2G Contracts in the South East

2G
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East requiring 2G skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited 2G 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 189 197 211
Rank change year-on-year +8 +14 -35
Contract jobs citing 2G 11 18 52
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.19% 0.32% 0.68%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.92% 1.83% 3.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 8 17
10th Percentile £423 - £365
25th Percentile £441 £280 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £460 £450 £425
Median % change year-on-year +2.22% +5.88% -
75th Percentile £494 £467 £450
90th Percentile £520 £519 £478
England median daily rate £490 £400 £425
% change year-on-year +22.50% -5.88% -16.67%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
South East

2G 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 2G as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for 2G 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 2G in the South East.

Daily rate trend for 2G 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 2G in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for 2G 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 2G 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 +3 11 £460 +2.22% 2
Berkshire -16 11 £460 +2.22% 2
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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 3 (27.27%) OpenStack
Communications & Networking
1 11 (100.00%) 3G
1 11 (100.00%) 4G
2 7 (63.64%) 5G
3 4 (36.36%) ATM
3 4 (36.36%) Ethernet
3 4 (36.36%) SDH
4 3 (27.27%) GPRS
4 3 (27.27%) GSM
4 3 (27.27%) MVNO
4 3 (27.27%) SCCP
4 3 (27.27%) SS7
4 3 (27.27%) Wireshark
5 1 (9.09%) Radio Access Network
General
1 3 (27.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 3 (27.27%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 3 (27.27%) Designer
1 3 (27.27%) Transmission Planner
2 1 (9.09%) Governance Manager
2 1 (9.09%) Planning Manager
2 1 (9.09%) Telecoms Designer
2 1 (9.09%) Telecoms Planner
2 1 (9.09%) Transmission Engineer
2 1 (9.09%) Transmission Planning Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (36.36%) Break/Fix
1 4 (36.36%) Performance Analysis
1 4 (36.36%) Project Delivery
2 3 (27.27%) Capacity Planning
2 3 (27.27%) Impact Assessments
2 3 (27.27%) Performance Management
2 3 (27.27%) Performance Monitoring
3 1 (9.09%) Agile
3 1 (9.09%) Budgeting and Forecasting
3 1 (9.09%) Change Control
3 1 (9.09%) Network Planning
3 1 (9.09%) Project Management
3 1 (9.09%) Roadmaps
3 1 (9.09%) Technology Roadmap
System Software
1 3 (27.27%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 3 (27.27%) Empirix
1 3 (27.27%) Ericsson
1 3 (27.27%) NetScout
1 3 (27.27%) VMware
2 2 (18.18%) Microsoft