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 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 311 357 402
Rank change year-on-year +46 +45 +41
Contract jobs citing LTE 32 40 28
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.25% 0.19% 0.12%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.56% 1.21% 0.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 7 16
10th Percentile £338 £490 £238
25th Percentile £363 £500 £259
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £550 £451
Median % change year-on-year -27.27% +21.88% +0.28%
75th Percentile £450 £588 £500
90th Percentile - £633 £606
UK median daily rate £450 £550 £475
% change year-on-year -18.18% +15.79% -17.39%
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 2,056 3,296 3,519
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 15.77% 15.91% 15.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,249 1,872 2,200
10th Percentile £200 £204 £210
25th Percentile £313 £350 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £477 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.52% +0.42% +5.56%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £586
90th Percentile £638 £675 £688
UK median daily rate £488 £500 £513
% change year-on-year -2.50% -2.44% +2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 126 352 304
10th Percentile £14.01 £13.25 -
25th Percentile £15.36 £16.30 £9.80
Median hourly rate £30.00 £45.88 £18.22
Median % change year-on-year -34.61% +151.88% -15.28%
75th Percentile £62.50 £63.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £81.35 £70.66 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £40.00 £18.50
% change year-on-year -6.25% +116.22% -32.73%

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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 31 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 31 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 +52 21 £450 -5.26% 4
South West +38 6 - - 4
East of England +28 5 £375 - 5
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UK

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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 (6.25%) Camunda
Applications
1 1 (3.13%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (3.13%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (3.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Communications & Networking
1 19 (59.38%) MPLS
2 17 (53.13%) GSM
2 17 (53.13%) Wireshark
3 16 (50.00%) ATM
3 16 (50.00%) Ethernet
3 16 (50.00%) Frame Relay
3 16 (50.00%) GPRS
3 16 (50.00%) LAN
3 16 (50.00%) SAN
3 16 (50.00%) SDH
3 16 (50.00%) UMTS
3 16 (50.00%) VPN
3 16 (50.00%) WAN
4 14 (43.75%) 5G
5 6 (18.75%) 4G
6 5 (15.63%) Radio Access Network
7 3 (9.38%) DOCSIS
7 3 (9.38%) Firewall
7 3 (9.38%) GPON
7 3 (9.38%) xDSL
General
1 26 (81.25%) Telecoms
2 18 (56.25%) Social Skills
3 1 (3.13%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (3.13%) Multimedia
3 1 (3.13%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 17 (53.13%) Test Engineer
2 15 (46.88%) IP Engineer
3 5 (15.63%) Architect
3 5 (15.63%) IP Network Engineer
3 5 (15.63%) Network Engineer
4 3 (9.38%) Core Network Project Manager
4 3 (9.38%) Field Engineer
4 3 (9.38%) Field Test Engineer
4 3 (9.38%) Mobile Project Manager
4 3 (9.38%) Network Manager
4 3 (9.38%) Network Project Manager
4 3 (9.38%) OSS Architect
4 3 (9.38%) Project Manager
5 2 (6.25%) Chief Architect
5 2 (6.25%) Consultant
5 2 (6.25%) IP Consultant
5 2 (6.25%) IP Network Consultant
5 2 (6.25%) Network Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 16 (50.00%) Self-Motivation
2 3 (9.38%) Cloud Native
2 3 (9.38%) Replication
2 3 (9.38%) TM Forum
3 2 (6.25%) IoT
4 1 (3.13%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 16 (50.00%) Linux
1 16 (50.00%) Unix
2 1 (3.13%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (59.38%) Fault Management
2 17 (53.13%) Problem-Solving
3 16 (50.00%) Project Management
3 16 (50.00%) Regression Testing
3 16 (50.00%) Test Strategy
4 5 (15.63%) Artificial Intelligence
4 5 (15.63%) Machine Learning
5 3 (9.38%) Architectural Patterns
5 3 (9.38%) Computer Science
5 3 (9.38%) DevOps
5 3 (9.38%) eTOM
5 3 (9.38%) Inventory Management
5 3 (9.38%) ITIL
5 3 (9.38%) Microservices
5 3 (9.38%) Migration
5 3 (9.38%) Validation
6 2 (6.25%) Cyber Resilience
6 2 (6.25%) Enterprise Architecture
6 2 (6.25%) Technical Leadership
6 2 (6.25%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 16 (50.00%) Java
2 1 (3.13%) C#
2 1 (3.13%) C++
Qualifications
1 16 (50.00%) CCNP
1 16 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
1 16 (50.00%) ISEB
1 16 (50.00%) ISTQB
1 16 (50.00%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
2 5 (15.63%) SC Cleared
2 5 (15.63%) Security Cleared
3 3 (9.38%) BPSS Clearance
3 3 (9.38%) Degree
4 2 (6.25%) Master's Degree
4 2 (6.25%) TOGAF Certification
5 1 (3.13%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (6.25%) OASIS TOSCA
Systems Management
1 3 (9.38%) Kubernetes
2 2 (6.25%) Amdocs OSS
2 2 (6.25%) Ansible
Vendors
1 16 (50.00%) Cisco
1 16 (50.00%) Juniper
1 16 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (9.38%) Ericsson
3 2 (6.25%) Amdocs
3 2 (6.25%) Huawei
3 2 (6.25%) NetCracker
3 2 (6.25%) Nokia
4 1 (3.13%) Empirix
4 1 (3.13%) NetScout