3G Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

3G
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work requiring 3G skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited 3G over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 295 321 432
Rank change year-on-year +26 +111 +141
Contract jobs citing 3G 9 24 45
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.091% 0.16% 0.17%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.86% 1.49% 1.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 13 33
10th Percentile - - £340
25th Percentile £193 £485 £374
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £205 £775 £400
Median % change year-on-year -73.55% +93.75% -11.11%
75th Percentile £282 £788 £588
90th Percentile £398 - £945
UK median daily rate £450 £490 £400
% change year-on-year -8.16% +22.50% -6.54%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £24.25 £51.37
Median hourly rate - £24.50 £55.32
Median % change year-on-year - -55.71% -
75th Percentile - £24.75 £59.28
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £27.00 £24.50 £65.16
% change year-on-year +10.20% -62.40% +440.71%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Work from Home

3G 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 with remote or hybrid options requiring communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,043 1,610 2,954
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 10.53% 10.49% 11.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 667 1,029 1,967
10th Percentile £325 £300 £350
25th Percentile £400 £410 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £505 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.99% -3.81% +5.00%
75th Percentile £600 £615 £650
90th Percentile £700 £703 £725
UK median daily rate £488 £495 £519
% change year-on-year -1.52% -4.53% +3.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 77 101
10th Percentile £13.78 £12.75 £24.50
25th Percentile £14.20 £14.27 £42.50
Median hourly rate £41.00 £24.50 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year +67.35% -59.17% +23.51%
75th Percentile £64.38 £65.00 £71.50
90th Percentile £73.75 £87.46 £80.25
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £40.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year -27.50% +110.53% -32.74%

3G
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing 3G as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

3G trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

3G
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing 3G.

3G daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

3G
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing 3G over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

3G daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

3G
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing 3G.

3G hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

3G
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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:

Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Office
Communications & Networking
1 9 (100.00%) 2G
1 9 (100.00%) 4G
1 9 (100.00%) 5G
2 6 (66.67%) Radio Access Network
3 4 (44.44%) Ethernet
3 4 (44.44%) MPLS
3 4 (44.44%) Network Security
4 1 (11.11%) TCP/IP
General
1 6 (66.67%) Telecoms
2 3 (33.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (11.11%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (33.33%) Designer
1 3 (33.33%) IP Designer
2 2 (22.22%) Design Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Automation Specialist
3 1 (11.11%) IP Design Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) IP Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) IP Network Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Mobile Designer
3 1 (11.11%) Network Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Network Specialist
3 1 (11.11%) OSS Specialist
3 1 (11.11%) Principal Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Principal IP Design Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Principal Network Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Radio Design Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Radio Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Senior
3 1 (11.11%) Senior Design Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Telecoms Designer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (33.33%) IoT
1 3 (33.33%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 3 (33.33%) Android
1 3 (33.33%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (44.44%) Network Architecture
1 4 (44.44%) Network Design
2 3 (33.33%) Customer Service
2 3 (33.33%) Data Security
2 3 (33.33%) Mobile Device Management
2 3 (33.33%) Network Management
2 3 (33.33%) Time Management
2 3 (33.33%) Validation
3 1 (11.11%) Agile
3 1 (11.11%) Backlog Management
3 1 (11.11%) Benchmarking
3 1 (11.11%) Digital Strategy
3 1 (11.11%) Project Management
3 1 (11.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
Qualifications
1 4 (44.44%) Degree
Systems Management
1 1 (11.11%) NSN NetAct
Vendors
1 3 (33.33%) ServiceNow
2 1 (11.11%) Cisco
2 1 (11.11%) Ericsson
2 1 (11.11%) Huawei
2 1 (11.11%) Microsoft
2 1 (11.11%) Nokia