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 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 403 400 513
Rank change year-on-year -3 +113 +40
Contract jobs citing 5G 83 136 125
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.34% 0.37% 0.26%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.62% 2.82% 2.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 60 42 74
10th Percentile £292 £350 £228
25th Percentile £395 £420 £320
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £483 £450
Median % change year-on-year -11.92% +7.22% +2.86%
75th Percentile £556 £538 £550
90th Percentile £613 £597 £800
UK median daily rate £450 £475 £440
% change year-on-year -5.26% +7.95% +0.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 5
10th Percentile - £53.81 £52.22
25th Percentile - £55.78 £53.50
Median hourly rate - £61.88 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year - -4.81% +3.17%
75th Percentile - £68.28 £70.00
90th Percentile - £70.44 £73.59
UK median hourly rate - £55.00 £67.50
% change year-on-year - -18.52% +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 3,172 4,829 5,943
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 13.09% 13.14% 12.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,982 2,906 3,870
10th Percentile £220 £213 £240
25th Percentile £363 £350 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £520
Median % change year-on-year - -3.85% +4.00%
75th Percentile £600 £605 £650
90th Percentile £675 £698 £738
UK median daily rate £488 £500 £513
% change year-on-year -2.50% -2.44% +2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 126 385 412
10th Percentile £14.01 £13.50 £9.80
25th Percentile £15.15 £16.30 £10.63
Median hourly rate £36.57 £40.00 £17.28
Median % change year-on-year -8.57% +131.45% -27.72%
75th Percentile £63.63 £63.75 £58.88
90th Percentile £81.35 £70.40 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £40.00 £18.50
% change year-on-year -6.25% +116.22% -32.73%

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 31 May 2025.

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

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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 31 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 +38 22 £465 -5.10% 23
South East +21 22 £343 -31.50% 25
East of England +25 20 £538 +25.00% 13
South West +51 15 £425 -29.17% 8
North West +11 7 £205 -40.58% 2
North of England +4 7 £205 -40.58% 3
Midlands +10 2 £625 - 4
West Midlands +10 2 £625 - 2
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 2 (2.41%) Camunda
2 1 (1.20%) OpenStack
Applications
1 8 (9.64%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.20%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (1.20%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 2 (2.41%) Azure
1 2 (2.41%) PaaS
1 2 (2.41%) SaaS
2 1 (1.20%) AWS
2 1 (1.20%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (1.20%) GCP
2 1 (1.20%) OpenShift
2 1 (1.20%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 39 (46.99%) 4G
2 24 (28.92%) LTE
3 22 (26.51%) Radio Access Network
4 20 (24.10%) 3G
5 19 (22.89%) 2G
6 17 (20.48%) 5G NR
7 15 (18.07%) Wireless
8 8 (9.64%) VoIP
9 7 (8.43%) VoLTE
10 6 (7.23%) VoWiFi
11 5 (6.02%) MPLS
12 4 (4.82%) Diameter Protocol
12 4 (4.82%) Firewall
12 4 (4.82%) Software-Defined Radio
12 4 (4.82%) Wireshark
13 3 (3.61%) 3GPP
13 3 (3.61%) DOCSIS
13 3 (3.61%) GPON
13 3 (3.61%) PBX
13 3 (3.61%) xDSL
Development Applications
1 2 (2.41%) JIRA
General
1 44 (53.01%) Telecoms
2 23 (27.71%) Social Skills
3 9 (10.84%) Billing
4 3 (3.61%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (2.41%) Multimedia
6 1 (1.20%) Aviation
6 1 (1.20%) Electronics
6 1 (1.20%) Fire and Rescue
6 1 (1.20%) French Language
6 1 (1.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (1.20%) Local Government
6 1 (1.20%) Police
6 1 (1.20%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (1.20%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 10 (12.05%) Project Manager
2 8 (9.64%) Senior
3 7 (8.43%) CUDA Engineer
3 7 (8.43%) Design Engineer
3 7 (8.43%) Embedded Engineer
3 7 (8.43%) Embedded Linux Engineer
3 7 (8.43%) Linux Engineer
4 6 (7.23%) Architect
4 6 (7.23%) OSS Project Manager
4 6 (7.23%) Telecoms Manager
4 6 (7.23%) Telecoms Project Manager
5 5 (6.02%) Analyst
5 5 (6.02%) Field Engineer
5 5 (6.02%) Field Test Engineer
5 5 (6.02%) Test Analyst
5 5 (6.02%) Test Engineer
6 4 (4.82%) Network Manager
6 4 (4.82%) Senior Analyst
6 4 (4.82%) Senior Test Analyst
7 3 (3.61%) Network Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.41%) OpenAPI
1 2 (2.41%) REST
1 2 (2.41%) RESTful
1 2 (2.41%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 15 (18.07%) IoT
2 10 (12.05%) Cloud Native
3 7 (8.43%) CUDA
3 7 (8.43%) Smartphone
4 4 (4.82%) Driving Licence
4 4 (4.82%) Embedded Systems
4 4 (4.82%) FPGA
4 4 (4.82%) NB-IoT
5 3 (3.61%) Data Centre
5 3 (3.61%) Replication
5 3 (3.61%) TM Forum
6 2 (2.41%) CCTV
6 2 (2.41%) Fibre Optics
6 2 (2.41%) Industrial Internet of Things
6 2 (2.41%) Operational Technology
6 2 (2.41%) SCADA
6 2 (2.41%) Video Conferencing
7 1 (1.20%) Onboarding
7 1 (1.20%) Private Cloud
7 1 (1.20%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 11 (13.25%) Linux
2 7 (8.43%) Android
2 7 (8.43%) Apple iOS
2 7 (8.43%) Embedded Linux
3 1 (1.20%) VMS
3 1 (1.20%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (25.30%) Problem-Solving
2 11 (13.25%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 11 (13.25%) Validation
3 10 (12.05%) Agile
4 9 (10.84%) Fault Management
5 8 (9.64%) CRM
5 8 (9.64%) Migration
5 8 (9.64%) Network Architecture
5 8 (9.64%) Project Management
5 8 (9.64%) Stakeholder Management
6 7 (8.43%) Network Design
6 7 (8.43%) Network Management
6 7 (8.43%) Risk Management
7 6 (7.23%) Analytics
7 6 (7.23%) Computer Science
7 6 (7.23%) High Availability
7 6 (7.23%) PRINCE2
7 6 (7.23%) Scrum
7 6 (7.23%) Waterfall
8 5 (6.02%) Artificial Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 3 (3.61%) C++
2 2 (2.41%) Go
2 2 (2.41%) Java
2 2 (2.41%) Python
3 1 (1.20%) C#
Qualifications
1 9 (10.84%) Degree
2 7 (8.43%) PMI Certification
2 7 (8.43%) PMP
2 7 (8.43%) Security Cleared
3 5 (6.02%) SC Cleared
4 4 (4.82%) BPSS Clearance
5 3 (3.61%) DV Cleared
5 3 (3.61%) Master's Degree
6 2 (2.41%) CCNP
6 2 (2.41%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (2.41%) TOGAF Certification
7 1 (1.20%) AWS Certification
7 1 (1.20%) Azure Certification
7 1 (1.20%) CISSP
7 1 (1.20%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (1.20%) ISEB
7 1 (1.20%) ISTQB
7 1 (1.20%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (4.82%) SLA
2 2 (2.41%) NCSC
2 2 (2.41%) OASIS TOSCA
3 1 (1.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (1.20%) QA
System Software
1 2 (2.41%) Docker
1 2 (2.41%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (1.20%) VMware NSX
2 1 (1.20%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 8 (9.64%) Amdocs OSS
2 6 (7.23%) Kubernetes
3 3 (3.61%) NSN NetAct
4 2 (2.41%) Ansible
Vendors
1 24 (28.92%) Nokia
2 19 (22.89%) Ericsson
3 9 (10.84%) Microsoft
4 8 (9.64%) Amdocs
4 8 (9.64%) NetCracker
5 7 (8.43%) NVIDIA
6 6 (7.23%) Ciena
7 5 (6.02%) Cisco
8 4 (4.82%) Juniper
8 4 (4.82%) ServiceNow
9 3 (3.61%) F5
9 3 (3.61%) Huawei
9 3 (3.61%) Palo Alto
9 3 (3.61%) VMware
10 2 (2.41%) Mavenir
11 1 (1.20%) Arista
11 1 (1.20%) NetScout
11 1 (1.20%) Red Hat
11 1 (1.20%) Ribbon
11 1 (1.20%) Samsung