LTE Contracts in England

3GPP Long Term Evolution (LTE)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring LTE skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited LTE over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 420 503 619
Rank change year-on-year +83 +116 +72
Contract jobs citing LTE 65 39 34
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.27% 0.10% 0.067%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.05% 0.78% 0.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 38 6 18
10th Percentile £344 £425 -
25th Percentile £396 £481 £225
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £513 £418
Median % change year-on-year -12.20% +22.61% -13.14%
75th Percentile £618 £575 £634
90th Percentile £677 £644 £875
UK median daily rate £450 £500 £486
% change year-on-year -10.00% +2.88% -15.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £53.50
Median hourly rate - - £57.00
75th Percentile - - £60.50
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate - - £57.00

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
England

LTE falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 3,178 5,012 6,158
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 13.05% 13.48% 12.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,963 3,022 4,045
10th Percentile £220 £206 £231
25th Percentile £363 £350 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £490 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.04% -6.67% +5.00%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £650
90th Percentile £675 £700 £738
UK median daily rate £488 £495 £519
% change year-on-year -1.52% -4.53% +3.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 127 399 439
10th Percentile £13.81 £13.50 £9.80
25th Percentile £15.22 £17.35 £10.63
Median hourly rate £28.00 £40.00 £18.82
Median % change year-on-year -30.00% +112.54% -21.29%
75th Percentile £63.50 £63.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £81.01 £70.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £40.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year -27.50% +110.53% -32.74%

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Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for LTE in England

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for LTE in England

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Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing LTE in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for LTE in England

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for LTE 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 LTE within the England region over the 6 months to 1 May 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 East +65 32 £450 -5.26% 4
London +56 19 £588 +11.90% 13
South West +38 5 - - 2
East of England +33 5 £375 -6.25% 10
Midlands +22 1 £650 +30.00%
North of England +11 1 - - 8
East Midlands +10 1 £650 +30.00%
North West - 1 - - 6
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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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (4.62%) OpenStack
Applications
1 4 (6.15%) Microsoft Office
1 4 (6.15%) MS Visio
2 2 (3.08%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (3.08%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 5 (7.69%) OpenShift
2 1 (1.54%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 40 (61.54%) 5G
2 31 (47.69%) 4G
3 27 (41.54%) Radio Access Network
4 18 (27.69%) 5G NR
4 18 (27.69%) LAN
4 18 (27.69%) MPLS
4 18 (27.69%) WAN
4 18 (27.69%) Wireshark
5 17 (26.15%) GSM
6 16 (24.62%) ATM
6 16 (24.62%) Ethernet
6 16 (24.62%) Frame Relay
6 16 (24.62%) GPRS
6 16 (24.62%) SAN
6 16 (24.62%) SDH
6 16 (24.62%) UMTS
6 16 (24.62%) VPN
7 13 (20.00%) 3G
8 7 (10.77%) 3GPP
9 4 (6.15%) Firewall
Development Applications
1 3 (4.62%) Bitbucket
1 3 (4.62%) JIRA
General
1 52 (80.00%) Telecoms
2 26 (40.00%) Social Skills
3 4 (6.15%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (3.08%) Multimedia
4 2 (3.08%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (1.54%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 19 (29.23%) Test Engineer
2 15 (23.08%) IP Engineer
3 7 (10.77%) Network Engineer
4 6 (9.23%) Designer
5 5 (7.69%) Architect
5 5 (7.69%) Field Engineer
5 5 (7.69%) Field Test Engineer
5 5 (7.69%) IP Network Engineer
6 4 (6.15%) Solutions Designer
6 4 (6.15%) Technical Design Authority
7 3 (4.62%) Senior
7 3 (4.62%) Subject Matter Expert
8 2 (3.08%) Core Network Project Manager
8 2 (3.08%) Design Engineer
8 2 (3.08%) Ericsson Field Engineer
8 2 (3.08%) IP Consultant
8 2 (3.08%) IP Network Consultant
8 2 (3.08%) Mobile Project Manager
8 2 (3.08%) Network Project Manager
8 2 (3.08%) Technical Design Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (4.62%) XML
1 3 (4.62%) XML Schema
Miscellaneous
1 16 (24.62%) Self-Motivation
2 13 (20.00%) Cloud Native
3 12 (18.46%) Team-Oriented Environment
4 5 (7.69%) Onboarding
5 3 (4.62%) Data Centre
6 2 (3.08%) IoT
6 2 (3.08%) Replication
7 1 (1.54%) Hybrid Cloud
7 1 (1.54%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 16 (24.62%) Linux
1 16 (24.62%) Unix
2 1 (1.54%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (49.23%) Problem-Solving
2 28 (43.08%) Fault Management
3 20 (30.77%) Project Management
4 17 (26.15%) Performance Optimisation
4 17 (26.15%) Regression Testing
5 16 (24.62%) Test Strategy
6 14 (21.54%) Agile
7 13 (20.00%) CI/CD
7 13 (20.00%) DevOps
8 12 (18.46%) Collaborative Working
8 12 (18.46%) High Availability
9 11 (16.92%) Continuous Improvement
10 8 (12.31%) Computer Science
11 7 (10.77%) Service Management
12 5 (7.69%) Network Architecture
12 5 (7.69%) Roadmaps
13 4 (6.15%) Edge Computing
13 4 (6.15%) Network Design
14 3 (4.62%) Artificial Intelligence
14 3 (4.62%) Statistics
Programming Languages
1 16 (24.62%) Java
1 16 (24.62%) Python
2 4 (6.15%) C#
3 1 (1.54%) C++
Qualifications
1 18 (27.69%) CCNP
1 18 (27.69%) Cisco Certification
2 17 (26.15%) ISEB
2 17 (26.15%) ISTQB
3 16 (24.62%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
4 9 (13.85%) Degree
5 5 (7.69%) SC Cleared
5 5 (7.69%) Security Cleared
6 4 (6.15%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (3.08%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (3.08%) CCNA
7 2 (3.08%) JNCIA
System Software
1 1 (1.54%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (1.54%) VMware NSX
1 1 (1.54%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 13 (20.00%) Ansible
2 8 (12.31%) NSN NetAct
3 5 (7.69%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 23 (35.38%) Microsoft
2 19 (29.23%) Cisco
2 19 (29.23%) Juniper
3 15 (23.08%) Ericsson
4 12 (18.46%) Nokia
5 6 (9.23%) VMware
6 2 (3.08%) Aruba
6 2 (3.08%) Empirix
6 2 (3.08%) Fortinet
6 2 (3.08%) Mavenir
6 2 (3.08%) Meraki
6 2 (3.08%) NetScout
6 2 (3.08%) Palo Alto
7 1 (1.54%) Arista
7 1 (1.54%) Dell
7 1 (1.54%) Huawei
7 1 (1.54%) Red Hat