The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring Mobile Backhaul skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Mobile Backhaul over the 6 months leading up to 24 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
Mobile Backhaul 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
3,768
5,374
7,122
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK
12.52%
12.36%
12.83%
Number of daily rates quoted
2,279
3,175
4,590
10th Percentile
£225
£213
£238
25th Percentile
£363
£350
£388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile)
£480
£500
£500
Median % change year-on-year
-4.00%
-
-
75th Percentile
£588
£600
£625
90th Percentile
£675
£688
£719
UK excluding London median daily rate
£470
£490
£475
% change year-on-year
-3.98%
+3.05%
+5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted
182
426
451
10th Percentile
£14.25
£13.50
£9.80
25th Percentile
£18.98
£17.69
£10.63
Median hourly rate
£41.48
£40.00
£19.00
Median % change year-on-year
+3.69%
+110.53%
-33.12%
75th Percentile
£59.78
£63.75
£60.63
90th Percentile
£74.88
£72.70
£75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate
£31.08
£47.50
£19.00
% change year-on-year
-34.57%
+150.00%
-14.03%
Mobile Backhaul Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing Mobile Backhaul as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Mobile Backhaul Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Mobile Backhaul.
Mobile Backhaul Top 16 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 24 June 2025, contractor job vacancies citing Mobile Backhaul also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity.
The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads with a requirement for Mobile Backhaul.
Mobile Backhaul 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:
