5G Contract Job Trends in Worcestershire

5G
West Midlands > Worcestershire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Worcestershire requiring 5G skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 24 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 33 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing 5G 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Worcestershire 0.71% - -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 11.11% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £663 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £675 - -
75th Percentile £688 - -
90th Percentile - - -
West Midlands median daily rate £500 - £730

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Worcestershire

5G 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 in Worcestershire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 9 13 16
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Worcestershire 6.38% 20.31% 22.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 5 12
10th Percentile £158 - £191
25th Percentile £163 £110 £200
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £363 £145 £403
Median % change year-on-year +150.00% -63.98% -34.98%
75th Percentile £556 £294 £675
90th Percentile £658 £440 £731
West Midlands median daily rate £400 £425 £431
% change year-on-year -5.88% -1.45% -4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 2
10th Percentile - - £11.23
25th Percentile - £15.22 £12.31
Median hourly rate - £17.16 £14.50
Median % change year-on-year - +18.34% -
75th Percentile - £18.13 £17.06
90th Percentile - - £18.38
West Midlands median hourly rate £26.00 £18.13 £23.00
% change year-on-year +43.41% -21.17% -1.41%

5G
Contract Job Locations in Worcestershire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing 5G within the Worcestershire region over the 6 months to 24 January 2026. 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
Malvern - 1 £675 -
5G
West Midlands

5G
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Worcestershire 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 1 (100.00%) 4G
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Test Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) QinetiQ