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 19 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 159 169 189
Rank change year-on-year +10 +20 +46
DemandTrendContract jobs citing 2G 4 16 20
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.11% 0.33% 0.36%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.68% 1.67% 1.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 10 8
10th Percentile £198 £390 £280
25th Percentile £206 £422 £389
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £220 £498 £438
Median % change year-on-year -55.78% +13.71% +7.96%
75th Percentile - £582 £467
90th Percentile - £638 £519
England median daily rate £400 £490 £425
% change year-on-year -18.37% +15.29% +4.87%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £24.50
Median hourly rate - - £25.00
75th Percentile - - £25.50
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate - - £25.00

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.

DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 590 956 1,031
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 16.69% 19.71% 18.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 402 516 615
10th Percentile £220 £254 £209
25th Percentile £358 £400 £309
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £459
Median % change year-on-year - +8.93% -0.22%
75th Percentile £588 £608 £579
90th Percentile £638 £663 £675
England median daily rate £492 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -1.60% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 100 59
10th Percentile £14.20 £25.90 £15.50
25th Percentile £24.63 £51.06 £21.60
Median hourly rate £55.00 £57.35 £58.91
Median % change year-on-year -4.10% -2.64% +31.63%
75th Percentile £70.16 £70.00 £72.13
90th Percentile £89.63 £75.02 £75.67
England median hourly rate £43.50 £54.88 £55.00
% change year-on-year -20.73% -0.23% +57.14%

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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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Daily Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing 2G.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing 2G

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Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing 2G.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing 2G

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DemandTrendContract 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 19 August 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
West Sussex - 3 £220 -
Berkshire -2 1 - - 4
Thames Valley -7 1 - - 4
2G
England

2G
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 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Office
Communications & Networking
1 4 (100.00%) 3G
1 4 (100.00%) 4G
1 4 (100.00%) 5G
2 1 (25.00%) Radio Access Network
General
1 1 (25.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 1 (25.00%) Design Engineer
1 1 (25.00%) Radio Design Engineer
1 1 (25.00%) Radio Engineer
1 1 (25.00%) Senior
1 1 (25.00%) Senior Design Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) IoT
1 3 (75.00%) Smartphone
2 2 (50.00%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 3 (75.00%) Android
1 3 (75.00%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (25.00%) Benchmarking
1 1 (25.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (25.00%) Data Security
1 1 (25.00%) Mobile Device Management
1 1 (25.00%) Time Management
1 1 (25.00%) Validation
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) NSN NetAct
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Ericsson
1 1 (25.00%) Huawei
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (25.00%) Nokia
1 1 (25.00%) ServiceNow