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 contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 172 111 75
Rank change year-on-year -61 -36 +72
Contract jobs citing 5G 12 68 150
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.28% 1.71% 2.91%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.92% 9.60% 13.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 37 45
10th Percentile £399 £208 £313
25th Percentile £520 £400 £390
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £554 £470 £425
Median % change year-on-year +17.82% +10.59% +3.03%
75th Percentile £611 £588 £513
90th Percentile £625 £618 £588
England median daily rate £475 £520 £475
% change year-on-year -8.57% +9.37% +8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 3
10th Percentile £26.23 - £24.30
25th Percentile £37.06 - £24.38
Median hourly rate £56.25 - £25.00
75th Percentile £75.56 - £25.25
90th Percentile £86.48 - £25.40
England median hourly rate £56.25 £30.00 £65.98
% change year-on-year +87.50% -54.53% +1.51%

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 625 708 1,151
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 14.68% 17.81% 22.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 447 397 619
10th Percentile £204 £220 £204
25th Percentile £329 £390 £294
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% +11.11% -5.26%
75th Percentile £583 £600 £575
90th Percentile £638 £650 £650
England median daily rate £482 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -3.60% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 33 71
10th Percentile £18.41 £32.00 £21.00
25th Percentile £29.89 £45.00 £26.25
Median hourly rate £70.16 £62.50 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year +12.26% +4.17% +33.33%
75th Percentile £86.91 £75.00 £75.46
90th Percentile £90.04 - £78.00
England median hourly rate £30.00 £48.56 £56.45
% change year-on-year -38.22% -13.97% +25.43%

5G
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing 5G relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East.

5G job vacancy trend 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 5G.

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

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Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing 5G in the South East over the 6 months to 4 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for 5G in the South East

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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

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the South East

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing 5G in the South East over the 6 months to 4 December 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for 5G 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 5G within the South East region over the 6 months to 4 December 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
Berkshire -35 11 £570 +14.00% 4
Thames Valley -35 11 £570 +14.00% 5
Hampshire -13 1 £538 -11.89% 6
5G
England

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 2 (16.67%) GCP
1 2 (16.67%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 5 (41.67%) Wireless
2 4 (33.33%) 2G
3 2 (16.67%) 4G
3 2 (16.67%) LTE
3 2 (16.67%) Mobile Backhaul
3 2 (16.67%) VoIP
4 1 (8.33%) 3G
4 1 (8.33%) 3GPP
4 1 (8.33%) DWDM
4 1 (8.33%) MPLS
4 1 (8.33%) Network Security
4 1 (8.33%) NGN
4 1 (8.33%) Radio Access Network
4 1 (8.33%) SDH
4 1 (8.33%) VPN
4 1 (8.33%) WAN
4 1 (8.33%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (16.67%) Power BI
1 2 (16.67%) Tableau
General
1 6 (50.00%) Social Skills
1 6 (50.00%) Telecoms
2 1 (8.33%) Finance
2 1 (8.33%) Military
Job Titles
1 2 (16.67%) Lead
1 2 (16.67%) Project Manager
1 2 (16.67%) Senior
1 2 (16.67%) Technical Leader
1 2 (16.67%) Telecoms Manager
2 1 (8.33%) Cloud Engineer
2 1 (8.33%) Delivery Manager
2 1 (8.33%) DevOps Engineer
2 1 (8.33%) Migration Engineer
2 1 (8.33%) Network Engineer
2 1 (8.33%) Programme Manager
2 1 (8.33%) Technical Manager
2 1 (8.33%) Technical Project Manager
2 1 (8.33%) Telecoms Project Manager
2 1 (8.33%) Test Engineer
2 1 (8.33%) Transmission Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (16.67%) Algorithms
1 2 (16.67%) IoT
1 2 (16.67%) Product Ownership
2 1 (8.33%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (50.00%) PRINCE2
2 5 (41.67%) ITIL
3 4 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (25.00%) Agile
4 3 (25.00%) Collaborative Working
4 3 (25.00%) Data Analysis
4 3 (25.00%) DevOps
4 3 (25.00%) Programme Management
4 3 (25.00%) Test Automation
5 2 (16.67%) Business Intelligence
5 2 (16.67%) Computer Science
5 2 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
5 2 (16.67%) Data Cleansing
5 2 (16.67%) Performance Metrics
5 2 (16.67%) Problem Management
5 2 (16.67%) Product Management
5 2 (16.67%) Project Delivery
5 2 (16.67%) Project Management
5 2 (16.67%) Storytelling
5 2 (16.67%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 3 (25.00%) Python
2 2 (16.67%) R
2 2 (16.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (50.00%) PMI Certification
1 6 (50.00%) PMP
2 2 (16.67%) Computer Science Degree
2 2 (16.67%) Degree
2 2 (16.67%) Security Cleared
3 1 (8.33%) BC Cleared
3 1 (8.33%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (8.33%) DV Cleared
3 1 (8.33%) MCP
3 1 (8.33%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (25.00%) QA
2 1 (8.33%) SLA
Systems Management
1 1 (8.33%) Amdocs OSS
Vendors
1 1 (8.33%) Ciena
1 1 (8.33%) Cramer
1 1 (8.33%) Ericsson
1 1 (8.33%) Nokia