5G Contracts in the South East

5G
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East requiring 5G skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited 5G over the 6 months leading up to 3 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 136 143 149
Rank change year-on-year +7 +6 +45
Contract jobs citing 5G 21 55 66
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.65% 0.96% 1.14%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 3.66% 4.69% 6.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 19 40
10th Percentile £193 £70 £227
25th Percentile £199 £325 £254
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £338 £400 £365
Median % change year-on-year -15.63% +9.59% -16.57%
75th Percentile £433 £500 £519
90th Percentile £510 £538 £800
England median daily rate £447 £475 £450
% change year-on-year -5.89% +5.56% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £28.30
25th Percentile - - £34.00
Median hourly rate - - £45.00
75th Percentile - - £57.00
90th Percentile - - £63.30
England median hourly rate - £61.88 £65.00
% change year-on-year - -4.81% +2.80%

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 574 1,172 997
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 17.80% 20.52% 17.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 380 569 590
10th Percentile £219 £215 £240
25th Percentile £325 £390 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £588 £608 £588
90th Percentile £625 £650 £700
England median daily rate £492 £500 £513
% change year-on-year -1.60% -2.44% +2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 139 72
10th Percentile £14.20 £17.35 £15.50
25th Percentile £22.76 £31.88 £32.38
Median hourly rate £50.00 £57.35 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year -12.82% -0.26% +125.49%
75th Percentile £58.72 £70.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £65.56 £85.65 £78.97
England median hourly rate £37.50 £45.88 £20.71
% change year-on-year -18.27% +121.59% -17.18%

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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

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing 5G in the South East.

Daily rate trend for 5G in the South East

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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 3 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for 5G 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 5G in the South East.

Hourly rate trend 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 3 July 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 -5 12 £423 -12.89% 15
Thames Valley -6 12 £423 -12.89% 19
West Sussex - 7 £205 -
Hampshire - 2 £419 - 7
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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 (9.52%) Camunda
Applications
1 2 (9.52%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (9.52%) Azure
2 1 (4.76%) AWS
2 1 (4.76%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (4.76%) GCP
2 1 (4.76%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 15 (71.43%) 4G
2 10 (47.62%) 2G
2 10 (47.62%) 3G
3 6 (28.57%) Radio Access Network
4 4 (19.05%) LTE
4 4 (19.05%) MPLS
4 4 (19.05%) VoIP
5 3 (14.29%) Diameter Protocol
5 3 (14.29%) DOCSIS
5 3 (14.29%) GPON
5 3 (14.29%) VoLTE
5 3 (14.29%) VoWiFi
5 3 (14.29%) xDSL
6 2 (9.52%) 3GPP
6 2 (9.52%) Converged Networks
6 2 (9.52%) SIGTRAN
6 2 (9.52%) SMS
6 2 (9.52%) SS7
6 2 (9.52%) Wireless
6 2 (9.52%) Wireshark
Development Applications
1 2 (9.52%) JIRA
General
1 11 (52.38%) Telecoms
2 6 (28.57%) Social Skills
3 2 (9.52%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (4.76%) Billing
4 1 (4.76%) Military
Job Titles
1 3 (14.29%) Architect
1 3 (14.29%) OSS Architect
1 3 (14.29%) Senior
2 2 (9.52%) Analyst
2 2 (9.52%) Network Analyst
2 2 (9.52%) Project Manager
2 2 (9.52%) Senior Analyst
2 2 (9.52%) Senior Network Analyst
2 2 (9.52%) Senior Test Analyst
2 2 (9.52%) Test Analyst
3 1 (4.76%) Deployment Manager
3 1 (4.76%) Design Engineer
3 1 (4.76%) Migration Engineer
3 1 (4.76%) Network Manager
3 1 (4.76%) Network Specialist
3 1 (4.76%) Radio Engineer
3 1 (4.76%) Technical Manager
3 1 (4.76%) Technical Project Manager
3 1 (4.76%) Telecoms Project Manager
3 1 (4.76%) Test Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 7 (33.33%) IoT
1 7 (33.33%) Smartphone
2 4 (19.05%) Cloud Native
3 3 (14.29%) Driving Licence
3 3 (14.29%) TM Forum
4 1 (4.76%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 7 (33.33%) Android
1 7 (33.33%) Apple iOS
2 1 (4.76%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (28.57%) Validation
2 5 (23.81%) DevOps
2 5 (23.81%) ITIL
2 5 (23.81%) Mobile Device Management
3 4 (19.05%) Computer Science
3 4 (19.05%) Customer Service
3 4 (19.05%) Data Security
3 4 (19.05%) Migration
3 4 (19.05%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (19.05%) Project Management
3 4 (19.05%) Time Management
4 3 (14.29%) Agile
4 3 (14.29%) Architectural Patterns
4 3 (14.29%) Artificial Intelligence
4 3 (14.29%) eTOM
4 3 (14.29%) Fault Management
4 3 (14.29%) Inventory Management
4 3 (14.29%) Machine Learning
4 3 (14.29%) Microservices
5 2 (9.52%) Data Analytics
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.76%) C#
1 1 (4.76%) C++
Qualifications
1 4 (19.05%) Degree
2 2 (9.52%) Master's Degree
2 2 (9.52%) PMI Certification
2 2 (9.52%) PMP
2 2 (9.52%) TOGAF Certification
3 1 (4.76%) AWS Certification
3 1 (4.76%) Azure Certification
3 1 (4.76%) CCNP
3 1 (4.76%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (4.76%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (4.76%) DV Cleared
3 1 (4.76%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (9.52%) OASIS TOSCA
1 2 (9.52%) QA
Systems Management
1 3 (14.29%) Kubernetes
2 2 (9.52%) Amdocs OSS
2 2 (9.52%) Ansible
3 1 (4.76%) NSN NetAct
Vendors
1 4 (19.05%) Ericsson
1 4 (19.05%) ServiceNow
2 3 (14.29%) Huawei
2 3 (14.29%) Nokia
3 2 (9.52%) Amdocs
3 2 (9.52%) Microsoft
3 2 (9.52%) NetCracker