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 13 October 2026, 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
13 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 586 483 472
Rank change year-on-year -103 -11 +40
Contract jobs citing Ericsson 49 29 61
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.11% 0.10% 0.19%
As % of the Vendors category 0.25% 0.22% 0.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 33 19 25
10th Percentile £291 £410 £405
25th Percentile £368 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year - -10.00% +25.00%
75th Percentile £508 - £580
90th Percentile £538 £495 £638
UK median daily rate £450 £450 £485
% change year-on-year - -7.22% +21.25%

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 19,401 13,351 14,263
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 41.68% 47.83% 44.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,855 8,502 8,523
10th Percentile £310 £275 £300
25th Percentile £413 £404 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £517 £507 £525
Median % change year-on-year +1.93% -3.43% -
75th Percentile £625 £619 £627
90th Percentile £715 £700 £725
UK median daily rate £513 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +2.50% -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,277 645 505
10th Percentile £14.00 £15.00 £15.00
25th Percentile £16.62 £18.13 £15.73
Median hourly rate £25.75 £25.15 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +2.41% -28.16% -21.35%
75th Percentile £60.75 £43.20 £65.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £69.86 £70.75
UK median hourly rate £24.25 £25.00 £33.00
% change year-on-year -3.00% -24.24% -24.79%

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 13 October 2026.

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 13 October 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
London -58 31 £450 - 9
South East -63 6 - - 25
East of England - 3 £291 -
South West -46 2 £458 +4.69% 1
Midlands -43 1 - - 3
West Midlands -49 1 - - 3
North East - 1 £298 -
North of England - 1 £298 -
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 6 (12.24%) OpenStack
Cloud Services
1 2 (4.08%) Entra ID
2 1 (2.04%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 37 (75.51%) Radio Access Network
2 31 (63.27%) 5G
3 26 (53.06%) 4G
4 23 (46.94%) LTE
5 22 (44.90%) Wireshark
6 12 (24.49%) 3GPP
7 8 (16.33%) Diameter Protocol
7 8 (16.33%) VoLTE
8 6 (12.24%) VoWiFi
9 4 (8.16%) 2G
9 4 (8.16%) 3G
10 2 (4.08%) Kerberos
10 2 (4.08%) MPLS
10 2 (4.08%) SDH
10 2 (4.08%) SIGTRAN
10 2 (4.08%) SS7
10 2 (4.08%) TETRA
11 1 (2.04%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.04%) Power BI
General
1 32 (65.31%) Telecoms
2 12 (24.49%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (6.12%) Social Skills
4 1 (2.04%) Finance
4 1 (2.04%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 12 (24.49%) RAN Engineer
2 7 (14.29%) Field Engineer
3 5 (10.20%) Network Specialist
4 4 (8.16%) Delivery Manager
4 4 (8.16%) Network Design Specialist
4 4 (8.16%) Network Engineer
5 3 (6.12%) Engineering Specialist
5 3 (6.12%) Field Telecoms Engineer
5 3 (6.12%) Telecoms Engineer
6 2 (4.08%) Active Directory Consultant
6 2 (4.08%) Consultant
6 2 (4.08%) Designer
6 2 (4.08%) Mobile Designer
6 2 (4.08%) Performance Engineer
6 2 (4.08%) RAN Performance Engineer
7 1 (2.04%) BSS Architect
7 1 (2.04%) RAN Design Engineer
7 1 (2.04%) Senior Performance Engineer
7 1 (2.04%) Senior RAN Engineer
7 1 (2.04%) Telecoms Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.08%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 6 (12.24%) Cloud Native
2 2 (4.08%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (2.04%) Onboarding
3 1 (2.04%) TM Forum
3 1 (2.04%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 6 (12.24%) Linux
1 6 (12.24%) Unix
2 2 (4.08%) Windows
2 2 (4.08%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (36.73%) Stakeholder Management
2 16 (32.65%) Customer Experience
3 14 (28.57%) High Availability
3 14 (28.57%) Network Design
3 14 (28.57%) Root Cause Analysis
4 11 (22.45%) Service Delivery
5 8 (16.33%) Project Management
6 7 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
7 6 (12.24%) Migration
8 4 (8.16%) Validation
9 3 (6.12%) Performance Engineering
9 3 (6.12%) User Experience
10 2 (4.08%) Change Control
10 2 (4.08%) Customer-Centricity
10 2 (4.08%) Network Architecture
10 2 (4.08%) Network Management
10 2 (4.08%) Privileged Access Management
10 2 (4.08%) Proactive Maintenance
10 2 (4.08%) Technical Leadership
10 2 (4.08%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 7 (14.29%) Python
2 1 (2.04%) SQL
Qualifications
1 10 (20.41%) Security Cleared
2 4 (8.16%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (16.33%) SLA
2 3 (6.12%) GRC
3 2 (4.08%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 1 (2.04%) Accessibility
System Software
1 2 (4.08%) Active Directory
1 2 (4.08%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 6 (12.24%) Kubernetes
2 1 (2.04%) Amdocs OSS
2 1 (2.04%) NSN NetAct
Vendors
1 46 (93.88%) Nokia
2 19 (38.78%) Huawei
3 6 (12.24%) Actix
3 6 (12.24%) BT
4 4 (8.16%) Oracle
5 2 (4.08%) BeyondTrust
5 2 (4.08%) CyberArk
5 2 (4.08%) Microsoft
6 1 (2.04%) Amdocs
6 1 (2.04%) NetCracker