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 28 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 112 86 112
Rank change year-on-year -26 +26 +13
DemandTrendContract jobs citing 3G 2 39 29
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.12% 1.72% 1.04%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.79% 10.46% 5.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 12 15
10th Percentile - £333 £338
25th Percentile - £409 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £570 £485 £425
Median % change year-on-year +17.53% +14.12% +3.66%
75th Percentile - £570 £484
90th Percentile - £633 £560
South East median daily rate £220 £485 £425
% change year-on-year -54.64% +14.12% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £24.50
Median hourly rate - - £25.00
75th Percentile - - £25.50
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate - - £25.00
% change year-on-year - - +101.13%

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.

DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 252 373 519
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 15.24% 16.46% 18.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 138 181 310
10th Percentile £293 £281 £205
25th Percentile £375 £406 £357
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £481
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +4.05% +0.12%
75th Percentile £538 £608 £600
90th Percentile £600 £650 £669
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £460
% change year-on-year - +8.81% -0.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 16 19
10th Percentile - £39.42 £16.60
25th Percentile £14.20 £62.81 £19.75
Median hourly rate £18.05 £75.24 £66.00
Median % change year-on-year -76.01% +14.00% +300.00%
75th Percentile £84.66 £87.46 £75.67
90th Percentile £89.63 - £76.28
South East median hourly rate £54.94 £57.35 £58.91
% change year-on-year -4.21% -2.64% +30.90%

3G
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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Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing 3G.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing 3G

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Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing 3G.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing 3G

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DemandTrendContract 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 28 August 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Berkshire -18 2 £570 +17.53% 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:

Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) 2G
1 2 (100.00%) 4G
1 2 (100.00%) 5G
2 1 (50.00%) Radio Access Network
2 1 (50.00%) Wi-Fi
General
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Design Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Radio Design Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Radio Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Senior
1 1 (50.00%) Senior Design Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Benchmarking
1 1 (50.00%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) Python
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) NSN NetAct
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Ericsson
1 1 (50.00%) Huawei
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (50.00%) Nokia