LTE Contracts in the Thames Valley

3GPP Long Term Evolution (LTE)
South East > Thames Valley

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley with a requirement for LTE skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited LTE over the 6 months to 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 129 139 134
Rank change year-on-year +10 -5 -41
Contract jobs citing LTE 11 7 35
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.41% 0.24% 1.01%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.79% 1.47% 5.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 2
10th Percentile - £328 £356
25th Percentile - £331 £366
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £350 £388
Median % change year-on-year +35.71% -9.68% +3.33%
75th Percentile - £369 £416
90th Percentile - £373 £429
South East median daily rate £475 £250 £388
% change year-on-year +90.00% -35.48% +29.17%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Thames Valley

LTE 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 613 475 598
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 22.69% 16.22% 17.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 292 288 343
10th Percentile £205 £313 £200
25th Percentile £350 £400 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £460
Median % change year-on-year - +8.70% +15.00%
75th Percentile £600 £570 £550
90th Percentile £650 £650 £638
South East median daily rate £489 £488 £450
% change year-on-year +0.26% +8.33% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 50 15 18
10th Percentile £17.79 £19.70 £12.19
25th Percentile £23.78 £25.75 £13.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £66.00 £17.00
Median % change year-on-year -1.52% +288.24% -50.72%
75th Percentile £85.65 £80.25 £23.75
90th Percentile £87.47 £81.22 £38.80
South East median hourly rate £57.35 £52.25 £21.50
% change year-on-year +9.76% +143.02% -33.85%

LTE
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for LTE in the Thames Valley

LTE
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Daily rate trend for LTE in the Thames Valley

LTE
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Hourly rate trend for LTE in the Thames Valley

LTE
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 LTE within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 25 April 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 -9 11 £475 +35.71% 3
LTE
South East

LTE
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 4 (36.36%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (36.36%) Microsoft Office
1 4 (36.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Communications & Networking
1 9 (81.82%) 5G
1 9 (81.82%) Radio Access Network
2 5 (45.45%) VoLTE
3 4 (36.36%) 3G
3 4 (36.36%) 4G
3 4 (36.36%) Diameter Protocol
3 4 (36.36%) DNS
3 4 (36.36%) GGSN
3 4 (36.36%) RANAP
3 4 (36.36%) SGSN
3 4 (36.36%) Wireshark
4 1 (9.09%) ADSL
4 1 (9.09%) DSL
4 1 (9.09%) GSM
4 1 (9.09%) LAN
4 1 (9.09%) WAN
General
1 10 (90.91%) Telecoms
2 5 (45.45%) Multimedia
3 4 (36.36%) Presentation Skills
3 4 (36.36%) Social Skills
4 1 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (45.45%) Build Manager
1 5 (45.45%) Telecoms Manager
2 1 (9.09%) Core Network Designer
2 1 (9.09%) Design Engineer
2 1 (9.09%) Designer
2 1 (9.09%) Network Designer
2 1 (9.09%) Real Time Engineer
2 1 (9.09%) Systems Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (9.09%) Fibre Optics
1 1 (9.09%) Operational Technology
1 1 (9.09%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (36.36%) Computer Science
1 4 (36.36%) Customer Experience
1 4 (36.36%) Network Architecture
1 4 (36.36%) Performance Improvement
1 4 (36.36%) Statistics
2 1 (9.09%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (9.09%) Project Delivery
Qualifications
1 4 (36.36%) Computer Science Degree
1 4 (36.36%) Degree
Vendors
1 4 (36.36%) Empirix
1 4 (36.36%) NetScout