3G Contracts in the UK excluding London

3G
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for 3G skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited 3G over the 6 months to 3 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 355 397 423
Rank change year-on-year +42 +26 -60
Contract jobs citing 3G 39 45 90
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.19% 0.20% 0.29%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.19% 1.27% 2.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 29 37
10th Percentile £328 £336 £110
25th Percentile £363 £400 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £775 £450 £415
Median % change year-on-year +72.22% +8.43% +3.75%
75th Percentile £788 £675 £450
90th Percentile - £963 £559
UK median daily rate £490 £438 £425
% change year-on-year +12.00% +2.94% +6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 3
10th Percentile - £53.63 £11.50
25th Percentile - £57.02 £11.71
Median hourly rate - £65.16 £12.05
Median % change year-on-year - +440.71% -73.95%
75th Percentile - £71.81 £12.90
90th Percentile - £74.32 £13.41
UK median hourly rate - £65.16 £12.05
% change year-on-year - +440.71% -73.95%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK excluding London

3G 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 the UK excluding London with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 3,276 3,548 4,273
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 15.79% 15.48% 13.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,855 2,221 2,786
10th Percentile £203 £210 £189
25th Percentile £350 £350 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year - +5.56% +11.11%
75th Percentile £600 £586 £550
90th Percentile £675 £690 £638
UK median daily rate £495 £513 £500
% change year-on-year -3.41% +2.50% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 352 300 240
10th Percentile £13.25 - £13.25
25th Percentile £16.30 £9.80 £15.95
Median hourly rate £45.88 £18.00 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year +154.89% -16.28% -2.27%
75th Percentile £63.75 £60.13 £47.50
90th Percentile £71.19 £75.00 £58.88
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £18.34 £26.00
% change year-on-year +118.16% -29.48% +4.00%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing 3G as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for 3G in the UK excluding London

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing 3G in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for 3G in the UK excluding London

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Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing 3G in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 3 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for 3G in the UK excluding London

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing 3G in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for 3G in the UK excluding London

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Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing 3G within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 3 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
South East +17 26 £351 -7.21% 7
South West +2 10 £775 +19.23% 1
North of England +25 2 £345 -29.01% 1
North West +8 2 £345 -29.01%
Scotland +46 1 £365 -
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UK

3G
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding 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 1 (2.56%) OpenStack
Applications
1 6 (15.38%) Microsoft Excel
1 6 (15.38%) Microsoft Office
1 6 (15.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Communications & Networking
1 39 (100.00%) 4G
2 24 (61.54%) 5G
3 17 (43.59%) Radio Access Network
4 9 (23.08%) 2G
5 7 (17.95%) DNS
5 7 (17.95%) VoLTE
6 6 (15.38%) Diameter Protocol
6 6 (15.38%) GGSN
6 6 (15.38%) LTE
6 6 (15.38%) RANAP
6 6 (15.38%) SGSN
6 6 (15.38%) Wireshark
7 5 (12.82%) GPRS
8 4 (10.26%) ATM
8 4 (10.26%) Ethernet
8 4 (10.26%) SDH
9 3 (7.69%) GSM
9 3 (7.69%) SCCP
9 3 (7.69%) SS7
10 1 (2.56%) DSL
General
1 22 (56.41%) Telecoms
2 10 (25.64%) Social Skills
3 9 (23.08%) Marketing
4 8 (20.51%) Electronics
4 8 (20.51%) Finance
4 8 (20.51%) Manufacturing
4 8 (20.51%) Public Sector
5 6 (15.38%) Multimedia
5 6 (15.38%) Presentation Skills
6 3 (7.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (2.56%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 10 (25.64%) Architect
1 10 (25.64%) Technical Architect
2 9 (23.08%) Consultant
3 5 (12.82%) Performance Consultant
3 5 (12.82%) Performance Specialist
3 5 (12.82%) Senior
3 5 (12.82%) Senior Consultant
3 5 (12.82%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
3 5 (12.82%) Senior Performance Consultant
4 3 (7.69%) Radio Planner
4 3 (7.69%) Transmission Planner
5 2 (5.13%) Data Engineer
6 1 (2.56%) Build Engineer
6 1 (2.56%) Databuild Engineer
6 1 (2.56%) Mobile Engineer
6 1 (2.56%) Product Owner
6 1 (2.56%) Telecoms Consultant
6 1 (2.56%) Telecoms Planner
6 1 (2.56%) Transmission Engineer
6 1 (2.56%) Transmission Planning Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (2.56%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (33.33%) Customer Experience
2 12 (30.77%) Capacity Planning
3 9 (23.08%) Agile
3 9 (23.08%) Performance Management
3 9 (23.08%) Stakeholder Management
4 8 (20.51%) Business Intelligence
4 8 (20.51%) Digital Marketing
4 8 (20.51%) Problem-Solving
4 8 (20.51%) Programme Management
4 8 (20.51%) Waterfall
5 7 (17.95%) Computer Science
5 7 (17.95%) Roadmaps
5 7 (17.95%) Statistics
6 6 (15.38%) Decision-Making
6 6 (15.38%) Network Architecture
6 6 (15.38%) Performance Improvement
6 6 (15.38%) Technical Leadership
7 5 (12.82%) Conflict Resolution
7 5 (12.82%) Project Delivery
8 4 (10.26%) Performance Analysis
Qualifications
1 8 (20.51%) DV Cleared
1 8 (20.51%) SC Cleared
1 8 (20.51%) Security Cleared
2 7 (17.95%) Degree
3 6 (15.38%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (2.56%) CSPO
4 1 (2.56%) MBCS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.13%) SLA
2 1 (2.56%) QA
System Software
1 2 (5.13%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 1 (2.56%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 8 (20.51%) SAP
2 6 (15.38%) Empirix
2 6 (15.38%) NetScout
3 1 (2.56%) Ericsson
3 1 (2.56%) Mavenir
3 1 (2.56%) Remedy