Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for UMTS skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited UMTS over the 6 months to 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank - 682 823
Rank change year-on-year - +141 -128
Contract jobs citing UMTS 0 5 21
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK - 0.009% 0.024%
As % of the Communications & Networking category - 0.071% 0.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 3 7
10th Percentile - - £333
25th Percentile - £225 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £250 £425
Median % change year-on-year - -41.18% +13.33%
75th Percentile - £275 £444
90th Percentile - - £462
UK excluding London median daily rate - £250 £425
% change year-on-year - -41.18% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 5
10th Percentile - - £30.80
25th Percentile - - £31.25
Median hourly rate - - £32.50
75th Percentile - - £33.75
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - £32.50

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

UMTS 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 with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 5,394 7,081 9,601
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 12.67% 12.44% 10.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,215 4,577 6,274
10th Percentile £205 £235 £231
25th Percentile £350 £400 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £515 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.85% +3.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £610
90th Percentile £694 £725 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £475 £450
% change year-on-year - +5.56% +12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 417 458 370
10th Percentile £13.50 £9.80 £15.25
25th Percentile £16.30 £10.63 £17.00
Median hourly rate £40.00 £18.50 £28.33
Median % change year-on-year +116.22% -34.70% +13.32%
75th Percentile £63.75 £59.21 £50.94
90th Percentile £70.00 £74.65 £65.59
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.88 £18.00 £21.50
% change year-on-year +154.89% -16.28% -7.37%

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Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing UMTS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for UMTS in the UK

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for UMTS in the UK

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for UMTS in the UK