LTE Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

3GPP Long Term Evolution (LTE)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work requiring LTE skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited LTE 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 297 336 460
Rank change year-on-year +39 +124 +145
Contract jobs citing LTE 7 9 17
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.071% 0.059% 0.066%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.67% 0.56% 0.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 5 6
10th Percentile - £453 £338
25th Percentile - £475 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £500 £418
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +19.62% -27.74%
75th Percentile - £538 £562
90th Percentile - £635 £606
UK median daily rate £450 £500 £486
% change year-on-year -10.00% +2.88% -15.48%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Work from Home

LTE 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%

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Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

LTE trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

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Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

LTE 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 remote working options citing LTE.

LTE 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:

Applications
1 4 (57.14%) MS Visio
2 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Office
Communications & Networking
1 5 (71.43%) 5G
1 5 (71.43%) Radio Access Network
2 1 (14.29%) 4G
2 1 (14.29%) 5G NR
General
1 4 (57.14%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) Designer
1 4 (57.14%) Solutions Designer
2 2 (28.57%) Architect
2 2 (28.57%) Chief Architect
3 1 (14.29%) Design Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Radio Design Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Radio Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) Edge Computing
1 4 (57.14%) Network Design
1 4 (57.14%) Performance Optimisation
2 2 (28.57%) Artificial Intelligence
2 2 (28.57%) Cyber Resilience
2 2 (28.57%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (28.57%) Machine Learning
3 1 (14.29%) Analytics
3 1 (14.29%) Benchmarking
3 1 (14.29%) Business Strategy
3 1 (14.29%) Software Testing
Qualifications
1 2 (28.57%) SC Cleared
1 2 (28.57%) Security Cleared
2 1 (14.29%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft
1 1 (14.29%) Nokia