Ericsson Contracts

Ericsson
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of Ericsson products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Ericsson over the 6 months leading up to 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are not representative of contractor rates within Ericsson.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 454 563 667
Rank change year-on-year +109 +104 +62
Contract jobs citing Ericsson 65 37 46
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.22% 0.085% 0.077%
As % of the Vendors category 0.47% 0.20% 0.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 11 18
10th Percentile £318 £180 £368
25th Percentile £400 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £350 £400
Median % change year-on-year +60.71% -12.50% -3.03%
75th Percentile £653 £488 £478
90th Percentile £680 £638 £519
UK excluding London median daily rate £425 £350 £400
% change year-on-year +21.43% -12.50% +3.23%

All Vendors
UK

Ericsson falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 13,870 18,503 25,530
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 47.44% 42.44% 42.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,703 11,477 17,115
10th Percentile £288 £263 £273
25th Percentile £406 £405 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £518 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.48% -1.43% -
75th Percentile £619 £627 £650
90th Percentile £713 £738 £743
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +7.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 569 1,097 689
10th Percentile £14.84 £12.08 £15.25
25th Percentile £18.13 £14.48 £19.06
Median hourly rate £27.13 £22.15 £43.75
Median % change year-on-year +22.46% -49.37% +108.33%
75th Percentile £57.50 £57.33 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £70.00 £75.15
UK excluding London median hourly rate £24.18 £21.46 £38.50
% change year-on-year +12.67% -44.26% +107.55%

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Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Ericsson in the UK

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Ericsson in the UK

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Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Ericsson over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Ericsson in the UK

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Ericsson in the UK

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Top 12 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Ericsson within the UK over the 6 months to 30 April 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 +89 63 £563 +60.71% 12
UK excluding London +55 38 £425 +21.43% 6
South West +53 28 £425 -33.98% 1
London - 24 £600 - 6
Work from Home - 10 £425 - 7
South East +37 6 £610 +43.53% 5
North of England +29 2 £508 -
Midlands +21 1 £291 -17.00%
West Midlands +13 1 £291 -17.00%
North East 0 1 £291 -
North West - 1 £725 -
East of England - 1 £300 -

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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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (1.54%) OpenStack
Applications
1 2 (3.08%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 11 (16.92%) PaaS
1 11 (16.92%) SaaS
2 2 (3.08%) IaaS
2 2 (3.08%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 35 (53.85%) 5G
2 34 (52.31%) Radio Access Network
3 30 (46.15%) 4G
4 15 (23.08%) LTE
5 13 (20.00%) PBX
5 13 (20.00%) VoIP
6 12 (18.46%) 2G
6 12 (18.46%) 5G NR
7 6 (9.23%) Wireless
7 6 (9.23%) Wireshark
8 5 (7.69%) 3G
8 5 (7.69%) Network Security
9 3 (4.62%) VSAN
10 2 (3.08%) Unified Communications
11 1 (1.54%) Firewall
11 1 (1.54%) MPLS
11 1 (1.54%) SDH
11 1 (1.54%) VLAN
11 1 (1.54%) VXLAN
General
1 47 (72.31%) Telecoms
2 15 (23.08%) Social Skills
3 4 (6.15%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (6.15%) Billing
3 4 (6.15%) Public Sector
4 3 (4.62%) Finance
Job Titles
1 7 (10.77%) Network Design Specialist
1 7 (10.77%) Network Specialist
2 6 (9.23%) Project Manager
3 5 (7.69%) Field Engineer
4 4 (6.15%) OSS Project Manager
4 4 (6.15%) Telecoms Manager
4 4 (6.15%) Telecoms Project Manager
5 3 (4.62%) Architect
5 3 (4.62%) Consultant
5 3 (4.62%) Design Engineer
5 3 (4.62%) Designer
5 3 (4.62%) Ericsson Engineer
5 3 (4.62%) Network Engineer
5 3 (4.62%) OSS Consultant
6 2 (3.08%) Network Architect
6 2 (3.08%) Network Manager
6 2 (3.08%) Network Security Architect
6 2 (3.08%) Security Architect
6 2 (3.08%) Systems Engineer
6 2 (3.08%) Test Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 14 (21.54%) Cloud Native
2 11 (16.92%) Video Conferencing
3 10 (15.38%) Blackberry
4 8 (12.31%) Team-Oriented Environment
5 7 (10.77%) Data Centre
6 5 (7.69%) PKI
7 3 (4.62%) Private Cloud
8 2 (3.08%) Driving Licence
8 2 (3.08%) Legacy Systems
9 1 (1.54%) Data Protection Act
9 1 (1.54%) Onboarding
9 1 (1.54%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (55.38%) Problem-Solving
2 14 (21.54%) Agile
3 13 (20.00%) Fault Management
3 13 (20.00%) Migration
4 12 (18.46%) Commercial Awareness
4 12 (18.46%) Customer Requirements
4 12 (18.46%) Performance Optimisation
4 12 (18.46%) Roadmaps
5 11 (16.92%) Network Design
5 11 (16.92%) Root Cause Analysis
5 11 (16.92%) Service Design
6 10 (15.38%) CI/CD
6 10 (15.38%) Continuous Improvement
6 10 (15.38%) DevOps
6 10 (15.38%) Impact Assessments
7 9 (13.85%) Collaborative Working
7 9 (13.85%) Thought Leadership
7 9 (13.85%) Validation
8 8 (12.31%) High Availability
8 8 (12.31%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 10 (15.38%) Python
Qualifications
1 17 (26.15%) Security Cleared
2 15 (23.08%) Cisco Certification
3 12 (18.46%) DV Cleared
4 10 (15.38%) CCNP
4 10 (15.38%) SC Cleared
4 10 (15.38%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 6 (9.23%) Degree
6 5 (7.69%) CCIE
7 4 (6.15%) PMI Certification
7 4 (6.15%) PMP
8 2 (3.08%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (1.54%) CCIE Security
9 1 (1.54%) HNC
9 1 (1.54%) HND
9 1 (1.54%) ISEB
9 1 (1.54%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (4.62%) QA
2 1 (1.54%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 1 (1.54%) SLA
System Software
1 13 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (4.62%) VMware NSX
2 3 (4.62%) vSphere
3 1 (1.54%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 10 (15.38%) Ansible
2 6 (9.23%) NSN NetAct
3 4 (6.15%) Amdocs OSS
4 2 (3.08%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 42 (64.62%) Nokia
2 15 (23.08%) VMware
3 14 (21.54%) Cisco
4 13 (20.00%) Juniper
5 12 (18.46%) F5
5 12 (18.46%) Palo Alto
6 10 (15.38%) Avaya
6 10 (15.38%) Ribbon
7 7 (10.77%) Microsoft
8 5 (7.69%) Fortinet
9 4 (6.15%) Amdocs
9 4 (6.15%) Ciena
9 4 (6.15%) Huawei
9 4 (6.15%) Mavenir
9 4 (6.15%) NetCracker
10 2 (3.08%) Red Hat
11 1 (1.54%) Dell
11 1 (1.54%) Hitachi
11 1 (1.54%) Oracle
11 1 (1.54%) Siemens