MIMO Contracts

Multiple-input and multiple-output (MIMO)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring MIMO skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited MIMO 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 519 - 712
Rank change year-on-year - - +138
Contract jobs citing MIMO 1 0 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.003% - 0.010%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.027% - 0.082%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 6
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £225
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £250
Median % change year-on-year - - -44.44%
75th Percentile - - £275
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median daily rate - - £250
% change year-on-year - - -44.44%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

MIMO 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%

MIMO
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for MIMO in the UK

MIMO
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for MIMO in the UK

MIMO
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for MIMO in the UK

MIMO
Top 4 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing MIMO 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
North West - 1 - -
England - 1 - - 6
UK excluding London - 1 - - 3
North of England - 1 - -

MIMO
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 1 (100.00%) 3GPP
1 1 (100.00%) 4G
1 1 (100.00%) 5G
1 1 (100.00%) LTE
1 1 (100.00%) Radio Access Network
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) End-to-End Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Optimisation
1 1 (100.00%) Procure-to-Pay
1 1 (100.00%) Statistics
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Huawei