Huawei Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Huawei
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 Huawei products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Huawei over the 6 months leading up to 7 March 2026, 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 Huawei Technologies.

6 months to
7 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 419 334 393
Rank change year-on-year -85 +59 +35
Contract jobs citing Huawei 5 13 20
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.023% 0.097% 0.094%
As % of the Vendors category 0.054% 0.20% 0.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 5 10
10th Percentile - - £91
25th Percentile - £260 £244
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £290 £288 £416
Median % change year-on-year +0.87% -30.93% +4.06%
75th Percentile - £291 £460
90th Percentile - £293 £464
UK median daily rate £475 £289 £416
% change year-on-year +64.36% -30.57% +4.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £27.50
Median hourly rate - - £30.00
75th Percentile - - £33.13
90th Percentile - - £33.50
UK median hourly rate - - £30.00
% change year-on-year - - +50.00%

All Vendors
UK excluding London

Huawei 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 9,299 6,438 9,455
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 43.65% 48.21% 44.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,011 4,038 5,833
10th Percentile £250 £213 £208
25th Percentile £400 £368 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.00% - -
75th Percentile £588 £594 £600
90th Percentile £675 £675 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £520 £513
% change year-on-year -3.85% +1.46% -3.12%
Number of hourly rates quoted 786 344 842
10th Percentile £14.59 £15.31 £12.03
25th Percentile £17.69 £19.87 £14.48
Median hourly rate £22.68 £27.50 £24.00
Median % change year-on-year -17.53% +14.58% -26.15%
75th Percentile £58.75 £63.75 £54.39
90th Percentile £74.68 £80.44 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £25.00 £30.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year -16.67% +20.00% -28.57%

Huawei
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Huawei job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Huawei
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

Huawei
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

Huawei
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 Huawei within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 7 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 West - 4 - - 8
West Midlands -56 1 £290 +0.35%
Midlands -66 1 £290 +0.35%
Huawei
UK

Huawei
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 5 (100.00%) Radio Access Network
2 4 (80.00%) 5G
2 4 (80.00%) LTE
3 2 (40.00%) 2G
3 2 (40.00%) 3G
3 2 (40.00%) 4G
3 2 (40.00%) 5G NR
General
1 4 (80.00%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (60.00%) Telecoms
3 2 (40.00%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Optimisation Engineer
1 2 (40.00%) RAN Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Field Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Field Telecoms Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Telecoms Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Benchmarking
1 2 (40.00%) Load Balancing
1 2 (40.00%) Network Optimisation
1 2 (40.00%) Performance Analysis
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (40.00%) Accessibility
2 1 (20.00%) SLA
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) Ericsson
1 3 (60.00%) Nokia
2 2 (40.00%) Actix