LTE Contract Job Trends in the North of England

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

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North of England requiring LTE skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 204 163 179
Rank change year-on-year -41 +16 -
Contract jobs citing LTE 2 1 11
As % of all contract jobs in the North of England 0.043% 0.026% 0.23%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.36% 0.18% 1.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 8
10th Percentile - - £485
25th Percentile - - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £750 - £495
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - £497
England median daily rate £450 £520 £495
% change year-on-year -13.46% +5.05% +41.43%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
North of England

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 of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 552 564 695
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 11.85% 14.74% 14.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 344 308 518
10th Percentile £170 £200 £222
25th Percentile £305 £312 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £452 £475 £493
Median % change year-on-year -4.95% -3.65% +6.77%
75th Percentile £550 £575 £594
90th Percentile £673 £688 £672
England median daily rate £483 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -3.50% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 13 21
10th Percentile - £12.88 £15.72
25th Percentile £15.50 £18.03 £15.75
Median hourly rate £21.25 £41.00 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year -48.17% +131.38% -16.18%
75th Percentile £67.98 £51.00 £22.00
90th Percentile £74.26 £51.91 £46.88
England median hourly rate £30.00 £48.56 £56.49
% change year-on-year -38.22% -14.04% +25.53%

LTE
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

LTE job vacancy trend in the North of England

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Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

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

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

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Contract Job Locations in the North of England

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 of England region over the 6 months to 5 December 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
North East - 2 £750 - 1
LTE
England

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England 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 2 (100.00%) Structured Cabling
1 2 (100.00%) TETRA
1 2 (100.00%) VoIP
General
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Commissioning Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) Telecoms Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Fibre Optics
1 2 (100.00%) Operational Technology
1 2 (100.00%) SCADA
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 2 (100.00%) DBS Check