2G Contract Job Trends in London

2G
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring 2G skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 374 375 422
Rank change year-on-year +1 +47 +157
Contract jobs citing 2G 4 2 2
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.028% 0.013% 0.010%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.31% 0.13% 0.092%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 2 1
10th Percentile £416 £517 -
25th Percentile £431 £524 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £548 £450
Median % change year-on-year -15.53% +21.67% +50.00%
75th Percentile £472 £569 £475
90th Percentile £474 £576 -
England median daily rate £475 £525 £425
% change year-on-year -9.52% +23.53% +16.76%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
London

2G 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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,310 1,493 2,163
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 9.31% 9.54% 10.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 831 923 1,461
10th Percentile £289 £258 £225
25th Percentile £406 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% -3.64%
75th Percentile £630 £630 £638
90th Percentile £713 £725 £745
England median daily rate £490 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -2.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 44 16 53
10th Percentile £19.01 £23.70 £18.93
25th Percentile - £28.75 £19.99
Median hourly rate £25.15 £37.25 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -32.48% +49.00% -
75th Percentile £33.19 £49.50 £60.00
90th Percentile £60.83 £74.10 £77.50
England median hourly rate £33.39 £50.00 £56.49
% change year-on-year -33.23% -11.49% +25.53%

2G
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing 2G relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in London.

2G job vacancy trend in London

2G
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing 2G.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing 2G

2G
Hourly Rate Trend in London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing 2G.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing 2G

2G
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing 2G within the London region over the 6 months to 13 November 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
Central London +11 1 £475 -9.52% 1
2G
England

2G
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 4 (100.00%) AWS
1 4 (100.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 4 (100.00%) 4G
1 4 (100.00%) 5G
1 4 (100.00%) Radio Access Network
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (100.00%) GIS
General
1 4 (100.00%) Telecoms
2 1 (25.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Network Design Specialist
1 3 (75.00%) Network Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 4 (100.00%) IoT
1 4 (100.00%) NB-IoT
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) ETL
1 3 (75.00%) Network Design
2 2 (50.00%) Analytics
2 2 (50.00%) Architectural Design
2 2 (50.00%) Change Management
3 1 (25.00%) Co-Creation
3 1 (25.00%) Data Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) GDPR