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

6 months to
11 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 372 349 396
Rank change year-on-year -23 +47 +127
Contract jobs citing 3GPP 15 3 2
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.099% 0.022% 0.011%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.16% 0.22% 0.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 0 1
10th Percentile £450 - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 - £700
Median % change year-on-year - - +32.83%
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile £688 - -
England median daily rate £450 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -14.29% -4.55% +16.09%

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 1,295 1,344 1,876
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 8.56% 9.95% 10.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 844 803 1,233
10th Percentile £263 £255 £205
25th Percentile £406 £400 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% +2.50% -9.09%
75th Percentile £613 £630 £625
90th Percentile £694 £725 £750
England median daily rate £488 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% -9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 16 70
10th Percentile £20.24 £24.13 £16.00
25th Percentile £22.02 £24.66 £19.99
Median hourly rate £25.15 £33.75 £25.25
Median % change year-on-year -25.48% +33.66% -1.79%
75th Percentile £27.66 £41.50 £56.06
90th Percentile £92.13 £53.50 £72.62
England median hourly rate £29.44 £35.00 £47.50
% change year-on-year -15.89% -26.32% +137.50%

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 11 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 11 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 - 1 - - 3
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 (13.33%) OpenStack
Cloud Services
1 2 (13.33%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 9 (60.00%) 4G
1 9 (60.00%) Radio Access Network
1 9 (60.00%) Wireshark
2 7 (46.67%) LTE
3 3 (20.00%) 5G
3 3 (20.00%) MVNO
3 3 (20.00%) Network Security
3 3 (20.00%) SMPP
3 3 (20.00%) SMS
4 2 (13.33%) BGP
4 2 (13.33%) DHCP
4 2 (13.33%) DNS
4 2 (13.33%) Firewall
4 2 (13.33%) HTTP
4 2 (13.33%) Intelligent Network
4 2 (13.33%) IPsec
4 2 (13.33%) MPLS
4 2 (13.33%) OSPF
4 2 (13.33%) VLAN
4 2 (13.33%) Wireless
General
1 12 (80.00%) Telecoms
2 3 (20.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (6.67%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 7 (46.67%) Network Design Specialist
1 7 (46.67%) Network Specialist
1 7 (46.67%) Performance Specialist
2 3 (20.00%) Architect
2 3 (20.00%) Developer
3 2 (13.33%) Agentic Artificial Intelligence Engineer
3 2 (13.33%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
3 2 (13.33%) Solutions Architect
4 1 (6.67%) Consultant
4 1 (6.67%) Principal Architect
4 1 (6.67%) Solutions Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (13.33%) A2A Protocol
1 2 (13.33%) Model Context Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 4 (26.67%) IoT
2 3 (20.00%) Distributed Systems
2 3 (20.00%) Java Card
3 2 (13.33%) AI Agents
3 2 (13.33%) Operational Technology
4 1 (6.67%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (6.67%) NB-IoT
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (46.67%) High Availability
1 7 (46.67%) Network Design
1 7 (46.67%) Root Cause Analysis
2 3 (20.00%) CI/CD
2 3 (20.00%) Cryptography
2 3 (20.00%) Key Management
2 3 (20.00%) Knowledge Transfer
2 3 (20.00%) Personalization
2 3 (20.00%) Validation
3 2 (13.33%) AI
3 2 (13.33%) Computer Science
3 2 (13.33%) Decision-Making
3 2 (13.33%) Mathematics
4 1 (6.67%) Domain Models
4 1 (6.67%) Domain-Driven Design
4 1 (6.67%) Event-Driven Architecture
4 1 (6.67%) Mentoring
4 1 (6.67%) Microservices
4 1 (6.67%) SDLC
4 1 (6.67%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 5 (33.33%) Python
2 3 (20.00%) C
2 3 (20.00%) C++
2 3 (20.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 2 (13.33%) Degree
1 2 (13.33%) Master's Degree
1 2 (13.33%) PhD
System Software
1 2 (13.33%) Docker
Vendors
1 7 (46.67%) Actix
1 7 (46.67%) Ericsson
1 7 (46.67%) Nokia
2 3 (20.00%) Thales
3 2 (13.33%) Dell