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 9 October 2026, 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
9 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 215 158 155
Rank change year-on-year -57 -3 +29
Contract jobs citing Nokia 12 9 24
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.18% 0.25% 0.55%
As % of the Vendors category 0.42% 0.48% 1.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 5 14
10th Percentile - £363 £449
25th Percentile - £365 £476
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £400 £506
Median % change year-on-year - -20.99% +33.22%
75th Percentile £450 £450 £601
90th Percentile - £570 £638
England median daily rate £450 £450 £481
% change year-on-year - -6.49% -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £20.00 -
England median hourly rate £49.00 £20.00 £47.50
% change year-on-year +145.00% -57.89% +90.00%

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 2,871 1,859 2,129
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 44.09% 51.97% 49.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,710 1,253 1,301
10th Percentile £263 £204 £250
25th Percentile £425 £358 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £500 £513
Median % change year-on-year +2.50% -2.44% +2.50%
75th Percentile £610 £588 £628
90th Percentile £680 £650 £700
England median daily rate £516 £506 £525
% change year-on-year +1.88% -3.62% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 276 116 77
10th Percentile £14.05 £14.10 £16.15
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.50 £26.25
Median hourly rate £37.24 £20.77 £57.25
Median % change year-on-year +79.30% -63.72% +14.50%
75th Percentile £70.00 £34.83 £66.00
90th Percentile £88.00 £75.63 £70.00
England median hourly rate £25.75 £25.08 £35.00
% change year-on-year +2.69% -28.36% -20.16%

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
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 9 October 2026. 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 -17 12 £400 +2.70% 1
Thames Valley -40 12 £400 +2.70% 1
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:

Application Platforms
1 6 (50.00%) OpenStack
Communications & Networking
1 8 (66.67%) 5G
1 8 (66.67%) Radio Access Network
2 6 (50.00%) Diameter Protocol
2 6 (50.00%) LTE
2 6 (50.00%) VoLTE
2 6 (50.00%) VoWiFi
2 6 (50.00%) Wireshark
3 2 (16.67%) 2G
3 2 (16.67%) Cisco Nexus
3 2 (16.67%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
3 2 (16.67%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
3 2 (16.67%) Firewall
3 2 (16.67%) Network Security
3 2 (16.67%) VLAN
4 1 (8.33%) MPLS
4 1 (8.33%) NX-OS
General
1 3 (25.00%) Telecoms
2 1 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (8.33%) Finance
2 1 (8.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (25.00%) Network Engineer
2 2 (16.67%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) Applications Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) Lead
3 1 (8.33%) OSS Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) OSS Systems Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) Systems Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) Technical Manager
3 1 (8.33%) Telecoms Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (8.33%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (16.67%) Data Centre
1 2 (16.67%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (8.33%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 7 (58.33%) Linux
2 6 (50.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (58.33%) High Availability
2 6 (50.00%) Service Delivery
3 4 (33.33%) Technical Leadership
4 2 (16.67%) Load Balancing
4 2 (16.67%) Migration
4 2 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (16.67%) Project Delivery
4 2 (16.67%) Project Planning
4 2 (16.67%) Risk Management
5 1 (8.33%) Asset Management
5 1 (8.33%) Capacity Planning
5 1 (8.33%) Change Management
5 1 (8.33%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (8.33%) Incident Management
5 1 (8.33%) ITIL
5 1 (8.33%) Network Design
5 1 (8.33%) Performance Metrics
5 1 (8.33%) Release Management
5 1 (8.33%) Root Cause Analysis
5 1 (8.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 8 (66.67%) Python
2 1 (8.33%) Java
2 1 (8.33%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 3 (25.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (25.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (8.33%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (8.33%) CCNA
2 1 (8.33%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (50.00%) SLA
2 1 (8.33%) Data Quality
Systems Management
1 6 (50.00%) Kubernetes
2 2 (16.67%) Avamar
2 2 (16.67%) FortiGate
2 2 (16.67%) NSN NetAct
3 1 (8.33%) Amdocs OSS
Vendors
1 6 (50.00%) BT
1 6 (50.00%) Ericsson
1 6 (50.00%) Huawei
2 4 (33.33%) Cisco
3 2 (16.67%) Cramer
3 2 (16.67%) F5
3 2 (16.67%) Juniper
3 2 (16.67%) VMware
4 1 (8.33%) NetCracker