5G Contracts in the South East

5G
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East requiring 5G skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited 5G over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 150 150 188
Rank change year-on-year 0 +38 -28
Contract jobs citing 5G 50 65 75
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.87% 1.15% 0.98%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 4.19% 6.62% 5.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 39 36
10th Percentile £139 £228 £331
25th Percentile £355 £280 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £460 £400 £430
Median % change year-on-year +15.00% -7.03% +2.75%
75th Percentile £528 £560 £454
90th Percentile £539 £800 £519
England median daily rate £490 £430 £450
% change year-on-year +13.95% -4.44% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £65.00 -
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
South East

5G falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills in the South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,192 982 1,315
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 20.72% 17.34% 17.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 576 578 777
10th Percentile £214 £246 £210
25th Percentile £390 £363 £343
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £481 £450
Median % change year-on-year +4.05% +6.79% +5.88%
75th Percentile £608 £588 £560
90th Percentile £650 £700 £651
England median daily rate £500 £520 £500
% change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 138 70 85
10th Percentile £17.26 £18.20 £14.27
25th Percentile £29.81 £42.50 £16.25
Median hourly rate £57.35 £60.00 £22.10
Median % change year-on-year -4.42% +171.49% -48.00%
75th Percentile £70.00 £74.81 £47.50
90th Percentile £85.65 £80.25 £63.25
England median hourly rate £40.00 £18.37 £23.91
% change year-on-year +117.75% -23.17% +3.02%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing 5G as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for 5G in the South East

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing 5G in the South East.

Daily rate trend for 5G in the South East

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Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing 5G in the South East over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for 5G in the South East

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing 5G in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for 5G in the South East

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Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing 5G within the South East region over the 6 months to 12 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
Thames Valley +4 46 £485 +12.79% 11
Berkshire -15 46 £485 +12.79% 10
Surrey - 4 £285 - 5
5G
England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 (8.00%) OpenStack
Applications
1 7 (14.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (12.00%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (12.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (2.00%) AWS
1 1 (2.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 32 (64.00%) 4G
2 26 (52.00%) Radio Access Network
3 24 (48.00%) 3G
4 12 (24.00%) LTE
5 9 (18.00%) Wireshark
6 7 (14.00%) 2G
6 7 (14.00%) DNS
6 7 (14.00%) VoLTE
7 6 (12.00%) Diameter Protocol
7 6 (12.00%) GGSN
7 6 (12.00%) RANAP
7 6 (12.00%) SGSN
8 4 (8.00%) GPRS
9 3 (6.00%) GSM
9 3 (6.00%) MVNO
9 3 (6.00%) SCCP
9 3 (6.00%) SS7
10 2 (4.00%) Broadband
10 2 (4.00%) DVB
10 2 (4.00%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.00%) Big Data
General
1 32 (64.00%) Telecoms
2 8 (16.00%) Social Skills
3 7 (14.00%) Finance
3 7 (14.00%) Legal
4 6 (12.00%) Law
4 6 (12.00%) Multimedia
4 6 (12.00%) Presentation Skills
5 2 (4.00%) Aerospace
5 2 (4.00%) Marketing
6 1 (2.00%) Advertising
6 1 (2.00%) Billing
6 1 (2.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 10 (20.00%) Telecoms Manager
2 9 (18.00%) Consultant
3 6 (12.00%) Network Manager
3 6 (12.00%) Performance Specialist
3 6 (12.00%) Procurement Manager
4 5 (10.00%) Build Manager
4 5 (10.00%) Performance Consultant
4 5 (10.00%) Senior
4 5 (10.00%) Senior Consultant
4 5 (10.00%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
4 5 (10.00%) Senior Performance Consultant
5 3 (6.00%) Designer
5 3 (6.00%) Health and Safety Manager
5 3 (6.00%) Project Manager
6 2 (4.00%) Integration Engineer
6 2 (4.00%) Software Integration Engineer
6 2 (4.00%) Software Validation Engineer
6 2 (4.00%) Validation Engineer
7 1 (2.00%) Governance Manager
7 1 (2.00%) Telecoms Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 6 (12.00%) Hybrid Cloud
2 4 (8.00%) IoT
3 3 (6.00%) NB-IoT
4 2 (4.00%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (4.00%) Embedded Systems
5 1 (2.00%) PKI
5 1 (2.00%) Product Ownership
5 1 (2.00%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 2 (4.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (34.00%) Customer Experience
2 13 (26.00%) Capacity Planning
3 12 (24.00%) Performance Management
4 10 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
5 9 (18.00%) Roadmaps
6 8 (16.00%) Computer Science
7 7 (14.00%) Technical Leadership
8 6 (12.00%) Contract Management
8 6 (12.00%) Decision-Making
8 6 (12.00%) Edge Computing
8 6 (12.00%) Line Management
8 6 (12.00%) Network Architecture
8 6 (12.00%) Performance Improvement
8 6 (12.00%) Statistics
9 5 (10.00%) B2B
9 5 (10.00%) Conflict Resolution
10 4 (8.00%) Planning and Forecasting
11 3 (6.00%) Data Protection
11 3 (6.00%) Performance Monitoring
11 3 (6.00%) Technical Architecture
Programming Languages
1 2 (4.00%) C
1 2 (4.00%) Python
1 2 (4.00%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 9 (18.00%) Degree
2 8 (16.00%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (2.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
3 1 (2.00%) AWS Certification
3 1 (2.00%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
3 1 (2.00%) Azure Certification
3 1 (2.00%) CCSP
3 1 (2.00%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (2.00%) CISSP
3 1 (2.00%) CSPO
3 1 (2.00%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.00%) COBIT
1 1 (2.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (2.00%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (6.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (2.00%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 1 (2.00%) Amdocs OSS
1 1 (2.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 9 (18.00%) Empirix
1 9 (18.00%) NetScout
2 3 (6.00%) Ericsson
2 3 (6.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (6.00%) VMware
3 2 (4.00%) Cisco
4 1 (2.00%) Cramer
4 1 (2.00%) Tellabs