3G Contract Job Trends in London

3G
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring 3G skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 27 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 374 365 401
Rank change year-on-year -9 +36 +149
Contract jobs citing 3G 3 2 4
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.021% 0.013% 0.022%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.23% 0.14% 0.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £188
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £600 £195
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +207.69% -66.09%
75th Percentile - - £203
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £500 £450 £413
% change year-on-year +11.11% +9.09% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £70.00
Median hourly rate - - £75.00
75th Percentile - - £80.00
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate - - £65.98
% change year-on-year - - +174.92%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
London

3G 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 1,278 1,477 1,940
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 8.85% 9.95% 10.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 820 907 1,300
10th Percentile £300 £258 £213
25th Percentile £413 £400 £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £533
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -1.41% -3.18%
75th Percentile £625 £626 £638
90th Percentile £700 £725 £750
England median daily rate £488 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -2.50% - -1.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 38 12 58
10th Percentile £20.82 £23.73 £18.93
25th Percentile - £27.56 £19.99
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £28.63
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% +22.27% +14.50%
75th Percentile £26.97 £43.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £58.93 £79.26 £76.63
England median hourly rate £34.00 £35.00 £56.49
% change year-on-year -2.86% -38.04% +46.73%

3G
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing 3G relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in London.

3G job vacancy trend in London

3G
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing 3G.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing 3G

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Hourly Rate Trend in London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing 3G.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing 3G

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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:

Communications & Networking
1 3 (100.00%) 4G
1 3 (100.00%) 5G
1 3 (100.00%) VoIP
General
1 3 (100.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Test Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Manual Testing