2G Contracts in the South East

2G
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East requiring 2G skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited 2G 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 144 196 205
Rank change year-on-year +52 +9 +9
Contract jobs citing 2G 15 9 17
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.50% 0.16% 0.29%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.92% 0.72% 1.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 3 11
10th Percentile - £229 £280
25th Percentile £193 £303 £319
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £220 £425 £450
Median % change year-on-year -48.24% -5.56% +11.04%
75th Percentile £315 £434 £484
90th Percentile £445 £440 £519
England median daily rate £340 £456 £400
% change year-on-year -25.48% +14.06% -11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £24.50 -
England median hourly rate - £24.50 -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
South East

2G 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 the South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 513 1,255 980
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 17.04% 22.58% 16.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 325 617 590
10th Percentile £216 £205 £235
25th Percentile £325 £371 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £490 £488
Median % change year-on-year -2.04% +0.51% +8.33%
75th Percentile £588 £585 £588
90th Percentile £630 £638 £700
England median daily rate £500 £490 £525
% change year-on-year +2.04% -6.67% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 131 74
10th Percentile £14.20 £16.25 £18.33
25th Percentile £20.26 £27.50 £42.50
Median hourly rate £54.94 £57.35 £53.00
Median % change year-on-year -4.21% +8.21% +146.51%
75th Percentile £62.50 £64.38 £67.50
90th Percentile £66.88 £85.65 £80.25
England median hourly rate £28.00 £40.00 £18.82
% change year-on-year -30.00% +112.54% -21.29%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing 2G as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for 2G in the South East

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing 2G in the South East.

Daily rate trend for 2G in the South East

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Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing 2G in the South East over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for 2G in the South East

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing 2G in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for 2G in the South East

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Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing 2G within the South East region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Thames Valley +42 8 £425 - 2
Berkshire +30 8 £425 - 2
West Sussex - 7 £205 -
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England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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:

Applications
1 2 (13.33%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (6.67%) Azure
1 1 (6.67%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (6.67%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 15 (100.00%) 4G
1 15 (100.00%) 5G
2 14 (93.33%) 3G
3 8 (53.33%) Radio Access Network
4 4 (26.67%) Ethernet
4 4 (26.67%) MPLS
4 4 (26.67%) Network Security
5 1 (6.67%) TCP/IP
General
1 7 (46.67%) Telecoms
2 3 (20.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 2 (13.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (20.00%) Designer
1 3 (20.00%) IP Designer
2 2 (13.33%) Design Engineer
3 1 (6.67%) Automation Specialist
3 1 (6.67%) Capacity Manager
3 1 (6.67%) Deployment Manager
3 1 (6.67%) IP Engineer
3 1 (6.67%) IP Network Engineer
3 1 (6.67%) Lead
3 1 (6.67%) Mobile Designer
3 1 (6.67%) Network Engineer
3 1 (6.67%) Network Manager
3 1 (6.67%) Network Specialist
3 1 (6.67%) Principal Engineer
3 1 (6.67%) Principal IP Design Engineer
3 1 (6.67%) Principal Network Engineer
3 1 (6.67%) Radio Design Engineer
3 1 (6.67%) Radio Engineer
3 1 (6.67%) Senior
3 1 (6.67%) Telecoms Designer
Miscellaneous
1 8 (53.33%) IoT
2 7 (46.67%) Smartphone
3 3 (20.00%) Driving Licence
4 1 (6.67%) NB-IoT
Operating Systems
1 7 (46.67%) Android
1 7 (46.67%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (26.67%) Customer Service
1 4 (26.67%) Data Security
1 4 (26.67%) Mobile Device Management
1 4 (26.67%) Network Architecture
1 4 (26.67%) Network Design
1 4 (26.67%) Time Management
1 4 (26.67%) Validation
2 3 (20.00%) Network Management
3 2 (13.33%) Agile
3 2 (13.33%) Project Management
3 2 (13.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (6.67%) Backlog Management
4 1 (6.67%) Benchmarking
4 1 (6.67%) Capacity Planning
4 1 (6.67%) Computer Science
4 1 (6.67%) DevOps
4 1 (6.67%) Digital Strategy
4 1 (6.67%) Scaled Agile Framework
Qualifications
1 5 (33.33%) Degree
Systems Management
1 1 (6.67%) NSN NetAct
Vendors
1 4 (26.67%) ServiceNow
2 2 (13.33%) Microsoft
3 1 (6.67%) Cisco
3 1 (6.67%) Ericsson
3 1 (6.67%) Huawei
3 1 (6.67%) Nokia