Nokia Contract Job Trends in the North of England

Nokia
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North of England requiring knowledge or experience of Nokia products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Nokia over the 6 months leading up to 9 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are not representative of contractor rates within the Nokia Corporation.

6 months to
9 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 194 162 188
Rank change year-on-year -32 +26 +67
Contract jobs citing Nokia 4 5 6
As % of all contract jobs in the North of England 0.089% 0.13% 0.12%
As % of the Vendors category 0.19% 0.29% 0.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 5 0
10th Percentile £434 £332 -
25th Percentile £435 £440 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £435 £450 -
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% - -
75th Percentile - £518 -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £450 £488 £565
% change year-on-year -7.69% -13.72% +7.62%

All Vendors
North of England

Nokia falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services in the North of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 2,122 1,723 2,325
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 47.21% 43.46% 47.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,399 926 1,518
10th Percentile £270 £300 £225
25th Percentile £375 £405 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £580 £580 £587
90th Percentile £685 £675 £650
England median daily rate £508 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.33% - -2.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 127 77 112
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.38 £16.25
25th Percentile £18.87 £21.05 £17.72
Median hourly rate £27.50 £32.50 £25.20
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +28.99% +17.19%
75th Percentile £63.40 £43.75 £46.18
90th Percentile £81.25 £49.25 £46.88
England median hourly rate £25.00 £35.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -28.57% -21.35% +73.08%

Nokia
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Nokia 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 Nokia.

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

Nokia
Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Nokia.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Nokia

Nokia
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 Nokia within the North of England region over the 6 months to 9 November 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
Yorkshire -24 4 £435 +61.11%
Nokia
England

Nokia
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 4 (100.00%) Ethernet
1 4 (100.00%) SD-WAN
2 3 (75.00%) Wireshark
3 1 (25.00%) WAN
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Network Engineer
1 4 (100.00%) Test Engineer
2 3 (75.00%) Senior
2 3 (75.00%) Senior Network Engineer
2 3 (75.00%) Senior Test Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 4 (100.00%) Test Strategy
2 3 (75.00%) Software Testing
2 3 (75.00%) Test Planning
3 1 (25.00%) Agile
3 1 (25.00%) Defect Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) Bash
1 4 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) CCNA
1 1 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
Systems Management
1 3 (75.00%) Ansible
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Cisco
1 4 (100.00%) Juniper
2 3 (75.00%) Meraki
2 3 (75.00%) Microsoft