3G Contracts with Work from Home Options

3G
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and a requirement for 3G skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited 3G 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 324 413 547
Rank change year-on-year +89 +134 -120
Contract jobs citing 3G 21 41 65
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.14% 0.17% 0.15%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.37% 1.44% 1.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 32 32
10th Percentile - £339 £318
25th Percentile £485 £380 £404
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £775 £425 £450
Median % change year-on-year +82.35% -5.56% +5.88%
75th Percentile £788 £609 £700
90th Percentile - £954 -
UK median daily rate £490 £438 £425
% change year-on-year +12.00% +2.94% +5.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £55.32 -
UK median hourly rate - £65.16 £12.05
% change year-on-year - +440.71% -72.30%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Work from Home

3G 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 WFH option and a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,533 2,844 4,340
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 10.38% 11.54% 9.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 995 1,882 2,941
10th Percentile £300 £350 £313
25th Percentile £413 £425 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £617 £650 £600
90th Percentile £700 £725 £675
UK median daily rate £490 £515 £500
% change year-on-year -4.85% +3.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 76 95 104
10th Percentile £12.75 £21.00 £18.55
25th Percentile £14.20 £42.50 £26.44
Median hourly rate £24.38 £57.50 £48.04
Median % change year-on-year -57.61% +19.69% +17.17%
75th Percentile £65.00 £70.88 £63.56
90th Percentile £87.46 £80.25 £66.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £18.50 £28.33
% change year-on-year +116.22% -34.70% +13.32%

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Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing 3G as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

3G trend for jobs with a WFH option

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Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing 3G.

3G daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

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Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing 3G over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

3G daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing 3G.

3G hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 4 (19.05%) ArcGIS
2 1 (4.76%) OpenStack
Communications & Networking
1 21 (100.00%) 4G
2 10 (47.62%) 5G
3 9 (42.86%) Radio Access Network
4 8 (38.10%) 2G
5 4 (19.05%) ATM
5 4 (19.05%) Ethernet
5 4 (19.05%) SDH
6 1 (4.76%) Diameter Protocol
6 1 (4.76%) TCP/IP
6 1 (4.76%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (19.05%) GIS
1 4 (19.05%) QGIS
General
1 9 (42.86%) Telecoms
2 7 (33.33%) Electronics
2 7 (33.33%) Finance
2 7 (33.33%) Manufacturing
2 7 (33.33%) Marketing
2 7 (33.33%) Public Sector
3 3 (14.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 7 (33.33%) Architect
1 7 (33.33%) Technical Architect
2 5 (23.81%) Consultant
2 5 (23.81%) Performance Consultant
2 5 (23.81%) Performance Specialist
2 5 (23.81%) Senior
2 5 (23.81%) Senior Consultant
2 5 (23.81%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
2 5 (23.81%) Senior Performance Consultant
3 4 (19.05%) Radio Specialist
4 3 (14.29%) Transmission Planner
5 1 (4.76%) Network Engineer
5 1 (4.76%) Telecoms Planner
5 1 (4.76%) Test Engineer
5 1 (4.76%) Transmission Engineer
5 1 (4.76%) Transmission Planning Engineer
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.76%) CentOS
1 1 (4.76%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (38.10%) Customer Experience
2 7 (33.33%) Agile
2 7 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
2 7 (33.33%) Digital Marketing
2 7 (33.33%) Programme Management
2 7 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 7 (33.33%) Waterfall
3 5 (23.81%) Capacity Planning
3 5 (23.81%) Conflict Resolution
3 5 (23.81%) Decision-Making
3 5 (23.81%) Performance Management
3 5 (23.81%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (23.81%) Roadmaps
3 5 (23.81%) Technical Leadership
4 4 (19.05%) Break/Fix
4 4 (19.05%) Data Analysis
4 4 (19.05%) Performance Analysis
4 4 (19.05%) Project Delivery
4 4 (19.05%) Visualisation
5 1 (4.76%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 4 (19.05%) Python
Qualifications
1 7 (33.33%) DV Cleared
1 7 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 7 (33.33%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (4.76%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (4.76%) HP Quality Center
1 1 (4.76%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 7 (33.33%) SAP