Diameter Protocol Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Diameter Protocol
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Diameter Protocol skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 423 335 388
Rank change year-on-year -88 +53 -
Contract jobs citing Diameter Protocol 2 7 8
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.009% 0.055% 0.038%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.080% 0.33% 0.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 8
10th Percentile £462 - -
25th Percentile £468 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £483 £450 £400
Median % change year-on-year +7.22% +12.50% -
75th Percentile £493 - -
90th Percentile £497 - -
UK median daily rate £458 £450 £400
% change year-on-year +1.67% +12.50% -3.61%

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 2,499 2,126 3,653
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 11.44% 16.76% 17.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,599 1,282 2,128
10th Percentile £203 £193 £200
25th Percentile £350 £313 £331
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £473 £475
Median % change year-on-year +0.53% -0.53% -
75th Percentile £575 £580 £588
90th Percentile £657 £638 £675
UK median daily rate £490 £490 £475
% change year-on-year -0.10% +3.16% -9.51%
Number of hourly rates quoted 147 120 321
10th Percentile £15.50 £14.99 £13.50
25th Percentile £16.50 £21.00 £17.72
Median hourly rate £41.94 £32.50 £45.88
Median % change year-on-year +29.05% -29.16% +148.00%
75th Percentile £66.63 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.60 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £36.00 £35.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year +2.86% +7.69% +71.05%

Diameter Protocol
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Diameter Protocol relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Diameter Protocol job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Diameter Protocol
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Diameter Protocol.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Diameter Protocol

Diameter Protocol
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Diameter Protocol.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Diameter Protocol

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 20 March 2026. 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 -59 2 £483 +7.22% 3
Diameter Protocol
UK

Diameter Protocol
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) 5G
1 2 (100.00%) SIGTRAN
2 1 (50.00%) 2G
2 1 (50.00%) 3G
2 1 (50.00%) 4G
2 1 (50.00%) Cisco ASA
2 1 (50.00%) Cisco IOS
2 1 (50.00%) Cisco Nexus
2 1 (50.00%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
2 1 (50.00%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
2 1 (50.00%) Firewall
2 1 (50.00%) IOS XR
2 1 (50.00%) IPsec
2 1 (50.00%) IPv6
2 1 (50.00%) MPLS
2 1 (50.00%) NetScaler
2 1 (50.00%) NX-OS
2 1 (50.00%) tcpdump
2 1 (50.00%) VXLAN
2 1 (50.00%) Wireshark
General
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Documentation Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Core Network Design Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Core Network Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Design Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Designer
1 1 (50.00%) IP Design Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) IP Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) IP Network Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Mobile Designer
1 1 (50.00%) Network Design Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Capacity Planning
1 1 (50.00%) Network Design
1 1 (50.00%) Service Design
1 1 (50.00%) Test Automation
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) CheckPoint
1 1 (50.00%) Cisco
1 1 (50.00%) F5
1 1 (50.00%) Fortinet
1 1 (50.00%) Juniper
1 1 (50.00%) NetScout
1 1 (50.00%) Palo Alto