Nokia Contract Job Trends in the South East

Nokia
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East requiring knowledge or experience of Nokia products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Nokia over the 6 months leading up to 19 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are not representative of contractor rates within the Nokia Corporation.

6 months to
19 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 168 146 178
Rank change year-on-year -22 +32 +61
Contract jobs citing Nokia 10 35 32
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.25% 0.86% 0.60%
As % of the Vendors category 0.47% 1.72% 1.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 15 18
10th Percentile £382 £452 £313
25th Percentile £407 £475 £330
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £505 £380
Median % change year-on-year -10.89% +32.89% -9.95%
75th Percentile £550 £577 £425
90th Percentile £610 £638 £438
England median daily rate £450 £475 £575
% change year-on-year -5.26% -17.39% +9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 5
10th Percentile - - £24.35
25th Percentile £19.00 - £24.50
Median hourly rate £20.00 - £25.00
75th Percentile £21.00 - £33.75
90th Percentile - - £55.50
England median hourly rate £20.00 £47.50 £28.75
% change year-on-year -57.89% +65.22% +10.58%

All Vendors
South East

Nokia falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services in the South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 2,120 2,030 2,828
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 52.38% 49.69% 52.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,444 1,292 1,779
10th Percentile £209 £255 £205
25th Percentile £382 £408 £370
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £524 £513
Median % change year-on-year -4.53% +2.10% +2.60%
75th Percentile £593 £628 £606
90th Percentile £650 £688 £678
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 160 66 126
10th Percentile £14.00 £19.06 £15.75
25th Percentile £15.72 £24.18 £21.05
Median hourly rate £20.79 £56.75 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -63.36% +8.09% +81.41%
75th Percentile £44.24 £66.77 £66.25
90th Percentile £86.36 £70.63 £76.53
England median hourly rate £25.08 £35.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -28.36% -22.22% +73.08%

Nokia
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Nokia job vacancy trend in the South East

Nokia
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

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

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

Nokia
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Nokia in the South East over the 6 months to 19 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Nokia 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 Nokia.

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

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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 Nokia within the South East region over the 6 months to 19 November 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 -14 6 £415 -20.29%
Thames Valley -29 6 £415 -17.51%
Hampshire -4 4 £650 +16.33%
Nokia
England

Nokia
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:

Communications & Networking
1 4 (40.00%) DWDM
1 4 (40.00%) Firewall
1 4 (40.00%) MPLS
2 3 (30.00%) BGP
2 3 (30.00%) OSPF
2 3 (30.00%) SDH
2 3 (30.00%) VPN
3 1 (10.00%) 5G
3 1 (10.00%) Ethernet
3 1 (10.00%) FCAPS
3 1 (10.00%) LAN
3 1 (10.00%) Network Security
3 1 (10.00%) NGN
3 1 (10.00%) Radio Access Network
3 1 (10.00%) WAN
Development Applications
1 2 (20.00%) Rational DOORS
General
1 5 (50.00%) Telecoms
2 4 (40.00%) Social Skills
3 2 (20.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 6 (60.00%) Network Engineer
2 3 (30.00%) Architect
2 3 (30.00%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
2 3 (30.00%) IP Engineer
2 3 (30.00%) IP Network Engineer
2 3 (30.00%) Solutions Architect
3 2 (20.00%) Telecoms Architect
4 1 (10.00%) Designer
4 1 (10.00%) Fibre Designer
4 1 (10.00%) IP Architect
4 1 (10.00%) Network Designer
4 1 (10.00%) Network Systems Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) Systems Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) Systems Test Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) Test Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) Transmission Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (20.00%) Data Centre
2 1 (10.00%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (10.00%) Fibre Optics
Operating Systems
1 1 (10.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (30.00%) Integration Testing
1 3 (30.00%) Network Optimisation
1 3 (30.00%) Performance Tuning
1 3 (30.00%) Problem-Solving
1 3 (30.00%) Validation
2 2 (20.00%) ArchiMate
2 2 (20.00%) Architecture Governance
2 2 (20.00%) Boundary Protection
2 2 (20.00%) BPMN
2 2 (20.00%) Capacity Planning
2 2 (20.00%) Customer Requirements
2 2 (20.00%) Decision-Making
2 2 (20.00%) Enterprise Architecture
2 2 (20.00%) ITIL
2 2 (20.00%) Network Management
2 2 (20.00%) Roadmaps
2 2 (20.00%) Strategic Roadmap
2 2 (20.00%) TOGAF
3 1 (10.00%) PRINCE
3 1 (10.00%) Process Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (30.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 8 (80.00%) Security Cleared
2 5 (50.00%) DV Cleared
3 4 (40.00%) SC Cleared
4 1 (10.00%) BC Cleared
4 1 (10.00%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (10.00%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (10.00%) SLA
Systems Management
1 3 (30.00%) Ansible
2 1 (10.00%) Amdocs OSS
Vendors
1 7 (70.00%) Cisco
2 6 (60.00%) Palo Alto
3 3 (30.00%) Juniper
4 2 (20.00%) Cramer
4 2 (20.00%) F5
4 2 (20.00%) IBM
5 1 (10.00%) Ciena