3GPP Contract Job Trends in London

3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP)
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring 3GPP skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 420 365 390
Rank change year-on-year -55 +25 +69
Contract jobs citing 3GPP 22 2 4
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.11% 0.015% 0.025%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.36% 0.15% 0.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £600 -
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile £494 - -
England median daily rate £450 £500 £450
% change year-on-year -10.00% +11.11% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £102.75 £52.50 -
Median hourly rate £105.50 £55.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +91.82% - -
75th Percentile £108.25 £57.50 -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £97.75 £63.50 -
% change year-on-year +53.94% - -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
London

3GPP 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 1,620 1,371 1,539
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 8.07% 10.20% 9.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,052 889 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 £630 £623
90th Percentile £730 £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 £26.72 £44.50 £54.88
% change year-on-year -39.96% -18.91% -0.23%

3GPP
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

3GPP job vacancy trend in London

3GPP
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

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

3GPP
Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

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

3GPP
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 5 (22.73%) OpenStack
Cloud Services
1 3 (13.64%) AWS
2 2 (9.09%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 18 (81.82%) 5G
2 15 (68.18%) Radio Access Network
3 10 (45.45%) LTE
4 8 (36.36%) 4G
5 5 (22.73%) Wireshark
6 4 (18.18%) HTTP
7 3 (13.64%) Diameter Protocol
8 1 (4.55%) Converged Networks
8 1 (4.55%) MPLS
8 1 (4.55%) Network Security
General
1 20 (90.91%) Telecoms
2 3 (13.64%) Social Skills
3 2 (9.09%) Electronics
4 1 (4.55%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 7 (31.82%) Consultant
2 6 (27.27%) Architect
3 5 (22.73%) RAN Engineer
4 3 (13.64%) Designer
4 3 (13.64%) Enterprise Architect
4 3 (13.64%) Mobile Designer
5 2 (9.09%) Enterprise Solutions Architect
5 2 (9.09%) Mobile Solutions Architect
5 2 (9.09%) Telecoms Architect
6 1 (4.55%) Integration Architect
6 1 (4.55%) Network Engineer
6 1 (4.55%) Senior
6 1 (4.55%) Senior Architect
6 1 (4.55%) Senior Enterprise Architect
6 1 (4.55%) Senior Integration Architect
6 1 (4.55%) Senior Solutions Architect
6 1 (4.55%) Solutions Architect
6 1 (4.55%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (31.82%) NETCONF
1 7 (31.82%) YANG
2 1 (4.55%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 7 (31.82%) Cloud Native
2 2 (9.09%) Industry 4.0
2 2 (9.09%) IoT
2 2 (9.09%) Smart City
2 2 (9.09%) TM Forum
3 1 (4.55%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (4.55%) Private Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (54.55%) CI/CD
2 8 (36.36%) Network Design
2 8 (36.36%) Stakeholder Management
3 7 (31.82%) Regression Testing
3 7 (31.82%) Root Cause Analysis
3 7 (31.82%) Systems Engineering
3 7 (31.82%) Test Strategy
3 7 (31.82%) Validation
4 5 (22.73%) Customer Experience
4 5 (22.73%) Project Management
5 4 (18.18%) High Availability
5 4 (18.18%) Roadmaps
5 4 (18.18%) TOGAF
6 3 (13.64%) Capacity Planning
6 3 (13.64%) Migration
6 3 (13.64%) Network Architecture
6 3 (13.64%) Performance Optimisation
6 3 (13.64%) Technical Leadership
7 2 (9.09%) ITIL
7 2 (9.09%) Service Management
Qualifications
1 11 (50.00%) Degree
2 3 (13.64%) AWS Certification
3 2 (9.09%) Azure Certification
3 2 (9.09%) Master's Degree
3 2 (9.09%) MBA
4 1 (4.55%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (13.64%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (9.09%) Docker
Systems Management
1 6 (27.27%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 10 (45.45%) Ericsson
1 10 (45.45%) Nokia
2 5 (22.73%) Huawei
3 3 (13.64%) Cisco
4 2 (9.09%) Samsung
5 1 (4.55%) SGI