Nokia Contract Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Nokia
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley requiring knowledge or experience of Nokia products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Nokia over the 6 months leading up to 29 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are not representative of contractor rates within the Nokia Corporation.

6 months to
29 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 111 110 123
Rank change year-on-year -1 +13 +43
Contract jobs citing Nokia 5 15 24
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.30% 0.67% 0.86%
As % of the Vendors category 0.53% 1.35% 1.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 9 13
10th Percentile £363 £440 £313
25th Percentile £364 £469 £330
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £390 £505 £423
Median % change year-on-year -22.87% +19.53% +5.49%
75th Percentile £413 £638 £438
90th Percentile £435 £647 £450
South East median daily rate £390 £505 £424
% change year-on-year -22.87% +19.17% +5.93%
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 - - -3.85%

All Vendors
Thames Valley

Nokia falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services in the Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 943 1,113 1,425
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 56.43% 49.64% 50.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 568 647 945
10th Percentile £274 £258 £250
25th Percentile £400 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - +5.00%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £625
90th Percentile £675 £718 £700
South East median daily rate £500 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 50 48 49
10th Percentile £14.18 £14.50 £15.80
25th Percentile £14.20 £21.13 £18.08
Median hourly rate £15.50 £56.92 £32.32
Median % change year-on-year -72.77% +76.12% +106.52%
75th Percentile £31.60 £61.60 £64.50
90th Percentile £53.65 £74.98 £68.60
South East median hourly rate £18.87 £57.35 £48.70
% change year-on-year -67.10% +17.76% +143.50%

Nokia
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Nokia in the Thames Valley

Nokia
Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

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

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

Nokia
Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

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

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

Nokia
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 Nokia within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 29 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Berkshire +4 5 £390 -37.68% 2
Nokia
South East

Nokia
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 (40.00%) Camunda
Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
Communications & Networking
1 3 (60.00%) 4G
1 3 (60.00%) 5G
1 3 (60.00%) Radio Access Network
2 2 (40.00%) DOCSIS
2 2 (40.00%) GPON
2 2 (40.00%) LTE
2 2 (40.00%) MPLS
2 2 (40.00%) VoIP
2 2 (40.00%) xDSL
3 1 (20.00%) 2G
3 1 (20.00%) 3G
3 1 (20.00%) Converged Networks
3 1 (20.00%) FCAPS
General
1 4 (80.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Architect
1 2 (40.00%) Network Engineer
1 2 (40.00%) OSS Architect
2 1 (20.00%) Design Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Network Systems Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Radio Design Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Radio Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Senior
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Design Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Systems Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Systems Test Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Test Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Cloud Native
1 2 (40.00%) TM Forum
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Analytics
1 2 (40.00%) Architectural Patterns
1 2 (40.00%) Artificial Intelligence
1 2 (40.00%) Computer Science
1 2 (40.00%) Data Analytics
1 2 (40.00%) DevOps
1 2 (40.00%) Enterprise Architecture
1 2 (40.00%) eTOM
1 2 (40.00%) Fault Management
1 2 (40.00%) Inventory Management
1 2 (40.00%) ITIL
1 2 (40.00%) Machine Learning
1 2 (40.00%) Microservices
1 2 (40.00%) Migration
1 2 (40.00%) Technical Leadership
1 2 (40.00%) TOGAF
2 1 (20.00%) Capacity Management
2 1 (20.00%) Capacity Planning
2 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (20.00%) Service Design
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) Degree
1 2 (40.00%) Master's Degree
1 2 (40.00%) TOGAF Certification
2 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (40.00%) OASIS TOSCA
Systems Management
1 2 (40.00%) Amdocs OSS
1 2 (40.00%) Ansible
1 2 (40.00%) Kubernetes
2 1 (20.00%) NSN NetAct
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) Ericsson
1 3 (60.00%) Huawei
2 2 (40.00%) Amdocs
2 2 (40.00%) NetCracker
3 1 (20.00%) Cramer
3 1 (20.00%) Microsoft