5G Contracts in England

5G
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for 5G skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited 5G over the 6 months to 17 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
17 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 398 519 541
Rank change year-on-year +121 +22 -52
Contract jobs citing 5G 139 128 242
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.38% 0.27% 0.34%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.90% 2.17% 3.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 46 75 102
10th Percentile £350 £228 £306
25th Percentile £413 £320 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £430 £450
Median % change year-on-year +10.47% -4.44% +9.09%
75th Percentile £538 £550 £538
90th Percentile £588 £606 £637
UK median daily rate £475 £425 £450
% change year-on-year +11.76% -5.56% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 7 2
10th Percentile £53.81 £52.65 £59.80
25th Percentile £55.78 £58.00 £60.25
Median hourly rate £61.88 £67.50 £63.00
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +7.14% +40.00%
75th Percentile £68.28 £70.00 £66.25
90th Percentile £70.44 £72.40 £67.00
UK median hourly rate £55.00 £68.75 £63.00
% change year-on-year -20.00% +9.13% +40.00%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
England

5G 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 4,790 5,906 7,860
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 13.14% 12.27% 11.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,878 3,863 5,177
10th Percentile £210 £231 £225
25th Percentile £350 £394 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.71% +5.00% +14.05%
75th Percentile £600 £650 £613
90th Percentile £700 £738 £700
UK median daily rate £490 £519 £500
% change year-on-year -5.50% +3.70% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 389 423 313
10th Percentile £13.50 £9.80 £14.90
25th Percentile £16.30 £10.63 £16.25
Median hourly rate £40.00 £18.00 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year +122.22% -24.72% -0.38%
75th Percentile £63.75 £59.01 £48.45
90th Percentile £70.13 £75.00 £63.25
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £18.50 £28.41
% change year-on-year +116.22% -34.88% +13.64%

5G
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing 5G as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for 5G in England

5G
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing 5G in England.

Daily rate trend for 5G in England

5G
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing 5G in England over the 6 months to 17 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for 5G in England

5G
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing 5G in England.

Hourly rate trend for 5G 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 5G within the England region over the 6 months to 17 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 East +4 45 £413 +0.61% 21
London +84 33 £490 -2.00% 11
East of England +28 23 £440 +46.67% 12
North of England +40 20 £365 -24.90% 7
South West -1 9 £600 +50.00% 3
North East - 9 - - 2
North West +18 7 £365 -23.44% 1
Midlands +30 6 - - 2
West Midlands +25 6 - - 2
Yorkshire +16 4 - - 4
5G
UK

5G
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:

Application Platforms
1 8 (5.76%) OpenStack
2 5 (3.60%) ArcGIS
Applications
1 7 (5.04%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (4.32%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (4.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (2.16%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (1.44%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 3 (2.16%) Smartsheet
2 2 (1.44%) AWS
2 2 (1.44%) Azure
3 1 (0.72%) Cloud Computing
3 1 (0.72%) GCP
3 1 (0.72%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 70 (50.36%) 4G
2 47 (33.81%) Radio Access Network
3 32 (23.02%) 3G
4 20 (14.39%) LTE
5 18 (12.95%) Network Security
6 14 (10.07%) Firewall
6 14 (10.07%) Wi-Fi
7 13 (9.35%) Wireless
8 12 (8.63%) Diameter Protocol
9 11 (7.91%) 2G
9 11 (7.91%) DNS
9 11 (7.91%) Wireshark
10 9 (6.47%) VPN
11 8 (5.76%) BGP
11 8 (5.76%) VoLTE
12 7 (5.04%) NAS
13 6 (4.32%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
13 6 (4.32%) GGSN
13 6 (4.32%) RANAP
13 6 (4.32%) SGSN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (3.60%) GIS
1 5 (3.60%) QGIS
2 4 (2.88%) Elasticsearch
2 4 (2.88%) MySQL
3 1 (0.72%) InfluxDB
Development Applications
1 18 (12.95%) Git
2 12 (8.63%) JIRA
3 10 (7.19%) Jenkins
4 4 (2.88%) gcov
4 4 (2.88%) GDB
4 4 (2.88%) Gradle
4 4 (2.88%) Subversion
General
1 67 (48.20%) Telecoms
2 31 (22.30%) Social Skills
3 12 (8.63%) Finance
4 11 (7.91%) Multimedia
5 6 (4.32%) Law
5 6 (4.32%) Legal
5 6 (4.32%) Marketing
5 6 (4.32%) Presentation Skills
6 4 (2.88%) Influencing Skills
6 4 (2.88%) Public Sector
7 3 (2.16%) Aerospace
7 3 (2.16%) Military
8 2 (1.44%) Analytical Skills
8 2 (1.44%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 20 (14.39%) Lead
2 15 (10.79%) Network Engineer
3 13 (9.35%) Consultant
4 12 (8.63%) Team Leader
5 11 (7.91%) Telecoms Manager
6 10 (7.19%) Developer
6 10 (7.19%) Project Manager
7 9 (6.47%) C++ Developer
7 9 (6.47%) Design Engineer
8 8 (5.76%) Network Design Engineer
8 8 (5.76%) Python Developer
9 7 (5.04%) QA Leader
10 6 (4.32%) Network Manager
10 6 (4.32%) Performance Specialist
10 6 (4.32%) Procurement Manager
10 6 (4.32%) Senior
11 5 (3.60%) Build Manager
11 5 (3.60%) Senior Consultant
11 5 (3.60%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
11 5 (3.60%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (7.19%) JSON
2 7 (5.04%) XML
3 6 (4.32%) NETCONF
3 6 (4.32%) YANG
4 4 (2.88%) Elastic Stack
5 1 (0.72%) AngularJS
5 1 (0.72%) Django
5 1 (0.72%) Flask
5 1 (0.72%) React
5 1 (0.72%) SPML
Miscellaneous
1 9 (6.47%) Data Protection Act
2 7 (5.04%) IoT
3 6 (4.32%) Hybrid Cloud
4 5 (3.60%) NB-IoT
5 4 (2.88%) Distributed Architecture
6 3 (2.16%) Virtual Team
7 1 (0.72%) Algorithms
7 1 (0.72%) Data Centre
7 1 (0.72%) Management Information System
7 1 (0.72%) PKI
7 1 (0.72%) Private Cloud
7 1 (0.72%) Product Ownership
7 1 (0.72%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 15 (10.79%) Linux
2 6 (4.32%) Windows
3 4 (2.88%) Oracle Linux
4 1 (0.72%) CentOS
4 1 (0.72%) Solaris
4 1 (0.72%) Unix
4 1 (0.72%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (17.99%) Customer Experience
2 22 (15.83%) Network Design
3 18 (12.95%) Problem-Solving
4 15 (10.79%) Roadmaps
5 13 (9.35%) Capacity Planning
5 13 (9.35%) Load Balancing
6 12 (8.63%) Computer Science
6 12 (8.63%) Technical Leadership
7 11 (7.91%) Network Architecture
8 10 (7.19%) Stakeholder Management
8 10 (7.19%) Test Automation
9 9 (6.47%) Data Protection
9 9 (6.47%) Performance Management
10 8 (5.76%) Agile
10 8 (5.76%) Network Virtualisation
10 8 (5.76%) Statistics
11 7 (5.04%) Data Analysis
11 7 (5.04%) Decision-Making
11 7 (5.04%) Project Delivery
11 7 (5.04%) Systems Engineering
Programming Languages
1 30 (21.58%) Python
2 14 (10.07%) C++
3 9 (6.47%) C
4 4 (2.88%) Shell Script
5 2 (1.44%) Bash
5 2 (1.44%) Swift
6 1 (0.72%) Embedded C
6 1 (0.72%) Perl
Qualifications
1 15 (10.79%) Degree
2 11 (7.91%) Computer Science Degree
2 11 (7.91%) Security Cleared
3 5 (3.60%) SC Cleared
4 1 (0.72%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (0.72%) CSPO
4 1 (0.72%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (5.04%) QA
2 2 (1.44%) SLA
3 1 (0.72%) Def Stans
3 1 (0.72%) NCSC
3 1 (0.72%) PMO
3 1 (0.72%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 6 (4.32%) Docker
2 2 (1.44%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 8 (5.76%) Kubernetes
2 5 (3.60%) FortiGate
3 4 (2.88%) Ansible
3 4 (2.88%) Grafana
3 4 (2.88%) Prometheus
3 4 (2.88%) Terraform
3 4 (2.88%) yum
4 3 (2.16%) Iperf
5 1 (0.72%) Check_MK
5 1 (0.72%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 12 (8.63%) Cisco
2 10 (7.19%) Nokia
3 8 (5.76%) Juniper
4 6 (4.32%) Empirix
4 6 (4.32%) F5
4 6 (4.32%) Fortinet
4 6 (4.32%) NetScout
4 6 (4.32%) Palo Alto
5 4 (2.88%) Klocwork
5 4 (2.88%) Oracle
5 4 (2.88%) Perforce
6 3 (2.16%) Ericsson
7 2 (1.44%) Sparx
8 1 (0.72%) Google
8 1 (0.72%) Huawei
8 1 (0.72%) Microsoft
8 1 (0.72%) Splunk
8 1 (0.72%) VMware