5G Contracts in the North West

5G
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North West 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 130 144 176
Rank change year-on-year +14 +32 -
Contract jobs citing 5G 5 6 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 0.18% 0.20% 0.15%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.53% 1.41% 1.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 4 4
10th Percentile - £450 £376
25th Percentile £363 £456 £395
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £365 £477 £414
Median % change year-on-year -23.44% +15.23% -
75th Percentile £368 £486 £423
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £490 £430 £450
% change year-on-year +13.95% -4.44% +5.88%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
North West

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 North West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 326 426 560
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 11.68% 14.14% 13.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 220 286 370
10th Percentile £209 £288 £172
25th Percentile £329 £363 £320
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £456
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% +4.11% +14.06%
75th Percentile £666 £565 £585
90th Percentile £828 £638 £638
England median daily rate £500 £520 £500
% change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 10 10
10th Percentile £20.93 £15.41 £10.96
25th Percentile £25.13 £18.93 £16.42
Median hourly rate £40.44 £31.25 £19.25
Median % change year-on-year +29.41% +62.34% +32.17%
75th Percentile £46.60 £51.06 £49.94
90th Percentile £50.78 £53.22 £65.50
England median hourly rate £40.00 £18.37 £23.91
% change year-on-year +117.75% -23.17% +3.02%

5G
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for 5G in the North West

5G
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing 5G in the North West.

Daily rate trend for 5G in the North West

5G
Contract Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing 5G within the North West 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
Merseyside - 4 - -
Manchester +9 1 £365 -21.93%
5G
England

5G
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) 3G
1 1 (20.00%) 4G
1 1 (20.00%) Radio Access Network
General
1 5 (100.00%) Telecoms
2 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) Lead
1 4 (80.00%) Team Leader
2 1 (20.00%) Radio Planner