LTE Contracts in London

3GPP Long Term Evolution (LTE)
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London requiring LTE skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited LTE over the 6 months leading up to 22 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 352 388 480
Rank change year-on-year +36 +92 +115
Contract jobs citing LTE 12 7 11
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.088% 0.041% 0.044%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.86% 0.43% 0.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 1 8
10th Percentile £340 - £475
25th Percentile £400 £513 £606
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £525 £775
Median % change year-on-year -11.43% -32.28% +63.21%
75th Percentile £480 £538 £875
90th Percentile £588 - -
England median daily rate £450 £475 £451
% change year-on-year -5.26% +5.26% +0.28%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £52.50 - -
Median hourly rate £55.00 - -
75th Percentile £57.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £67.50 - £47.25

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
London

LTE 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 1,401 1,631 2,630
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 10.33% 9.65% 10.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 912 1,078 1,842
10th Percentile £275 £231 £250
25th Percentile £400 £363 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -9.09% -
75th Percentile £625 £614 £669
90th Percentile £724 £716 £750
England median daily rate £500 £500 £500
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 40 41
10th Percentile £19.33 £15.40 £18.57
25th Percentile £25.15 £17.55 £22.63
Median hourly rate £30.00 £22.90 £36.54
Median % change year-on-year +31.00% -37.33% +40.54%
75th Percentile £52.00 £43.13 £67.00
90th Percentile £63.25 £60.50 £75.00
England median hourly rate £42.50 £45.00 £45.50
% change year-on-year -5.56% -1.10% +81.69%

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Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for LTE in London

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for LTE in London

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Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing LTE in London over the 6 months to 22 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for LTE in London

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for LTE 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 LTE within the London region over the 6 months to 22 July 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
South London - 2 - -
LTE
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 3 (25.00%) Microsoft Office
Communications & Networking
1 8 (66.67%) 4G
1 8 (66.67%) 5G
2 5 (41.67%) 5G NR
2 5 (41.67%) Radio Access Network
3 3 (25.00%) 2G
3 3 (25.00%) 3G
3 3 (25.00%) BGP
3 3 (25.00%) Broadband
3 3 (25.00%) Firewall
3 3 (25.00%) HSRP
3 3 (25.00%) Internet
3 3 (25.00%) IPsec
3 3 (25.00%) LAN
3 3 (25.00%) MPLS
3 3 (25.00%) OSPF
3 3 (25.00%) SD-WAN
3 3 (25.00%) TCP/IP
3 3 (25.00%) WAN
3 3 (25.00%) Wireless
3 3 (25.00%) WLAN
General
1 7 (58.33%) Social Skills
2 4 (33.33%) Telecoms
3 1 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (8.33%) Fire and Rescue
3 1 (8.33%) French Language
3 1 (8.33%) Police
Job Titles
1 4 (33.33%) Radio Engineer
1 4 (33.33%) Test Engineer
2 3 (25.00%) Network Engineer
3 2 (16.67%) Design Engineer
3 2 (16.67%) Ericsson Engineer
3 2 (16.67%) Ericsson Field Engineer
3 2 (16.67%) Field Engineer
3 2 (16.67%) Field Test Engineer
3 2 (16.67%) Radio Design Engineer
3 2 (16.67%) RF Engineer
3 2 (16.67%) RF Test Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) 4G Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) Cisco Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) Cisco Network Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) Consultant
4 1 (8.33%) FPGA Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) Head of Mobile
4 1 (8.33%) LTE Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) Senior
4 1 (8.33%) Senior Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 2 (16.67%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (8.33%) FPGA
2 1 (8.33%) IoT
2 1 (8.33%) NB-IoT
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (33.33%) Computer Science
2 3 (25.00%) Benchmarking
2 3 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (16.67%) Analytics
3 2 (16.67%) Business Strategy
3 2 (16.67%) Data Protection
3 2 (16.67%) Network Optimisation
3 2 (16.67%) Software Testing
4 1 (8.33%) Collaborative Working
4 1 (8.33%) Cyber Resilience
4 1 (8.33%) Digital Signal Processing
4 1 (8.33%) Disaster Recovery
4 1 (8.33%) Network Architecture
4 1 (8.33%) Network Design
4 1 (8.33%) Process Improvement
4 1 (8.33%) Signal Processing
4 1 (8.33%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (8.33%) Test Automation
4 1 (8.33%) TOGAF
4 1 (8.33%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (8.33%) Python
Qualifications
1 7 (58.33%) Degree
2 3 (25.00%) CCNA
2 3 (25.00%) CCNP
2 3 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (25.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 3 (25.00%) JNCIA
3 1 (8.33%) CISSP
3 1 (8.33%) Master's Degree
3 1 (8.33%) PMI Certification
3 1 (8.33%) PMP
Systems Management
1 1 (8.33%) NSN NetAct
Vendors
1 3 (25.00%) Aruba
1 3 (25.00%) Cisco
1 3 (25.00%) Fortinet
1 3 (25.00%) Juniper
1 3 (25.00%) Meraki
1 3 (25.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (25.00%) Nokia
1 3 (25.00%) Palo Alto
2 2 (16.67%) Ericsson
3 1 (8.33%) Agilent
3 1 (8.33%) Keysight