LTE Contracts in the Thames Valley

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

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley requiring LTE skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited LTE over the 6 months leading up to 18 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 76 125 144
Rank change year-on-year +49 +19 -17
Contract jobs citing LTE 25 13 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 1.67% 0.50% 0.18%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.29% 2.35% 1.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 1 1
10th Percentile £370 - -
25th Percentile £420 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £350
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +35.71% -9.68%
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median daily rate £450 £475 £250
% change year-on-year -5.26% +90.00% -35.48%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Thames Valley

LTE 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 243 554 448
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 16.20% 21.28% 16.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 132 263 277
10th Percentile £232 £205 £300
25th Percentile £363 £335 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £488
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +2.46% +2.74%
75th Percentile £538 £600 £575
90th Percentile £600 £638 £650
South East median daily rate £475 £488 £488
% change year-on-year -2.56% - +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 47 15
10th Percentile - £17.15 £18.90
25th Percentile - £23.10 £22.25
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 £87.49 £81.22
South East median hourly rate £50.00 £57.35 £57.50
% change year-on-year -12.82% -0.26% +167.44%

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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

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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

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Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing LTE in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 18 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for LTE 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 LTE in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for LTE 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 LTE within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 18 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 +47 25 £450 -5.26% 7
LTE
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 (8.00%) Camunda
2 1 (4.00%) OpenStack
Applications
1 2 (8.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (8.00%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (8.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (4.00%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 2 (8.00%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 19 (76.00%) MPLS
2 18 (72.00%) Wireshark
3 16 (64.00%) ATM
3 16 (64.00%) Ethernet
3 16 (64.00%) Frame Relay
3 16 (64.00%) GPRS
3 16 (64.00%) GSM
3 16 (64.00%) LAN
3 16 (64.00%) SAN
3 16 (64.00%) SDH
3 16 (64.00%) UMTS
3 16 (64.00%) VPN
3 16 (64.00%) WAN
4 8 (32.00%) 4G
4 8 (32.00%) 5G
5 7 (28.00%) Radio Access Network
6 4 (16.00%) 3G
7 3 (12.00%) DOCSIS
7 3 (12.00%) GPON
7 3 (12.00%) VoIP
General
1 24 (96.00%) Telecoms
2 19 (76.00%) Social Skills
3 2 (8.00%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (8.00%) Multimedia
3 2 (8.00%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 15 (60.00%) IP Engineer
2 14 (56.00%) Test Engineer
3 5 (20.00%) IP Network Engineer
3 5 (20.00%) Network Engineer
4 4 (16.00%) Architect
5 3 (12.00%) OSS Architect
6 2 (8.00%) Consultant
6 2 (8.00%) IP Consultant
6 2 (8.00%) IP Network Consultant
6 2 (8.00%) Network Consultant
6 2 (8.00%) Technical Design Authority
7 1 (4.00%) Automation Specialist
7 1 (4.00%) Designer
7 1 (4.00%) Solutions Designer
7 1 (4.00%) Technical Architect
7 1 (4.00%) Technical Design Architect
Miscellaneous
1 16 (64.00%) Self-Motivation
2 3 (12.00%) Cloud Native
2 3 (12.00%) TM Forum
3 2 (8.00%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 16 (64.00%) Linux
1 16 (64.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (76.00%) Fault Management
2 18 (72.00%) Project Management
3 16 (64.00%) Problem-Solving
3 16 (64.00%) Regression Testing
3 16 (64.00%) Test Strategy
4 4 (16.00%) Computer Science
5 3 (12.00%) Architectural Patterns
5 3 (12.00%) Artificial Intelligence
5 3 (12.00%) DevOps
5 3 (12.00%) eTOM
5 3 (12.00%) Inventory Management
5 3 (12.00%) ITIL
5 3 (12.00%) Machine Learning
5 3 (12.00%) Microservices
5 3 (12.00%) Migration
5 3 (12.00%) Network Architecture
6 2 (8.00%) Analytics
6 2 (8.00%) Customer Experience
6 2 (8.00%) Data Analytics
6 2 (8.00%) Performance Improvement
Programming Languages
1 16 (64.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 16 (64.00%) CCNP
1 16 (64.00%) Cisco Certification
1 16 (64.00%) ISEB
1 16 (64.00%) ISTQB
1 16 (64.00%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
2 4 (16.00%) Degree
3 2 (8.00%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (8.00%) Master's Degree
3 2 (8.00%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (8.00%) OASIS TOSCA
Systems Management
1 5 (20.00%) Kubernetes
2 2 (8.00%) Amdocs OSS
2 2 (8.00%) Ansible
Vendors
1 16 (64.00%) Cisco
1 16 (64.00%) Juniper
1 16 (64.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (12.00%) Ericsson
2 3 (12.00%) Nokia
3 2 (8.00%) Amdocs
3 2 (8.00%) Empirix
3 2 (8.00%) Huawei
3 2 (8.00%) NetCracker
3 2 (8.00%) NetScout
3 2 (8.00%) VMware