GSM Contracts in England

Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring GSM skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited GSM over the 6 months leading up to 31 October 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Oct 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 508 573 728
Rank change year-on-year +65 +155 -67
Contract jobs citing GSM 6 16 36
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.019% 0.040% 0.053%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.16% 0.28% 0.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 13 23
10th Percentile - £313 £235
25th Percentile £52 £330 £310
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £54 £363 £425
Median % change year-on-year -85.10% -14.71% -34.62%
75th Percentile £56 £400 £472
90th Percentile - £588 £534
UK median daily rate £54 £363 £425
% change year-on-year -85.10% -14.71% -34.62%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £25.00 -
UK median hourly rate - £25.00 -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
England

GSM 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 requiring communications or computer networking skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 3,802 5,639 8,146
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 12.20% 14.05% 12.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,205 3,534 5,481
10th Percentile £236 £213 £225
25th Percentile £375 £363 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +5.26%
75th Percentile £608 £600 £625
90th Percentile £686 £700 £713
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 132 319 347
10th Percentile £20.00 £17.29 £15.25
25th Percentile £29.25 £23.00 £18.45
Median hourly rate £57.38 £56.49 £41.50
Median % change year-on-year +1.57% +36.12% +102.34%
75th Percentile £70.00 £67.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £76.25 £73.75
UK median hourly rate £48.56 £55.00 £40.58
% change year-on-year -11.71% +35.55% +84.43%

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Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for GSM in England

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for GSM in England

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for GSM 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 GSM within the England region over the 6 months to 31 October 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 +30 3 - - 2
London +48 1 - -
Yorkshire - 1 £54 -
North of England - 1 £54 - 1
GSM
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 2 (33.33%) 2G
1 2 (33.33%) 3G
1 2 (33.33%) 4G
1 2 (33.33%) 5G
1 2 (33.33%) GPRS
1 2 (33.33%) SCCP
1 2 (33.33%) SS7
2 1 (16.67%) ADSL
2 1 (16.67%) CDMA
2 1 (16.67%) DSL
2 1 (16.67%) DWDM
2 1 (16.67%) LAN
2 1 (16.67%) LTE
2 1 (16.67%) MPLS
2 1 (16.67%) NGN
2 1 (16.67%) SDH
2 1 (16.67%) WAN
General
1 2 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 2 (33.33%) Delivery Manager
1 2 (33.33%) Service Delivery Manager
1 2 (33.33%) Service Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Architect
2 1 (16.67%) Design Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) OSS Architect
2 1 (16.67%) OSS Solutions Architect
2 1 (16.67%) Real Time Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Solutions Architect
2 1 (16.67%) Systems Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Fibre Optics
1 1 (16.67%) Operational Technology
1 1 (16.67%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 1 (16.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Project Delivery
2 3 (50.00%) Impact Assessments
2 3 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (33.33%) Capacity Planning
3 2 (33.33%) Performance Monitoring
3 2 (33.33%) Risk Management
3 2 (33.33%) Service Management
4 1 (16.67%) Acceptance Criteria
4 1 (16.67%) Budget Management
4 1 (16.67%) Business Case
4 1 (16.67%) Change Control
4 1 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (16.67%) IT Strategy
4 1 (16.67%) Network Management
4 1 (16.67%) Roadmaps
4 1 (16.67%) Technology Strategy
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft