5G
South West > Somerset
The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Somerset requiring 5G skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
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6 months to 17 Sep 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | - | 32 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | - |
| Contract jobs citing 5G | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| As % of all contract jobs in Somerset | - | - | 0.50% |
| As % of the Communications & Networking category | - | - | 2.94% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | - | £450 |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £475 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| South West median daily rate | £450 | £425 | £588 |
| % change year-on-year | +5.88% | -27.66% | +6.82% |
All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Somerset
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 Somerset.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills | 59 | 29 | 34 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Somerset | 12.88% | 15.34% | 17.09% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 29 | 22 | 17 |
| 10th Percentile | £163 | £225 | £163 |
| 25th Percentile | £450 | £226 | £225 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £575 | £480 | £450 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +19.79% | +6.67% | +18.03% |
| 75th Percentile | £725 | £628 | £575 |
| 90th Percentile | £800 | £649 | £649 |
| South West median daily rate | £525 | £490 | £523 |
| % change year-on-year | +7.14% | -6.22% | -0.48% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 17 | 0 | 2 |
| 10th Percentile | £21.54 | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £26.14 | - | £12.50 |
| Median hourly rate | £90.00 | - | £13.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | - | -74.95% |
| 75th Percentile | £98.82 | - | £13.50 |
| 90th Percentile | £100.00 | - | - |
| South West median hourly rate | £39.82 | £57.50 | £65.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -30.75% | -11.54% | +15.06% |
5G
Job Vacancy Trend in Somerset
Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing 5G relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Somerset.
