5G Contracts in the South West

5G
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West 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 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 91 149 154
Rank change year-on-year +58 +5 +5
Contract jobs citing 5G 20 8 13
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 1.19% 0.25% 0.36%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 7.78% 1.52% 2.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 2 6
10th Percentile £335 £578 -
25th Percentile £393 £581 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £600 £400
Median % change year-on-year -29.17% +50.00% -24.53%
75th Percentile £466 £619 -
90th Percentile £560 £623 -
England median daily rate £480 £475 £413
% change year-on-year +1.05% +15.15% -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £53.63
25th Percentile - - £57.02
Median hourly rate - - £65.16
75th Percentile - - £71.81
90th Percentile - - £74.32
England median hourly rate - £24.50 £66.25
% change year-on-year - -63.02% +5.16%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
South West

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 West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 257 528 640
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 15.32% 16.51% 17.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 173 343 416
10th Percentile £250 £276 £206
25th Percentile £413 £460 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £548 £538 £500
Median % change year-on-year +1.95% +7.50% +11.11%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £630
90th Percentile £688 £713 £717
England median daily rate £500 £490 £525
% change year-on-year +2.04% -6.67% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 41 125
10th Percentile £33.15 £12.50 -
25th Percentile £65.00 £15.75 -
Median hourly rate £75.00 £40.00 £9.80
Median % change year-on-year +87.50% +308.16% -80.62%
75th Percentile - £70.66 £60.70
90th Percentile - £85.00 £77.50
England median hourly rate £28.00 £40.00 £18.82
% change year-on-year -30.00% +112.54% -21.29%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Job postings citing 5G as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Job vacancy trend for 5G 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 5G in the South West.

Daily rate trend for 5G in the South West

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Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing 5G in the South West over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

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

Hourly rate trend for 5G 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 5G within the South West 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
Bristol +36 20 £425 - 5
5G
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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (10.00%) PaaS
1 2 (10.00%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 13 (65.00%) 4G
2 10 (50.00%) Radio Access Network
3 9 (45.00%) 2G
4 6 (30.00%) Wireshark
5 3 (15.00%) LTE
5 3 (15.00%) PBX
5 3 (15.00%) VoIP
6 2 (10.00%) Firewall
6 2 (10.00%) Unified Communications
General
1 11 (55.00%) Telecoms
2 4 (20.00%) Billing
2 4 (20.00%) Social Skills
3 2 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (5.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 7 (35.00%) Network Design Specialist
1 7 (35.00%) Network Specialist
2 6 (30.00%) Project Manager
3 4 (20.00%) OSS Project Manager
3 4 (20.00%) Telecoms Manager
3 4 (20.00%) Telecoms Project Manager
4 2 (10.00%) Core Network Project Manager
4 2 (10.00%) Designer
4 2 (10.00%) Mobile Project Manager
4 2 (10.00%) Network Manager
4 2 (10.00%) Network Project Manager
5 1 (5.00%) Contracts Manager
5 1 (5.00%) Security Manager
Miscellaneous
1 4 (20.00%) Cloud Native
2 2 (10.00%) Replication
2 2 (10.00%) Video Conferencing
3 1 (5.00%) Blackberry
3 1 (5.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (45.00%) Network Design
2 8 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (25.00%) Agile
3 5 (25.00%) Risk Management
4 4 (20.00%) CRM
4 4 (20.00%) Fault Management
4 4 (20.00%) Network Management
4 4 (20.00%) PRINCE2
4 4 (20.00%) Project Management
4 4 (20.00%) Scrum
4 4 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 4 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 4 (20.00%) Waterfall
5 3 (15.00%) Commercial Awareness
5 3 (15.00%) Customer Experience
5 3 (15.00%) Matrix Organization
5 3 (15.00%) Migration
5 3 (15.00%) Validation
6 2 (10.00%) Decision-Making
6 2 (10.00%) Impact Assessments
Qualifications
1 8 (40.00%) Security Cleared
2 5 (25.00%) BPSS Clearance
3 4 (20.00%) PMI Certification
3 4 (20.00%) PMP
3 4 (20.00%) SC Cleared
4 3 (15.00%) DV Cleared
5 1 (5.00%) CCNP
5 1 (5.00%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (5.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (15.00%) QA
2 1 (5.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 1 (5.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (20.00%) Amdocs OSS
Vendors
1 17 (85.00%) Ericsson
2 16 (80.00%) Nokia
3 4 (20.00%) Amdocs
3 4 (20.00%) Ciena
3 4 (20.00%) NetCracker
4 3 (15.00%) Cisco
4 3 (15.00%) F5
4 3 (15.00%) Juniper
4 3 (15.00%) Palo Alto
5 1 (5.00%) Avaya
5 1 (5.00%) Ribbon
5 1 (5.00%) VMware