3G Contracts

3G
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring 3G skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited 3G over the 6 months leading up to 2 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 495 536 611
Rank change year-on-year +41 +75 +95
Contract jobs citing 3G 35 51 75
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.11% 0.12% 0.13%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.91% 0.94% 1.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 30 28 44
10th Percentile £193 £362 £280
25th Percentile £403 £462 £358
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £525 £425
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +23.53% -
75th Percentile - £788 £509
90th Percentile £475 - £841
UK excluding London median daily rate £213 £750 £450
% change year-on-year -71.67% +66.67% +7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 3
10th Percentile - - £29.87
25th Percentile - - £37.93
Median hourly rate £27.00 - £55.32
75th Percentile - - £67.63
90th Percentile - - £72.65
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - £55.32
% change year-on-year - - +333.03%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

3G 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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 3,854 5,424 7,167
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 12.42% 12.50% 12.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,324 3,203 4,615
10th Percentile £230 £213 £240
25th Percentile £363 £350 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £500 £507
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% -1.38% +1.40%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £625
90th Percentile £675 £688 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £474 £490 £475
% change year-on-year -3.22% +3.05% +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 185 430 433
10th Percentile £14.40 £13.87 £9.80
25th Percentile £20.85 £17.69 £10.63
Median hourly rate £43.50 £45.00 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% +114.29% -27.88%
75th Percentile £61.25 £63.75 £62.55
90th Percentile £78.00 £73.30 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £31.08 £47.50 £22.00
% change year-on-year -34.57% +115.91% -3.30%

3G
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing 3G as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for 3G in the UK

3G
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing 3G.

Daily rate trend for 3G in the UK

3G
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing 3G over the 6 months to 2 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for 3G in the UK

3G
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing 3G.

Hourly rate trend for 3G in the UK

3G
Top 7 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing 3G within the UK over the 6 months to 2 July 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
England +24 16 £400 -23.81% 44
South East +32 10 £213 -56.19% 7
UK excluding London +14 10 £213 -71.67% 25
North of England - 7 £205 - 12
North West - 7 £205 - 10
Work from Home +21 5 £205 -73.11% 28
London +34 4 £400 -18.37% 19

3G
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (2.86%) OpenStack
Applications
1 4 (11.43%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (2.86%) Azure
1 1 (2.86%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (2.86%) OpenShift
1 1 (2.86%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 33 (94.29%) 4G
1 33 (94.29%) 5G
2 22 (62.86%) Radio Access Network
3 20 (57.14%) LTE
4 17 (48.57%) 2G
5 16 (45.71%) VoLTE
6 15 (42.86%) Diameter Protocol
6 15 (42.86%) RANAP
6 15 (42.86%) Wireshark
7 4 (11.43%) 5G NR
8 3 (8.57%) Wi-Fi
9 2 (5.71%) GPRS
9 2 (5.71%) LAN
9 2 (5.71%) WAN
9 2 (5.71%) Wireless
10 1 (2.86%) VoWiFi
General
1 23 (65.71%) Social Skills
2 10 (28.57%) Telecoms
3 3 (8.57%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (5.71%) Finance
5 1 (2.86%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 4 (11.43%) Field Engineer
2 3 (8.57%) Senior
3 2 (5.71%) Design Engineer
3 2 (5.71%) Ericsson Engineer
3 2 (5.71%) Ericsson Field Engineer
3 2 (5.71%) Field Service Engineer
3 2 (5.71%) Field Test Engineer
3 2 (5.71%) Lead
3 2 (5.71%) Optimisation Engineer
3 2 (5.71%) RF Engineer
3 2 (5.71%) RF Optimisation Engineer
3 2 (5.71%) Senior Design Engineer
3 2 (5.71%) Test Engineer
4 1 (2.86%) Lead Test Analyst
4 1 (2.86%) Network Architect
4 1 (2.86%) Network Manager
4 1 (2.86%) Network Specialist
4 1 (2.86%) Radio Engineer
4 1 (2.86%) RAN Engineer
4 1 (2.86%) Senior RAN Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (5.71%) .NET
1 2 (5.71%) .NET Framework
1 2 (5.71%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 7 (20.00%) IoT
1 7 (20.00%) Smartphone
2 5 (14.29%) Driving Licence
3 1 (2.86%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 7 (20.00%) Android
1 7 (20.00%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (51.43%) Network Architecture
2 16 (45.71%) Performance Analysis
3 15 (42.86%) Customer Experience
3 15 (42.86%) Performance Improvement
3 15 (42.86%) Translating Business Requirements
4 7 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
5 4 (11.43%) Customer Service
5 4 (11.43%) Data Security
5 4 (11.43%) Mobile Device Management
5 4 (11.43%) Network Optimisation
5 4 (11.43%) Time Management
5 4 (11.43%) Validation
6 3 (8.57%) Benchmarking
7 2 (5.71%) Actionable Insight
7 2 (5.71%) Agile
7 2 (5.71%) Mathematics
7 2 (5.71%) Network Design
7 2 (5.71%) Project Management
7 2 (5.71%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 2 (5.71%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 2 (5.71%) C#
Qualifications
1 3 (8.57%) Degree
2 2 (5.71%) Master's Degree
3 1 (2.86%) ISEB
3 1 (2.86%) ISTQB
Systems Management
1 5 (14.29%) NSN NetAct
2 1 (2.86%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 15 (42.86%) Empirix
1 15 (42.86%) NetScout
2 5 (14.29%) Microsoft
3 4 (11.43%) Ericsson
3 4 (11.43%) Nokia
3 4 (11.43%) ServiceNow
4 1 (2.86%) AirMagnet
4 1 (2.86%) Arista
4 1 (2.86%) Cisco
4 1 (2.86%) Dell
4 1 (2.86%) Ekahau
4 1 (2.86%) Huawei
4 1 (2.86%) Juniper
4 1 (2.86%) Mavenir
4 1 (2.86%) Red Hat
4 1 (2.86%) VMware