North of England -32 4 £442 +17.93% 6
West Midlands -8 3 £625 +61.29% 4
Midlands -14 3 £625 +61.29% 7
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 8 (12.50%) OpenStack
2 2 (3.13%) Camunda
Applications
1 5 (7.81%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 9 (14.06%) AWS
2 1 (1.56%) Azure
2 1 (1.56%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 33 (51.56%) 4G
2 21 (32.81%) LTE
3 19 (29.69%) Radio Access Network
4 16 (25.00%) Firewall
5 12 (18.75%) MPLS
6 11 (17.19%) 3GPP
7 10 (15.63%) 3G
7 10 (15.63%) Wireshark
8 9 (14.06%) BGP
8 9 (14.06%) OSPF
8 9 (14.06%) VLAN
9 8 (12.50%) DHCP
9 8 (12.50%) DNS
9 8 (12.50%) IPsec
9 8 (12.50%) VoIP
10 7 (10.94%) 2G
11 6 (9.38%) 5G NR
11 6 (9.38%) Wireless
12 4 (6.25%) VoLTE
12 4 (6.25%) VoWiFi
Development Applications
1 2 (3.13%) JIRA
General
1 38 (59.38%) Telecoms
2 21 (32.81%) Social Skills
3 7 (10.94%) Billing
4 6 (9.38%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (6.25%) Military
6 1 (1.56%) Aviation
6 1 (1.56%) Fire and Rescue
6 1 (1.56%) French Language
6 1 (1.56%) Multimedia
6 1 (1.56%) Police
6 1 (1.56%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 11 (17.19%) Project Manager
1 11 (17.19%) Test Engineer
2 9 (14.06%) Architect
3 7 (10.94%) Telecoms Manager
3 7 (10.94%) Telecoms Project Manager
4 6 (9.38%) OSS Project Manager
5 5 (7.81%) Design Engineer
5 5 (7.81%) Designer
5 5 (7.81%) Field Engineer
5 5 (7.81%) Field Test Engineer
5 5 (7.81%) Network Designer
5 5 (7.81%) Radio Engineer
5 5 (7.81%) Senior
6 3 (4.69%) Core Network Project Manager
6 3 (4.69%) Developer
6 3 (4.69%) Engineering Specialist
6 3 (4.69%) Mobile Project Manager
6 3 (4.69%) Radio Design Engineer
6 3 (4.69%) Solutions Architect
6 3 (4.69%) Test Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.13%) OpenAPI
1 2 (3.13%) REST
1 2 (3.13%) RESTful
1 2 (3.13%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 12 (18.75%) Cloud Native
2 10 (15.63%) Operational Technology
3 5 (7.81%) IoT
4 3 (4.69%) PKI
4 3 (4.69%) Replication
4 3 (4.69%) TM Forum
5 2 (3.13%) Data Protection Act
5 2 (3.13%) Industrial Internet of Things
5 2 (3.13%) NB-IoT
5 2 (3.13%) Onboarding
5 2 (3.13%) SCADA
6 1 (1.56%) CCTV
6 1 (1.56%) Data Centre
6 1 (1.56%) Fibre Optics
6 1 (1.56%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 3 (4.69%) Windows
1 3 (4.69%) Windows Server
2 2 (3.13%) Linux
3 1 (1.56%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (31.25%) Problem-Solving
2 9 (14.06%) Fault Management
3 8 (12.50%) Agile
3 8 (12.50%) PRINCE2
3 8 (12.50%) Project Management
3 8 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
4 7 (10.94%) High Availability
4 7 (10.94%) Network Management
4 7 (10.94%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 6 (9.38%) CRM
5 6 (9.38%) DevOps
5 6 (9.38%) Network Architecture
5 6 (9.38%) Risk Management
5 6 (9.38%) Scrum
5 6 (9.38%) Waterfall
6 5 (7.81%) Benchmarking
6 5 (7.81%) ITIL
6 5 (7.81%) Microservices
6 5 (7.81%) Migration
6 5 (7.81%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 4 (6.25%) Python
2 2 (3.13%) C++
2 2 (3.13%) Go
2 2 (3.13%) Java
Qualifications
1 10 (15.63%) Security Cleared
2 9 (14.06%) PMI Certification
2 9 (14.06%) PMP
2 9 (14.06%) SC Cleared
3 8 (12.50%) Degree
4 4 (6.25%) BPSS Clearance
5 3 (4.69%) Master's Degree
6 2 (3.13%) CCNP
6 2 (3.13%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (3.13%) TOGAF Certification
7 1 (1.56%) AWS Certification
7 1 (1.56%) Azure Certification
7 1 (1.56%) CCIE
7 1 (1.56%) CCIE Routing and Switching
7 1 (1.56%) CCIE Wireless
7 1 (1.56%) CISSP
7 1 (1.56%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (1.56%) CWSP
7 1 (1.56%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (7.81%) NCSC
2 4 (6.25%) SLA
3 2 (3.13%) OASIS TOSCA
3 2 (3.13%) QA
System Software
1 10 (15.63%) Docker
Systems Management
1 8 (12.50%) Amdocs OSS
2 7 (10.94%) Kubernetes
3 4 (6.25%) Ansible
4 3 (4.69%) Check_MK
4 3 (4.69%) NSN NetAct
Vendors
1 17 (26.56%) Nokia
2 14 (21.88%) Ericsson
3 8 (12.50%) Amdocs
3 8 (12.50%) Dell
3 8 (12.50%) NetCracker
4 6 (9.38%) Ciena
5 5 (7.81%) Microsoft
6 4 (6.25%) Cisco
7 3 (4.69%) Fortinet
7 3 (4.69%) Huawei
7 3 (4.69%) Juniper
7 3 (4.69%) Splunk
8 1 (1.56%) Agilent
8 1 (1.56%) Aruba
8 1 (1.56%) F5
8 1 (1.56%) Keysight
8 1 (1.56%) Samsung
8 1 (1.56%) Zscaler