5G Contracts in London

5G
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London requiring 5G skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited 5G over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 315 357 462
Rank change year-on-year +42 +105 +38
Contract jobs citing 5G 38 34 31
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.30% 0.19% 0.11%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.89% 1.98% 1.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 19 17
10th Percentile £400 £425 £320
25th Percentile £425 £474 £380
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £520 £525
Median % change year-on-year +10.58% -0.95% -
75th Percentile £670 £566 £600
90th Percentile £680 £575 £875
England median daily rate £480 £475 £413
% change year-on-year +1.05% +15.15% -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £70.00
England median hourly rate - £24.50 £66.25
% change year-on-year - -63.02% +5.16%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
London

5G 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 1,315 1,719 2,676
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 10.48% 9.64% 9.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 838 1,144 1,885
10th Percentile £263 £213 £256
25th Percentile £400 £350 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £560
Median % change year-on-year - -10.71% +1.82%
75th Percentile £625 £619 £675
90th Percentile £725 £741 £775
England median daily rate £500 £490 £525
% change year-on-year +2.04% -6.67% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 59 53
10th Percentile £24.66 £14.48 £20.22
25th Percentile £25.60 £18.36 £22.63
Median hourly rate £43.75 £22.00 £46.00
Median % change year-on-year +98.86% -52.17% +31.43%
75th Percentile £51.50 £41.25 £70.00
90th Percentile £62.65 £60.00 £75.00
England median hourly rate £28.00 £40.00 £18.82
% change year-on-year -30.00% +112.54% -21.29%

5G
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing 5G as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for 5G in London

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing 5G in London.

Daily rate trend for 5G in London

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Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing 5G in London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for 5G in London

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing 5G in London.

Hourly rate trend for 5G in London

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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 5G within the London region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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 +5 3 £680 +30.14% 1
West London - 2 £438 - 4
5G
England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Applications
1 2 (5.26%) MS Visio
2 1 (2.63%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (2.63%) Primavera
Communications & Networking
1 26 (68.42%) Radio Access Network
2 21 (55.26%) 4G
3 17 (44.74%) LTE
4 13 (34.21%) 5G NR
5 5 (13.16%) 3G
6 4 (10.53%) 2G
7 3 (7.89%) VoLTE
7 3 (7.89%) VoWiFi
8 2 (5.26%) Structured Cabling
8 2 (5.26%) VLAN
8 2 (5.26%) VXLAN
8 2 (5.26%) Wi-Fi
8 2 (5.26%) WLAN
9 1 (2.63%) GSM
9 1 (2.63%) Internet
9 1 (2.63%) Packet Switching
9 1 (2.63%) VoIP
9 1 (2.63%) VSAN
9 1 (2.63%) Wireless
General
1 24 (63.16%) Telecoms
2 6 (15.79%) Social Skills
3 2 (5.26%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (5.26%) Billing
4 1 (2.63%) Aviation
4 1 (2.63%) Electronics
4 1 (2.63%) Local Government
4 1 (2.63%) Multimedia
4 1 (2.63%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (10.53%) Designer
2 3 (7.89%) Design Engineer
3 2 (5.26%) Analyst
3 2 (5.26%) Ericsson Engineer
3 2 (5.26%) Ericsson Field Engineer
3 2 (5.26%) Field Engineer
3 2 (5.26%) Field Test Engineer
3 2 (5.26%) Network Engineer
3 2 (5.26%) Senior
3 2 (5.26%) Senior Analyst
3 2 (5.26%) Senior Test Analyst
3 2 (5.26%) Solutions Designer
3 2 (5.26%) Test Analyst
3 2 (5.26%) Test Engineer
4 1 (2.63%) Core Network Architect
4 1 (2.63%) Mobile Architect
4 1 (2.63%) Network Operations Engineer
4 1 (2.63%) Network Service Designer
4 1 (2.63%) Operations Engineer
4 1 (2.63%) Service Designer
Miscellaneous
1 12 (31.58%) Cloud Native
2 9 (23.68%) Team-Oriented Environment
3 2 (5.26%) CCTV
3 2 (5.26%) Data Centre
3 2 (5.26%) Fibre Optics
3 2 (5.26%) IoT
4 1 (2.63%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 9 (23.68%) Linux
2 1 (2.63%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (47.37%) Problem-Solving
2 12 (31.58%) CI/CD
2 12 (31.58%) DevOps
3 11 (28.95%) Agile
3 11 (28.95%) Fault Management
3 11 (28.95%) High Availability
3 11 (28.95%) Performance Optimisation
4 10 (26.32%) Collaborative Working
4 10 (26.32%) Continuous Improvement
5 9 (23.68%) Network Planning
6 7 (18.42%) Computer Science
7 4 (10.53%) Network Design
7 4 (10.53%) Service Management
8 3 (7.89%) Roadmaps
9 2 (5.26%) Design Patterns
9 2 (5.26%) Edge Computing
9 2 (5.26%) Network Optimisation
9 2 (5.26%) Service Design
9 2 (5.26%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 2 (5.26%) Strategic Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 12 (31.58%) Python
Qualifications
1 7 (18.42%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.26%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (2.63%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (2.63%) VMware NSX
1 1 (2.63%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 12 (31.58%) Ansible
2 7 (18.42%) NSN NetAct
Vendors
1 11 (28.95%) Ericsson
1 11 (28.95%) Nokia
2 5 (13.16%) Microsoft
3 1 (2.63%) Mavenir
3 1 (2.63%) VMware