Diameter Protocol Contracts in England

Diameter Protocol
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring Diameter Protocol skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Diameter Protocol 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 478 528 651
Rank change year-on-year +50 +123 +60
Contract jobs citing Diameter Protocol 7 14 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.029% 0.038% 0.004%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.22% 0.28% 0.032%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 3 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £400 -
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% - -
UK median daily rate £450 £400 -
% change year-on-year +12.50% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £45.00 -
UK median hourly rate - £45.00 -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
England

Diameter Protocol 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%

Diameter Protocol
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Diameter Protocol as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Diameter Protocol in England

Diameter Protocol
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Diameter Protocol in England

Diameter Protocol
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Diameter Protocol in England

Diameter Protocol
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 Diameter Protocol 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 +44 7 £450 +12.50% 2
Diameter Protocol
UK

Diameter Protocol
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:

Applications
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (28.57%) OpenShift
2 1 (14.29%) AWS
2 1 (14.29%) Azure
2 1 (14.29%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 5 (71.43%) 5G
1 5 (71.43%) VoLTE
2 4 (57.14%) 3G
2 4 (57.14%) 4G
2 4 (57.14%) LTE
2 4 (57.14%) Wireshark
3 3 (42.86%) VoWiFi
4 2 (28.57%) 3GPP
4 2 (28.57%) DNS
4 2 (28.57%) GGSN
4 2 (28.57%) HTTP
4 2 (28.57%) MVNO
4 2 (28.57%) Radio Access Network
4 2 (28.57%) RANAP
4 2 (28.57%) SGSN
4 2 (28.57%) SIGTRAN
4 2 (28.57%) SMS
4 2 (28.57%) SS7
5 1 (14.29%) MPLS
5 1 (14.29%) VoIP
Development Applications
1 2 (28.57%) JIRA
General
1 7 (100.00%) Telecoms
2 6 (85.71%) Social Skills
3 4 (57.14%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (28.57%) Multimedia
4 2 (28.57%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (14.29%) Billing
Job Titles
1 2 (28.57%) Analyst
1 2 (28.57%) Network Analyst
1 2 (28.57%) Senior
1 2 (28.57%) Senior Analyst
1 2 (28.57%) Senior Network Analyst
1 2 (28.57%) Senior Test Analyst
1 2 (28.57%) Technical Design Authority
1 2 (28.57%) Test Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Onboarding
2 1 (14.29%) Cloud Native
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (42.86%) Network Architecture
2 2 (28.57%) Computer Science
2 2 (28.57%) Conflict Resolution
2 2 (28.57%) Customer Experience
2 2 (28.57%) Decision-Making
2 2 (28.57%) Defect Management
2 2 (28.57%) Performance Improvement
2 2 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (28.57%) Project Management
2 2 (28.57%) Software Testing
2 2 (28.57%) Statistics
2 2 (28.57%) Validation
3 1 (14.29%) Data Integration
3 1 (14.29%) Network Design
3 1 (14.29%) Service Delivery
3 1 (14.29%) Service Management
Qualifications
1 2 (28.57%) Computer Science Degree
1 2 (28.57%) Degree
2 1 (14.29%) AWS Certification
2 1 (14.29%) Azure Certification
2 1 (14.29%) CCNP
2 1 (14.29%) Cisco Certification
Systems Management
1 2 (28.57%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) Empirix
1 2 (28.57%) NetScout
1 2 (28.57%) VMware