5G Contract Job Trends in the South East

5G
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South East requiring 5G skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 150 118 140
Rank change year-on-year -32 +22 +44
Contract jobs citing 5G 12 65 70
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.34% 1.41% 1.26%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.99% 7.67% 6.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 29 46
10th Percentile £381 £70 £229
25th Percentile £405 £325 £314
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £473 £424 £400
Median % change year-on-year +11.44% +6.00% -8.57%
75th Percentile £548 £538 £475
90th Percentile £563 £586 £606
England median daily rate £447 £520 £450
% change year-on-year -14.04% +15.56% -
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 - £45.00 £65.98
% change year-on-year - -31.80% +16.54%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
South East

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 the South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 604 848 1,101
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 17.32% 18.34% 19.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 422 459 653
10th Percentile £204 £245 £207
25th Percentile £329 £400 £305
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £491 £500 £460
Median % change year-on-year -1.80% +8.70% -0.27%
75th Percentile £588 £608 £588
90th Percentile £638 £672 £675
England median daily rate £488 £508 £500
% change year-on-year -3.94% +1.50% -1.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 83 72
10th Percentile £15.22 £27.00 £15.50
25th Percentile £31.58 £53.40 £32.38
Median hourly rate £55.00 £57.35 £61.00
Median % change year-on-year -4.10% -5.98% +35.56%
75th Percentile £70.87 £71.88 £75.00
90th Percentile £89.63 £75.24 £77.90
England median hourly rate £41.72 £57.35 £56.49
% change year-on-year -27.25% +1.52% +34.02%

5G
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing 5G as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for 5G in the South East

5G
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing 5G.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing 5G

5G
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing 5G in the South East over the 6 months to 18 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for 5G in the South East

5G
Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing 5G.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing 5G

5G
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 5G within the South East region over the 6 months to 18 September 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 -25 11 £420 -16.00% 15
Berkshire -26 11 £420 -16.00% 14
Hampshire +10 1 £538 -1.74% 4
5G
England

5G
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 (16.67%) Camunda
Applications
1 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (8.33%) AWS
1 1 (8.33%) Azure
1 1 (8.33%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 6 (50.00%) 4G
2 4 (33.33%) MPLS
2 4 (33.33%) Radio Access Network
2 4 (33.33%) VoIP
3 3 (25.00%) Diameter Protocol
3 3 (25.00%) DOCSIS
3 3 (25.00%) GPON
3 3 (25.00%) LTE
3 3 (25.00%) VoLTE
3 3 (25.00%) VoWiFi
3 3 (25.00%) xDSL
4 2 (16.67%) 2G
4 2 (16.67%) 3G
4 2 (16.67%) Converged Networks
4 2 (16.67%) SIGTRAN
4 2 (16.67%) SMS
4 2 (16.67%) SS7
4 2 (16.67%) Wireless
4 2 (16.67%) Wireshark
5 1 (8.33%) 3GPP
Development Applications
1 2 (16.67%) JIRA
General
1 9 (75.00%) Telecoms
2 4 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 2 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (8.33%) Billing
4 1 (8.33%) Military
Job Titles
1 3 (25.00%) Architect
1 3 (25.00%) OSS Architect
1 3 (25.00%) Senior
2 2 (16.67%) Analyst
2 2 (16.67%) Network Analyst
2 2 (16.67%) Project Manager
2 2 (16.67%) Senior Analyst
2 2 (16.67%) Senior Network Analyst
2 2 (16.67%) Senior Test Analyst
2 2 (16.67%) Test Analyst
3 1 (8.33%) Cloud Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) Design Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) Migration Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) Radio Design Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) Radio Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) Technical Manager
3 1 (8.33%) Technical Project Manager
3 1 (8.33%) Telecoms Manager
3 1 (8.33%) Telecoms Project Manager
3 1 (8.33%) Test Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (33.33%) Cloud Native
2 3 (25.00%) TM Forum
3 1 (8.33%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (41.67%) ITIL
2 4 (33.33%) DevOps
2 4 (33.33%) Migration
3 3 (25.00%) Architectural Patterns
3 3 (25.00%) Artificial Intelligence
3 3 (25.00%) Computer Science
3 3 (25.00%) eTOM
3 3 (25.00%) Fault Management
3 3 (25.00%) Inventory Management
3 3 (25.00%) Machine Learning
3 3 (25.00%) Microservices
3 3 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (16.67%) Enterprise Architecture
4 2 (16.67%) Network Architecture
4 2 (16.67%) PRINCE2
4 2 (16.67%) Project Delivery
4 2 (16.67%) Project Management
4 2 (16.67%) Software Testing
4 2 (16.67%) TOGAF
4 2 (16.67%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (8.33%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (25.00%) Degree
2 2 (16.67%) Master's Degree
2 2 (16.67%) PMI Certification
2 2 (16.67%) PMP
2 2 (16.67%) TOGAF Certification
3 1 (8.33%) AWS Certification
3 1 (8.33%) Azure Certification
3 1 (8.33%) CCNP
3 1 (8.33%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (8.33%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (8.33%) DV Cleared
3 1 (8.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (16.67%) OASIS TOSCA
1 2 (16.67%) QA
Systems Management
1 3 (25.00%) Kubernetes
2 2 (16.67%) Amdocs OSS
2 2 (16.67%) Ansible
3 1 (8.33%) NSN NetAct
Vendors
1 4 (33.33%) Ericsson
2 3 (25.00%) Huawei
2 3 (25.00%) Nokia
3 2 (16.67%) Amdocs
3 2 (16.67%) NetCracker
4 1 (8.33%) Microsoft