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 October 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 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 495 467 521
Rank change year-on-year -28 +54 +160
Contract jobs citing Ericsson 29 61 71
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.10% 0.19% 0.17%
As % of the Vendors category 0.22% 0.43% 0.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 25 33
10th Percentile £410 £405 £309
25th Percentile £413 £450 £330
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £400
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +25.00% -3.03%
75th Percentile - £580 £450
90th Percentile £495 £638 £500
UK median daily rate £450 £485 £400
% change year-on-year -7.22% +21.25% -5.88%

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 13,446 14,258 18,052
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 47.80% 44.62% 44.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,560 8,519 11,953
10th Percentile £275 £300 £263
25th Percentile £404 £413 £409
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £507 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.43% - -2.78%
75th Percentile £619 £626 £645
90th Percentile £700 £725 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -1.59%
Number of hourly rates quoted 654 503 618
10th Percentile £15.00 £15.00 £15.25
25th Percentile £18.15 £15.87 £20.26
Median hourly rate £25.11 £35.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -28.26% -21.35% +82.68%
75th Percentile £43.21 £65.00 £63.64
90th Percentile £69.65 £71.00 £76.25
UK median hourly rate £25.00 £33.00 £44.20
% change year-on-year -24.24% -25.34% +84.51%

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 14 October 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 October 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 +13 16 £438 -2.78% 2
London +23 9 £450 +12.50% 1
South East -15 3 £388 -27.40%
Midlands -12 1 - -
West Midlands -18 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 (6.90%) Camunda
Cloud Services
1 1 (3.45%) PaaS
1 1 (3.45%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 12 (41.38%) Radio Access Network
2 11 (37.93%) 4G
2 11 (37.93%) LTE
3 10 (34.48%) 3GPP
4 9 (31.03%) Wireshark
5 8 (27.59%) 5G
6 3 (10.34%) VoIP
7 2 (6.90%) DOCSIS
7 2 (6.90%) GPON
7 2 (6.90%) MPLS
7 2 (6.90%) xDSL
8 1 (3.45%) Converged Networks
8 1 (3.45%) PBX
General
1 27 (93.10%) Telecoms
2 8 (27.59%) Finance
3 5 (17.24%) Billing
4 4 (13.79%) Social Skills
5 2 (6.90%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (3.45%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 12 (41.38%) Project Manager
2 9 (31.03%) Network Design Specialist
2 9 (31.03%) Network Specialist
2 9 (31.03%) Performance Specialist
3 8 (27.59%) Network Manager
3 8 (27.59%) Network Project Manager
4 4 (13.79%) DevOps Engineer
4 4 (13.79%) OSS Project Manager
4 4 (13.79%) Telecoms Manager
4 4 (13.79%) Telecoms Project Manager
5 2 (6.90%) Architect
5 2 (6.90%) Ericsson Engineer
5 2 (6.90%) OSS Architect
6 1 (3.45%) Test Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 9 (31.03%) Cloud Native
2 2 (6.90%) TM Forum
3 1 (3.45%) Blackberry
3 1 (3.45%) Video Conferencing
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (41.38%) Project Management
1 12 (41.38%) Stakeholder Management
2 10 (34.48%) High Availability
2 10 (34.48%) Root Cause Analysis
3 9 (31.03%) Network Design
4 8 (27.59%) Problem-Solving
4 8 (27.59%) Service Delivery
4 8 (27.59%) Service Management
5 6 (20.69%) DevOps
5 6 (20.69%) Fault Management
6 5 (17.24%) Agile
7 4 (13.79%) CRM
7 4 (13.79%) Network Management
7 4 (13.79%) PRINCE2
7 4 (13.79%) Risk Management
7 4 (13.79%) Scrum
7 4 (13.79%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 4 (13.79%) Waterfall
8 3 (10.34%) Containerisation
8 3 (10.34%) Migration
Qualifications
1 4 (13.79%) PMI Certification
1 4 (13.79%) PMP
1 4 (13.79%) Security Cleared
2 3 (10.34%) SC Cleared
3 2 (6.90%) Degree
3 2 (6.90%) Master's Degree
3 2 (6.90%) TOGAF Certification
4 1 (3.45%) CCNP
4 1 (3.45%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (3.45%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (6.90%) OASIS TOSCA
2 1 (3.45%) QA
2 1 (3.45%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (3.45%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 8 (27.59%) NSN NetAct
2 6 (20.69%) Amdocs OSS
3 5 (17.24%) Kubernetes
4 4 (13.79%) Ansible
Vendors
1 25 (86.21%) Nokia
2 9 (31.03%) Actix
3 6 (20.69%) Amdocs
3 6 (20.69%) NetCracker
4 4 (13.79%) Ciena
5 3 (10.34%) Huawei
6 1 (3.45%) Avaya
6 1 (3.45%) Cisco
6 1 (3.45%) F5
6 1 (3.45%) Juniper
6 1 (3.45%) Palo Alto
6 1 (3.45%) Ribbon
6 1 (3.45%) VMware