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 25 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 384 350 387
Rank change year-on-year -34 +37 +139
Contract jobs citing 3GPP 18 3 1
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.11% 0.022% 0.005%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.35% 0.22% 0.055%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 - £700
Median % change year-on-year - - +32.83%
75th Percentile £538 - -
90th Percentile £688 - -
England median daily rate £450 £523 £575
% change year-on-year -13.88% -9.13% +12.75%

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 1,331 1,346 1,824
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 8.42% 10.07% 10.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 872 822 1,192
10th Percentile £251 £255 £206
25th Percentile £404 £400 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £501 £500
Median % change year-on-year -0.10% +0.10% -9.09%
75th Percentile £613 £626 £625
90th Percentile £688 £738 £750
England median daily rate £495 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -1.00% +5.26% -9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 14 71
10th Percentile £20.01 £23.91 £14.48
25th Percentile £21.65 £24.66 £18.93
Median hourly rate £25.31 £33.75 £23.50
Median % change year-on-year -25.01% +43.62% -8.60%
75th Percentile £28.47 £43.00 £41.25
90th Percentile £93.88 £58.90 £61.75
England median hourly rate £34.00 £35.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -2.86% -22.22% +130.77%

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
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing 3GPP in London over the 6 months to 25 February 2026.

Daily rate histogram for 3GPP in London

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

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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 3GPP within the London region over the 6 months to 25 February 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 - - 1
3GPP
England

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 2 (11.11%) OpenStack
Cloud Services
1 2 (11.11%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 12 (66.67%) 4G
2 9 (50.00%) Radio Access Network
3 8 (44.44%) Wireshark
4 7 (38.89%) 5G
4 7 (38.89%) LTE
5 4 (22.22%) Network Security
6 3 (16.67%) MVNO
6 3 (16.67%) SMPP
6 3 (16.67%) SMS
7 2 (11.11%) BGP
7 2 (11.11%) DHCP
7 2 (11.11%) DNS
7 2 (11.11%) Firewall
7 2 (11.11%) HTTP
7 2 (11.11%) Intelligent Network
7 2 (11.11%) IPsec
7 2 (11.11%) MPLS
7 2 (11.11%) OSPF
7 2 (11.11%) VLAN
7 2 (11.11%) Wireless
General
1 13 (72.22%) Telecoms
2 4 (22.22%) Social Skills
3 1 (5.56%) Aviation
3 1 (5.56%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 6 (33.33%) Network Design Specialist
1 6 (33.33%) Network Specialist
1 6 (33.33%) Performance Specialist
2 4 (22.22%) Architect
3 3 (16.67%) Developer
4 2 (11.11%) Agentic Artificial Intelligence Engineer
4 2 (11.11%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
4 2 (11.11%) Solutions Architect
5 1 (5.56%) Consultant
5 1 (5.56%) Mobile Specialist
5 1 (5.56%) Network Architect
5 1 (5.56%) Network Security Architect
5 1 (5.56%) Principal Architect
5 1 (5.56%) Security Architect
5 1 (5.56%) Solutions Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (11.11%) A2A Protocol
1 2 (11.11%) Model Context Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 4 (22.22%) IoT
2 3 (16.67%) Distributed Systems
2 3 (16.67%) Java Card
3 2 (11.11%) AI Agents
3 2 (11.11%) Cloud Native
3 2 (11.11%) Hybrid Cloud
3 2 (11.11%) Legacy Systems
3 2 (11.11%) Operational Technology
4 1 (5.56%) NB-IoT
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (33.33%) High Availability
1 6 (33.33%) Network Design
1 6 (33.33%) Root Cause Analysis
2 3 (16.67%) AI
2 3 (16.67%) CI/CD
2 3 (16.67%) Configuration Management
2 3 (16.67%) Cryptography
2 3 (16.67%) Key Management
2 3 (16.67%) Knowledge Transfer
2 3 (16.67%) Personalization
2 3 (16.67%) Validation
3 2 (11.11%) Computer Science
3 2 (11.11%) Containerisation
3 2 (11.11%) Decision-Making
3 2 (11.11%) Mathematics
3 2 (11.11%) Mentoring
3 2 (11.11%) Technical Leadership
4 1 (5.56%) Coaching
4 1 (5.56%) Microservices
4 1 (5.56%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 5 (27.78%) Python
2 3 (16.67%) C
2 3 (16.67%) C++
2 3 (16.67%) Java
Qualifications
1 2 (11.11%) Degree
1 2 (11.11%) Master's Degree
1 2 (11.11%) PhD
2 1 (5.56%) SC Cleared
2 1 (5.56%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 2 (11.11%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (16.67%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 6 (33.33%) Actix
1 6 (33.33%) Ericsson
1 6 (33.33%) Nokia
2 3 (16.67%) SGI
2 3 (16.67%) Thales
3 2 (11.11%) Dell