5G Contracts in Reading

5G
Berkshire > Reading

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Reading requiring 5G skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited 5G over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 46 58 65
Rank change year-on-year +12 +7 +8
Contract jobs citing 5G 14 33 22
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Reading 2.35% 2.77% 2.11%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 16.28% 13.41% 11.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 3 15
10th Percentile £349 £503 £247
25th Percentile £414 £506 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% -2.78% +52.65%
75th Percentile £503 £539 £571
90th Percentile £597 £540 £712
Berkshire median daily rate £450 £438 £481
% change year-on-year +2.86% -9.09% +17.38%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Reading

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 Reading.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 86 246 184
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 14.41% 20.64% 17.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 34 113 97
10th Percentile £221 £205 £337
25th Percentile £307 £335 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £499 £608 £650
90th Percentile £623 - £718
Berkshire median daily rate £450 £490 £488
% change year-on-year -8.16% +0.51% +4.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 13 3
10th Percentile - £77.22 -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate - £87.46 £66.00
Median % change year-on-year - +32.52% +153.85%
75th Percentile - £87.53 £73.69
90th Percentile - - £78.30
Berkshire median hourly rate £24.66 £83.77 £66.00
% change year-on-year -70.56% +26.92% +288.24%

5G
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

Job postings citing 5G as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Reading.

Job vacancy trend for 5G in Reading

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Reading

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing 5G in Reading.

Daily rate trend for 5G in Reading

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Daily Rate Histogram in Reading

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing 5G in Reading over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for 5G in Reading

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Reading

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing 5G in Reading.

Hourly rate trend for 5G in Reading

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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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (14.29%) OpenStack
Applications
1 2 (14.29%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (14.29%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (14.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 2 (14.29%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 2 (14.29%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 10 (71.43%) 4G
1 10 (71.43%) Radio Access Network
2 8 (57.14%) 3G
3 7 (50.00%) LTE
4 5 (35.71%) 2G
5 4 (28.57%) Diameter Protocol
5 4 (28.57%) Ethernet
5 4 (28.57%) MPLS
5 4 (28.57%) Network Security
5 4 (28.57%) VoLTE
5 4 (28.57%) Wireshark
6 2 (14.29%) 3GPP
6 2 (14.29%) DNS
6 2 (14.29%) GGSN
6 2 (14.29%) RANAP
6 2 (14.29%) SGSN
6 2 (14.29%) SIGTRAN
6 2 (14.29%) SMS
6 2 (14.29%) SS7
6 2 (14.29%) VoWiFi
Development Applications
1 2 (14.29%) JIRA
General
1 12 (85.71%) Telecoms
2 4 (28.57%) Social Skills
3 3 (21.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (14.29%) Multimedia
4 2 (14.29%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (35.71%) Designer
2 3 (21.43%) IP Designer
3 2 (14.29%) Analyst
3 2 (14.29%) Architect
3 2 (14.29%) Network Analyst
3 2 (14.29%) Senior
3 2 (14.29%) Senior Analyst
3 2 (14.29%) Senior Network Analyst
3 2 (14.29%) Senior Test Analyst
3 2 (14.29%) Solutions Designer
3 2 (14.29%) Technical Architect
3 2 (14.29%) Technical Design Architect
3 2 (14.29%) Technical Design Authority
3 2 (14.29%) Test Analyst
4 1 (7.14%) Capacity Manager
4 1 (7.14%) Design Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) IP Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) IP Network Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) Network Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) Principal Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (14.29%) Onboarding
2 1 (7.14%) IoT
2 1 (7.14%) NB-IoT
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (57.14%) Network Architecture
2 6 (42.86%) Network Design
3 3 (21.43%) Network Management
4 2 (14.29%) Computer Science
4 2 (14.29%) Customer Experience
4 2 (14.29%) Defect Management
4 2 (14.29%) Edge Computing
4 2 (14.29%) Performance Improvement
4 2 (14.29%) Performance Optimisation
4 2 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (14.29%) Project Delivery
4 2 (14.29%) Project Management
4 2 (14.29%) Roadmaps
4 2 (14.29%) Software Testing
4 2 (14.29%) Statistics
4 2 (14.29%) Technology Roadmap
4 2 (14.29%) Validation
5 1 (7.14%) Capacity Planning
Qualifications
1 6 (42.86%) Degree
2 2 (14.29%) Computer Science Degree
Systems Management
1 2 (14.29%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 2 (14.29%) Empirix
1 2 (14.29%) NetScout
1 2 (14.29%) VMware
2 1 (7.14%) Cisco
2 1 (7.14%) Ericsson
2 1 (7.14%) Nokia