2G Contracts in the UK excluding London

2G
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for 2G skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited 2G over the 6 months to 26 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 379 431 442
Rank change year-on-year +52 +11 -94
Contract jobs citing 2G 11 28 73
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.053% 0.12% 0.24%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.32% 0.77% 1.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 17 30
10th Percentile £238 £280 £306
25th Percentile £325 £357 £353
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £400 £411
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% -2.74% -0.30%
75th Percentile £425 £450 £447
90th Percentile £436 £519 £452
UK median daily rate £456 £400 £450
% change year-on-year +14.06% -11.11% +9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £24.43 - -
25th Percentile £24.69 - -
Median hourly rate £25.25 - -
75th Percentile £25.69 - -
90th Percentile £25.88 - -
UK median hourly rate £25.25 - -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK excluding London

2G 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 UK excluding London with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 3,471 3,620 4,107
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 16.71% 15.00% 13.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,991 2,296 2,655
10th Percentile £203 £207 £185
25th Percentile £350 £350 £306
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £433
Median % change year-on-year - +9.70% +8.25%
75th Percentile £600 £588 £540
90th Percentile £675 £690 £638
UK median daily rate £490 £520 £500
% change year-on-year -5.72% +3.95% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 357 333 241
10th Percentile £13.50 - £13.25
25th Percentile £16.30 £9.80 £15.50
Median hourly rate £45.88 £18.50 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year +148.00% -13.95% -14.00%
75th Percentile £63.75 £60.00 £47.40
90th Percentile £70.66 £74.50 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £19.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year +110.53% -30.91% +1.85%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing 2G as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for 2G in the UK excluding London

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing 2G in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for 2G in the UK excluding London

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Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing 2G in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for 2G in the UK excluding London

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing 2G in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for 2G in the UK excluding London

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Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing 2G within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 26 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
South East +16 8 £425 -5.56% 3
North West - 2 £350 -
North of England - 2 £350 -
Scotland +33 1 - -
2G
UK

2G
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Communications & Networking
1 10 (90.91%) 3G
1 10 (90.91%) 4G
2 6 (54.55%) 5G
3 5 (45.45%) ATM
3 5 (45.45%) Ethernet
4 4 (36.36%) SDH
5 3 (27.27%) Radio Access Network
6 2 (18.18%) Wireless
7 1 (9.09%) BGP
7 1 (9.09%) Cisco IOS
7 1 (9.09%) DSL
7 1 (9.09%) EIGRP
7 1 (9.09%) Internet
7 1 (9.09%) MPLS
7 1 (9.09%) NGN
7 1 (9.09%) OSPF
7 1 (9.09%) PPP
7 1 (9.09%) RIP
7 1 (9.09%) RNC
7 1 (9.09%) VPN
Development Applications
1 1 (9.09%) Bitbucket
1 1 (9.09%) Git
1 1 (9.09%) Jenkins
1 1 (9.09%) JIRA
1 1 (9.09%) Visual Studio
General
1 5 (45.45%) Telecoms
2 4 (36.36%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (27.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (18.18%) Social Skills
5 1 (9.09%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 3 (27.27%) Transmission Planner
2 1 (9.09%) Build Engineer
2 1 (9.09%) Cisco Engineer
2 1 (9.09%) Cisco Network Engineer
2 1 (9.09%) Data Engineer
2 1 (9.09%) Databuild Engineer
2 1 (9.09%) Mobile Engineer
2 1 (9.09%) Network Engineer
2 1 (9.09%) Radio Engineer
2 1 (9.09%) Radio Planner
2 1 (9.09%) Telecoms Planner
2 1 (9.09%) Transmission Engineer
2 1 (9.09%) Transmission Planning Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (9.09%) .NET
Operating Systems
1 1 (9.09%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (36.36%) Break/Fix
1 4 (36.36%) Performance Analysis
1 4 (36.36%) Problem-Solving
1 4 (36.36%) Project Delivery
1 4 (36.36%) Project Management
2 2 (18.18%) Business Case
2 2 (18.18%) Computer Science
2 2 (18.18%) Customer Experience
2 2 (18.18%) Customer-Centricity
2 2 (18.18%) Network Design
2 2 (18.18%) Network Optimisation
2 2 (18.18%) Network Planning
2 2 (18.18%) Radio Network Optimisation
2 2 (18.18%) Roadmaps
2 2 (18.18%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (18.18%) Statistics
2 2 (18.18%) Supplier Management
3 1 (9.09%) Data Validation
3 1 (9.09%) QMS
3 1 (9.09%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (9.09%) C#
Qualifications
1 2 (18.18%) Degree
2 1 (9.09%) BC Cleared
2 1 (9.09%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (9.09%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (9.09%) MBCS
2 1 (9.09%) SC Cleared
2 1 (9.09%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (18.18%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (9.09%) ADVA
1 1 (9.09%) Cisco
1 1 (9.09%) Ericsson
1 1 (9.09%) Juniper
1 1 (9.09%) Mavenir
1 1 (9.09%) Nokia
1 1 (9.09%) Nokia Networks
1 1 (9.09%) Remedy
1 1 (9.09%) Tellabs