Diameter Protocol Contracts in the UK excluding London

Diameter Protocol
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Diameter Protocol skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Diameter Protocol over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 328 386 -
Rank change year-on-year +58 - -
Contract jobs citing Diameter Protocol 8 13 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.063% 0.063% -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.41% 0.38% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 3 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £400 -
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% - -
UK median daily rate £450 £400 -
% change year-on-year +12.50% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £45.00 -
UK median hourly rate - £45.00 -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK excluding London

Diameter Protocol 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 1,965 3,454 3,605
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 15.39% 16.63% 14.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,202 1,982 2,287
10th Percentile £200 £204 £207
25th Percentile £301 £350 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £481 £475
Median % change year-on-year -3.38% +1.32% +8.57%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £586
90th Percentile £638 £675 £690
UK median daily rate £488 £495 £519
% change year-on-year -1.52% -4.53% +3.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 139 358 328
10th Percentile £13.81 £13.50 -
25th Percentile £15.44 £16.48 £9.80
Median hourly rate £24.18 £45.88 £18.50
Median % change year-on-year -47.30% +148.00% -13.95%
75th Percentile £62.38 £63.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £76.20 £70.66 £74.50
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £40.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year -27.50% +110.53% -32.74%

Diameter Protocol
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Diameter Protocol in the UK excluding London

Diameter Protocol
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for Diameter Protocol in the UK excluding London

Diameter Protocol
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate trend for Diameter Protocol in the UK excluding London

Diameter Protocol
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 Diameter Protocol within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 1 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 +44 7 £450 +12.50% 2
Channel Islands - 1 - -
Diameter Protocol
UK

Diameter Protocol
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 2 (25.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (25.00%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (25.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (25.00%) OpenShift
2 1 (12.50%) AWS
2 1 (12.50%) Azure
2 1 (12.50%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 5 (62.50%) 5G
1 5 (62.50%) VoLTE
2 4 (50.00%) 3G
2 4 (50.00%) 4G
2 4 (50.00%) LTE
2 4 (50.00%) Wireshark
3 3 (37.50%) GGSN
3 3 (37.50%) SS7
3 3 (37.50%) VoWiFi
4 2 (25.00%) 3GPP
4 2 (25.00%) DNS
4 2 (25.00%) HTTP
4 2 (25.00%) MVNO
4 2 (25.00%) Radio Access Network
4 2 (25.00%) RANAP
4 2 (25.00%) SGSN
4 2 (25.00%) SIGTRAN
4 2 (25.00%) SMS
5 1 (12.50%) MPLS
5 1 (12.50%) VoIP
Development Applications
1 2 (25.00%) JIRA
General
1 8 (100.00%) Telecoms
2 6 (75.00%) Social Skills
3 4 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (25.00%) Billing
4 2 (25.00%) Multimedia
4 2 (25.00%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (25.00%) Analyst
1 2 (25.00%) Network Analyst
1 2 (25.00%) Senior
1 2 (25.00%) Senior Analyst
1 2 (25.00%) Senior Network Analyst
1 2 (25.00%) Senior Test Analyst
1 2 (25.00%) Technical Design Authority
1 2 (25.00%) Test Analyst
2 1 (12.50%) Migration Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Remote Support Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) Onboarding
2 1 (12.50%) Cloud Native
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (37.50%) Network Architecture
1 3 (37.50%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (25.00%) Computer Science
2 2 (25.00%) Conflict Resolution
2 2 (25.00%) Customer Experience
2 2 (25.00%) Decision-Making
2 2 (25.00%) Defect Management
2 2 (25.00%) Performance Improvement
2 2 (25.00%) Project Management
2 2 (25.00%) Software Testing
2 2 (25.00%) Statistics
2 2 (25.00%) Validation
3 1 (12.50%) Data Integration
3 1 (12.50%) Data Migration
3 1 (12.50%) Migration
3 1 (12.50%) Network Design
3 1 (12.50%) Service Delivery
3 1 (12.50%) Service Management
Qualifications
1 2 (25.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 2 (25.00%) Degree
2 1 (12.50%) AWS Certification
2 1 (12.50%) Azure Certification
2 1 (12.50%) CCNP
2 1 (12.50%) Cisco Certification
Systems Management
1 2 (25.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 2 (25.00%) Empirix
1 2 (25.00%) NetScout
1 2 (25.00%) VMware
2 1 (12.50%) Huawei
2 1 (12.50%) Nokia