GSM Contracts with Work from Home Options

Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and a requirement for GSM skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited GSM over the 6 months to 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 343 458 613
Rank change year-on-year +115 +155 -143
Contract jobs citing GSM 4 9 6
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.026% 0.036% 0.014%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.26% 0.31% 0.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 4 3
10th Percentile - £397 £426
25th Percentile - £467 £446
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £513 £480
Median % change year-on-year - +6.77% +20.00%
75th Percentile - £519 £499
90th Percentile - - £511
UK median daily rate £406 £300 £496
% change year-on-year +35.42% -39.55% -0.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £24.28 - -
25th Percentile £24.31 - -
Median hourly rate £24.75 - -
75th Percentile £25.31 - -
90th Percentile £25.43 - -
UK median hourly rate £24.75 - £32.50

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Work from Home

GSM 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 WFH option and a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,561 2,895 4,322
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 10.34% 11.52% 9.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,015 1,922 2,924
10th Percentile £300 £350 £313
25th Percentile £411 £425 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £619 £650 £600
90th Percentile £700 £725 £675
UK median daily rate £495 £518 £500
% change year-on-year -4.44% +3.60% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 77 95 104
10th Percentile £12.75 £23.30 £18.55
25th Percentile £14.27 £42.50 £26.06
Median hourly rate £24.50 £60.00 £49.29
Median % change year-on-year -59.17% +21.73% +13.97%
75th Percentile £65.00 £72.63 £63.25
90th Percentile £87.46 £80.25 £66.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £18.88 £28.25
% change year-on-year +111.92% -33.19% +6.60%

GSM
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing GSM as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

GSM trend for jobs with a WFH option

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Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing GSM.

GSM daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

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Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing GSM.

GSM hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

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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:

Business Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) 2G
1 1 (25.00%) 3G
1 1 (25.00%) 4G
1 1 (25.00%) ATM
1 1 (25.00%) BGP
1 1 (25.00%) Cisco IOS
1 1 (25.00%) DSL
1 1 (25.00%) EIGRP
1 1 (25.00%) Ethernet
1 1 (25.00%) ICMP
1 1 (25.00%) Internet
1 1 (25.00%) MPLS
1 1 (25.00%) NGN
1 1 (25.00%) OSPF
1 1 (25.00%) PPP
1 1 (25.00%) Radio Access Network
1 1 (25.00%) RIP
1 1 (25.00%) VPN
1 1 (25.00%) WAN
1 1 (25.00%) Wireless
General
1 3 (75.00%) Telecoms
2 1 (25.00%) Finance
2 1 (25.00%) Presentation Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Cisco Engineer
1 2 (50.00%) Cisco Network Engineer
1 2 (50.00%) Mobile Engineer
1 2 (50.00%) Network Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Delivery Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Process Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Service Delivery Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Service Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) FMCG
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (25.00%) Acceptance Criteria
1 1 (25.00%) Budget Management
1 1 (25.00%) Business Case
1 1 (25.00%) Change Control
1 1 (25.00%) Change Management
1 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (25.00%) Impact Assessments
1 1 (25.00%) Knowledge Transfer
1 1 (25.00%) Matrix Organization
1 1 (25.00%) Migration
1 1 (25.00%) Process Management
1 1 (25.00%) Procure-to-Pay
1 1 (25.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (25.00%) Project Management
1 1 (25.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (25.00%) Service Management
1 1 (25.00%) Six Sigma
1 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (25.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 1 (25.00%) Workshop Facilitation
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) BC Cleared
1 1 (25.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Cisco
1 2 (50.00%) Nokia
2 1 (25.00%) ADVA
2 1 (25.00%) Juniper
2 1 (25.00%) Nokia Networks
2 1 (25.00%) Oracle
2 1 (25.00%) Tellabs