MIMO Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Multiple-input and multiple-output (MIMO)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring MIMO skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 402 338 -
Rank change year-on-year -64 - -
Contract jobs citing MIMO 3 6 0
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.015% 0.045% -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.13% 0.27% -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 0
10th Percentile £469 - -
25th Percentile £497 £263 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £275 -
Median % change year-on-year +104.55% - -
75th Percentile £581 £288 -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £563 £275 -
% change year-on-year +104.55% - -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK excluding London

MIMO 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 2,318 2,216 3,653
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 11.78% 16.50% 17.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,539 1,264 2,102
10th Percentile £191 £185 £205
25th Percentile £302 £300 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £473 £475
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -0.53% +0.80%
75th Percentile £563 £580 £588
90th Percentile £653 £650 £675
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £488
% change year-on-year -5.00% +2.56% -6.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 127 107 335
10th Percentile £15.15 £15.44 £14.31
25th Percentile £16.00 £21.00 £21.25
Median hourly rate £40.54 £29.00 £51.89
Median % change year-on-year +39.79% -44.11% +160.99%
75th Percentile £65.00 £62.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £74.56 £70.50 £74.60
UK median hourly rate £29.44 £32.50 £47.50
% change year-on-year -9.42% -31.58% +137.50%

MIMO
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

MIMO job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

MIMO
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

MIMO
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

MIMO
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 MIMO within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 10 February 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
East of England -16 2 £563 +104.55%
South West - 1 £450 -
MIMO
UK

MIMO
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 (66.67%) Wireless
2 1 (33.33%) 4G
2 1 (33.33%) 5G
2 1 (33.33%) 5G NR
2 1 (33.33%) LTE
2 1 (33.33%) Radio Access Network
General
1 1 (33.33%) Documentation Skills
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
1 1 (33.33%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Developer
1 2 (66.67%) Systems Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Design Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Ericsson Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) RAN Design Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) RAN Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Device Driver
1 2 (66.67%) FPGA
1 2 (66.67%) VHDL
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Device Driver Development
1 2 (66.67%) Software Engineering
2 1 (33.33%) Network Design
2 1 (33.33%) Project Governance
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Ericsson
1 1 (33.33%) Mapinfo
1 1 (33.33%) Nokia