Diameter Protocol Contract Job Trends in England

Diameter Protocol
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring Diameter Protocol skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 569 475 541
Rank change year-on-year -94 +66 +143
Contract jobs citing Diameter Protocol 3 4 11
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.008% 0.016% 0.029%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.081% 0.12% 0.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 10
10th Percentile £462 - £300
25th Percentile £468 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £483 £450 £400
Median % change year-on-year +7.22% +12.50% -3.61%
75th Percentile £493 - -
90th Percentile £497 - -
UK median daily rate £458 £450 £400
% change year-on-year +1.67% +12.50% -3.61%

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 3,715 3,296 5,276
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 10.00% 13.49% 13.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,393 2,029 3,191
10th Percentile £213 £213 £205
25th Percentile £375 £370 £336
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% -9.52%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £675 £700
UK median daily rate £490 £490 £475
% change year-on-year -0.10% +3.16% -9.51%
Number of hourly rates quoted 178 115 374
10th Percentile £15.54 £14.99 £13.90
25th Percentile £19.00 £21.46 £18.00
Median hourly rate £36.00 £36.50 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -1.37% +12.31% +71.05%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £63.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £81.01 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £36.00 £35.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year +2.86% +7.69% +71.05%

Diameter Protocol
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Diameter Protocol relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

Diameter Protocol job vacancy trend in England

Diameter Protocol
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Diameter Protocol.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Diameter Protocol

Diameter Protocol
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Diameter Protocol.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Diameter Protocol

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 20 March 2026. 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 -59 2 £483 +7.22% 3
London - 1 - - 1
Diameter Protocol
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Diameter Protocol
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (33.33%) OpenStack
Communications & Networking
1 3 (100.00%) 5G
2 2 (66.67%) SIGTRAN
3 1 (33.33%) 3G
3 1 (33.33%) 3GPP
3 1 (33.33%) 4G
3 1 (33.33%) BGP
3 1 (33.33%) Cisco ASA
3 1 (33.33%) Cisco IOS
3 1 (33.33%) Firewall
3 1 (33.33%) HTTP
3 1 (33.33%) IOS XR
3 1 (33.33%) IPsec
3 1 (33.33%) IPv6
3 1 (33.33%) LTE
3 1 (33.33%) MPLS
3 1 (33.33%) NX-OS
3 1 (33.33%) OSPF
3 1 (33.33%) SS7
3 1 (33.33%) tcpdump
3 1 (33.33%) Wireshark
General
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
1 2 (66.67%) Telecoms
2 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Designer
1 2 (66.67%) Mobile Designer
2 1 (33.33%) Core Network Design Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Core Network Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Design Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) IP Design Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) IP Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) IP Network Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Network Design Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Cloud Native
1 1 (33.33%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Capacity Planning
1 2 (66.67%) Network Design
2 1 (33.33%) CI/CD
2 1 (33.33%) High Availability
2 1 (33.33%) Migration
2 1 (33.33%) Performance Optimisation
2 1 (33.33%) Service Design
2 1 (33.33%) Test Automation
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Cisco
2 1 (33.33%) CheckPoint
2 1 (33.33%) Ericsson
2 1 (33.33%) F5
2 1 (33.33%) Fortinet
2 1 (33.33%) Huawei
2 1 (33.33%) Juniper
2 1 (33.33%) NetScout
2 1 (33.33%) Nokia
2 1 (33.33%) Palo Alto