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 18 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 434 364 372
Rank change year-on-year -70 +8 +70
Contract jobs citing 2G 6 5 7
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.030% 0.037% 0.043%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.37% 0.36% 0.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 4 7
10th Percentile - - £476
25th Percentile £425 £400 £485
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £455 £433 £490
Median % change year-on-year +5.14% -11.73% +28.95%
75th Percentile £478 £542 £516
90th Percentile £484 £667 £555
England median daily rate £450 £400 £490
% change year-on-year +12.50% -18.37% +15.29%

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 1,617 1,371 1,532
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 8.05% 10.18% 9.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,045 888 1,020
10th Percentile £305 £289 £250
25th Percentile £413 £400 £380
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £500 £513
Median % change year-on-year +2.50% -2.44% -6.82%
75th Percentile £600 £631 £623
90th Percentile £735 £713 £713
England median daily rate £500 £492 £500
% change year-on-year +1.63% -1.60% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 41 33 32
10th Percentile £19.34 £20.32 £16.24
25th Percentile £19.50 - £20.00
Median hourly rate £27.50 £25.15 £23.80
Median % change year-on-year +9.34% +5.67% -29.26%
75th Percentile £53.75 £50.00 £49.50
90th Percentile £73.75 £62.05 £64.50
England median hourly rate £27.50 £43.75 £54.88
% change year-on-year -37.14% -20.27% -0.23%

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 18 August 2026. 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 - 2 £450 -
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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (33.33%) ArcGIS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (100.00%) 4G
2 4 (66.67%) 3G
2 4 (66.67%) 5G
2 4 (66.67%) Radio Access Network
3 2 (33.33%) Diameter Protocol
3 2 (33.33%) LTE
3 2 (33.33%) SCCP
3 2 (33.33%) SS7
3 2 (33.33%) TCAP
3 2 (33.33%) tcpdump
3 2 (33.33%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (33.33%) GIS
1 2 (33.33%) QGIS
General
1 2 (33.33%) Telecoms
2 1 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Finance
Job Titles
1 2 (33.33%) Engineering Specialist
2 1 (16.67%) Network Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) RAN Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Telecoms Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (33.33%) Capacity Planning
1 2 (33.33%) CI/CD
1 2 (33.33%) Customer Requirements
1 2 (33.33%) Data Analysis
1 2 (33.33%) DevOps
1 2 (33.33%) Disaster Recovery
1 2 (33.33%) High Availability
1 2 (33.33%) Performance Analysis
1 2 (33.33%) Visualisation
2 1 (16.67%) Network Optimisation
2 1 (16.67%) Network Planning
2 1 (16.67%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 2 (33.33%) Python
2 1 (16.67%) C
System Software
1 2 (33.33%) KVM
1 2 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (33.33%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) Huawei
1 2 (33.33%) VMware