Nokia Contract Job Trends in Reading

Nokia
Berkshire > Reading

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Reading requiring knowledge or experience of Nokia products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Nokia over the 6 months leading up to 27 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are not representative of contractor rates within the Nokia Corporation.

6 months to
27 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 74 61 94
Rank change year-on-year -13 +33 -25
Contract jobs citing Nokia 11 1 3
As % of all contract jobs in Reading 1.07% 0.18% 0.26%
As % of the Vendors category 2.12% 0.32% 0.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 1 2
10th Percentile £414 - £203
25th Percentile £435 £431 £236
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £463 £293
Median % change year-on-year -2.70% +58.12% -35.00%
75th Percentile - £494 £349
90th Percentile £520 - £383
Berkshire median daily rate £445 £400 £293
% change year-on-year +11.25% +36.75% -29.09%

All Vendors
Reading

Nokia falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services in Reading.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 519 313 578
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 50.63% 57.22% 49.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 335 219 339
10th Percentile £306 £350 £213
25th Percentile £433 £469 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £638
90th Percentile £720 £700 £688
Berkshire median daily rate £500 £545 £513
% change year-on-year -8.26% +6.34% -6.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 55 2 25
10th Percentile £32.99 £45.97 £14.50
25th Percentile £81.50 £51.17 £52.90
Median hourly rate £88.00 £61.10 £58.30
Median % change year-on-year +44.04% +4.79% -9.86%
75th Percentile - £69.77 £61.60
90th Percentile £109.65 £74.22 -
Berkshire median hourly rate £87.96 £53.50 £58.30
% change year-on-year +64.41% -8.23% -4.23%

Nokia
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Nokia relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading.

Nokia job vacancy trend in Reading

Nokia
Daily Rate Trend in Reading

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing Nokia.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing Nokia

Nokia
Daily Rate Histogram in Reading

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Nokia in Reading over the 6 months to 27 May 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Nokia in Reading

Nokia
Hourly Rate Trend in Reading

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing Nokia.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing Nokia

Nokia
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Reading by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 6 (54.55%) OpenStack
Communications & Networking
1 10 (90.91%) 5G
2 9 (81.82%) Radio Access Network
3 8 (72.73%) Diameter Protocol
4 6 (54.55%) LTE
4 6 (54.55%) VoLTE
4 6 (54.55%) VoWiFi
4 6 (54.55%) Wireshark
5 4 (36.36%) 2G
6 2 (18.18%) 3G
6 2 (18.18%) 4G
7 1 (9.09%) SIGTRAN
7 1 (9.09%) SS7
General
1 5 (45.45%) Telecoms
2 2 (18.18%) Social Skills
3 1 (9.09%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (18.18%) Designer
1 2 (18.18%) Technical Manager
2 1 (9.09%) Lead
2 1 (9.09%) Mobile Designer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (9.09%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 6 (54.55%) Linux
1 6 (54.55%) Unix
2 1 (9.09%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (54.55%) High Availability
1 6 (54.55%) Service Delivery
2 3 (27.27%) Project Delivery
3 2 (18.18%) Data Management
3 2 (18.18%) Project Planning
3 2 (18.18%) Risk Management
3 2 (18.18%) Technical Leadership
4 1 (9.09%) Capacity Planning
4 1 (9.09%) Escalation Management
4 1 (9.09%) Migration
4 1 (9.09%) Network Design
4 1 (9.09%) Programme Management
4 1 (9.09%) Risk Analysis
4 1 (9.09%) Roadmaps
4 1 (9.09%) Service Design
4 1 (9.09%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (9.09%) Test Automation
4 1 (9.09%) Test Strategy
4 1 (9.09%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 6 (54.55%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (9.09%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (54.55%) SLA
Systems Management
1 6 (54.55%) Kubernetes
2 2 (18.18%) NSN NetAct
Vendors
1 8 (72.73%) Ericsson
2 7 (63.64%) BT
3 6 (54.55%) Huawei