5G Contracts in the South West

5G
England > South West

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West 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 145 144 156
Rank change year-on-year -1 +12 -37
Contract jobs citing 5G 9 12 16
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 0.28% 0.35% 0.44%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.75% 1.99% 3.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 6 4
10th Percentile £565 - £417
25th Percentile £569 - £432
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £400 £514
Median % change year-on-year +50.00% -22.14% +28.44%
75th Percentile £613 - £593
90th Percentile £620 - £597
England median daily rate £475 £430 £450
% change year-on-year +10.47% -4.44% +9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £65.16 -
England median hourly rate £61.88 £67.50 £63.00
% change year-on-year -8.33% +7.14% +40.00%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
South West

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 the South West with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 514 603 480
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 16.23% 17.41% 13.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 329 388 290
10th Percentile £297 £206 £215
25th Percentile £463 £400 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £518 £450
Median % change year-on-year +3.38% +15.00% +12.50%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £563
90th Percentile £700 £719 £621
England median daily rate £495 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -5.71% +5.00% +14.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 43 117 31
10th Percentile £12.55 - £41.00
25th Percentile £15.75 - £44.75
Median hourly rate £40.00 £9.80 £50.77
Median % change year-on-year +308.16% -80.70% +8.02%
75th Percentile £68.46 £59.80 £64.62
90th Percentile £83.60 £76.59 £69.05
England median hourly rate £40.00 £18.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year +122.22% -24.72% -0.38%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Job postings citing 5G as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Job vacancy trend for 5G in the South West

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing 5G in the South West.

Daily rate trend for 5G in the South West

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing 5G in the South West.

Hourly rate trend for 5G in the South West

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Contract Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing 5G within the South West 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
Dorset +12 5 £600 -
Bristol +14 4 £575 +43.75% 1
5G
England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 1 (11.11%) OpenStack
Business Applications
1 2 (22.22%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 1 (11.11%) AWS
1 1 (11.11%) Azure
1 1 (11.11%) Cloud Computing
1 1 (11.11%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 8 (88.89%) 4G
2 5 (55.56%) Network Security
3 4 (44.44%) VoIP
4 2 (22.22%) Firewall
4 2 (22.22%) TCP/IP
4 2 (22.22%) VPN
5 1 (11.11%) DHCP
5 1 (11.11%) DNS
5 1 (11.11%) HTTP
5 1 (11.11%) LTE
5 1 (11.11%) Radio Access Network
5 1 (11.11%) SIGTRAN
5 1 (11.11%) SS7
5 1 (11.11%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (11.11%) InfluxDB
Development Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Git
General
1 3 (33.33%) Aerospace
1 3 (33.33%) Military
1 3 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 2 (22.22%) Public Sector
2 2 (22.22%) Telecoms
3 1 (11.11%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (33.33%) Integration Engineer
1 3 (33.33%) IT Engineer
1 3 (33.33%) Network Communications Engineer
1 3 (33.33%) Network Systems Engineer
1 3 (33.33%) Systems Engineer
2 2 (22.22%) Test and Integration Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Architect
3 1 (11.11%) Developer
3 1 (11.11%) IT Architect
3 1 (11.11%) Network Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Network Specialist
3 1 (11.11%) Project Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Requirements Architect
3 1 (11.11%) Requirements Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Senior
3 1 (11.11%) Senior Systems Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Software Developer
3 1 (11.11%) Systems Architect
3 1 (11.11%) Systems Integration Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (11.11%) AngularJS
1 1 (11.11%) Django
1 1 (11.11%) Flask
1 1 (11.11%) React
1 1 (11.11%) SPML
1 1 (11.11%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) Algorithms
1 1 (11.11%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (11.11%) PKI
1 1 (11.11%) Private Cloud
1 1 (11.11%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 5 (55.56%) Windows
2 4 (44.44%) Linux
3 1 (11.11%) Solaris
3 1 (11.11%) Unix
3 1 (11.11%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (55.56%) Systems Engineering
2 4 (44.44%) Network Management
3 3 (33.33%) Security Hardening
3 3 (33.33%) Software Testing
3 3 (33.33%) Test Scripting
4 2 (22.22%) Asset Management
4 2 (22.22%) Enterprise Architecture
4 2 (22.22%) Information Assurance
4 2 (22.22%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
4 2 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (22.22%) Project Delivery
4 2 (22.22%) Roadmaps
4 2 (22.22%) SysML
4 2 (22.22%) System Testing
4 2 (22.22%) TOGAF
4 2 (22.22%) Validation
5 1 (11.11%) Budget Management
5 1 (11.11%) Budgeting
5 1 (11.11%) Design Patterns
5 1 (11.11%) Full Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 1 (11.11%) Python
Qualifications
1 5 (55.56%) SC Cleared
1 5 (55.56%) Security Cleared
2 1 (11.11%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (11.11%) Def Stans
1 1 (11.11%) NCSC
1 1 (11.11%) PMO
System Software
1 1 (11.11%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (11.11%) Check_MK
1 1 (11.11%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 2 (22.22%) Cisco
1 2 (22.22%) Juniper
1 2 (22.22%) Sparx
2 1 (11.11%) Fortinet
2 1 (11.11%) Google
2 1 (11.11%) Nokia
2 1 (11.11%) Splunk