Diameter Protocol Contracts in the South East

Diameter Protocol
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East requiring Diameter Protocol skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Diameter Protocol over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 152 196 -
Rank change year-on-year +44 - -
Contract jobs citing Diameter Protocol 7 9 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.23% 0.16% -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.36% 0.72% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 3 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £400 -
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% - -
England median daily rate £450 £400 -
% change year-on-year +12.50% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £45.00 -
England median hourly rate - £45.00 -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
South East

Diameter Protocol 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 513 1,255 980
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 17.04% 22.58% 16.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 325 617 590
10th Percentile £216 £205 £235
25th Percentile £325 £371 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £490 £488
Median % change year-on-year -2.04% +0.51% +8.33%
75th Percentile £588 £585 £588
90th Percentile £630 £638 £700
England median daily rate £500 £490 £525
% change year-on-year +2.04% -6.67% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 131 74
10th Percentile £14.20 £16.25 £18.33
25th Percentile £20.26 £27.50 £42.50
Median hourly rate £54.94 £57.35 £53.00
Median % change year-on-year -4.21% +8.21% +146.51%
75th Percentile £62.50 £64.38 £67.50
90th Percentile £66.88 £85.65 £80.25
England median hourly rate £28.00 £40.00 £18.82
% change year-on-year -30.00% +112.54% -21.29%

Diameter Protocol
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Diameter Protocol 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 Diameter Protocol in the South East.

Daily rate trend for Diameter Protocol 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 Diameter Protocol in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for Diameter Protocol 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 Diameter Protocol within the South East region over the 6 months to 1 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 +42 7 £450 +12.50% 1
Berkshire +30 7 £450 +12.50% 1
Diameter Protocol
England

Diameter Protocol
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 2 (28.57%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (28.57%) OpenShift
2 1 (14.29%) AWS
2 1 (14.29%) Azure
2 1 (14.29%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 5 (71.43%) 5G
1 5 (71.43%) VoLTE
2 4 (57.14%) 3G
2 4 (57.14%) 4G
2 4 (57.14%) LTE
2 4 (57.14%) Wireshark
3 3 (42.86%) VoWiFi
4 2 (28.57%) 3GPP
4 2 (28.57%) DNS
4 2 (28.57%) GGSN
4 2 (28.57%) HTTP
4 2 (28.57%) MVNO
4 2 (28.57%) Radio Access Network
4 2 (28.57%) RANAP
4 2 (28.57%) SGSN
4 2 (28.57%) SIGTRAN
4 2 (28.57%) SMS
4 2 (28.57%) SS7
5 1 (14.29%) MPLS
5 1 (14.29%) VoIP
Development Applications
1 2 (28.57%) JIRA
General
1 7 (100.00%) Telecoms
2 6 (85.71%) Social Skills
3 4 (57.14%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (28.57%) Multimedia
4 2 (28.57%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (14.29%) Billing
Job Titles
1 2 (28.57%) Analyst
1 2 (28.57%) Network Analyst
1 2 (28.57%) Senior
1 2 (28.57%) Senior Analyst
1 2 (28.57%) Senior Network Analyst
1 2 (28.57%) Senior Test Analyst
1 2 (28.57%) Technical Design Authority
1 2 (28.57%) Test Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Onboarding
2 1 (14.29%) Cloud Native
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (42.86%) Network Architecture
2 2 (28.57%) Computer Science
2 2 (28.57%) Conflict Resolution
2 2 (28.57%) Customer Experience
2 2 (28.57%) Decision-Making
2 2 (28.57%) Defect Management
2 2 (28.57%) Performance Improvement
2 2 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (28.57%) Project Management
2 2 (28.57%) Software Testing
2 2 (28.57%) Statistics
2 2 (28.57%) Validation
3 1 (14.29%) Data Integration
3 1 (14.29%) Network Design
3 1 (14.29%) Service Delivery
3 1 (14.29%) Service Management
Qualifications
1 2 (28.57%) Computer Science Degree
1 2 (28.57%) Degree
2 1 (14.29%) AWS Certification
2 1 (14.29%) Azure Certification
2 1 (14.29%) CCNP
2 1 (14.29%) Cisco Certification
Systems Management
1 2 (28.57%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) Empirix
1 2 (28.57%) NetScout
1 2 (28.57%) VMware