5G Contracts in Hertfordshire

5G
East of England > Hertfordshire

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Hertfordshire with a requirement for 5G skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited 5G over the 6 months to 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 53 70 70
Rank change year-on-year +17 0 -11
Contract jobs citing 5G 16 4 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 1.95% 0.49% 0.38%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 12.60% 2.11% 2.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 1 3
10th Percentile £350 - £340
25th Percentile £381 - £391
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £430 £300 £500
Median % change year-on-year +43.33% -40.00% +25.00%
75th Percentile £450 - £525
90th Percentile £463 - -
East of England median daily rate £440 £300 £459
% change year-on-year +46.67% -34.64% +14.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £57.00 -
East of England median hourly rate - £57.00 -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Hertfordshire

5G 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 Hertfordshire with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 127 190 147
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 15.47% 23.11% 18.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 60 110 77
10th Percentile £290 £249 £224
25th Percentile £350 £375 £319
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £423 £538 £425
Median % change year-on-year -21.40% +26.47% +3.66%
75th Percentile £475 £700 £525
90th Percentile £588 £713 £593
East of England median daily rate £408 £475 £425
% change year-on-year -14.21% +11.76% +24.54%
Number of hourly rates quoted 47 19 4
10th Percentile £50.00 £55.70 £16.55
25th Percentile £61.25 £63.13 £18.13
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £29.78
Median % change year-on-year - +118.30% +19.10%
75th Percentile - £74.13 £39.55
90th Percentile - £74.80 -
East of England median hourly rate £45.00 £41.50 £15.50
% change year-on-year +8.43% +167.74% -15.16%

5G
Job Vacancy Trend in Hertfordshire

Job postings citing 5G as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire.

Job vacancy trend for 5G in Hertfordshire

5G
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing 5G in Hertfordshire.

Daily rate trend for 5G in Hertfordshire

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing 5G in Hertfordshire.

Hourly rate trend for 5G in Hertfordshire

5G
Contract Job Locations in Hertfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing 5G within the Hertfordshire region over the 6 months to 25 April 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
Stevenage 0 8 £400 +33.33% 2
5G
East of England

5G
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hertfordshire 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 10 (62.50%) 4G
1 10 (62.50%) Radio Access Network
2 6 (37.50%) Wireless
3 5 (31.25%) NAS
4 4 (25.00%) Wireshark
Development Applications
1 6 (37.50%) JIRA
2 4 (25.00%) gcov
2 4 (25.00%) GDB
2 4 (25.00%) Git
2 4 (25.00%) Gradle
2 4 (25.00%) Subversion
General
1 8 (50.00%) Telecoms
2 5 (31.25%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 10 (62.50%) C++ Developer
1 10 (62.50%) Developer
2 9 (56.25%) Python Developer
3 3 (18.75%) Consultant
3 3 (18.75%) Infrastructure Consultant
3 3 (18.75%) Network Infrastructure Consultant
4 2 (12.50%) 4G Project Manager
4 2 (12.50%) Project Manager
4 2 (12.50%) Wireless Product Manager
5 1 (6.25%) C++ Software Engineer
5 1 (6.25%) Real Time Engineer
5 1 (6.25%) Real Time Software Engineer
5 1 (6.25%) Software Engineer
5 1 (6.25%) Telecoms Developer
5 1 (6.25%) Wireless Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (6.25%) FPGA
Operating Systems
1 6 (37.50%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (25.00%) Software Engineering
2 3 (18.75%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 2 (12.50%) Agile
4 1 (6.25%) Multithreading
4 1 (6.25%) Signal Processing
Programming Languages
1 11 (68.75%) C++
2 10 (62.50%) Python
3 4 (25.00%) C
4 1 (6.25%) MATLAB
Vendors
1 4 (25.00%) Klocwork
1 4 (25.00%) Perforce