5G Contracts with Work from Home Options

5G
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 5G skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited 5G over the 6 months to 21 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
21 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 307 395 502
Rank change year-on-year +88 +107 -103
Contract jobs citing 5G 38 62 119
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.26% 0.25% 0.27%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.47% 2.19% 2.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 36 36
10th Percentile £425 £280 £313
25th Percentile £438 £350 £404
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £400 £450
Median % change year-on-year +22.50% -11.11% +5.88%
75th Percentile £538 £519 £534
90th Percentile £610 £557 £641
UK median daily rate £475 £428 £438
% change year-on-year +11.11% -2.29% +2.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 0
Median hourly rate - £66.25 -
UK median hourly rate £55.00 £68.75 £63.00
% change year-on-year -20.00% +9.13% +40.00%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Work from Home

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

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,538 2,832 4,377
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 10.46% 11.55% 9.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,003 1,880 2,971
10th Percentile £300 £350 £313
25th Percentile £413 £425 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £619 £650 £600
90th Percentile £700 £725 £676
UK median daily rate £488 £518 £500
% change year-on-year -5.93% +3.65% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 75 95 105
10th Percentile £12.75 £21.00 £18.55
25th Percentile £14.14 £42.50 £25.50
Median hourly rate £25.00 £57.50 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year -56.52% +21.05% +18.75%
75th Percentile £65.00 £70.88 £63.25
90th Percentile £87.46 £80.25 £66.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £18.50 £27.50
% change year-on-year +116.22% -32.73% +6.94%

5G
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing 5G as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

5G 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 5G.

5G daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

5G
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing 5G over the 6 months to 21 May 2024.

5G daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

5G
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 5G.

5G hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

5G
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 (10.53%) ArcGIS
2 2 (5.26%) OpenStack
Applications
1 4 (10.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 3 (7.89%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (5.26%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 4 (10.53%) Power Platform
2 3 (7.89%) Smartsheet
3 1 (2.63%) AWS
3 1 (2.63%) Azure
3 1 (2.63%) Cloud Computing
3 1 (2.63%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 29 (76.32%) 4G
2 16 (42.11%) Radio Access Network
3 10 (26.32%) 3G
3 10 (26.32%) Network Security
4 7 (18.42%) Firewall
4 7 (18.42%) LTE
4 7 (18.42%) VPN
5 4 (10.53%) 2G
5 4 (10.53%) 3GPP
5 4 (10.53%) 5G NR
5 4 (10.53%) VoIP
6 2 (5.26%) TCP/IP
7 1 (2.63%) DHCP
7 1 (2.63%) Diameter Protocol
7 1 (2.63%) DNS
7 1 (2.63%) LoRaWAN
7 1 (2.63%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (2.63%) Wireless
7 1 (2.63%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (10.53%) GIS
1 4 (10.53%) Power BI
1 4 (10.53%) QGIS
1 4 (10.53%) Tableau
2 1 (2.63%) InfluxDB
Development Applications
1 3 (7.89%) JIRA
2 1 (2.63%) Git
General
1 11 (28.95%) Social Skills
2 10 (26.32%) Telecoms
3 4 (10.53%) Finance
3 4 (10.53%) Marketing
4 3 (7.89%) Aerospace
4 3 (7.89%) Influencing Skills
4 3 (7.89%) Military
4 3 (7.89%) Public Sector
5 1 (2.63%) Local Government
5 1 (2.63%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 7 (18.42%) Design Engineer
1 7 (18.42%) Senior
2 6 (15.79%) Performance Specialist
2 6 (15.79%) Project Manager
3 5 (13.16%) Consultant
3 5 (13.16%) Performance Consultant
3 5 (13.16%) Senior Consultant
3 5 (13.16%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
3 5 (13.16%) Senior Performance Consultant
4 4 (10.53%) IP Engineer
4 4 (10.53%) Network Engineer
4 4 (10.53%) Radio Design Engineer
4 4 (10.53%) Radio Engineer
4 4 (10.53%) Radio Specialist
5 3 (7.89%) Core Network Specialist
5 3 (7.89%) Health and Safety Manager
5 3 (7.89%) IP Design Engineer
5 3 (7.89%) Mobile Specialist
5 3 (7.89%) Network Communications Engineer
5 3 (7.89%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.63%) AngularJS
1 1 (2.63%) Django
1 1 (2.63%) Flask
1 1 (2.63%) React
Miscellaneous
1 1 (2.63%) Algorithms
1 1 (2.63%) Housing Association
1 1 (2.63%) NHS
1 1 (2.63%) PKI
1 1 (2.63%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 5 (13.16%) Linux
1 5 (13.16%) Windows
2 1 (2.63%) CentOS
2 1 (2.63%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (31.58%) Roadmaps
2 8 (21.05%) Customer Experience
3 6 (15.79%) Capacity Planning
3 6 (15.79%) Load Balancing
3 6 (15.79%) Network Design
3 6 (15.79%) Network Virtualisation
3 6 (15.79%) Problem-Solving
3 6 (15.79%) Technical Leadership
4 5 (13.16%) Agile
4 5 (13.16%) Conflict Resolution
4 5 (13.16%) Data Analysis
4 5 (13.16%) Decision-Making
4 5 (13.16%) Performance Management
4 5 (13.16%) Systems Engineering
5 4 (10.53%) Analytics
5 4 (10.53%) Network Architecture
5 4 (10.53%) Network Management
5 4 (10.53%) Project Delivery
5 4 (10.53%) Scrum
5 4 (10.53%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 5 (13.16%) Python
Qualifications
1 11 (28.95%) Security Cleared
2 5 (13.16%) SC Cleared
3 4 (10.53%) Degree
4 1 (2.63%) CCIE
4 1 (2.63%) CCNP
4 1 (2.63%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.63%) Def Stans
1 1 (2.63%) NCSC
System Software
1 2 (5.26%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (5.26%) Kubernetes
2 1 (2.63%) Check_MK
2 1 (2.63%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 8 (21.05%) Cisco
2 7 (18.42%) Juniper
3 4 (10.53%) Microsoft
4 2 (5.26%) Sparx
5 1 (2.63%) Fortinet
5 1 (2.63%) Google
5 1 (2.63%) Splunk