LTE Contract Job Trends in the North East

3GPP Long Term Evolution (LTE)
England > North East

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North East requiring LTE skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 38 37 -
Rank change year-on-year -1 - -
Contract jobs citing LTE 1 2 0
As % of all contract jobs in the North East 0.33% 0.67% -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 4.35% 4.55% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £750 - -
England median daily rate £450 £505 £463
% change year-on-year -10.89% +9.19% +8.82%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
North East

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 the North East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 23 44 28
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North East 7.67% 14.72% 12.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 21 22
10th Percentile £146 £140 £231
25th Percentile £185 £275 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £340 £425 £400
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +6.25% -27.27%
75th Percentile £535 £501 -
90th Percentile £580 £610 £431
England median daily rate £485 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -3.00% - -1.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £15.58
25th Percentile - - £15.69
Median hourly rate - - £16.75
Median % change year-on-year - - -16.25%
75th Percentile - - £18.19
90th Percentile - - £18.53
England median hourly rate £34.00 £57.38 £56.49
% change year-on-year -40.74% +1.57% +36.90%

LTE
Job Vacancy Trend in the North East

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

LTE job vacancy trend in the North East

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Daily Rate Trend in the North East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing LTE.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing LTE

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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 LTE within the North East region over the 6 months to 10 October 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
Durham - 1 £750 - 1
LTE
England

LTE
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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Structured Cabling
1 1 (100.00%) TETRA
1 1 (100.00%) VoIP
General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Commissioning Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Telecoms Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Fibre Optics
1 1 (100.00%) Operational Technology
1 1 (100.00%) SCADA
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (100.00%) DBS Check