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 18 August 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
18 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 589 457 469
Rank change year-on-year -132 +12 +71
Contract jobs citing Ericsson 44 44 59
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.096% 0.16% 0.18%
As % of the Vendors category 0.23% 0.34% 0.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 19 23
10th Percentile £380 £350 £410
25th Percentile £436 £400 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £425 £475
Median % change year-on-year +11.76% -10.53% +15.50%
75th Percentile £538 £450 £572
90th Percentile - £502 £638
UK median daily rate £475 £425 £473
% change year-on-year +11.76% -10.05% +11.83%

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 19,039 13,034 14,465
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 41.62% 47.21% 43.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,986 8,232 9,238
10th Percentile £313 £275 £300
25th Percentile £413 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £508 £525
Median % change year-on-year +0.99% -3.33% -
75th Percentile £614 £619 £628
90th Percentile £700 £716 £734
UK median daily rate £510 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +2.00% -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,032 642 732
10th Percentile £14.82 £14.75 £13.69
25th Percentile £18.25 £17.61 £15.62
Median hourly rate £33.98 £25.15 £29.39
Median % change year-on-year +35.11% -14.41% -21.64%
75th Percentile £65.58 £50.00 £62.51
90th Percentile £85.00 £68.75 £71.25
UK median hourly rate £32.50 £25.15 £28.00
% change year-on-year +29.22% -10.18% -30.86%

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 18 August 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 18 August 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 -50 30 £491 +12.23% 10
South East -71 8 £496 +28.06% 5
South West -68 2 - - 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 11 (25.00%) OpenStack
Cloud Services
1 2 (4.55%) AWS
1 2 (4.55%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 34 (77.27%) 5G
1 34 (77.27%) Radio Access Network
2 24 (54.55%) 4G
3 19 (43.18%) LTE
4 12 (27.27%) Diameter Protocol
4 12 (27.27%) Wireshark
5 9 (20.45%) 3GPP
6 7 (15.91%) VoLTE
7 6 (13.64%) VoWiFi
8 4 (9.09%) HTTP
9 2 (4.55%) 2G
9 2 (4.55%) 3G
9 2 (4.55%) 5G NR
9 2 (4.55%) SIGTRAN
9 2 (4.55%) SS7
General
1 24 (54.55%) Telecoms
2 9 (20.45%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (15.91%) Social Skills
4 2 (4.55%) Electronics
5 1 (2.27%) Finance
5 1 (2.27%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 10 (22.73%) Network Design Specialist
1 10 (22.73%) Network Specialist
2 8 (18.18%) RAN Engineer
3 6 (13.64%) Designer
4 5 (11.36%) Mobile Designer
5 4 (9.09%) Delivery Manager
6 3 (6.82%) Architect
6 3 (6.82%) Field Engineer
7 2 (4.55%) Design Engineer
7 2 (4.55%) Optimisation Engineer
7 2 (4.55%) RAN Design Engineer
8 1 (2.27%) BSS Architect
8 1 (2.27%) Engineering Specialist
8 1 (2.27%) Field Telecoms Engineer
8 1 (2.27%) Network Engineer
8 1 (2.27%) OSS Architect
8 1 (2.27%) Telecoms Engineer
8 1 (2.27%) Telecoms Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.27%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 9 (20.45%) Cloud Native
2 3 (6.82%) Virtual Team
3 2 (4.55%) Industry 4.0
3 2 (4.55%) IoT
3 2 (4.55%) Smart City
4 1 (2.27%) Private Cloud
4 1 (2.27%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (2.27%) TM Forum
Operating Systems
1 6 (13.64%) Linux
1 6 (13.64%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (40.91%) Network Design
2 15 (34.09%) High Availability
3 13 (29.55%) Problem-Solving
4 10 (22.73%) Stakeholder Management
5 9 (20.45%) Migration
5 9 (20.45%) Service Delivery
6 8 (18.18%) Capacity Planning
7 6 (13.64%) Customer Experience
7 6 (13.64%) Root Cause Analysis
8 5 (11.36%) CI/CD
9 4 (9.09%) Project Management
10 3 (6.82%) Network Architecture
10 3 (6.82%) Network Virtualisation
10 3 (6.82%) Performance Optimisation
10 3 (6.82%) Roadmaps
10 3 (6.82%) Validation
11 2 (4.55%) Customer Requirements
11 2 (4.55%) Microservices
11 2 (4.55%) Regulatory Compliance
11 2 (4.55%) Service Design
Programming Languages
1 6 (13.64%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (9.09%) Security Cleared
2 2 (4.55%) AWS Certification
2 2 (4.55%) Azure Certification
2 2 (4.55%) Degree
3 1 (2.27%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (18.18%) SLA
2 3 (6.82%) GRC
3 2 (4.55%) Accessibility
System Software
1 2 (4.55%) Docker
Systems Management
1 11 (25.00%) Kubernetes
2 1 (2.27%) Amdocs OSS
Vendors
1 43 (97.73%) Nokia
2 30 (68.18%) Huawei
3 7 (15.91%) BT
4 4 (9.09%) Oracle
5 3 (6.82%) Actix
5 3 (6.82%) Cisco
6 2 (4.55%) Samsung
7 1 (2.27%) Amdocs
7 1 (2.27%) NetCracker