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 14 September 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
14 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 466 459 529
Rank change year-on-year -7 +70 +134
Contract jobs citing Ericsson 43 60 72
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.16% 0.18% 0.17%
As % of the Vendors category 0.33% 0.41% 0.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 23 28
10th Percentile £400 £410 £308
25th Percentile £413 £450 £316
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £475 £400
Median % change year-on-year -7.89% +18.75% -3.03%
75th Percentile £450 £572 £475
90th Percentile £490 £638 £526
UK median daily rate £450 £473 £400
% change year-on-year -4.76% +18.13% -4.48%

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 12,967 14,488 18,738
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 47.05% 44.15% 43.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,224 8,889 12,514
10th Percentile £275 £300 £261
25th Percentile £400 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -1.41%
75th Percentile £615 £630 £650
90th Percentile £700 £731 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -0.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 613 607 587
10th Percentile £14.75 £14.25 £15.23
25th Percentile £17.79 £15.62 £18.97
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% -17.65% +77.75%
75th Percentile £43.75 £65.00 £63.00
90th Percentile £69.65 £70.00 £75.35
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £30.80 £43.00
% change year-on-year -18.33% -28.38% +79.84%

Ericsson
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Ericsson 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 14 September 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 14 September 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 +21 23 £425 -5.56%
London +20 14 £450 +12.50% 2
South East -7 4 £388 -26.19% 4
East of England +7 1 £300 -58.62%
Midlands -10 1 - - 1
West Midlands -15 1 - -
Ericsson
UK

Ericsson
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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (4.65%) Camunda
Applications
1 2 (4.65%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 5 (11.63%) PaaS
1 5 (11.63%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 20 (46.51%) Radio Access Network
2 15 (34.88%) 5G
3 14 (32.56%) 4G
4 12 (27.91%) LTE
5 8 (18.60%) 3GPP
6 7 (16.28%) VoIP
6 7 (16.28%) Wireshark
7 6 (13.95%) Wireless
8 5 (11.63%) Network Security
8 5 (11.63%) PBX
9 3 (6.98%) 2G
9 3 (6.98%) 3G
10 2 (4.65%) 5G NR
10 2 (4.65%) DOCSIS
10 2 (4.65%) GPON
10 2 (4.65%) MPLS
10 2 (4.65%) xDSL
11 1 (2.33%) Converged Networks
11 1 (2.33%) Firewall
General
1 40 (93.02%) Telecoms
2 10 (23.26%) Social Skills
3 8 (18.60%) Finance
4 7 (16.28%) Billing
5 2 (4.65%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (2.33%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 14 (32.56%) Project Manager
2 8 (18.60%) Network Manager
2 8 (18.60%) Network Project Manager
3 7 (16.28%) Network Design Specialist
3 7 (16.28%) Network Specialist
3 7 (16.28%) Performance Specialist
4 6 (13.95%) OSS Project Manager
4 6 (13.95%) Telecoms Manager
4 6 (13.95%) Telecoms Project Manager
5 4 (9.30%) Architect
5 4 (9.30%) DevOps Engineer
5 4 (9.30%) Ericsson Engineer
6 3 (6.98%) Design Engineer
6 3 (6.98%) Test Engineer
7 2 (4.65%) Field Engineer
7 2 (4.65%) Network Architect
7 2 (4.65%) Network Security Architect
7 2 (4.65%) OSS Architect
7 2 (4.65%) Security Architect
7 2 (4.65%) Systems Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 11 (25.58%) Cloud Native
2 5 (11.63%) Blackberry
2 5 (11.63%) Data Centre
2 5 (11.63%) PKI
2 5 (11.63%) Video Conferencing
3 2 (4.65%) TM Forum
4 1 (2.33%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (2.33%) Driving Licence
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (41.86%) Problem-Solving
2 14 (32.56%) Project Management
2 14 (32.56%) Stakeholder Management
3 12 (27.91%) Root Cause Analysis
4 9 (20.93%) Network Design
5 8 (18.60%) Fault Management
5 8 (18.60%) High Availability
5 8 (18.60%) Service Delivery
5 8 (18.60%) Service Management
6 7 (16.28%) Agile
6 7 (16.28%) Migration
7 6 (13.95%) CRM
7 6 (13.95%) DevOps
7 6 (13.95%) Network Management
7 6 (13.95%) PRINCE2
7 6 (13.95%) Risk Management
7 6 (13.95%) Scrum
7 6 (13.95%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 6 (13.95%) Waterfall
8 5 (11.63%) Service Design
Qualifications
1 10 (23.26%) Cisco Certification
2 8 (18.60%) Security Cleared
3 7 (16.28%) SC Cleared
4 6 (13.95%) PMI Certification
4 6 (13.95%) PMP
5 5 (11.63%) CCIE
5 5 (11.63%) CCNP
5 5 (11.63%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 4 (9.30%) DV Cleared
7 2 (4.65%) Degree
7 2 (4.65%) Master's Degree
7 2 (4.65%) TOGAF Certification
8 1 (2.33%) CCIE Security
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.65%) OASIS TOSCA
2 1 (2.33%) QA
2 1 (2.33%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (11.63%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 9 (20.93%) NSN NetAct
2 8 (18.60%) Amdocs OSS
3 5 (11.63%) Kubernetes
4 4 (9.30%) Ansible
Vendors
1 31 (72.09%) Nokia
2 8 (18.60%) Amdocs
2 8 (18.60%) NetCracker
3 7 (16.28%) Actix
4 6 (13.95%) Ciena
5 5 (11.63%) Avaya
5 5 (11.63%) Cisco
5 5 (11.63%) F5
5 5 (11.63%) Fortinet
5 5 (11.63%) Juniper
5 5 (11.63%) Palo Alto
5 5 (11.63%) Ribbon
5 5 (11.63%) VMware
6 4 (9.30%) Huawei
7 2 (4.65%) Microsoft
8 1 (2.33%) Oracle