TETRA Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Terrestrial Trunked Radio (TETRA)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring TETRA skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 390 363 418
Rank change year-on-year -27 +55 +72
Contract jobs citing TETRA 4 6 1
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.024% 0.036% 0.005%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.18% 0.24% 0.027%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile £280 - -
25th Percentile £325 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - -
75th Percentile £750 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £750 - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 6 0
Median hourly rate - £48.56 -
UK median hourly rate - £48.56 -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK excluding London

TETRA 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 2,233 2,498 3,659
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 13.41% 14.89% 17.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,460 1,369 2,195
10th Percentile £190 £200 £205
25th Percentile £300 £330 £340
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £470
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +1.06% +4.44%
75th Percentile £575 £581 £588
90th Percentile £644 £651 £675
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 141 134 281
10th Percentile £15.50 £18.17 £16.50
25th Percentile £18.50 £26.25 £24.00
Median hourly rate £41.94 £52.50 £56.49
Median % change year-on-year -20.11% -7.06% +25.53%
75th Percentile £65.00 £69.69 £67.50
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.00 £75.67
UK median hourly rate £34.50 £48.56 £55.00
% change year-on-year -28.95% -11.71% +36.52%

TETRA
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

TETRA job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

TETRA
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

TETRA
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing TETRA in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 31 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for TETRA in the UK excluding London

TETRA
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

TETRA
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 TETRA within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 31 October 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
North of England -33 2 £750 -
North East - 2 £750 -
Scotland - 2 £300 - 3
TETRA
UK

TETRA
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 (50.00%) LTE
1 2 (50.00%) Structured Cabling
1 2 (50.00%) VoIP
General
1 4 (100.00%) Telecoms
2 2 (50.00%) Finance
2 2 (50.00%) Public Sector
2 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Commissioning Engineer
1 2 (50.00%) Communications Engineer
1 2 (50.00%) Telecoms Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Driving Licence
1 2 (50.00%) Fibre Optics
1 2 (50.00%) Operational Technology
1 2 (50.00%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Asset Management
1 2 (50.00%) Business Continuity
1 2 (50.00%) Capacity Management
1 2 (50.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 2 (50.00%) ITIL
1 2 (50.00%) ITSM
1 2 (50.00%) Mentoring
1 2 (50.00%) Service Management
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 2 (50.00%) DBS Check
1 2 (50.00%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) SLA