MVNO Contracts

Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring MVNO skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited MVNO over the 6 months leading up to 2 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 518 596 697
Rank change year-on-year +78 +101 +115
Contract jobs citing MVNO 2 2 15
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.007% 0.005% 0.025%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.054% 0.036% 0.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 9
10th Percentile - - £540
25th Percentile - - £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £400 £600
Median % change year-on-year - -33.33% -14.29%
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - £625
UK excluding London median daily rate - - -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

MVNO 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 3,729 5,616 7,356
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 12.71% 12.91% 12.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,282 3,361 4,780
10th Percentile £213 £205 £240
25th Percentile £363 £350 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £495 £518
Median % change year-on-year -1.52% -4.39% +3.55%
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 178 425 478
10th Percentile £14.20 £13.50 £9.80
25th Percentile £17.30 £17.00 £10.63
Median hourly rate £30.04 £40.00 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year -24.90% +110.53% -32.74%
75th Percentile £57.50 £62.50 £60.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £69.00 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £24.18 £45.88 £18.50
% change year-on-year -47.30% +148.00% -13.95%

MVNO
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for MVNO in the UK

MVNO
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for MVNO in the UK

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for MVNO in the UK

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Top 3 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing MVNO within the UK over the 6 months to 2 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 +55 2 - - 17
UK excluding London - 2 - - 15
South East - 2 - - 7

MVNO
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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) 3G
1 2 (100.00%) 3GPP
1 2 (100.00%) 4G
1 2 (100.00%) Diameter Protocol
1 2 (100.00%) HTTP
1 2 (100.00%) LTE
General
1 2 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Technical Design Authority
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Conflict Resolution
1 2 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 2 (100.00%) Project Management
Systems Management
1 2 (100.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) VMware