5G Contracts in the Thames Valley

5G
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley 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 15 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 92 96 107
Rank change year-on-year +4 +11 -21
Contract jobs citing 5G 46 52 67
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 1.72% 1.81% 1.88%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 8.68% 10.24% 10.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 31 35
10th Percentile £352 £280 £328
25th Percentile £402 £313 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £485 £430 £428
Median % change year-on-year +12.79% +0.58% +0.59%
75th Percentile £538 £576 £458
90th Percentile £540 £800 £519
South East median daily rate £460 £400 £430
% change year-on-year +15.00% -7.03% +2.75%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 530 508 660
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 19.76% 17.66% 18.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 241 300 373
10th Percentile £206 £267 £231
25th Percentile £363 £400 £395
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year +2.50% +5.26% +18.75%
75th Percentile £608 £600 £550
90th Percentile £638 £688 £650
South East median daily rate £500 £481 £450
% change year-on-year +4.05% +6.79% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 45 20 21
10th Percentile £16.73 £18.05 £12.25
25th Percentile £22.58 £19.25 £13.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £69.42 £17.00
Median % change year-on-year -6.36% +308.34% -47.69%
75th Percentile £85.65 £80.25 £20.00
90th Percentile £87.50 £81.04 £25.00
South East median hourly rate £57.35 £60.00 £22.10
% change year-on-year -4.42% +171.49% -48.00%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for 5G 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 5G in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for 5G in the Thames Valley

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Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing 5G in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 15 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for 5G 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 5G in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for 5G 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 5G within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 15 June 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 -15 46 £485 +12.79% 7
5G
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 4 (8.70%) OpenStack
Applications
1 7 (15.22%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (13.04%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (13.04%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (2.17%) AWS
1 1 (2.17%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 28 (60.87%) 4G
2 24 (52.17%) Radio Access Network
3 22 (47.83%) 3G
4 12 (26.09%) LTE
5 9 (19.57%) Wireshark
6 7 (15.22%) 2G
6 7 (15.22%) DNS
6 7 (15.22%) VoLTE
7 6 (13.04%) Diameter Protocol
7 6 (13.04%) GGSN
7 6 (13.04%) RANAP
7 6 (13.04%) SGSN
8 4 (8.70%) GPRS
9 3 (6.52%) GSM
9 3 (6.52%) MVNO
9 3 (6.52%) SCCP
9 3 (6.52%) SS7
10 2 (4.35%) Broadband
11 1 (2.17%) DSL
11 1 (2.17%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.17%) Big Data
General
1 30 (65.22%) Telecoms
2 8 (17.39%) Social Skills
3 7 (15.22%) Finance
3 7 (15.22%) Legal
4 6 (13.04%) Law
4 6 (13.04%) Multimedia
4 6 (13.04%) Presentation Skills
5 2 (4.35%) Marketing
6 1 (2.17%) Advertising
6 1 (2.17%) Billing
6 1 (2.17%) Retail
Job Titles
1 10 (21.74%) Telecoms Manager
2 7 (15.22%) Consultant
3 6 (13.04%) Network Manager
3 6 (13.04%) Performance Specialist
3 6 (13.04%) Procurement Manager
4 5 (10.87%) Build Manager
4 5 (10.87%) Performance Consultant
4 5 (10.87%) Senior
4 5 (10.87%) Senior Consultant
4 5 (10.87%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
4 5 (10.87%) Senior Performance Consultant
5 3 (6.52%) Designer
5 3 (6.52%) Health and Safety Manager
5 3 (6.52%) Project Manager
6 1 (2.17%) Governance Manager
6 1 (2.17%) Planning Manager
6 1 (2.17%) Product Owner
6 1 (2.17%) Quantity Surveyor
6 1 (2.17%) Telecoms Consultant
6 1 (2.17%) Transmission Planner
Miscellaneous
1 6 (13.04%) Hybrid Cloud
2 4 (8.70%) IoT
3 3 (6.52%) NB-IoT
4 2 (4.35%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (2.17%) PKI
5 1 (2.17%) Product Ownership
5 1 (2.17%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (36.96%) Customer Experience
2 11 (23.91%) Capacity Planning
3 10 (21.74%) Performance Management
4 9 (19.57%) Roadmaps
5 8 (17.39%) Problem-Solving
6 7 (15.22%) Technical Leadership
7 6 (13.04%) Computer Science
7 6 (13.04%) Contract Management
7 6 (13.04%) Decision-Making
7 6 (13.04%) Edge Computing
7 6 (13.04%) Line Management
7 6 (13.04%) Network Architecture
7 6 (13.04%) Performance Improvement
7 6 (13.04%) Statistics
8 5 (10.87%) Conflict Resolution
9 3 (6.52%) B2B
9 3 (6.52%) Data Protection
9 3 (6.52%) Impact Assessments
9 3 (6.52%) Performance Monitoring
9 3 (6.52%) Technical Architecture
Qualifications
1 7 (15.22%) Degree
2 6 (13.04%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (2.17%) (ISC)2 CCSP
3 1 (2.17%) AWS Certification
3 1 (2.17%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
3 1 (2.17%) Azure Certification
3 1 (2.17%) CCSP
3 1 (2.17%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (2.17%) CISSP
3 1 (2.17%) CSPO
3 1 (2.17%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.17%) COBIT
1 1 (2.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (2.17%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (6.52%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (2.17%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 1 (2.17%) Amdocs OSS
1 1 (2.17%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 9 (19.57%) Empirix
1 9 (19.57%) NetScout
2 3 (6.52%) Ericsson
2 3 (6.52%) Microsoft
2 3 (6.52%) VMware
3 2 (4.35%) Cisco
4 1 (2.17%) Cramer
4 1 (2.17%) Tellabs