5G NR Contracts in the UK excluding London

5G NR (5G New Radio)
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for 5G NR skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited 5G NR over the 6 months to 29 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 391 456 -
Rank change year-on-year +65 - -
Contract jobs citing 5G NR 2 3 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.010% 0.012% -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.058% 0.083% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 0
10th Percentile - £303 -
25th Percentile £563 £306 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £325 -
Median % change year-on-year +76.92% - -
75th Percentile £588 £356 -
90th Percentile - £368 -
UK median daily rate £575 £325 -
% change year-on-year +76.92% - -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK excluding London

5G NR 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 3,460 3,605 4,101
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 16.64% 14.97% 13.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,989 2,287 2,646
10th Percentile £205 £207 £185
25th Percentile £350 £350 £306
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £438
Median % change year-on-year - +8.57% +9.38%
75th Percentile £600 £586 £540
90th Percentile £675 £690 £638
UK median daily rate £495 £519 £500
% change year-on-year -4.53% +3.70% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 357 328 235
10th Percentile £13.50 - £13.25
25th Percentile £16.30 £9.80 £15.44
Median hourly rate £45.88 £18.50 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year +148.00% -13.95% -10.42%
75th Percentile £63.75 £60.00 £47.45
90th Percentile £70.66 £74.50 £59.50
UK median hourly rate £38.50 £19.00 £27.88
% change year-on-year +102.63% -31.84% +1.36%

5G NR
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing 5G NR as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for 5G NR in the UK excluding London

5G NR
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing 5G NR in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for 5G NR in the UK excluding London

5G NR
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 5G NR within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 29 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
East of England +13 2 £575 +91.67% 1
5G NR
UK

5G NR
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 2 (100.00%) 5G
1 2 (100.00%) Software-Defined Radio
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) C
1 2 (100.00%) C++