5G Contracts in England

5G
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for 5G skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited 5G over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 364 530 532
Rank change year-on-year +166 +2 -29
Contract jobs citing 5G 173 133 252
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.47% 0.26% 0.35%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 3.46% 2.15% 3.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 51 77 112
10th Percentile £350 £225 £278
25th Percentile £416 £300 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £400 £455
Median % change year-on-year +18.75% -12.09% +13.75%
75th Percentile £530 £550 £542
90th Percentile £575 £606 £650
UK median daily rate £475 £400 £450
% change year-on-year +18.75% -11.11% +11.87%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 8 2
10th Percentile - £52.86 £59.80
25th Percentile £24.25 £60.25 £60.25
Median hourly rate £24.50 £66.25 £63.00
Median % change year-on-year -63.02% +5.16% +40.00%
75th Percentile £24.75 £70.00 £66.25
90th Percentile - £71.80 £67.00
UK median hourly rate £25.25 £67.50 £63.00
% change year-on-year -62.59% +7.14% +40.00%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
England

5G is in the Communications and Computer Networking category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 5,003 6,173 7,919
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 13.54% 12.21% 11.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,017 4,061 5,228
10th Percentile £206 £231 £222
25th Percentile £350 £400 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +5.00% +14.94%
75th Percentile £600 £650 £613
90th Percentile £700 £738 £700
UK median daily rate £490 £519 £500
% change year-on-year -5.59% +3.80% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 396 442 304
10th Percentile £13.50 £9.80 £14.50
25th Percentile £17.00 £10.63 £16.25
Median hourly rate £39.25 £18.88 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year +107.95% -21.06% -4.36%
75th Percentile £63.75 £60.38 £48.08
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £64.46
UK median hourly rate £38.00 £19.00 £28.33
% change year-on-year +100.00% -32.93% -0.60%

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 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for 5G in England

5G
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

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 27 April 2024. 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 +37 79 £419 +4.69% 23
London +104 33 £505 -4.94% 16
East of England +43 31 £440 +46.67% 15
North of England +45 16 £365 -21.93% 3
South West +17 8 £600 +50.00% 8
North West +20 7 £365 -20.44% 1
West Midlands +29 6 - - 5
Midlands +22 6 - - 5
North East - 5 - - 2
Yorkshire +23 4 - -
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 7 (4.05%) OpenStack
2 5 (2.89%) ArcGIS
Applications
1 5 (2.89%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (2.31%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (2.31%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (1.73%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (1.16%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 39 (22.54%) IaaS
1 39 (22.54%) PaaS
1 39 (22.54%) SaaS
2 3 (1.73%) Smartsheet
3 1 (0.58%) AWS
3 1 (0.58%) Azure
3 1 (0.58%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 68 (39.31%) 4G
2 42 (24.28%) Broadband
3 40 (23.12%) Radio Access Network
4 31 (17.92%) 3G
5 26 (15.03%) Network Security
6 22 (12.72%) Firewall
7 15 (8.67%) LTE
7 15 (8.67%) VPN
7 15 (8.67%) Wireless
8 11 (6.36%) 2G
8 11 (6.36%) BGP
8 11 (6.36%) MPLS
9 9 (5.20%) Diameter Protocol
9 9 (5.20%) Wireshark
10 8 (4.62%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
10 8 (4.62%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
10 8 (4.62%) Wi-Fi
11 6 (3.47%) NAS
11 6 (3.47%) VoLTE
12 5 (2.89%) RSVP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (2.89%) GIS
1 5 (2.89%) QGIS
2 4 (2.31%) Elasticsearch
2 4 (2.31%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 18 (10.40%) Git
2 14 (8.09%) JIRA
3 9 (5.20%) Jenkins
4 4 (2.31%) gcov
4 4 (2.31%) GDB
4 4 (2.31%) Gradle
4 4 (2.31%) Subversion
General
1 62 (35.84%) Telecoms
2 45 (26.01%) Law
3 39 (22.54%) Organisational Skills
4 36 (20.81%) Social Skills
5 12 (6.94%) Finance
6 9 (5.20%) Multimedia
7 6 (3.47%) Legal
7 6 (3.47%) Marketing
8 4 (2.31%) Analytical Skills
8 4 (2.31%) Influencing Skills
8 4 (2.31%) Presentation Skills
8 4 (2.31%) Public Sector
9 3 (1.73%) Aerospace
9 3 (1.73%) Military
Job Titles
1 39 (22.54%) Penetration Tester
1 39 (22.54%) Security Penetration Tester
1 39 (22.54%) Security Specialist
1 39 (22.54%) Security Tester
1 39 (22.54%) Tester
1 39 (22.54%) Testing Specialist
2 19 (10.98%) Lead
2 19 (10.98%) Network Engineer
3 13 (7.51%) Telecoms Manager
4 12 (6.94%) Consultant
4 12 (6.94%) Project Manager
4 12 (6.94%) Team Leader
5 11 (6.36%) Design Engineer
5 11 (6.36%) Network Design Engineer
6 10 (5.78%) C++ Developer
6 10 (5.78%) Developer
7 9 (5.20%) Python Developer
8 8 (4.62%) Network Manager
9 7 (4.05%) Network Design Specialist
9 7 (4.05%) Network Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 39 (22.54%) Web Services
2 12 (6.94%) JSON
3 9 (5.20%) XML
4 8 (4.62%) NETCONF
4 8 (4.62%) YANG
5 4 (2.31%) Elastic Stack
6 1 (0.58%) SPML
Miscellaneous
1 39 (22.54%) Mobile App
2 7 (4.05%) Data Protection Act
3 6 (3.47%) Hybrid Cloud
4 5 (2.89%) Distributed Architecture
5 3 (1.73%) Virtual Team
6 2 (1.16%) IoT
6 2 (1.16%) Product Ownership
7 1 (0.58%) Data Centre
7 1 (0.58%) FPGA
7 1 (0.58%) Management Information System
7 1 (0.58%) PKI
7 1 (0.58%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 16 (9.25%) Linux
2 7 (4.05%) Windows
3 4 (2.31%) Oracle Linux
4 1 (0.58%) CentOS
4 1 (0.58%) Solaris
4 1 (0.58%) Unix
4 1 (0.58%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (27.17%) Stakeholder Management
2 40 (23.12%) Cybersecurity
3 39 (22.54%) Application Security
3 39 (22.54%) MITRE ATT&CK
3 39 (22.54%) OWASP
3 39 (22.54%) Penetration Testing
3 39 (22.54%) Security Testing
4 23 (13.29%) Customer Experience
5 22 (12.72%) Network Design
6 18 (10.40%) Load Balancing
7 17 (9.83%) Roadmaps
8 15 (8.67%) Problem-Solving
9 14 (8.09%) Network Virtualisation
10 10 (5.78%) Agile
10 10 (5.78%) Capacity Planning
11 9 (5.20%) Performance Management
11 9 (5.20%) Project Management
12 8 (4.62%) DevOps
12 8 (4.62%) Project Delivery
12 8 (4.62%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 31 (17.92%) Python
2 15 (8.67%) C++
3 7 (4.05%) C
4 4 (2.31%) Shell Script
5 2 (1.16%) Swift
6 1 (0.58%) Bash
6 1 (0.58%) MATLAB
6 1 (0.58%) Perl
Qualifications
1 57 (32.95%) Security Cleared
2 39 (22.54%) CREST Certified
2 39 (22.54%) GIAC
2 39 (22.54%) GPEN
2 39 (22.54%) OSCP
2 39 (22.54%) SANS
3 9 (5.20%) Degree
4 6 (3.47%) SC Cleared
5 5 (2.89%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (1.16%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (1.16%) PMP
7 1 (0.58%) BC Cleared
7 1 (0.58%) CSPO
7 1 (0.58%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (23.12%) NCSC
2 39 (22.54%) GDPR
2 39 (22.54%) PCI DSS
3 7 (4.05%) QA
4 2 (1.16%) SLA
5 1 (0.58%) Def Stans
5 1 (0.58%) PMO
5 1 (0.58%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 5 (2.89%) Docker
2 2 (1.16%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 7 (4.05%) Kubernetes
2 6 (3.47%) FortiGate
3 4 (2.31%) Ansible
3 4 (2.31%) Grafana
3 4 (2.31%) Prometheus
3 4 (2.31%) Terraform
3 4 (2.31%) yum
4 3 (1.73%) Iperf
5 1 (0.58%) Check_MK
5 1 (0.58%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 39 (22.54%) Virgin Media
2 21 (12.14%) Cisco
3 15 (8.67%) Juniper
4 11 (6.36%) Nokia
5 8 (4.62%) F5
5 8 (4.62%) Fortinet
6 5 (2.89%) Palo Alto
7 4 (2.31%) Empirix
7 4 (2.31%) Klocwork
7 4 (2.31%) NetScout
7 4 (2.31%) Oracle
7 4 (2.31%) Perforce
8 2 (1.16%) Huawei
8 2 (1.16%) Sparx
9 1 (0.58%) ADVA
9 1 (0.58%) Microsoft
9 1 (0.58%) Nokia Networks
9 1 (0.58%) Splunk
9 1 (0.58%) Tellabs
9 1 (0.58%) VMware