Spectrum Management Contract Job Trends

Spectrum Management
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring Spectrum Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 551 563 -
Rank change year-on-year +12 - -
Contract jobs citing Spectrum Management 2 6 0
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.006% 0.016% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.007% 0.018% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £750 - -
UK excluding London median daily rate - - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 6 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £19.00 £45.22 -
Median hourly rate £20.00 £48.56 -
Median % change year-on-year -58.81% - -
75th Percentile £21.00 £52.35 -
90th Percentile - £53.13 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £20.00 £48.56 -
% change year-on-year -58.81% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Spectrum Management falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 30,018 32,669 43,276
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 90.58% 85.89% 88.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 18,639 19,750 29,382
10th Percentile £300 £308 £313
25th Percentile £404 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% -1.82%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,869 1,348 1,574
10th Percentile £14.32 £15.00 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.30 £20.12 £18.50
Median hourly rate £25.15 £42.27 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -40.49% -0.55% +44.07%
75th Percentile £43.75 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £65.00 £74.44 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.32 £43.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year -48.10% +1.18% +72.34%

Spectrum Management
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Spectrum Management relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Spectrum Management job vacancy trend in the UK

Spectrum Management
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Spectrum Management.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Spectrum Management

Spectrum Management
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Spectrum Management.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Spectrum Management

Spectrum Management
Top 5 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Spectrum Management within the UK over the 6 months to 3 October 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
Work from Home +23 2 £750 - 2
England +1 2 £750 - 1
UK excluding London -2 1 - - 1
London - 1 £750 -
South East - 1 - - 1

Spectrum Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) 5G
2 1 (50.00%) 4G
2 1 (50.00%) DWDM
2 1 (50.00%) LTE
2 1 (50.00%) MPLS
2 1 (50.00%) Network Security
2 1 (50.00%) NGN
2 1 (50.00%) PPP
2 1 (50.00%) Radio Access Network
2 1 (50.00%) SDH
2 1 (50.00%) TETRA
2 1 (50.00%) WAN
General
1 2 (100.00%) Telecoms
2 1 (50.00%) Fire and Rescue
2 1 (50.00%) French Language
2 1 (50.00%) Police
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Head of Mobile
1 1 (50.00%) Network Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Transmission Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Capacity Planning
1 1 (50.00%) Change Control
1 1 (50.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (50.00%) Contract Negotiation
1 1 (50.00%) Cyber Resilience
1 1 (50.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (50.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (50.00%) Integration Acceptance Testing
1 1 (50.00%) Knowledge Transfer
1 1 (50.00%) Low Latency
1 1 (50.00%) Network Design
1 1 (50.00%) Network Management
1 1 (50.00%) Network Planning
1 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (50.00%) Process Management
1 1 (50.00%) Service Delivery
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (50.00%) TOGAF
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) BC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (50.00%) CISSP
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
1 1 (50.00%) Master's Degree
1 1 (50.00%) MCP
1 1 (50.00%) PMI Certification
1 1 (50.00%) PMP
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) SLA
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) Amdocs OSS
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Ciena
1 1 (50.00%) Cramer
1 1 (50.00%) Nokia