2G Contracts in the Thames Valley

2G
South East > Thames Valley

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley with a requirement for 2G skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited 2G over the 6 months to 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 124 135 117
Rank change year-on-year +11 -18 -16
Contract jobs citing 2G 8 15 49
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.30% 0.52% 1.37%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.49% 3.06% 7.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 8 15
10th Percentile - - £360
25th Percentile - £280 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £180 £450 £410
Median % change year-on-year -60.00% +9.76% -3.53%
75th Percentile - £467 £438
90th Percentile - £519 £450
South East median daily rate £180 £450 £418
% change year-on-year -60.00% +7.78% -1.76%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Thames Valley

2G 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 Thames Valley with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 537 490 647
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 20.33% 17.11% 18.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 249 291 364
10th Percentile £205 £280 £211
25th Percentile £350 £400 £390
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £488 £478
Median % change year-on-year +2.46% +2.20% +19.38%
75th Percentile £600 £588 £561
90th Percentile £638 £675 £650
South East median daily rate £500 £486 £453
% change year-on-year +2.83% +7.34% +6.59%
Number of hourly rates quoted 45 21 20
10th Percentile £16.73 £18.50 £12.23
25th Percentile £22.58 £19.50 £13.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £66.00 £15.25
Median % change year-on-year -1.52% +332.79% -46.96%
75th Percentile £85.65 £80.25 £20.00
90th Percentile £87.50 £81.00 £25.15
South East median hourly rate £57.35 £57.50 £21.50
% change year-on-year -0.26% +167.44% -49.41%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing 2G as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for 2G in the Thames Valley

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing 2G in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for 2G in the Thames Valley

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing 2G in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for 2G in the Thames Valley

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Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing 2G within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 1 June 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
Berkshire -13 8 £180 -60.00% 3
2G
South East

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 8 (100.00%) 3G
1 8 (100.00%) 4G
2 4 (50.00%) ATM
2 4 (50.00%) Ethernet
2 4 (50.00%) SDH
3 3 (37.50%) 5G
3 3 (37.50%) GPRS
3 3 (37.50%) GSM
3 3 (37.50%) SCCP
3 3 (37.50%) SS7
4 1 (12.50%) RNC
General
1 3 (37.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 2 (25.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 3 (37.50%) Transmission Planner
2 1 (12.50%) Build Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Data Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Databuild Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Telecoms Planner
2 1 (12.50%) Transmission Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Transmission Planning Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (50.00%) Break/Fix
1 4 (50.00%) Performance Analysis
1 4 (50.00%) Project Delivery
2 3 (37.50%) Capacity Planning
2 3 (37.50%) Impact Assessments
2 3 (37.50%) Performance Monitoring
3 1 (12.50%) Change Management
3 1 (12.50%) Computer Science
3 1 (12.50%) Data Validation
3 1 (12.50%) QMS
3 1 (12.50%) Quality Management
3 1 (12.50%) Validation
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) Degree
1 1 (12.50%) MBCS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (12.50%) Ericsson
1 1 (12.50%) Mavenir
1 1 (12.50%) Remedy