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 29 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 356 319 375
Rank change year-on-year -37 +56 +63
Contract jobs citing 3G 6 48 46
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.039% 0.27% 0.21%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.28% 1.81% 1.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 17 23
10th Percentile £201 £304 £325
25th Percentile £213 £375 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £220 £470 £450
Median % change year-on-year -53.19% +4.44% +9.09%
75th Percentile £308 £588 £519
90th Percentile £465 £693 £818
UK median daily rate £450 £490 £450
% change year-on-year -8.16% +8.89% +8.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 7
10th Percentile - - £40.62
25th Percentile - - £52.68
Median hourly rate - - £65.98
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - £69.98
UK median hourly rate £27.00 - £65.98
% change year-on-year - - +388.74%

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 2,150 2,658 3,433
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 13.98% 14.74% 15.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,287 1,521 2,142
10th Percentile £204 £206 £205
25th Percentile £325 £350 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £500 £454
Median % change year-on-year -6.00% +10.19% +0.83%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £580
90th Percentile £640 £675 £675
UK median daily rate £483 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -3.40% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 142 255 216
10th Percentile £14.20 £14.16 £15.75
25th Percentile £17.42 £20.72 £22.00
Median hourly rate £42.50 £55.00 £56.49
Median % change year-on-year -22.73% -2.64% +28.39%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £66.25
90th Percentile £84.90 £75.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £44.50 £50.00 £55.91
% change year-on-year -11.00% -10.56% +41.53%

3G
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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Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing 3G.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing 3G

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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 29 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for 3G in the UK excluding London

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Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing 3G.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing 3G

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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 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
South East -25 5 £220 -54.64% 2
North West -9 3 £220 -41.33% 2
North of England -13 3 £220 -41.33% 3
Channel Islands - 1 - -
3G
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:

Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Office
Communications & Networking
1 6 (100.00%) 2G
1 6 (100.00%) 4G
1 6 (100.00%) 5G
2 1 (16.67%) PBX
2 1 (16.67%) Radio Access Network
2 1 (16.67%) VoLTE
2 1 (16.67%) Wi-Fi
Development Applications
1 1 (16.67%) JIRA
General
1 2 (33.33%) Social Skills
1 2 (33.33%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 1 (16.67%) Design Engineer
1 1 (16.67%) Radio Design Engineer
1 1 (16.67%) Radio Engineer
1 1 (16.67%) Senior
1 1 (16.67%) Senior Design Engineer
1 1 (16.67%) Testing Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (50.00%) IoT
1 3 (50.00%) Smartphone
2 2 (33.33%) Driving Licence
3 1 (16.67%) Handset
Operating Systems
1 4 (66.67%) Android
1 4 (66.67%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (16.67%) Benchmarking
1 1 (16.67%) Customer Service
1 1 (16.67%) Data Analysis
1 1 (16.67%) Data Security
1 1 (16.67%) Mobile Device Management
1 1 (16.67%) Time Management
1 1 (16.67%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (16.67%) Python
Systems Management
1 1 (16.67%) NSN NetAct
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) Ericsson
1 1 (16.67%) Huawei
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft
1 1 (16.67%) Nokia
1 1 (16.67%) Samsung
1 1 (16.67%) ServiceNow