2G
UK
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring 2G skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited 2G over the 6 months leading up to 20 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 20 Aug 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 538 | 534 | 625 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -4 | +91 | +153 |
| DemandTrendContract jobs citing 2G | 14 | 31 | 41 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.043% | 0.080% | 0.079% |
| As % of the Communications & Networking category | 0.36% | 0.65% | 0.61% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 11 | 19 | 16 |
| 10th Percentile | £220 | £361 | £290 |
| 25th Percentile | £310 | £431 | £333 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £450 | £490 | £425 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -8.16% | +15.29% | +3.66% |
| 75th Percentile | £478 | £551 | £467 |
| 90th Percentile | £570 | £598 | £609 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £220 | £460 | £438 |
| % change year-on-year | -52.17% | +5.14% | +6.71% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £24.50 |
| Median hourly rate | - | - | £25.00 |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £25.50 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | - | - | £25.00 |
All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK
2G 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.
| DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills | 3,928 | 4,745 | 6,675 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 11.95% | 12.24% | 12.82% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 2,361 | 2,873 | 4,326 |
| 10th Percentile | £243 | £220 | £228 |
| 25th Percentile | £370 | £363 | £375 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £485 | £500 | £500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -3.00% | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | £600 | £608 | £619 |
| 90th Percentile | £675 | £688 | £713 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £475 | £500 | £455 |
| % change year-on-year | -5.00% | +9.89% | +1.11% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 208 | 314 | 259 |
| 10th Percentile | £14.99 | £14.16 | £16.23 |
| 25th Percentile | £25.15 | £20.13 | £22.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £45.63 | £49.50 | £55.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -7.83% | -10.00% | +57.14% |
| 75th Percentile | £65.00 | £65.00 | £66.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £81.35 | £73.75 | £75.67 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £43.25 | £54.88 | £56.49 |
| % change year-on-year | -21.18% | -2.86% | +46.73% |
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Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing 2G as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
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Daily Rate Trend
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing 2G.
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Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing 2G over the 6 months to 20 August 2025.
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Hourly Rate Trend
Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing 2G.
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Top 8 DemandTrendContract Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing 2G within the UK over the 6 months to 20 August 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 DemandTrendContract IT Job Ads |
Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months |
Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England | +1 | 11 | £400 | -18.37% | 7 |
| UK excluding London | -6 | 6 | £220 | -52.17% | 7 |
| London | +21 | 5 | £433 | -11.73% | |
| South East | +3 | 5 | £220 | -55.78% | 4 |
| North West | -6 | 3 | £220 | -41.33% | 3 |
| North of England | -22 | 3 | £220 | -41.33% | 3 |
| Work from Home | +12 | 2 | £750 | +53.06% | 1 |
| Channel Islands | - | 1 | - | - |
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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: