Nokia Contract Job Trends in the South West

Nokia
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West 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 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
9 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 118 116 131
Rank change year-on-year -2 +15 +43
Contract jobs citing Nokia 10 22 18
As % of all contract jobs in the South West 0.47% 0.92% 0.57%
As % of the Vendors category 1.08% 2.03% 1.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 10 10
10th Percentile - £407 £663
25th Percentile - - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £700
Median % change year-on-year - -35.71% -
75th Percentile £460 - -
90th Percentile £478 £650 £800
England median daily rate £450 £488 £565
% change year-on-year -7.69% -13.72% +7.62%

All Vendors
South West

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 West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 930 1,084 1,313
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 43.50% 45.57% 41.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 588 647 880
10th Percentile £225 £305 £263
25th Percentile £375 £425 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £516 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -1.67% -2.33% +2.38%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £638
90th Percentile £688 £700 £700
England median daily rate £508 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.33% - -2.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 99 66 119
10th Percentile £12.74 £20.25 £19.22
25th Percentile £18.87 £51.88 £46.59
Median hourly rate £23.50 £67.50 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -65.19% +22.73% -15.38%
75th Percentile £37.14 £70.00 £65.98
90th Percentile £68.90 £74.00 £74.25
England median hourly rate £25.00 £35.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -28.57% -21.35% +73.08%

Nokia
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Nokia job vacancy trend in the South West

Nokia
Daily Rate Trend in the South West

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

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

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Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

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

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

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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 Nokia within the South West region over the 6 months to 9 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
Bristol -3 8 £450 - 2
Wiltshire -4 2 - -
Nokia
England

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (10.00%) PaaS
1 1 (10.00%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (30.00%) 3GPP
1 3 (30.00%) 4G
1 3 (30.00%) LTE
1 3 (30.00%) Radio Access Network
1 3 (30.00%) Wireshark
2 2 (20.00%) DWDM
2 2 (20.00%) SDH
3 1 (10.00%) PBX
3 1 (10.00%) VoIP
Development Applications
1 2 (20.00%) Rational DOORS
General
1 10 (100.00%) Telecoms
2 4 (40.00%) Finance
3 2 (20.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (40.00%) Network Manager
1 4 (40.00%) Network Project Manager
1 4 (40.00%) Project Manager
2 3 (30.00%) Network Design Specialist
2 3 (30.00%) Network Specialist
2 3 (30.00%) Performance Specialist
3 2 (20.00%) Architect
3 2 (20.00%) Solutions Architect
3 2 (20.00%) Telecoms Architect
Miscellaneous
1 2 (20.00%) Data Centre
2 1 (10.00%) Blackberry
2 1 (10.00%) Video Conferencing
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (40.00%) Project Management
1 4 (40.00%) Root Cause Analysis
1 4 (40.00%) Service Delivery
1 4 (40.00%) Service Management
1 4 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (30.00%) Customer Requirements
2 3 (30.00%) High Availability
2 3 (30.00%) Network Design
2 3 (30.00%) Roadmaps
3 2 (20.00%) ArchiMate
3 2 (20.00%) Architecture Governance
3 2 (20.00%) Boundary Protection
3 2 (20.00%) BPMN
3 2 (20.00%) Decision-Making
3 2 (20.00%) Enterprise Architecture
3 2 (20.00%) ITIL
3 2 (20.00%) Strategic Roadmap
3 2 (20.00%) TOGAF
4 1 (10.00%) Migration
4 1 (10.00%) Validation
Qualifications
1 1 (10.00%) CCNP
1 1 (10.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (10.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (10.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (10.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
System Software
1 1 (10.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (40.00%) NSN NetAct
Vendors
1 8 (80.00%) Ericsson
2 3 (30.00%) Actix
2 3 (30.00%) Cisco
2 3 (30.00%) F5
2 3 (30.00%) Juniper
2 3 (30.00%) Palo Alto
3 2 (20.00%) IBM
4 1 (10.00%) Avaya
4 1 (10.00%) Ribbon
4 1 (10.00%) VMware