3G Contracts in the South East

3G
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East requiring 3G skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited 3G over the 6 months leading up to 3 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 135 163 194
Rank change year-on-year +28 +31 +9
Contract jobs citing 3G 20 28 25
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.67% 0.51% 0.43%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 3.85% 2.27% 2.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 8 15
10th Percentile - £285 £280
25th Percentile £193 £361 £354
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £220 £419 £378
Median % change year-on-year -47.46% +10.78% -7.80%
75th Percentile £447 £458 £484
90th Percentile £453 £514 £560
England median daily rate £413 £490 £425
% change year-on-year -15.82% +15.29% -0.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £24.50 -
England median hourly rate - £24.50 £65.16
% change year-on-year - -62.40% +440.71%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
South East

3G 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 520 1,234 960
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 17.32% 22.26% 16.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 331 611 580
10th Percentile £210 £205 £235
25th Percentile £325 £363 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £490 £486
Median % change year-on-year -3.06% +0.77% +8.06%
75th Percentile £588 £588 £588
90th Percentile £625 £638 £700
England median daily rate £500 £490 £525
% change year-on-year +2.04% -6.67% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 131 75
10th Percentile £14.20 £16.25 £18.25
25th Percentile £20.85 £27.50 £42.50
Median hourly rate £54.88 £57.35 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -4.32% +9.24% +144.19%
75th Percentile £62.50 £65.00 £67.50
90th Percentile £66.25 £85.65 £80.25
England median hourly rate £28.41 £40.00 £18.50
% change year-on-year -28.98% +116.22% -22.63%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing 3G as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for 3G 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 3G in the South East.

Daily rate trend for 3G in the South East

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Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing 3G in the South East over the 6 months to 3 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for 3G 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 3G in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for 3G 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 3G within the South East region over the 6 months to 3 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 +21 13 £450 +7.46% 1
Berkshire +15 13 £450 +7.46% 1
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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (10.00%) OpenStack
Applications
1 4 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (10.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (10.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 4 (20.00%) OpenShift
2 1 (5.00%) Azure
2 1 (5.00%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (5.00%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 20 (100.00%) 4G
2 18 (90.00%) 5G
3 14 (70.00%) 2G
4 9 (45.00%) Radio Access Network
5 6 (30.00%) LTE
6 4 (20.00%) 3GPP
6 4 (20.00%) Diameter Protocol
6 4 (20.00%) Ethernet
6 4 (20.00%) MPLS
6 4 (20.00%) Network Security
7 2 (10.00%) DNS
7 2 (10.00%) GGSN
7 2 (10.00%) HTTP
7 2 (10.00%) MVNO
7 2 (10.00%) RANAP
7 2 (10.00%) SGSN
7 2 (10.00%) VoLTE
7 2 (10.00%) Wireshark
8 1 (5.00%) TCP/IP
General
1 13 (65.00%) Telecoms
2 6 (30.00%) Social Skills
3 3 (15.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (10.00%) Multimedia
4 2 (10.00%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (20.00%) Technical Design Authority
2 3 (15.00%) Designer
2 3 (15.00%) IP Designer
3 2 (10.00%) Architect
3 2 (10.00%) Design Engineer
3 2 (10.00%) Technical Architect
3 2 (10.00%) Technical Design Architect
4 1 (5.00%) Deployment Manager
4 1 (5.00%) IP Design Engineer
4 1 (5.00%) IP Engineer
4 1 (5.00%) IP Network Engineer
4 1 (5.00%) Network Engineer
4 1 (5.00%) Network Manager
4 1 (5.00%) Network Specialist
4 1 (5.00%) OSS Specialist
4 1 (5.00%) Principal Engineer
4 1 (5.00%) Radio Design Engineer
4 1 (5.00%) Radio Engineer
4 1 (5.00%) Senior Design Engineer
4 1 (5.00%) Telecoms Designer
Miscellaneous
1 7 (35.00%) IoT
1 7 (35.00%) Smartphone
2 4 (20.00%) Onboarding
3 3 (15.00%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 7 (35.00%) Android
1 7 (35.00%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (40.00%) Network Architecture
2 6 (30.00%) Project Management
3 4 (20.00%) Customer Service
3 4 (20.00%) Data Security
3 4 (20.00%) Mobile Device Management
3 4 (20.00%) Network Design
3 4 (20.00%) Time Management
3 4 (20.00%) Validation
4 3 (15.00%) Computer Science
4 3 (15.00%) Network Management
5 2 (10.00%) Agile
5 2 (10.00%) Conflict Resolution
5 2 (10.00%) Customer Experience
5 2 (10.00%) Decision-Making
5 2 (10.00%) Performance Improvement
5 2 (10.00%) Project Delivery
5 2 (10.00%) Roadmaps
5 2 (10.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 2 (10.00%) Statistics
5 2 (10.00%) Technology Roadmap
Qualifications
1 7 (35.00%) Degree
2 2 (10.00%) Computer Science Degree
Systems Management
1 4 (20.00%) Kubernetes
2 1 (5.00%) NSN NetAct
Vendors
1 4 (20.00%) ServiceNow
1 4 (20.00%) VMware
2 2 (10.00%) Empirix
2 2 (10.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (10.00%) NetScout
3 1 (5.00%) Cisco
3 1 (5.00%) Ericsson
3 1 (5.00%) Huawei
3 1 (5.00%) Nokia