Ericsson Contract Job Trends in England

Ericsson
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring knowledge or experience of Ericsson products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Ericsson over the 6 months leading up to 6 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are not representative of contractor rates within Ericsson.

6 months to
6 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 495 452 507
Rank change year-on-year -43 +55 +154
Contract jobs citing Ericsson 24 67 74
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.081% 0.22% 0.19%
As % of the Vendors category 0.17% 0.48% 0.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 30 36
10th Percentile £408 £289 £310
25th Percentile - £422 £330
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £460 £394
Median % change year-on-year -2.17% +16.83% -
75th Percentile - £576 £438
90th Percentile £500 £639 £500
UK median daily rate £450 £450 £400
% change year-on-year - +12.50% -

All Vendors
England

Ericsson falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 14,077 13,990 17,614
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 47.79% 44.99% 44.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,038 8,400 11,638
10th Percentile £283 £300 £256
25th Percentile £405 £413 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £506 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.71% - -2.33%
75th Percentile £615 £625 £638
90th Percentile £700 £725 £730
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -1.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 692 432 612
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.22 £15.21
25th Percentile £18.38 £16.00 £20.27
Median hourly rate £25.08 £35.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -28.36% -21.35% +73.08%
75th Percentile £43.22 £65.00 £63.75
90th Percentile £72.00 £74.00 £76.25
UK median hourly rate £25.08 £31.50 £43.90
% change year-on-year -20.40% -28.25% +75.60%

Ericsson
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Ericsson job vacancy trend in England

Ericsson
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Ericsson.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Ericsson

Ericsson
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Ericsson in England over the 6 months to 6 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Ericsson in England

Ericsson
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Ericsson.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Ericsson

Ericsson
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 Ericsson within the England region over the 6 months to 6 November 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 West 0 10 £450 - 2
London -9 10 £450 +12.50% 10
South East -25 3 £388 -28.57% 9
West Midlands -27 1 - -
Midlands -34 1 - -
Ericsson
UK

Ericsson
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 2 (8.33%) Camunda
Cloud Services
1 1 (4.17%) PaaS
1 1 (4.17%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 13 (54.17%) Radio Access Network
2 12 (50.00%) 4G
2 12 (50.00%) LTE
3 11 (45.83%) 3GPP
4 10 (41.67%) Wireshark
5 5 (20.83%) 5G
6 3 (12.50%) VoIP
7 2 (8.33%) DOCSIS
7 2 (8.33%) GPON
7 2 (8.33%) MPLS
7 2 (8.33%) xDSL
8 1 (4.17%) Converged Networks
8 1 (4.17%) PBX
General
1 22 (91.67%) Telecoms
2 5 (20.83%) Finance
3 2 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (8.33%) Billing
4 1 (4.17%) Public Sector
4 1 (4.17%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 10 (41.67%) Network Design Specialist
1 10 (41.67%) Network Specialist
1 10 (41.67%) Performance Specialist
2 6 (25.00%) Project Manager
3 5 (20.83%) Network Manager
3 5 (20.83%) Network Project Manager
4 4 (16.67%) DevOps Engineer
5 2 (8.33%) Architect
5 2 (8.33%) Ericsson Engineer
5 2 (8.33%) OSS Architect
6 1 (4.17%) OSS Project Manager
6 1 (4.17%) Telecoms Manager
6 1 (4.17%) Telecoms Project Manager
6 1 (4.17%) Test Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (25.00%) Cloud Native
2 2 (8.33%) TM Forum
3 1 (4.17%) Blackberry
3 1 (4.17%) Video Conferencing
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (45.83%) High Availability
1 11 (45.83%) Root Cause Analysis
2 10 (41.67%) Network Design
3 6 (25.00%) DevOps
3 6 (25.00%) Project Management
3 6 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 5 (20.83%) Problem-Solving
4 5 (20.83%) Service Delivery
4 5 (20.83%) Service Management
5 3 (12.50%) Containerisation
5 3 (12.50%) Fault Management
5 3 (12.50%) Migration
6 2 (8.33%) Analytics
6 2 (8.33%) Architectural Patterns
6 2 (8.33%) CI/CD
6 2 (8.33%) Data Analytics
6 2 (8.33%) Inventory Management
6 2 (8.33%) Machine Learning
6 2 (8.33%) Microservices
6 2 (8.33%) Technical Leadership
Qualifications
1 4 (16.67%) Security Cleared
2 3 (12.50%) SC Cleared
3 2 (8.33%) Degree
3 2 (8.33%) Master's Degree
3 2 (8.33%) TOGAF Certification
4 1 (4.17%) CCNP
4 1 (4.17%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (4.17%) PMI Certification
4 1 (4.17%) PMP
4 1 (4.17%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (8.33%) OASIS TOSCA
2 1 (4.17%) QA
2 1 (4.17%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (4.17%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (20.83%) Kubernetes
1 5 (20.83%) NSN NetAct
2 4 (16.67%) Ansible
3 3 (12.50%) Amdocs OSS
Vendors
1 20 (83.33%) Nokia
2 10 (41.67%) Actix
3 3 (12.50%) Amdocs
3 3 (12.50%) Huawei
3 3 (12.50%) NetCracker
4 1 (4.17%) Avaya
4 1 (4.17%) Ciena
4 1 (4.17%) Cisco
4 1 (4.17%) F5
4 1 (4.17%) Juniper
4 1 (4.17%) Palo Alto
4 1 (4.17%) Ribbon
4 1 (4.17%) VMware