3G Contracts in the Thames Valley

3G
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley requiring 3G skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited 3G 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 89 119 124
Rank change year-on-year +30 +5 -9
Contract jobs citing 3G 13 26 27
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.86% 0.97% 0.92%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 5.16% 4.30% 5.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 8 15
10th Percentile £424 £285 £280
25th Percentile £441 £361 £354
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £419 £378
Median % change year-on-year +7.46% +10.78% -6.72%
75th Percentile £456 £458 £484
90th Percentile £468 £514 £560
South East median daily rate £220 £419 £378
% change year-on-year -47.46% +10.78% -7.80%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £24.50 -
South East median hourly rate - £24.50 -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Thames Valley

3G 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 Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 252 605 475
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 16.68% 22.52% 16.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 129 295 291
10th Percentile £242 £205 £313
25th Percentile £363 £350 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £466 £500 £488
Median % change year-on-year -6.80% +2.46% +5.51%
75th Percentile £550 £594 £570
90th Percentile £618 £650 £650
South East median daily rate £480 £490 £488
% change year-on-year -2.04% +0.51% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 50 15
10th Percentile - £17.79 £19.70
25th Percentile - £23.78 £25.75
Median hourly rate £14.20 £65.00 £66.00
Median % change year-on-year -78.15% -1.52% +288.24%
75th Percentile £22.09 £85.65 £80.25
90th Percentile £31.44 £87.47 £81.22
South East median hourly rate £54.94 £57.35 £53.00
% change year-on-year -4.21% +8.21% +146.51%

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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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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 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
Berkshire +18 13 £450 +7.46% 2
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 2 (15.38%) OpenStack
Applications
1 4 (30.77%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (15.38%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (15.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 4 (30.77%) OpenShift
2 1 (7.69%) Azure
2 1 (7.69%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (7.69%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 13 (100.00%) 4G
2 11 (84.62%) 5G
3 9 (69.23%) Radio Access Network
4 7 (53.85%) 2G
5 6 (46.15%) LTE
6 4 (30.77%) 3GPP
6 4 (30.77%) Diameter Protocol
6 4 (30.77%) Ethernet
6 4 (30.77%) MPLS
6 4 (30.77%) Network Security
7 2 (15.38%) DNS
7 2 (15.38%) GGSN
7 2 (15.38%) HTTP
7 2 (15.38%) MVNO
7 2 (15.38%) RANAP
7 2 (15.38%) SGSN
7 2 (15.38%) VoLTE
7 2 (15.38%) Wireshark
8 1 (7.69%) TCP/IP
General
1 13 (100.00%) Telecoms
2 6 (46.15%) Social Skills
3 3 (23.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (15.38%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (15.38%) Multimedia
4 2 (15.38%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (30.77%) Technical Design Authority
2 3 (23.08%) Designer
2 3 (23.08%) IP Designer
3 2 (15.38%) Architect
3 2 (15.38%) Design Engineer
3 2 (15.38%) Technical Architect
3 2 (15.38%) Technical Design Architect
4 1 (7.69%) Automation Specialist
4 1 (7.69%) Deployment Manager
4 1 (7.69%) IP Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) IP Network Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) Mobile Designer
4 1 (7.69%) Network Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) Network Manager
4 1 (7.69%) Network Specialist
4 1 (7.69%) Principal Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) Radio Design Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) Radio Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) Senior Design Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) Telecoms Designer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (30.77%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (61.54%) Network Architecture
2 6 (46.15%) Project Management
3 4 (30.77%) Network Design
4 3 (23.08%) Computer Science
4 3 (23.08%) Network Management
5 2 (15.38%) Agile
5 2 (15.38%) Conflict Resolution
5 2 (15.38%) Customer Experience
5 2 (15.38%) Decision-Making
5 2 (15.38%) Performance Improvement
5 2 (15.38%) Project Delivery
5 2 (15.38%) Roadmaps
5 2 (15.38%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 2 (15.38%) Statistics
5 2 (15.38%) Technology Roadmap
6 1 (7.69%) Backlog Management
6 1 (7.69%) Benchmarking
6 1 (7.69%) DevOps
6 1 (7.69%) Digital Strategy
6 1 (7.69%) Scaled Agile Framework
Qualifications
1 7 (53.85%) Degree
2 2 (15.38%) Computer Science Degree
Systems Management
1 4 (30.77%) Kubernetes
2 1 (7.69%) NSN NetAct
Vendors
1 4 (30.77%) VMware
2 2 (15.38%) Empirix
2 2 (15.38%) Microsoft
2 2 (15.38%) NetScout
3 1 (7.69%) Cisco
3 1 (7.69%) Ericsson
3 1 (7.69%) Huawei
3 1 (7.69%) Nokia