5G Contract Job Trends in the North East

5G
England > North East

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North East requiring 5G skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 64 - 24
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing 5G 1 0 11
As % of all contract jobs in the North East 0.15% - 3.53%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.52% - 23.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £356 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £363 - -
75th Percentile £369 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £525 £425 £490
% change year-on-year +23.53% -13.27% +13.95%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
North East

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 the North East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 66 32 46
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North East 10.17% 10.56% 14.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 29 24
10th Percentile £196 £153 £335
25th Percentile £389 £213 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £325 £441
Median % change year-on-year +38.46% -26.22% +57.32%
75th Percentile £638 £500 £591
90th Percentile £650 £628 £648
England median daily rate £500 £498 £500
% change year-on-year +0.46% -0.46% -3.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 0 5
10th Percentile - - £29.80
25th Percentile £21.33 - £40.00
Median hourly rate £26.66 - £47.50
75th Percentile £28.75 - £48.75
90th Percentile £49.00 - -
England median hourly rate £32.50 £39.66 £40.00
% change year-on-year -18.05% -0.85% +135.29%

5G
Job Vacancy Trend in the North East

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing 5G relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the North East.

5G job vacancy trend in the North East

5G
Contract Job Locations in the North East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing 5G within the North East region over the 6 months to 5 June 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
Durham - 1 £363 - 2
5G
England

5G
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North East 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) 4G
1 1 (100.00%) VoIP
General
1 1 (100.00%) Documentation Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Service Desk Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Driving Licence
1 1 (100.00%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Android
1 1 (100.00%) Apple iOS
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (100.00%) ITSM
1 1 (100.00%) Kalman Filter
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Web Filtering
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) ServiceNow