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 17 July 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
17 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 499 524 617
Rank change year-on-year +25 +93 +138
Contract jobs citing Ericsson 54 56 68
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.17% 0.13% 0.12%
As % of the Vendors category 0.35% 0.31% 0.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 18 33
10th Percentile £329 £435 £309
25th Percentile £400 £450 £330
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £500 £400
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% +25.00% -3.61%
75th Percentile £531 £576 £500
90th Percentile £600 £638 -
UK excluding London median daily rate £425 £475 £400
% change year-on-year -10.53% +18.75% -4.76%

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 15,518 18,198 24,564
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 47.63% 43.13% 43.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,466 11,373 16,175
10th Percentile £281 £275 £263
25th Percentile £402 £409 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% -2.38% -
75th Percentile £613 £625 £638
90th Percentile £715 £730 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 773 1,057 662
10th Percentile £14.56 £12.75 £15.21
25th Percentile £17.00 £15.22 £18.63
Median hourly rate £25.15 £25.60 £39.60
Median % change year-on-year -1.76% -35.35% +80.00%
75th Percentile £50.50 £61.30 £63.00
90th Percentile £68.00 £70.00 £72.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.50 £25.00 £27.60
% change year-on-year -10.00% -9.42% +39.32%

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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 17 July 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 9 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 17 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 +52 51 £425 -15.00% 13
UK excluding London +13 35 £425 -10.53% 8
South West +53 29 £425 -5.56%
London +38 15 £400 -13.51% 5
Work from Home +33 8 £425 -20.93% 4
South East +17 4 £388 -26.19% 2
East of England +15 1 £300 -58.62%
North of England +5 1 £291 - 2
North East -1 1 £291 -

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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 2 (3.70%) Camunda
2 1 (1.85%) OpenStack
Applications
1 2 (3.70%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 11 (20.37%) PaaS
1 11 (20.37%) SaaS
2 2 (3.70%) IaaS
2 2 (3.70%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 19 (35.19%) 5G
2 17 (31.48%) Radio Access Network
3 14 (25.93%) 4G
3 14 (25.93%) VoIP
4 12 (22.22%) PBX
5 9 (16.67%) LTE
6 7 (12.96%) Wireless
7 5 (9.26%) Network Security
8 4 (7.41%) 3G
9 3 (5.56%) 2G
9 3 (5.56%) 3GPP
9 3 (5.56%) 5G NR
9 3 (5.56%) MPLS
10 2 (3.70%) DOCSIS
10 2 (3.70%) GPON
10 2 (3.70%) Unified Communications
10 2 (3.70%) VSAN
10 2 (3.70%) Wireshark
10 2 (3.70%) xDSL
11 1 (1.85%) Firewall
General
1 44 (81.48%) Telecoms
2 15 (27.78%) Social Skills
3 9 (16.67%) Finance
4 6 (11.11%) Billing
5 1 (1.85%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 14 (25.93%) Project Manager
2 8 (14.81%) Network Manager
2 8 (14.81%) Network Project Manager
3 6 (11.11%) OSS Project Manager
3 6 (11.11%) Telecoms Manager
3 6 (11.11%) Telecoms Project Manager
4 4 (7.41%) Architect
4 4 (7.41%) Field Engineer
5 3 (5.56%) Consultant
5 3 (5.56%) Design Engineer
5 3 (5.56%) Ericsson Engineer
5 3 (5.56%) Network Engineer
5 3 (5.56%) OSS Consultant
5 3 (5.56%) Test Engineer
6 2 (3.70%) Auditor
6 2 (3.70%) Network Architect
6 2 (3.70%) Network Specialist
6 2 (3.70%) OSS Architect
6 2 (3.70%) Security Architect
6 2 (3.70%) Systems Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 11 (20.37%) Video Conferencing
2 10 (18.52%) Blackberry
3 8 (14.81%) Cloud Native
4 6 (11.11%) Data Centre
5 5 (9.26%) PKI
6 2 (3.70%) Private Cloud
6 2 (3.70%) TM Forum
7 1 (1.85%) Algorithms
7 1 (1.85%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (1.85%) Driving Licence
7 1 (1.85%) Legacy Systems
7 1 (1.85%) Onboarding
7 1 (1.85%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (48.15%) Problem-Solving
2 15 (27.78%) Migration
3 14 (25.93%) Project Management
3 14 (25.93%) Stakeholder Management
4 13 (24.07%) Root Cause Analysis
5 12 (22.22%) Commercial Awareness
5 12 (22.22%) Customer Requirements
6 11 (20.37%) Roadmaps
7 10 (18.52%) Impact Assessments
7 10 (18.52%) Service Design
8 9 (16.67%) Service Delivery
8 9 (16.67%) Thought Leadership
8 9 (16.67%) Validation
9 8 (14.81%) Cost Reduction
9 8 (14.81%) Fault Management
9 8 (14.81%) Product Roadmap
9 8 (14.81%) Service Management
10 7 (12.96%) Network Management
11 6 (11.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 6 (11.11%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 16 (29.63%) Cisco Certification
2 13 (24.07%) Security Cleared
3 12 (22.22%) DV Cleared
4 10 (18.52%) CCNP
4 10 (18.52%) SC Cleared
4 10 (18.52%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 6 (11.11%) PMI Certification
5 6 (11.11%) PMP
6 5 (9.26%) CCIE
7 4 (7.41%) Degree
8 3 (5.56%) Master's Degree
9 2 (3.70%) TOGAF Certification
10 1 (1.85%) CCIE Security
10 1 (1.85%) CCNA
10 1 (1.85%) HNC
10 1 (1.85%) HND
10 1 (1.85%) ISEB
10 1 (1.85%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.70%) OASIS TOSCA
2 1 (1.85%) QA
2 1 (1.85%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 12 (22.22%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (3.70%) VMware NSX
2 2 (3.70%) vSphere
3 1 (1.85%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 9 (16.67%) NSN NetAct
2 8 (14.81%) Amdocs OSS
3 4 (7.41%) Kubernetes
4 2 (3.70%) Ansible
Vendors
1 40 (74.07%) Nokia
2 14 (25.93%) VMware
3 13 (24.07%) Cisco
3 13 (24.07%) Juniper
4 12 (22.22%) F5
4 12 (22.22%) Palo Alto
5 10 (18.52%) Avaya
5 10 (18.52%) Ribbon
6 8 (14.81%) Amdocs
6 8 (14.81%) NetCracker
7 6 (11.11%) Ciena
7 6 (11.11%) Huawei
8 5 (9.26%) Fortinet
9 4 (7.41%) Microsoft
10 3 (5.56%) Mavenir
11 2 (3.70%) Actix
11 2 (3.70%) Red Hat
12 1 (1.85%) Dell
12 1 (1.85%) Hitachi
12 1 (1.85%) Oracle