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 23 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
23 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 523 444 506
Rank change year-on-year -79 +62 +164
Contract jobs citing Ericsson 21 78 75
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.069% 0.25% 0.19%
As % of the Vendors category 0.14% 0.55% 0.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 36 40
10th Percentile - £313 £312
25th Percentile - £409 £345
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £485 £384
Median % change year-on-year -7.22% +26.38% -0.97%
75th Percentile £459 £618 £428
90th Percentile £503 £665 £500
UK median daily rate £450 £470 £400
% change year-on-year -4.26% +17.50% +3.23%

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 14,510 14,168 17,705
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 47.73% 45.09% 44.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,340 8,521 11,635
10th Percentile £285 £300 £255
25th Percentile £404 £413 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.57% - -2.78%
75th Percentile £613 £625 £638
90th Percentile £700 £725 £729
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -1.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 726 444 626
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.23 £15.00
25th Percentile £18.50 £17.00 £20.34
Median hourly rate £25.00 £33.75 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -25.93% -24.16% +68.78%
75th Percentile £46.75 £65.00 £63.64
90th Percentile £74.01 £75.00 £76.53
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £30.41 £44.50
% change year-on-year -17.31% -31.66% +73.08%

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

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Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Ericsson in England over the 6 months to 23 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 23 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
London +9 12 £450 -21.05% 3
South West -23 7 £450 -
West Midlands -22 1 - -
South East -29 1 - - 1
Midlands -33 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (4.76%) PaaS
1 1 (4.76%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 12 (57.14%) Radio Access Network
2 11 (52.38%) 3GPP
2 11 (52.38%) 4G
2 11 (52.38%) LTE
3 10 (47.62%) Wireshark
4 3 (14.29%) 5G
5 1 (4.76%) 5G NR
5 1 (4.76%) Broadband
5 1 (4.76%) Internet
5 1 (4.76%) MIMO
5 1 (4.76%) PBX
5 1 (4.76%) VoIP
General
1 19 (90.48%) Telecoms
2 3 (14.29%) Social Skills
3 2 (9.52%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (9.52%) Finance
4 1 (4.76%) Billing
4 1 (4.76%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (4.76%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 10 (47.62%) Network Design Specialist
1 10 (47.62%) Network Specialist
1 10 (47.62%) Performance Specialist
2 4 (19.05%) DevOps Engineer
3 3 (14.29%) Ericsson Engineer
4 2 (9.52%) Analyst
4 2 (9.52%) Business Analyst
4 2 (9.52%) Network Manager
4 2 (9.52%) Network Project Manager
4 2 (9.52%) Project Manager
5 1 (4.76%) Design Engineer
5 1 (4.76%) RAN Design Engineer
5 1 (4.76%) RAN Engineer
5 1 (4.76%) Test Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (14.29%) Cloud Native
2 1 (4.76%) Blackberry
2 1 (4.76%) Data Centre
2 1 (4.76%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (4.76%) Public Cloud
2 1 (4.76%) Video Conferencing
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (52.38%) High Availability
1 11 (52.38%) Network Design
1 11 (52.38%) Root Cause Analysis
2 5 (23.81%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (19.05%) DevOps
3 4 (19.05%) Project Management
3 4 (19.05%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (14.29%) Containerisation
5 2 (9.52%) CI/CD
5 2 (9.52%) Continuous Improvement
5 2 (9.52%) Customer Service
5 2 (9.52%) GAP Analysis
5 2 (9.52%) Programme Delivery
5 2 (9.52%) Project Delivery
5 2 (9.52%) Service Delivery
5 2 (9.52%) Service Management
5 2 (9.52%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 2 (9.52%) Workshop Facilitation
6 1 (4.76%) Low Latency
6 1 (4.76%) Project Governance
Qualifications
1 4 (19.05%) Security Cleared
2 3 (14.29%) SC Cleared
3 1 (4.76%) CCNP
3 1 (4.76%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (4.76%) Degree
3 1 (4.76%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.76%) QA
1 1 (4.76%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (4.76%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (14.29%) Kubernetes
2 2 (9.52%) Ansible
2 2 (9.52%) NSN NetAct
Vendors
1 17 (80.95%) Nokia
2 10 (47.62%) Actix
3 1 (4.76%) Avaya
3 1 (4.76%) Cisco
3 1 (4.76%) F5
3 1 (4.76%) Huawei
3 1 (4.76%) Juniper
3 1 (4.76%) Mapinfo
3 1 (4.76%) Palo Alto
3 1 (4.76%) Ribbon
3 1 (4.76%) VMware