5G Contract Job Trends in Reading

5G
Berkshire > Reading

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Reading requiring 5G skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 56 52 58
Rank change year-on-year -4 +6 -10
Contract jobs citing 5G 6 40 37
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Reading 1.05% 3.66% 3.28%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 7.50% 20.00% 16.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 14 25
10th Percentile £441 £325 £307
25th Percentile £473 £424 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £523 £430
Median % change year-on-year +0.48% +21.51% +22.86%
75th Percentile £548 £558 £520
90th Percentile £561 £587 £800
Berkshire median daily rate £420 £500 £410
% change year-on-year -16.00% +21.95% -6.29%

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 80 200 227
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 14.06% 18.32% 20.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 49 85 136
10th Percentile £192 £350 £205
25th Percentile £400 £413 £360
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £469 £540 £488
Median % change year-on-year -13.08% +10.71% +2.68%
75th Percentile £570 £608 £600
90th Percentile £621 £645 £663
Berkshire median daily rate £450 £500 £450
% change year-on-year -10.00% +11.11% -2.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 7 5
10th Percentile - £56.25 -
25th Percentile - £66.62 £66.00
Median hourly rate £55.00 £87.46 £73.50
Median % change year-on-year -37.11% +18.99% -
75th Percentile - - £75.25
90th Percentile - - £76.29
Berkshire median hourly rate £55.00 £75.24 £73.50
% change year-on-year -26.90% +2.37% +276.92%

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

5G
Daily Rate Trend in Reading

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing 5G.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing 5G

5G
Daily Rate Histogram in Reading

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing 5G in Reading over the 6 months to 22 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for 5G in Reading

5G
Hourly Rate Trend in Reading

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing 5G.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing 5G

5G
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 2 (33.33%) 4G
1 2 (33.33%) Diameter Protocol
1 2 (33.33%) SIGTRAN
1 2 (33.33%) SMS
1 2 (33.33%) SS7
1 2 (33.33%) VoLTE
1 2 (33.33%) VoWiFi
1 2 (33.33%) Wireless
1 2 (33.33%) Wireshark
2 1 (16.67%) 2G
2 1 (16.67%) 3G
2 1 (16.67%) Converged Networks
2 1 (16.67%) DOCSIS
2 1 (16.67%) GPON
2 1 (16.67%) LTE
2 1 (16.67%) MPLS
2 1 (16.67%) Radio Access Network
2 1 (16.67%) VoIP
2 1 (16.67%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (16.67%) xDSL
Development Applications
1 2 (33.33%) JIRA
General
1 4 (66.67%) Social Skills
1 4 (66.67%) Telecoms
2 2 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (33.33%) Analyst
1 2 (33.33%) Network Analyst
1 2 (33.33%) Project Manager
1 2 (33.33%) Senior
1 2 (33.33%) Senior Analyst
1 2 (33.33%) Senior Network Analyst
1 2 (33.33%) Senior Test Analyst
1 2 (33.33%) Test Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Architect
2 1 (16.67%) OSS Architect
2 1 (16.67%) Technical Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Technical Project Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Telecoms Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Telecoms Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Cloud Native
1 1 (16.67%) TM Forum
1 1 (16.67%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) ITIL
2 2 (33.33%) Defect Management
2 2 (33.33%) PRINCE2
2 2 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (33.33%) Project Delivery
2 2 (33.33%) Project Governance
2 2 (33.33%) Project Management
2 2 (33.33%) Software Testing
2 2 (33.33%) Validation
3 1 (16.67%) Architectural Patterns
3 1 (16.67%) Computer Science
3 1 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (16.67%) DevOps
3 1 (16.67%) Fault Management
3 1 (16.67%) Inventory Management
3 1 (16.67%) Machine Learning
3 1 (16.67%) Microservices
3 1 (16.67%) Performance Metrics
3 1 (16.67%) Problem Management
3 1 (16.67%) Project Planning
Programming Languages
1 1 (16.67%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) PMI Certification
1 2 (33.33%) PMP
2 1 (16.67%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (16.67%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (16.67%) Kubernetes