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 20 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 350 369 423
Rank change year-on-year +19 +54 +113
DemandTrendContract jobs citing 5G 19 23 39
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.14% 0.14% 0.17%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.38% 1.50% 1.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 10 22
10th Percentile £400 £457 £380
25th Percentile £425 £485 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £490 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.06% -6.67% -
75th Percentile £494 £538 £570
90th Percentile £750 £588 £875
England median daily rate £447 £490 £453
% change year-on-year -8.78% +8.29% +3.43%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 1
Median hourly rate - £46.88 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year - -33.04% +7.69%
England median hourly rate - £55.00 £65.98
% change year-on-year - -16.64% +4.35%

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.

DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,372 1,535 2,431
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 10.21% 9.48% 10.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 889 1,017 1,716
10th Percentile £289 £250 £251
25th Percentile £400 £380 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% -6.82% -
75th Percentile £638 £623 £663
90th Percentile £713 £701 £750
England median daily rate £492 £505 £500
% change year-on-year -2.57% +1.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 31 38
10th Percentile £20.75 £16.25 £18.40
25th Percentile - £20.25 £22.56
Median hourly rate £25.15 £23.80 £33.65
Median % change year-on-year +5.67% -29.26% +40.72%
75th Percentile £49.69 £50.25 £69.25
90th Percentile £61.95 £65.00 £80.90
England median hourly rate £42.50 £54.88 £55.16
% change year-on-year -22.55% -0.52% +57.60%

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

5G
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing 5G.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing 5G

5G
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing 5G in London over the 6 months to 20 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for 5G in London

5G
Hourly Rate Trend in London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing 5G.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing 5G

5G
DemandTrendContract 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 20 August 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South London +1 2 - -
West London - 2 £438 -
5G
England

5G
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 3 (15.79%) Microsoft Office
Communications & Networking
1 10 (52.63%) 4G
2 8 (42.11%) LTE
3 5 (26.32%) 2G
3 5 (26.32%) 3G
3 5 (26.32%) 5G NR
3 5 (26.32%) Radio Access Network
4 2 (10.53%) Structured Cabling
4 2 (10.53%) VoIP
4 2 (10.53%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (10.53%) WLAN
5 1 (5.26%) GSM
5 1 (5.26%) Internet
5 1 (5.26%) Packet Switching
5 1 (5.26%) PPP
5 1 (5.26%) TETRA
5 1 (5.26%) VoLTE
5 1 (5.26%) VoWiFi
5 1 (5.26%) Wireless
General
1 12 (63.16%) Telecoms
2 9 (47.37%) Social Skills
3 3 (15.79%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (5.26%) Aviation
4 1 (5.26%) Electronics
4 1 (5.26%) Fire and Rescue
4 1 (5.26%) French Language
4 1 (5.26%) Local Government
4 1 (5.26%) Multimedia
4 1 (5.26%) Police
4 1 (5.26%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 5 (26.32%) Test Engineer
2 4 (21.05%) Design Engineer
2 4 (21.05%) Radio Engineer
3 3 (15.79%) Ericsson Engineer
4 2 (10.53%) Ericsson Field Engineer
4 2 (10.53%) Field Engineer
4 2 (10.53%) Field Test Engineer
4 2 (10.53%) Radio Design Engineer
4 2 (10.53%) RF Engineer
4 2 (10.53%) RF Test Engineer
5 1 (5.26%) 4G Engineer
5 1 (5.26%) Architect
5 1 (5.26%) Cabling Engineer
5 1 (5.26%) Core Network Architect
5 1 (5.26%) DevOps Engineer
5 1 (5.26%) Head of Mobile
5 1 (5.26%) LTE Engineer
5 1 (5.26%) Migration Architect
5 1 (5.26%) Mobile Architect
5 1 (5.26%) Senior
Miscellaneous
1 2 (10.53%) CCTV
1 2 (10.53%) Data Protection Act
1 2 (10.53%) Fibre Optics
1 2 (10.53%) IoT
2 1 (5.26%) Cloud Native
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.26%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (47.37%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (26.32%) High Availability
3 4 (21.05%) Data Management
4 3 (15.79%) Benchmarking
4 3 (15.79%) Network Design
5 2 (10.53%) Agile
5 2 (10.53%) Analytics
5 2 (10.53%) Business Strategy
5 2 (10.53%) CI/CD
5 2 (10.53%) Computer Science
5 2 (10.53%) Data Protection
5 2 (10.53%) Migration
5 2 (10.53%) Network Architecture
5 2 (10.53%) Network Optimisation
5 2 (10.53%) Software Testing
5 2 (10.53%) Stakeholder Management
6 1 (5.26%) Containerisation
6 1 (5.26%) Incident Response
6 1 (5.26%) Project Delivery
6 1 (5.26%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.26%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (21.05%) Degree
2 1 (5.26%) CISSP
2 1 (5.26%) Master's Degree
2 1 (5.26%) PMI Certification
2 1 (5.26%) PMP
2 1 (5.26%) SC Cleared
2 1 (5.26%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (21.05%) SLA
Systems Management
1 1 (5.26%) Ansible
1 1 (5.26%) Kubernetes
1 1 (5.26%) NSN NetAct
Vendors
1 7 (36.84%) Nokia
2 3 (15.79%) Ericsson
2 3 (15.79%) Microsoft
3 1 (5.26%) Agilent
3 1 (5.26%) Keysight