Ericsson Contracts in the UK excluding London

Ericsson
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring knowledge or experience of Ericsson products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Ericsson over the 6 months leading up to 2 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are not representative of contractor rates within Ericsson.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 299 362 423
Rank change year-on-year +63 +61 +16
Contract jobs citing Ericsson 40 37 24
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.31% 0.18% 0.10%
As % of the Vendors category 0.64% 0.42% 0.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 11 14
10th Percentile £296 £180 -
25th Percentile £335 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £350 £400
Median % change year-on-year +21.43% -12.50% +3.23%
75th Percentile £605 £488 £450
90th Percentile £635 £638 £519
UK median daily rate £550 £350 £400
% change year-on-year +57.14% -12.50% -3.03%

All Vendors
UK excluding London

Ericsson falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services in the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 6,247 8,846 10,641
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 48.84% 42.63% 44.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,971 5,327 7,325
10th Percentile £216 £205 £205
25th Percentile £370 £363 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +7.58%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £663 £689 £688
UK median daily rate £515 £518 £525
% change year-on-year -0.48% -1.43% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 432 949 474
10th Percentile £14.20 £11.80 £14.28
25th Percentile £16.95 £14.16 £17.72
Median hourly rate £24.18 £21.46 £38.50
Median % change year-on-year +12.67% -44.26% +106.79%
75th Percentile £58.61 £58.70 £63.00
90th Percentile £74.88 £70.00 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £26.45 £22.00 £43.69
% change year-on-year +20.23% -49.65% +107.85%

Ericsson
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Ericsson 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 Ericsson in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Ericsson in the UK excluding London

Ericsson
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Ericsson in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Ericsson 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 Ericsson in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Ericsson in the UK excluding London

Ericsson
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 Ericsson within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 2 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 West +53 30 £425 -33.98% 2
South East +40 6 £610 +43.53% 6
North of England +24 2 £508 -
Midlands +16 1 £291 -17.00%
West Midlands +12 1 £291 -17.00%
North East -2 1 £291 -
North West - 1 £725 -
East of England - 1 £300 -
Ericsson
UK

Ericsson
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 (5.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 11 (27.50%) PaaS
1 11 (27.50%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 24 (60.00%) 5G
2 18 (45.00%) 4G
2 18 (45.00%) Radio Access Network
3 13 (32.50%) PBX
3 13 (32.50%) VoIP
4 10 (25.00%) 2G
5 6 (15.00%) Wireshark
6 4 (10.00%) LTE
7 3 (7.50%) 5G NR
8 2 (5.00%) Unified Communications
9 1 (2.50%) 3G
9 1 (2.50%) Wireless
General
1 28 (70.00%) Telecoms
2 7 (17.50%) Social Skills
3 5 (12.50%) Billing
4 4 (10.00%) Finance
4 4 (10.00%) Public Sector
5 3 (7.50%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (20.00%) Project Manager
2 7 (17.50%) Network Design Specialist
2 7 (17.50%) Network Specialist
3 5 (12.50%) OSS Project Manager
3 5 (12.50%) Telecoms Manager
3 5 (12.50%) Telecoms Project Manager
4 3 (7.50%) Network Manager
4 3 (7.50%) Network Project Manager
5 2 (5.00%) Designer
5 2 (5.00%) Field Engineer
5 2 (5.00%) Radio Engineer
5 2 (5.00%) Subject Matter Expert
6 1 (2.50%) Automation Specialist
6 1 (2.50%) Design Engineer
6 1 (2.50%) Infrastructure Architect
6 1 (2.50%) Optimisation Engineer
6 1 (2.50%) Project Engineer
6 1 (2.50%) Radio Design Engineer
6 1 (2.50%) Senior
6 1 (2.50%) Senior Design Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 11 (27.50%) Video Conferencing
2 10 (25.00%) Blackberry
3 7 (17.50%) Cloud Native
4 2 (5.00%) Driving Licence
4 2 (5.00%) Team-Oriented Environment
5 1 (2.50%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (2.50%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (2.50%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (52.50%) Problem-Solving
2 12 (30.00%) Commercial Awareness
3 11 (27.50%) Migration
4 10 (25.00%) Customer Requirements
4 10 (25.00%) Impact Assessments
4 10 (25.00%) Root Cause Analysis
5 9 (22.50%) Network Design
5 9 (22.50%) Service Design
5 9 (22.50%) Thought Leadership
5 9 (22.50%) Validation
6 8 (20.00%) Agile
6 8 (20.00%) Cost Reduction
6 8 (20.00%) Product Roadmap
6 8 (20.00%) Project Management
6 8 (20.00%) Roadmaps
6 8 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
7 7 (17.50%) Fault Management
8 5 (12.50%) Risk Management
8 5 (12.50%) Scrum
8 5 (12.50%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (5.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 17 (42.50%) Security Cleared
2 12 (30.00%) DV Cleared
3 10 (25.00%) CCNP
3 10 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
3 10 (25.00%) SC Cleared
3 10 (25.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 5 (12.50%) PMI Certification
4 5 (12.50%) PMP
5 2 (5.00%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (7.50%) QA
2 1 (2.50%) SLA
System Software
1 10 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (12.50%) Amdocs OSS
2 4 (10.00%) NSN NetAct
3 2 (5.00%) Ansible
Vendors
1 34 (85.00%) Nokia
2 13 (32.50%) Cisco
3 12 (30.00%) F5
3 12 (30.00%) Juniper
3 12 (30.00%) Palo Alto
4 10 (25.00%) Avaya
4 10 (25.00%) Ribbon
4 10 (25.00%) VMware
5 5 (12.50%) Amdocs
5 5 (12.50%) Ciena
5 5 (12.50%) NetCracker
6 3 (7.50%) Huawei
7 2 (5.00%) Microsoft
8 1 (2.50%) Mitel
8 1 (2.50%) Oracle
8 1 (2.50%) Siemens