Hybrid/Remote TETRA Contract Job Trends

Terrestrial Trunked Radio (TETRA)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for remote or hybrid contract work requiring TETRA skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 321 - 349
Rank change year-on-year - - +145
Contract jobs citing TETRA 11 0 1
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.095% - 0.006%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.96% - 0.054%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile £661 - -
25th Percentile £678 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £710 - £700
75th Percentile £748 - -
90th Percentile £767 - -
UK median daily rate £750 - £550
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £97.50 - -
Median hourly rate £100.00 - -
75th Percentile £102.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £95.50 - -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Work from Home

TETRA 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 1,148 1,134 1,856
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 9.96% 10.98% 11.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 724 720 1,161
10th Percentile £303 £313 £300
25th Percentile £400 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.76%
75th Percentile £600 £606 £600
90th Percentile £688 £726 £688
UK median daily rate £488 £498 £475
% change year-on-year -2.01% +4.74% -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 42 28 81
10th Percentile £12.82 £14.20 £13.00
25th Percentile £21.25 £31.25 £17.00
Median hourly rate £38.50 £41.00 £24.50
Median % change year-on-year -6.10% +67.35% -55.71%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £73.83 £74.13 £80.00
UK median hourly rate £40.02 £35.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year +14.34% +7.69% +71.05%

TETRA
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

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

TETRA job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

TETRA
Daily Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

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

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

TETRA
Hourly Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

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

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

TETRA
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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (18.18%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (54.55%) LTE
2 5 (45.45%) Firewall
3 4 (36.36%) 3GPP
4 2 (18.18%) 5G
4 2 (18.18%) DMVPN
4 2 (18.18%) LAN
4 2 (18.18%) WAN
5 1 (9.09%) 4G
5 1 (9.09%) BGP
5 1 (9.09%) EIGRP
5 1 (9.09%) Internet
5 1 (9.09%) IPsec
5 1 (9.09%) MPLS
5 1 (9.09%) Multicast
5 1 (9.09%) NAS
5 1 (9.09%) NGFW
5 1 (9.09%) OSPF
5 1 (9.09%) Radio Access Network
5 1 (9.09%) SD-WAN
5 1 (9.09%) SNMP
Development Applications
1 1 (9.09%) JIRA
1 1 (9.09%) Rational DOORS
General
1 6 (54.55%) Social Skills
2 5 (45.45%) Analytical Skills
2 5 (45.45%) Telecoms
3 4 (36.36%) Electronics
4 1 (9.09%) Finance
4 1 (9.09%) Police
Job Titles
1 5 (45.45%) Systems Engineer
2 3 (27.27%) Architect
2 3 (27.27%) LTE Engineer
3 2 (18.18%) Development Engineer
3 2 (18.18%) Product Development Engineer
3 2 (18.18%) Technical Architect
4 1 (9.09%) Designer
4 1 (9.09%) Network Architect
4 1 (9.09%) Senior
4 1 (9.09%) Senior Architect
4 1 (9.09%) Senior Technical Architect
4 1 (9.09%) Service Designer
4 1 (9.09%) Service Transition Designer
4 1 (9.09%) Test Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (18.18%) Cloud Native
2 1 (9.09%) Management Information System
2 1 (9.09%) Onboarding
2 1 (9.09%) Smartphone
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (45.45%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (36.36%) Computer Science
2 4 (36.36%) Disaster Recovery
2 4 (36.36%) High Availability
2 4 (36.36%) Network Management
2 4 (36.36%) Root Cause Analysis
2 4 (36.36%) Security Management
3 3 (27.27%) TOGAF
4 2 (18.18%) Acceptance Criteria
4 2 (18.18%) Agile
4 2 (18.18%) ArchiMate
4 2 (18.18%) Cybersecurity
4 2 (18.18%) DevSecOps
4 2 (18.18%) MODAF
4 2 (18.18%) Roadmaps
4 2 (18.18%) Scaled Agile Framework
4 2 (18.18%) Service Design
4 2 (18.18%) Technical Leadership
5 1 (9.09%) Containerisation
5 1 (9.09%) Technology Strategy
Qualifications
1 5 (45.45%) Degree
1 5 (45.45%) SC Cleared
1 5 (45.45%) Security Cleared
2 2 (18.18%) AWS Certification
2 2 (18.18%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
2 2 (18.18%) TOGAF Certification
3 1 (9.09%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
3 1 (9.09%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (9.09%) CCIE
3 1 (9.09%) CCNP
3 1 (9.09%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (9.09%) DV Cleared
3 1 (9.09%) JNCIE
3 1 (9.09%) JNCIP
3 1 (9.09%) PMI Certification
3 1 (9.09%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (9.09%) NCSC
System Software
1 1 (9.09%) Docker
1 1 (9.09%) KVM
1 1 (9.09%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (9.09%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 1 (9.09%) Cisco
1 1 (9.09%) Fortinet
1 1 (9.09%) Juniper
1 1 (9.09%) Starlink
1 1 (9.09%) VMware