5G Contracts in London

5G
England > London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London 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 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 359 455 523
Rank change year-on-year +96 +68 -98
Contract jobs citing 5G 34 32 93
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.19% 0.13% 0.24%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.04% 1.24% 2.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 17 37
10th Percentile - £320 £340
25th Percentile £425 £380 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% -22.45%
75th Percentile £530 £550 £630
90th Percentile £568 £875 £665
England median daily rate £490 £450 £438
% change year-on-year +8.89% +2.86% +2.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 2
10th Percentile - - £59.80
25th Percentile £65.63 - £60.25
Median hourly rate £68.75 £70.00 £63.00
Median % change year-on-year -1.79% +11.11% -
75th Percentile £71.88 - £66.25
90th Percentile - - £67.00
England median hourly rate £61.88 £65.00 £61.00
% change year-on-year -4.81% +6.56% +35.56%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
London

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 London with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,669 2,589 3,663
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 9.53% 10.18% 9.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,123 1,818 2,545
10th Percentile £215 £250 £313
25th Percentile £350 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +13.52%
75th Percentile £619 £669 £650
90th Percentile £738 £775 £750
England median daily rate £500 £520 £500
% change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 52 49 89
10th Percentile £14.48 £18.93 £16.45
25th Percentile £16.71 £22.75 £23.91
Median hourly rate £23.80 £36.54 £28.25
Median % change year-on-year -34.87% +29.35% -43.11%
75th Percentile £41.25 £69.50 £44.50
90th Percentile £59.75 £76.00 £67.50
England median hourly rate £40.00 £17.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year +135.29% -28.90% +3.48%

5G
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing 5G as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for 5G in London

5G
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing 5G in London.

Daily rate trend for 5G in London

5G
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing 5G in London over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for 5G in London

5G
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing 5G in London.

Hourly rate trend for 5G in London

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Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing 5G within the London 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
Central London +36 2 £523 +10.00%
East London -5 1 - -
South London - 1 - - 2
5G
England

5G
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 5 (14.71%) ArcGIS
2 1 (2.94%) OpenStack
Applications
1 3 (8.82%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (2.94%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (2.94%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (2.94%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 3 (8.82%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 16 (47.06%) 4G
2 12 (35.29%) Radio Access Network
3 9 (26.47%) BGP
4 7 (20.59%) 3G
4 7 (20.59%) Wi-Fi
5 6 (17.65%) 2G
5 6 (17.65%) Network Security
6 5 (14.71%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
6 5 (14.71%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
6 5 (14.71%) Firewall
6 5 (14.71%) LTE
6 5 (14.71%) MPLS
6 5 (14.71%) TCP/IP
7 4 (11.76%) 5G NR
7 4 (11.76%) DNS
7 4 (11.76%) HTTP
7 4 (11.76%) IPv6
7 4 (11.76%) OSPF
7 4 (11.76%) RSVP
8 3 (8.82%) 3GPP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (14.71%) GIS
1 5 (14.71%) QGIS
Development Applications
1 12 (35.29%) Git
2 10 (29.41%) Jenkins
3 6 (17.65%) JIRA
General
1 12 (35.29%) Telecoms
2 9 (26.47%) Social Skills
3 3 (8.82%) Finance
3 3 (8.82%) Influencing Skills
3 3 (8.82%) Manufacturing
3 3 (8.82%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 9 (26.47%) Network Engineer
2 7 (20.59%) Design Engineer
2 7 (20.59%) Lead
2 7 (20.59%) QA Leader
3 5 (14.71%) Network Design Engineer
4 4 (11.76%) Project Manager
4 4 (11.76%) QA Engineer
4 4 (11.76%) Radio Specialist
4 4 (11.76%) Test Engineer
5 3 (8.82%) RAN Design Engineer
5 3 (8.82%) RAN Engineer
6 2 (5.88%) Analyst
6 2 (5.88%) Architect
6 2 (5.88%) Business Analyst
7 1 (2.94%) Network Analyst
7 1 (2.94%) Network Architect
7 1 (2.94%) Radio Engineer
7 1 (2.94%) RF Engineer
7 1 (2.94%) Solutions Architect
7 1 (2.94%) Telecoms Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (14.71%) JSON
1 5 (14.71%) NETCONF
1 5 (14.71%) XML
1 5 (14.71%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 7 (20.59%) Data Protection Act
2 4 (11.76%) Distributed Architecture
3 1 (2.94%) Data Centre
3 1 (2.94%) Management Information System
3 1 (2.94%) Public Cloud
3 1 (2.94%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.94%) CentOS
1 1 (2.94%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (32.35%) Network Design
2 8 (23.53%) Load Balancing
2 8 (23.53%) Test Automation
3 7 (20.59%) Data Protection
4 5 (14.71%) Business Strategy
4 5 (14.71%) Customer Experience
4 5 (14.71%) Data Analysis
4 5 (14.71%) DevOps
4 5 (14.71%) Project Management
4 5 (14.71%) Roadmaps
4 5 (14.71%) Use Case
4 5 (14.71%) Visualisation
5 4 (11.76%) Agile
5 4 (11.76%) Bill of Materials
5 4 (11.76%) Project Delivery
5 4 (11.76%) Vulnerability Assessment
6 3 (8.82%) Kanban
6 3 (8.82%) Matrix Organization
6 3 (8.82%) Network Management
6 3 (8.82%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 18 (52.94%) Python
2 3 (8.82%) C++
3 2 (5.88%) Bash
3 2 (5.88%) C
3 2 (5.88%) Swift
Qualifications
1 4 (11.76%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (20.59%) QA
2 1 (2.94%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 1 (2.94%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (14.71%) FortiGate
2 3 (8.82%) Iperf
3 1 (2.94%) HP Quality Center
3 1 (2.94%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 8 (23.53%) Nokia
2 7 (20.59%) Palo Alto
3 5 (14.71%) F5
4 4 (11.76%) Fortinet
5 3 (8.82%) Ericsson
6 1 (2.94%) Cisco