3GPP Contracts in England

3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP)
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for 3GPP skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited 3GPP over the 6 months to 22 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
22 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 523 625 745
Rank change year-on-year +102 +120 -150
Contract jobs citing 3GPP 15 25 36
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.041% 0.052% 0.051%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.31% 0.42% 0.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 8 12
10th Percentile - £279 £367
25th Percentile £513 £431 £407
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £481 £441
Median % change year-on-year +9.26% +9.08% -2.11%
75th Percentile £538 £490 £471
90th Percentile - £500 £532
UK median daily rate £525 £481 £441
% change year-on-year +9.26% +9.08% -11.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £57.00 -
UK median hourly rate - £57.00 -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
England

3GPP 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 advertised in England with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 4,777 5,894 7,890
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 13.15% 12.30% 11.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,874 3,853 5,202
10th Percentile £210 £232 £225
25th Percentile £350 £388 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.71% +5.00% +13.64%
75th Percentile £600 £650 £613
90th Percentile £699 £738 £700
UK median daily rate £488 £515 £500
% change year-on-year -5.34% +3.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 387 417 321
10th Percentile £13.50 £9.80 £15.25
25th Percentile £16.30 £10.63 £16.25
Median hourly rate £40.00 £17.50 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year +128.57% -26.81% +1.21%
75th Percentile £63.75 £57.50 £48.45
90th Percentile £70.00 £74.70 £63.25
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £18.50 £26.75
% change year-on-year +116.22% -30.84% +4.02%

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Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing 3GPP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for 3GPP in England

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing 3GPP in England.

Daily rate trend for 3GPP in England

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing 3GPP in England.

Hourly rate trend for 3GPP in England

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Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing 3GPP within the England region over the 6 months to 22 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South West - 12 - -
London +91 2 - - 2
3GPP
UK

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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:

Communications & Networking
1 14 (93.33%) 4G
1 14 (93.33%) LTE
1 14 (93.33%) Radio Access Network
2 12 (80.00%) Wireless
2 12 (80.00%) Wireshark
3 2 (13.33%) 5G
3 2 (13.33%) 5G NR
3 2 (13.33%) BGP
3 2 (13.33%) DNS
3 2 (13.33%) HTTP
3 2 (13.33%) IPv6
3 2 (13.33%) OSPF
3 2 (13.33%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 1 (6.67%) Git
1 1 (6.67%) Jenkins
General
1 15 (100.00%) Telecoms
2 2 (13.33%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 2 (13.33%) Design Engineer
1 2 (13.33%) Network Engineer
1 2 (13.33%) RAN Design Engineer
1 2 (13.33%) RAN Engineer
2 1 (6.67%) Network Design Engineer
2 1 (6.67%) Network Design Specialist
2 1 (6.67%) Network Specialist
2 1 (6.67%) Test Automation Engineer
2 1 (6.67%) Test Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (93.33%) Network Design
2 12 (80.00%) High Availability
2 12 (80.00%) Project Management
3 2 (13.33%) Bill of Materials
3 2 (13.33%) Load Balancing
3 2 (13.33%) Logistics
3 2 (13.33%) Network Management
3 2 (13.33%) Use Case
4 1 (6.67%) Test Automation
4 1 (6.67%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 1 (6.67%) Python
Vendors
1 14 (93.33%) Ericsson
1 14 (93.33%) Nokia
2 12 (80.00%) Actix
2 12 (80.00%) Huawei
3 2 (13.33%) Palo Alto