LTE Contracts in the UK excluding London

3GPP Long Term Evolution (LTE)
UK > UK excluding London

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

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 295 360 417
Rank change year-on-year +65 +57 +40
Contract jobs citing LTE 44 39 30
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.34% 0.19% 0.13%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.23% 1.13% 0.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 6 16
10th Percentile £332 £425 -
25th Percentile £363 £481 £225
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £350
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +42.86% -22.22%
75th Percentile - £566 £522
90th Percentile £618 £644 £606
UK median daily rate £450 £500 £486
% change year-on-year -10.00% +2.88% -15.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £53.50
Median hourly rate - - £57.00
75th Percentile - - £60.50
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate - - £57.00

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK excluding London

LTE 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 1,973 3,448 3,601
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 15.42% 16.62% 15.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,202 1,978 2,282
10th Percentile £200 £203 £210
25th Percentile £305 £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 £584
90th Percentile £638 £675 £690
UK median daily rate £488 £495 £518
% change year-on-year -1.52% -4.39% +3.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 141 360 327
10th Percentile £13.81 £13.48 -
25th Percentile £15.44 £16.30 £9.80
Median hourly rate £24.18 £45.88 £18.50
Median % change year-on-year -47.30% +148.00% -13.95%
75th Percentile £62.25 £63.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £70.66 £74.05
UK median hourly rate £30.04 £40.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year -24.90% +110.53% -32.74%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

Daily rate trend for LTE in the UK excluding London

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Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

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

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

Hourly rate trend for LTE in the UK excluding London

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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 LTE 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 East +65 32 £450 -5.26% 4
South West +35 5 - - 2
East of England +32 5 £375 -6.25% 13
Midlands +19 1 £650 +30.00%
North of England +15 1 - - 8
East Midlands +14 1 £650 +30.00%
North West - 1 - - 6
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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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (4.55%) OpenStack
Applications
1 2 (4.55%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (4.55%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (4.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 2 (4.55%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 4 (9.09%) OpenShift
2 1 (2.27%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 21 (47.73%) 5G
2 18 (40.91%) Wireshark
3 17 (38.64%) GSM
4 16 (36.36%) ATM
4 16 (36.36%) Ethernet
4 16 (36.36%) Frame Relay
4 16 (36.36%) GPRS
4 16 (36.36%) LAN
4 16 (36.36%) MPLS
4 16 (36.36%) SAN
4 16 (36.36%) SDH
4 16 (36.36%) UMTS
4 16 (36.36%) VPN
4 16 (36.36%) WAN
5 14 (31.82%) 4G
6 11 (25.00%) Radio Access Network
7 7 (15.91%) 3G
7 7 (15.91%) 3GPP
8 4 (9.09%) 5G NR
8 4 (9.09%) Diameter Protocol
Development Applications
1 3 (6.82%) Bitbucket
1 3 (6.82%) JIRA
General
1 34 (77.27%) Telecoms
2 21 (47.73%) Social Skills
3 3 (6.82%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (4.55%) Multimedia
4 2 (4.55%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (2.27%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 17 (38.64%) Test Engineer
2 15 (34.09%) IP Engineer
3 5 (11.36%) Architect
3 5 (11.36%) IP Network Engineer
3 5 (11.36%) Network Engineer
4 4 (9.09%) Technical Design Authority
5 3 (6.82%) Field Engineer
5 3 (6.82%) Field Test Engineer
5 3 (6.82%) Subject Matter Expert
6 2 (4.55%) Chief Architect
6 2 (4.55%) Core Network Project Manager
6 2 (4.55%) Designer
6 2 (4.55%) IP Consultant
6 2 (4.55%) IP Network Consultant
6 2 (4.55%) Mobile Project Manager
6 2 (4.55%) Network Manager
6 2 (4.55%) Network Project Manager
6 2 (4.55%) Senior
6 2 (4.55%) Solutions Designer
6 2 (4.55%) Technical Design Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (6.82%) XML
1 3 (6.82%) XML Schema
Miscellaneous
1 16 (36.36%) Self-Motivation
2 5 (11.36%) Onboarding
3 3 (6.82%) Cloud Native
3 3 (6.82%) Team-Oriented Environment
4 2 (4.55%) IoT
4 2 (4.55%) Replication
5 1 (2.27%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 16 (36.36%) Linux
1 16 (36.36%) Unix
2 1 (2.27%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (45.45%) Problem-Solving
1 20 (45.45%) Project Management
2 19 (43.18%) Fault Management
3 16 (36.36%) Regression Testing
3 16 (36.36%) Test Strategy
4 6 (13.64%) Performance Optimisation
5 4 (9.09%) Agile
5 4 (9.09%) Network Architecture
6 3 (6.82%) Artificial Intelligence
6 3 (6.82%) CI/CD
6 3 (6.82%) Collaborative Working
6 3 (6.82%) Continuous Improvement
6 3 (6.82%) DevOps
6 3 (6.82%) High Availability
6 3 (6.82%) Machine Learning
6 3 (6.82%) Roadmaps
6 3 (6.82%) Service Management
6 3 (6.82%) Statistics
6 3 (6.82%) Validation
7 2 (4.55%) Customer Experience
Programming Languages
1 16 (36.36%) Java
2 6 (13.64%) Python
3 4 (9.09%) C#
4 1 (2.27%) C++
Qualifications
1 16 (36.36%) CCNP
1 16 (36.36%) Cisco Certification
1 16 (36.36%) ISEB
1 16 (36.36%) ISTQB
1 16 (36.36%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
2 5 (11.36%) SC Cleared
2 5 (11.36%) Security Cleared
3 2 (4.55%) BPSS Clearance
3 2 (4.55%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (4.55%) Degree
Systems Management
1 4 (9.09%) Kubernetes
2 3 (6.82%) Ansible
3 1 (2.27%) NSN NetAct
Vendors
1 16 (36.36%) Cisco
1 16 (36.36%) Juniper
1 16 (36.36%) Microsoft
2 4 (9.09%) Ericsson
2 4 (9.09%) VMware
3 2 (4.55%) Empirix
3 2 (4.55%) NetScout
3 2 (4.55%) Nokia
4 1 (2.27%) Huawei