3G Contracts in the UK excluding London

3G
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring 3G skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited 3G over the 6 months leading up to 5 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 316 348 402
Rank change year-on-year +32 +54 +21
Contract jobs citing 3G 21 40 48
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.17% 0.19% 0.20%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.06% 1.18% 1.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 20 32
10th Percentile - £330 £351
25th Percentile £193 £369 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £220 £469 £451
Median % change year-on-year -53.07% +3.88% +10.06%
75th Percentile £450 £788 £609
90th Percentile £475 - £954
UK median daily rate £450 £490 £438
% change year-on-year -8.16% +12.00% +2.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 2
10th Percentile - - £53.63
25th Percentile - £24.25 £57.02
Median hourly rate - £24.50 £65.16
Median % change year-on-year - -62.40% +440.71%
75th Percentile - £24.75 £71.81
90th Percentile - - £74.32
UK median hourly rate £27.00 £24.50 £65.16
% change year-on-year +10.20% -62.40% +440.71%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK excluding London

3G 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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,972 3,385 3,559
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 15.55% 16.46% 14.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,203 1,940 2,259
10th Percentile £196 £203 £210
25th Percentile £306 £350 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.11% - +7.95%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £586
90th Percentile £638 £675 £690
UK median daily rate £488 £495 £520
% change year-on-year -1.52% -4.81% +4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 142 358 322
10th Percentile £13.85 £13.43 -
25th Percentile £15.44 £16.30 £9.80
Median hourly rate £24.40 £45.88 £18.50
Median % change year-on-year -46.81% +148.00% -13.95%
75th Percentile £62.06 £63.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £70.66 £74.50
UK median hourly rate £30.70 £40.00 £18.82
% change year-on-year -23.25% +112.54% -31.56%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing 3G as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for 3G 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 3G in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for 3G in the UK excluding London

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Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing 3G in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 5 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for 3G 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 3G in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for 3G 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 3G within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 5 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
South East +35 20 £220 -47.46% 3
North of England +27 7 £205 -43.84% 1
North West +18 7 £205 -43.84%
East Midlands - 1 £650 - 2
Midlands - 1 £650 - 2
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UK

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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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (9.52%) OpenStack
Applications
1 4 (19.05%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (9.52%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (9.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 4 (19.05%) OpenShift
2 1 (4.76%) Azure
2 1 (4.76%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (4.76%) Cloud Computing
2 1 (4.76%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 21 (100.00%) 4G
2 19 (90.48%) 5G
3 14 (66.67%) 2G
4 10 (47.62%) Radio Access Network
5 7 (33.33%) LTE
6 5 (23.81%) 3GPP
6 5 (23.81%) Network Security
7 4 (19.05%) Diameter Protocol
7 4 (19.05%) Ethernet
7 4 (19.05%) MPLS
8 2 (9.52%) DNS
8 2 (9.52%) GGSN
8 2 (9.52%) HTTP
8 2 (9.52%) MVNO
8 2 (9.52%) RANAP
8 2 (9.52%) SGSN
8 2 (9.52%) VoLTE
8 2 (9.52%) Wireshark
9 1 (4.76%) TCP/IP
General
1 14 (66.67%) Telecoms
2 6 (28.57%) Social Skills
3 3 (14.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (9.52%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (9.52%) Multimedia
4 2 (9.52%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (4.76%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (19.05%) Technical Design Authority
2 3 (14.29%) Architect
2 3 (14.29%) Designer
2 3 (14.29%) IP Designer
3 2 (9.52%) Design Engineer
3 2 (9.52%) Technical Architect
3 2 (9.52%) Technical Design Architect
4 1 (4.76%) Deployment Manager
4 1 (4.76%) IP Design Engineer
4 1 (4.76%) IP Engineer
4 1 (4.76%) IP Network Engineer
4 1 (4.76%) Network Architect
4 1 (4.76%) Network Manager
4 1 (4.76%) Network Specialist
4 1 (4.76%) OSS Specialist
4 1 (4.76%) Principal Engineer
4 1 (4.76%) Radio Design Engineer
4 1 (4.76%) Radio Engineer
4 1 (4.76%) Senior Design Engineer
4 1 (4.76%) Telecoms Designer
Miscellaneous
1 7 (33.33%) IoT
1 7 (33.33%) Smartphone
2 4 (19.05%) Onboarding
3 3 (14.29%) Driving Licence
4 1 (4.76%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 7 (33.33%) Android
1 7 (33.33%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (38.10%) Network Architecture
2 6 (28.57%) Project Management
3 4 (19.05%) Customer Service
3 4 (19.05%) Data Security
3 4 (19.05%) Mobile Device Management
3 4 (19.05%) Network Design
3 4 (19.05%) Time Management
3 4 (19.05%) Validation
4 3 (14.29%) Computer Science
4 3 (14.29%) Network Management
5 2 (9.52%) Agile
5 2 (9.52%) Conflict Resolution
5 2 (9.52%) Customer Experience
5 2 (9.52%) Decision-Making
5 2 (9.52%) Performance Improvement
5 2 (9.52%) Project Delivery
5 2 (9.52%) Roadmaps
5 2 (9.52%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 2 (9.52%) Statistics
5 2 (9.52%) Technology Roadmap
Qualifications
1 7 (33.33%) Degree
2 2 (9.52%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (4.76%) SC Cleared
3 1 (4.76%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 4 (19.05%) Kubernetes
2 1 (4.76%) NSN NetAct
Vendors
1 4 (19.05%) ServiceNow
1 4 (19.05%) VMware
2 2 (9.52%) Empirix
2 2 (9.52%) Microsoft
2 2 (9.52%) NetScout
3 1 (4.76%) Cisco
3 1 (4.76%) Ericsson
3 1 (4.76%) Huawei
3 1 (4.76%) Nokia