Wideband Contracts

Wideband
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Wideband skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Wideband over the 6 months to 18 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 582 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Wideband 5 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.011% - -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.087% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £733 - -
25th Percentile £744 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £775 - -
75th Percentile £813 - -
90th Percentile £828 - -
UK excluding London median daily rate £775 - -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

Wideband 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 5,721 7,524 9,876
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 13.09% 12.37% 10.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,428 4,896 6,504
10th Percentile £205 £231 £225
25th Percentile £350 £400 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £518 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.89% +3.60% +12.36%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £601
90th Percentile £700 £719 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £475 £430
% change year-on-year - +10.59% +7.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 422 502 368
10th Percentile £13.85 £9.80 £14.68
25th Percentile £17.69 £10.63 £17.38
Median hourly rate £40.00 £19.00 £27.88
Median % change year-on-year +110.53% -31.84% +1.36%
75th Percentile £62.38 £60.38 £50.19
90th Percentile £69.75 £75.00 £65.54
UK excluding London median hourly rate £47.50 £18.50 £21.43
% change year-on-year +156.76% -13.65% -14.30%

Wideband
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Wideband in the UK

Wideband
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Wideband in the UK

Wideband
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Wideband in the UK

Wideband
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 Wideband within the UK over the 6 months to 18 April 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 - 5 £775 - 4
UK excluding London - 5 £775 - 4
South East - 4 £788 - 1
South West - 1 £775 -

Wideband
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:

General
1 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) Design Engineer
1 4 (80.00%) RF Design Engineer
1 4 (80.00%) RF Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Performance Optimisation
2 4 (80.00%) Hazard Analysis
2 4 (80.00%) Kalman Filter
2 4 (80.00%) Risk Management
Qualifications
1 4 (80.00%) DV Cleared
1 4 (80.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (40.00%) SC Cleared