Terrestrial Trunked Radio (TETRA)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for TETRA skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited TETRA over the 6 months to 7 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 581 690 839
Rank change year-on-year +109 +149 -146
Contract jobs citing TETRA 4 3 10
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.009% 0.005% 0.011%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.073% 0.042% 0.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 9
10th Percentile £408 - £385
25th Percentile £456 - £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - £560
Median % change year-on-year - - +1.82%
75th Percentile £631 - -
90th Percentile £673 - £572
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 - £375

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

TETRA is in the Communications and Computer Networking category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 5,443 7,173 9,616
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 12.71% 12.35% 10.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,255 4,651 6,275
10th Percentile £205 £241 £230
25th Percentile £350 £400 £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £518 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.44% +3.60% +11.11%
75th Percentile £601 £638 £606
90th Percentile £700 £720 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £475 £440
% change year-on-year - +7.95% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 417 474 363
10th Percentile £13.50 £9.80 £14.95
25th Percentile £16.30 £10.63 £17.00
Median hourly rate £40.00 £18.88 £28.25
Median % change year-on-year +111.92% -33.19% +6.60%
75th Percentile £63.75 £60.00 £50.39
90th Percentile £68.21 £75.00 £65.91
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.88 £18.50 £21.50
% change year-on-year +148.00% -13.95% -9.71%

TETRA
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for TETRA in the UK

TETRA
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for TETRA in the UK

TETRA
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing TETRA over the 6 months to 7 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for TETRA in the UK

TETRA
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for TETRA in the UK

TETRA
Top 6 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing TETRA within the UK over the 6 months to 7 May 2024. 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 +104 4 £550 - 22
UK excluding London - 4 £550 - 19
North of England - 3 £700 - 9
North East - 3 £700 -
Work from Home - 1 £700 - 14
East of England - 1 £400 - 1

TETRA
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 4 (100.00%) LTE
2 1 (25.00%) 3GPP
2 1 (25.00%) 4G
2 1 (25.00%) 5G
2 1 (25.00%) Bluetooth
2 1 (25.00%) GSM
2 1 (25.00%) UMTS
2 1 (25.00%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (25.00%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (75.00%) GIS
General
1 3 (75.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) SCADA Engineer
2 2 (50.00%) Telecoms Engineer
3 1 (25.00%) Product Owner
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) SCADA
2 1 (25.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (25.00%) Acceptance Criteria
1 1 (25.00%) Agile
1 1 (25.00%) Requirements Gathering
1 1 (25.00%) Scrum
1 1 (25.00%) Use Case
1 1 (25.00%) User Stories