3G Contracts in the Thames Valley

3G
South East > Thames Valley

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley with a requirement for 3G skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited 3G over the 6 months to 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 114 126 111
Rank change year-on-year +12 -15 -28
Contract jobs citing 3G 28 24 52
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 1.06% 0.84% 1.49%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 4.87% 5.30% 8.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 14 17
10th Percentile £285 £280 £335
25th Percentile £361 £352 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £419 £414 £410
Median % change year-on-year +1.15% +0.98% -3.53%
75th Percentile £458 £502 £438
90th Percentile £514 £567 £450
South East median daily rate £419 £414 £410
% change year-on-year +1.15% +0.98% -3.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £12.17
25th Percentile £24.25 - £12.35
Median hourly rate £24.50 - £12.78
75th Percentile £24.75 - £13.33
90th Percentile - - £13.58
South East median hourly rate £24.50 - £12.78
% change year-on-year - - -70.29%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Thames Valley

3G is in the Communications and Computer Networking category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 575 453 621
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 21.70% 15.91% 17.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 285 280 351
10th Percentile £205 £300 £200
25th Percentile £350 £400 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £488 £460
Median % change year-on-year +2.51% +6.03% +15.00%
75th Percentile £600 £573 £550
90th Percentile £645 £650 £638
South East median daily rate £495 £486 £450
% change year-on-year +1.80% +8.06% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 48 14 17
10th Percentile £17.36 £19.65 £12.25
25th Percentile £23.36 £25.13 £13.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £66.00 £17.00
Median % change year-on-year -1.52% +288.24% -40.87%
75th Percentile £85.65 £80.25 £20.00
90th Percentile £87.48 £81.26 £42.90
South East median hourly rate £57.35 £53.50 £21.50
% change year-on-year +7.20% +148.84% -37.68%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing 3G as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for 3G in the Thames Valley

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing 3G in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for 3G in the Thames Valley

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Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing 3G in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for 3G in the Thames Valley

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing 3G in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for 3G in the Thames Valley

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Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing 3G within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 8 May 2024. 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 -4 28 £419 +1.15% 3
3G
South East

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (3.57%) OpenStack
Applications
1 6 (21.43%) Microsoft Excel
1 6 (21.43%) Microsoft Office
1 6 (21.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Communications & Networking
1 28 (100.00%) 4G
2 23 (82.14%) 5G
3 16 (57.14%) Radio Access Network
4 10 (35.71%) 2G
5 7 (25.00%) DNS
5 7 (25.00%) VoLTE
6 6 (21.43%) Diameter Protocol
6 6 (21.43%) GGSN
6 6 (21.43%) LTE
6 6 (21.43%) RANAP
6 6 (21.43%) SGSN
6 6 (21.43%) Wireshark
7 5 (17.86%) ATM
7 5 (17.86%) Ethernet
8 4 (14.29%) GPRS
8 4 (14.29%) SDH
9 3 (10.71%) GSM
10 2 (7.14%) DSL
10 2 (7.14%) SCCP
10 2 (7.14%) SS7
General
1 14 (50.00%) Telecoms
2 8 (28.57%) Social Skills
3 6 (21.43%) Multimedia
3 6 (21.43%) Presentation Skills
4 3 (10.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (3.57%) Finance
6 1 (3.57%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 7 (25.00%) Consultant
2 5 (17.86%) Performance Consultant
2 5 (17.86%) Performance Specialist
2 5 (17.86%) Senior
2 5 (17.86%) Senior Consultant
2 5 (17.86%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
2 5 (17.86%) Senior Performance Consultant
3 3 (10.71%) Transmission Planner
4 2 (7.14%) Data Engineer
4 2 (7.14%) Mobile Engineer
5 1 (3.57%) Build Engineer
5 1 (3.57%) Cisco Engineer
5 1 (3.57%) Cisco Network Engineer
5 1 (3.57%) Databuild Engineer
5 1 (3.57%) Network Engineer
5 1 (3.57%) Product Owner
5 1 (3.57%) Programme Director
5 1 (3.57%) Telecoms Consultant
5 1 (3.57%) Transmission Engineer
5 1 (3.57%) Transmission Planning Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (3.57%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (42.86%) Customer Experience
2 9 (32.14%) Capacity Planning
2 9 (32.14%) Problem-Solving
2 9 (32.14%) Roadmaps
3 7 (25.00%) Computer Science
3 7 (25.00%) Performance Management
4 6 (21.43%) Decision-Making
4 6 (21.43%) Network Architecture
4 6 (21.43%) Performance Improvement
4 6 (21.43%) Statistics
4 6 (21.43%) Technical Leadership
5 5 (17.86%) Conflict Resolution
5 5 (17.86%) Project Delivery
6 4 (14.29%) Break/Fix
6 4 (14.29%) Performance Analysis
6 4 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
7 2 (7.14%) B2B
7 2 (7.14%) Change Control
7 2 (7.14%) Performance Monitoring
7 2 (7.14%) Project Management
Qualifications
1 7 (25.00%) Degree
2 6 (21.43%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (3.57%) BC Cleared
3 1 (3.57%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (3.57%) CSPO
3 1 (3.57%) MBCS
3 1 (3.57%) SC Cleared
3 1 (3.57%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (7.14%) QA
1 2 (7.14%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (7.14%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 1 (3.57%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 6 (21.43%) Empirix
1 6 (21.43%) NetScout
2 1 (3.57%) ADVA
2 1 (3.57%) Cisco
2 1 (3.57%) Ericsson
2 1 (3.57%) Juniper
2 1 (3.57%) Mavenir
2 1 (3.57%) Nokia
2 1 (3.57%) Nokia Networks
2 1 (3.57%) Remedy
2 1 (3.57%) Tellabs