Frame Relay Contracts

Frame Relay
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring Frame Relay skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Frame Relay over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 502 - 715
Rank change year-on-year - - +140
Contract jobs citing Frame Relay 18 0 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.061% - 0.005%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.48% - 0.041%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 0 3
10th Percentile £420 - £376
25th Percentile - - £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 - £413
Median % change year-on-year - - +10.00%
75th Percentile - - £422
90th Percentile £522 - £424
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 - -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

Frame Relay 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 3,722 5,629 7,357
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 12.71% 12.92% 12.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,285 3,368 4,786
10th Percentile £213 £205 £235
25th Percentile £363 £350 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £495 £519
Median % change year-on-year -1.52% -4.53% +3.70%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £638
90th Percentile £675 £700 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £465 £481 £475
% change year-on-year -3.38% +1.32% +8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 177 423 478
10th Percentile £14.20 £13.57 £9.80
25th Percentile £17.30 £17.35 £10.63
Median hourly rate £29.00 £40.00 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year -27.50% +110.53% -32.74%
75th Percentile £57.50 £62.50 £60.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £67.40 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £24.18 £45.88 £18.50
% change year-on-year -47.30% +148.00% -13.95%

Frame Relay
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Frame Relay in the UK

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Frame Relay in the UK

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Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Frame Relay over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Frame Relay in the UK

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Frame Relay in the UK

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Top 5 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Frame Relay within the UK over the 6 months to 1 May 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 - 18 £450 -
UK excluding London - 18 £450 -
South East - 17 £450 -
Midlands - 1 £510 -
West Midlands - 1 £510 -

Frame Relay
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:

Communications & Networking
1 18 (100.00%) ATM
1 18 (100.00%) SDH
2 16 (88.89%) Ethernet
2 16 (88.89%) GPRS
2 16 (88.89%) GSM
2 16 (88.89%) LAN
2 16 (88.89%) LTE
2 16 (88.89%) MPLS
2 16 (88.89%) SAN
2 16 (88.89%) UMTS
2 16 (88.89%) VPN
2 16 (88.89%) WAN
2 16 (88.89%) Wireshark
3 2 (11.11%) VoIP
General
1 18 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 16 (88.89%) Telecoms
3 1 (5.56%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (5.56%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 15 (83.33%) IP Engineer
2 14 (77.78%) Test Engineer
3 5 (27.78%) IP Network Engineer
3 5 (27.78%) Network Engineer
4 2 (11.11%) Architect
4 2 (11.11%) Consultant
4 2 (11.11%) IP Consultant
4 2 (11.11%) IP Network Consultant
4 2 (11.11%) Network Architect
4 2 (11.11%) Network Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 16 (88.89%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 16 (88.89%) Linux
1 16 (88.89%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (94.44%) Problem-Solving
2 16 (88.89%) Fault Management
2 16 (88.89%) Project Management
2 16 (88.89%) Regression Testing
2 16 (88.89%) Test Strategy
3 1 (5.56%) Network Design
3 1 (5.56%) Service Delivery
3 1 (5.56%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 16 (88.89%) Java
Qualifications
1 16 (88.89%) CCNP
1 16 (88.89%) Cisco Certification
1 16 (88.89%) ISEB
1 16 (88.89%) ISTQB
1 16 (88.89%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
2 2 (11.11%) SC Cleared
2 2 (11.11%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 16 (88.89%) Cisco
1 16 (88.89%) Juniper
1 16 (88.89%) Microsoft