3GPP Contracts in the South West

3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP)
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West requiring 3GPP skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited 3GPP over the 6 months leading up to 14 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 115 139 -
Rank change year-on-year +24 - -
Contract jobs citing 3GPP 1 15 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 0.053% 0.47% -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.37% 2.71% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 -
England median daily rate £447 £450 £475
% change year-on-year -0.67% -5.26% +5.56%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
South West

3GPP 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 West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 268 554 474
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 14.33% 17.26% 13.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 178 356 326
10th Percentile £235 £313 £223
25th Percentile £366 £460 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £536 £500
Median % change year-on-year +0.23% +7.25% +6.38%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £623
90th Percentile £671 £681 £724
England median daily rate £492 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -1.60% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 46 38
10th Percentile £13.09 £12.50 £22.13
25th Percentile £14.85 £15.75 £56.70
Median hourly rate £17.79 £56.49 £63.00
Median % change year-on-year -68.51% -10.33% +21.86%
75th Percentile £41.40 £71.10 £79.38
90th Percentile £55.56 £75.00 £93.38
England median hourly rate £41.48 £43.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year -3.55% +56.36% +10.00%

3GPP
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Job postings citing 3GPP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Job vacancy trend for 3GPP in the South West

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing 3GPP in the South West.

Daily rate trend for 3GPP in the South West

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing 3GPP in the South West.

Hourly rate trend for 3GPP in the South West

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Contract Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing 3GPP within the South West region over the 6 months to 14 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
Bristol -1 1 £450 -
3GPP
England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) 4G
1 1 (100.00%) LTE
1 1 (100.00%) Radio Access Network
1 1 (100.00%) Wireshark
General
1 1 (100.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Network Design Specialist
1 1 (100.00%) Network Specialist
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Specialist
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) High Availability
1 1 (100.00%) Network Design
1 1 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Actix
1 1 (100.00%) Ericsson
1 1 (100.00%) Nokia