GSM Contracts in England

Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM)
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for GSM skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited GSM over the 6 months to 4 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 531 628 756
Rank change year-on-year +97 +128 -154
Contract jobs citing GSM 7 20 33
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.019% 0.040% 0.046%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.14% 0.33% 0.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 13 15
10th Percentile £120 - £375
25th Percentile £214 £225 £435
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £370 £250 £513
Median % change year-on-year +48.00% -51.22% -2.38%
75th Percentile £398 £516 £650
90th Percentile £414 £519 -
UK median daily rate £385 £250 £513
% change year-on-year +54.00% -51.22% +2.60%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 5
10th Percentile £24.28 - £30.80
25th Percentile £24.31 - £31.25
Median hourly rate £24.75 - £32.50
75th Percentile £25.31 - £33.75
90th Percentile £25.43 - -
UK median hourly rate £24.75 - £32.50

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
England

GSM is in the Communications and Computer Networking category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 4,910 6,122 7,902
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 13.32% 12.24% 11.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,964 4,025 5,192
10th Percentile £206 £240 £223
25th Percentile £350 £400 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.71% +5.00% +14.29%
75th Percentile £600 £650 £613
90th Percentile £700 £738 £700
UK median daily rate £495 £520 £500
% change year-on-year -4.81% +4.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 395 435 302
10th Percentile £13.50 £9.80 £14.82
25th Percentile £16.93 £10.63 £16.25
Median hourly rate £40.00 £18.50 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year +116.22% -22.63% -4.36%
75th Percentile £63.75 £60.00 £47.50
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £63.24
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £18.93 £27.50
% change year-on-year +111.30% -31.16% +3.77%

GSM
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for GSM in England

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing GSM in England.

Daily rate trend for GSM in England

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Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing GSM in England over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for GSM in England

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing GSM in England.

Hourly rate trend for GSM in England

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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 GSM within the England region over the 6 months to 4 May 2024. 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 East +17 4 - - 6
London +94 2 £214 -58.24% 3
East of England +10 1 £400 -11.11% 7
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UK

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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:

Communications & Networking
1 3 (42.86%) 4G
1 3 (42.86%) 5G
2 2 (28.57%) 2G
2 2 (28.57%) 3G
2 2 (28.57%) DSL
2 2 (28.57%) LTE
2 2 (28.57%) WAN
2 2 (28.57%) Wireless
3 1 (14.29%) 3GPP
3 1 (14.29%) ADSL
3 1 (14.29%) ATM
3 1 (14.29%) Bluetooth
3 1 (14.29%) Ethernet
3 1 (14.29%) GPRS
3 1 (14.29%) LAN
3 1 (14.29%) PPP
3 1 (14.29%) PSTN
3 1 (14.29%) RIP
3 1 (14.29%) UMTS
3 1 (14.29%) VPN
General
1 2 (28.57%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 2 (28.57%) Cisco Engineer
1 2 (28.57%) Cisco Network Engineer
1 2 (28.57%) Mobile Engineer
1 2 (28.57%) Network Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Delivery Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Design Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Product Owner
2 1 (14.29%) Project Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Real Time Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Service Delivery Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Service Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Systems Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Voice Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Fibre Optics
1 1 (14.29%) NHS
1 1 (14.29%) Operational Technology
1 1 (14.29%) Product Ownership
1 1 (14.29%) SCADA
1 1 (14.29%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (28.57%) Acceptance Criteria
1 2 (28.57%) Impact Assessments
1 2 (28.57%) Project Delivery
2 1 (14.29%) Agile
2 1 (14.29%) Budget Management
2 1 (14.29%) Business Case
2 1 (14.29%) Capacity Planning
2 1 (14.29%) Change Control
2 1 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (14.29%) Migration
2 1 (14.29%) Performance Monitoring
2 1 (14.29%) Process Management
2 1 (14.29%) Requirements Gathering
2 1 (14.29%) Roadmaps
2 1 (14.29%) Scrum
2 1 (14.29%) Service Management
2 1 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (14.29%) Use Case
2 1 (14.29%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (14.29%) User Stories
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) BC Cleared
1 1 (14.29%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (14.29%) SC Cleared
1 1 (14.29%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) Cisco
1 2 (28.57%) Nokia
2 1 (14.29%) ADVA
2 1 (14.29%) Juniper
2 1 (14.29%) Nokia Networks
2 1 (14.29%) Tellabs