LTE Contracts in Reading

3GPP Long Term Evolution (LTE)
Berkshire > Reading

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Reading requiring LTE skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited LTE over the 6 months leading up to 16 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 56 82 81
Rank change year-on-year +26 -1 +3
Contract jobs citing LTE 7 12 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Reading 1.17% 1.04% 0.10%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 8.75% 5.08% 0.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile £429 - -
25th Percentile £443 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 - -
75th Percentile £503 - -
90th Percentile £597 - -
Berkshire median daily rate £450 £475 £350
% change year-on-year -5.26% +35.71% -9.68%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Reading

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 Reading.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 80 236 169
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 13.40% 20.47% 16.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 38 110 94
10th Percentile £202 £205 £331
25th Percentile £307 £350 £426
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £513 £540
Median % change year-on-year -12.20% -5.09% +13.68%
75th Percentile £495 £608 £651
90th Percentile £561 - £709
Berkshire median daily rate £450 £500 £494
% change year-on-year -10.00% +1.21% +5.97%
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%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Job vacancy trend for LTE in Reading

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Reading

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

Daily rate trend for LTE in Reading

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Daily Rate Histogram in Reading

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing LTE in Reading over the 6 months to 16 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for LTE in Reading

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Reading

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

Hourly rate trend for LTE 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 1 (14.29%) OpenStack
Applications
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (14.29%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 2 (28.57%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 6 (85.71%) 4G
1 6 (85.71%) 5G
2 5 (71.43%) Radio Access Network
3 4 (57.14%) 3G
4 3 (42.86%) Diameter Protocol
5 2 (28.57%) 3GPP
5 2 (28.57%) DNS
5 2 (28.57%) GGSN
5 2 (28.57%) RANAP
5 2 (28.57%) SGSN
5 2 (28.57%) VoLTE
5 2 (28.57%) Wireshark
6 1 (14.29%) 5G NR
6 1 (14.29%) Converged Networks
6 1 (14.29%) DOCSIS
6 1 (14.29%) HTTP
6 1 (14.29%) MPLS
6 1 (14.29%) MVNO
6 1 (14.29%) VoIP
6 1 (14.29%) xDSL
General
1 6 (85.71%) Telecoms
2 3 (42.86%) Social Skills
3 2 (28.57%) Multimedia
3 2 (28.57%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (28.57%) Architect
1 2 (28.57%) Technical Design Authority
2 1 (14.29%) Automation Specialist
2 1 (14.29%) Designer
2 1 (14.29%) OSS Architect
2 1 (14.29%) Solutions Designer
2 1 (14.29%) Technical Architect
2 1 (14.29%) Technical Design Architect
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Onboarding
2 1 (14.29%) Cloud Native
2 1 (14.29%) TM Forum
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (42.86%) Network Architecture
2 2 (28.57%) Computer Science
2 2 (28.57%) Customer Experience
2 2 (28.57%) Performance Improvement
2 2 (28.57%) Project Management
2 2 (28.57%) Statistics
3 1 (14.29%) Architectural Patterns
3 1 (14.29%) Artificial Intelligence
3 1 (14.29%) Conflict Resolution
3 1 (14.29%) Decision-Making
3 1 (14.29%) eTOM
3 1 (14.29%) Fault Management
3 1 (14.29%) Inventory Management
3 1 (14.29%) ITIL
3 1 (14.29%) Migration
3 1 (14.29%) Network Design
3 1 (14.29%) Performance Optimisation
3 1 (14.29%) Project Delivery
3 1 (14.29%) Roadmaps
3 1 (14.29%) Technology Roadmap
Qualifications
1 2 (28.57%) Computer Science Degree
1 2 (28.57%) Degree
Systems Management
1 3 (42.86%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) Empirix
1 2 (28.57%) NetScout
1 2 (28.57%) VMware
2 1 (14.29%) Ericsson
2 1 (14.29%) Nokia