LTE Contract Job Trends in England

3GPP Long Term Evolution (LTE)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring LTE skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 510 426 507
Rank change year-on-year -84 +81 +148
Contract jobs citing LTE 30 69 42
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.095% 0.24% 0.11%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.89% 1.91% 0.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 43 21
10th Percentile - £403 £425
25th Percentile - £450 £428
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £538 £495
Median % change year-on-year -16.28% +8.59% +41.43%
75th Percentile £625 £618 £538
90th Percentile - £672 £613
UK median daily rate £475 £529 £495
% change year-on-year -10.17% +6.82% +47.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 3
10th Percentile £55.50 - £42.51
25th Percentile £60.00 - £51.91
Median hourly rate £67.50 - £67.56
75th Percentile £78.13 - £73.78
90th Percentile £83.75 - £77.51
UK median hourly rate £67.50 - £67.56

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 3,381 3,606 5,120
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 10.72% 12.77% 13.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,188 2,118 3,180
10th Percentile £206 £220 £207
25th Percentile £356 £375 £360
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% - -1.96%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £682 £700
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 167 103 310
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.04 £18.51
25th Percentile £20.09 £20.30 £23.22
Median hourly rate £34.00 £35.00 £56.49
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% -38.04% +48.66%
75th Percentile £65.00 £62.50 £65.98
90th Percentile £75.00 £73.25 £76.12
UK median hourly rate £32.00 £35.00 £56.49
% change year-on-year -8.57% -38.04% +61.40%

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Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing LTE relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

LTE job vacancy trend in England

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Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing LTE.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing LTE

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Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing LTE in England over the 6 months to 29 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for LTE in England

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Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing LTE.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing LTE

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Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing LTE in England over the 6 months to 29 December 2025.

Hourly rate histogram 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 29 December 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
East of England -10 14 £563 +4.65% 8
London -24 8 £450 -29.69% 5
South West -7 4 £450 -
South East -37 2 £600 +15.50% 4
North of England -45 2 £750 - 1
North East - 2 £750 -
LTE
UK

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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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (6.67%) GCP
1 2 (6.67%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 25 (83.33%) 3GPP
2 11 (36.67%) 4G
2 11 (36.67%) Radio Access Network
3 10 (33.33%) Wireshark
4 4 (13.33%) 5G
4 4 (13.33%) VoIP
5 2 (6.67%) 2G
5 2 (6.67%) 5G NR
5 2 (6.67%) Mobile Backhaul
5 2 (6.67%) Structured Cabling
5 2 (6.67%) TETRA
6 1 (3.33%) MIMO
6 1 (3.33%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (6.67%) Power BI
1 2 (6.67%) Tableau
General
1 15 (50.00%) Telecoms
2 5 (16.67%) Social Skills
3 2 (6.67%) Finance
4 1 (3.33%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 14 (46.67%) FPGA Engineer
2 10 (33.33%) Network Design Specialist
2 10 (33.33%) Network Specialist
2 10 (33.33%) Performance Specialist
3 6 (20.00%) DSP Engineer
4 2 (6.67%) Commissioning Engineer
4 2 (6.67%) Lead
4 2 (6.67%) RF Engineer
4 2 (6.67%) Technical Leader
4 2 (6.67%) Telecoms Engineer
5 1 (3.33%) Design Engineer
5 1 (3.33%) Ericsson Engineer
5 1 (3.33%) Field Engineer
5 1 (3.33%) RAN Design Engineer
5 1 (3.33%) RAN Engineer
5 1 (3.33%) Software Engineer
5 1 (3.33%) Wireless Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 17 (56.67%) IoT
2 15 (50.00%) NB-IoT
3 14 (46.67%) FPGA
4 2 (6.67%) Algorithms
4 2 (6.67%) Fibre Optics
4 2 (6.67%) Operational Technology
4 2 (6.67%) Product Ownership
4 2 (6.67%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (46.67%) Validation
2 12 (40.00%) Digital Signal Processing
2 12 (40.00%) Signal Processing
3 11 (36.67%) Kalman Filter
3 11 (36.67%) Network Design
4 10 (33.33%) High Availability
4 10 (33.33%) Root Cause Analysis
5 2 (6.67%) Analytics
5 2 (6.67%) Collaborative Culture
5 2 (6.67%) Collaborative Working
5 2 (6.67%) Culture Change
5 2 (6.67%) Data Analysis
5 2 (6.67%) Data Collection
5 2 (6.67%) Data Interpretation
5 2 (6.67%) Data Visualisation
5 2 (6.67%) DevOps
5 2 (6.67%) Line Management
5 2 (6.67%) Machine Learning
5 2 (6.67%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (6.67%) Storytelling
Programming Languages
1 2 (6.67%) Python
1 2 (6.67%) R
1 2 (6.67%) SQL
2 1 (3.33%) C
2 1 (3.33%) C++
2 1 (3.33%) Embedded C
2 1 (3.33%) Embedded C++
Qualifications
1 2 (6.67%) BPSS Clearance
1 2 (6.67%) DBS Check
2 1 (3.33%) Degree
Vendors
1 11 (36.67%) Ericsson
1 11 (36.67%) Nokia
2 10 (33.33%) Actix
3 1 (3.33%) Mapinfo