3G Contracts in Reading

3G
Berkshire > Reading

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Reading requiring 3G skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited 3G over the 6 months leading up to 28 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 63 57 72
Rank change year-on-year -6 +15 +9
DemandTrendContract jobs citing 3G 1 32 18
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Reading 0.17% 2.88% 1.63%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.39% 16.41% 8.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 9 7
10th Percentile - £320 £352
25th Percentile - £412 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £570 £525 £400
Median % change year-on-year +8.57% +31.25% +14.29%
75th Percentile - £588 £494
90th Percentile - £638 £588
Berkshire median daily rate £570 £485 £425
% change year-on-year +17.53% +14.12% +3.66%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Reading

3G 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 Reading.

DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 72 195 217
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 12.27% 17.57% 19.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 43 80 125
10th Percentile £246 £324 £210
25th Percentile £405 £450 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £469 £583 £490
Median % change year-on-year -19.49% +18.98% +6.23%
75th Percentile £543 £608 £600
90th Percentile £617 £650 £675
Berkshire median daily rate £450 £500 £450
% change year-on-year -10.00% +11.11% -0.59%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 8 5
10th Percentile - £56.25 -
25th Percentile - £71.81 £66.00
Median hourly rate £55.00 £87.46 £73.50
Median % change year-on-year -37.11% +18.99% +182.69%
75th Percentile - - £75.25
90th Percentile - - £76.29
Berkshire median hourly rate £55.00 £83.50 £73.17
% change year-on-year -34.13% +14.12% +232.58%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

Job postings citing 3G as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Reading.

Job vacancy trend for 3G in Reading

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Daily Rate Trend in Reading

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing 3G.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing 3G

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Hourly Rate Trend in Reading

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing 3G.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing 3G

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) 2G
1 1 (100.00%) 4G
1 1 (100.00%) 5G
1 1 (100.00%) Wi-Fi
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Python