Hybrid/Remote 3G Contract Job Trends

3G
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for remote or hybrid contract work requiring 3G skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 26 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 363 312 316
Rank change year-on-year -51 +4 +85
Contract jobs citing 3G 5 5 21
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.037% 0.049% 0.15%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.38% 0.46% 1.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 4 10
10th Percentile £429 - £390
25th Percentile £451 £193 £459
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £205 £490
Median % change year-on-year +138.90% -58.16% +3.16%
75th Percentile £508 £282 £602
90th Percentile - £398 £776
UK median daily rate £450 £450 £490
% change year-on-year - -8.16% +8.89%

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 1,317 1,083 1,440
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 9.70% 10.62% 10.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 768 696 939
10th Percentile £322 £313 £300
25th Percentile £413 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% +2.94%
75th Percentile £588 £588 £625
90th Percentile £675 £675 £700
UK median daily rate £500 £488 £500
% change year-on-year +2.41% -2.35% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 82 37 55
10th Percentile £14.88 £14.20 £12.85
25th Percentile £25.97 £44.00 £14.57
Median hourly rate £52.43 £63.50 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -17.44% +41.11% -10.00%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.25 £65.00
90th Percentile £78.63 £70.16 £87.46
UK median hourly rate £26.44 £48.75 £45.00
% change year-on-year -45.76% +8.33% -10.00%

3G
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing 3G and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

3G job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

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Daily Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing 3G.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing 3G

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Hourly Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing 3G.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing 3G

3G
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (40.00%) Oracle Collaboration Suite
Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
Communications & Networking
1 5 (100.00%) 4G
2 2 (40.00%) 2G
2 2 (40.00%) 5G
2 2 (40.00%) Diameter Protocol
2 2 (40.00%) SIGTRAN
2 2 (40.00%) SS7
3 1 (20.00%) Firewall
3 1 (20.00%) LAN
3 1 (20.00%) WAN
General
1 2 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (40.00%) Marketing
2 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) Designer
2 2 (40.00%) Mobile Designer
3 1 (20.00%) Architect
3 1 (20.00%) Network Architect
3 1 (20.00%) Senior
3 1 (20.00%) Senior Architect
3 1 (20.00%) Senior Network Architect
3 1 (20.00%) Senior Solutions Architect
3 1 (20.00%) Solutions Architect
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Cloud Native
2 1 (20.00%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Customer Requirements
1 2 (40.00%) Customer-Centricity
1 2 (40.00%) Migration
1 2 (40.00%) Service Design
1 2 (40.00%) Technical Leadership
1 2 (40.00%) Test Automation
2 1 (20.00%) Collaborative Culture
2 1 (20.00%) Customer Experience
2 1 (20.00%) Customer Service
2 1 (20.00%) Network Architecture
2 1 (20.00%) Presales
2 1 (20.00%) Revenue Assurance
2 1 (20.00%) Risk Register
2 1 (20.00%) Service Management
2 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (20.00%) Virtual Team Management
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) CCNA
1 1 (20.00%) CCNP
1 1 (20.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Oracle
2 1 (20.00%) Ericsson
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft