5G
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for 5G skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited 5G over the 6 months to 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 435 556 593
Rank change year-on-year +121 +37 -87
Contract jobs citing 5G 146 138 271
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.34% 0.24% 0.31%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.70% 1.94% 2.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 49 75 109
10th Percentile £350 £228 £300
25th Percentile £406 £320 £383
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £425 £438
Median % change year-on-year +11.76% -2.86% +2.94%
75th Percentile £538 £547 £538
90th Percentile £590 £606 £632
UK excluding London median daily rate £430 £423 £430
% change year-on-year +1.78% -1.80% +7.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 8 2
10th Percentile £31.30 £52.86 £59.80
25th Percentile £39.25 £60.25 £60.25
Median hourly rate £55.00 £68.75 £63.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +9.13% +40.00%
75th Percentile £64.69 £70.00 £66.25
90th Percentile £69.00 £71.80 £67.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.50 £66.25 -
% change year-on-year -38.87% - -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

5G 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 with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 5,406 7,129 9,690
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 12.71% 12.45% 10.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,227 4,606 6,336
10th Percentile £205 £235 £233
25th Percentile £350 £400 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £518 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.31% +3.50% +11.11%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £613
90th Percentile £690 £725 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £475 £450
% change year-on-year - +5.56% +11.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 416 460 376
10th Percentile £13.50 £9.80 £15.25
25th Percentile £16.30 £10.63 £17.00
Median hourly rate £40.00 £18.50 £26.75
Median % change year-on-year +116.22% -30.84% +7.00%
75th Percentile £63.75 £59.09 £50.83
90th Percentile £70.00 £74.55 £65.77
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.88 £18.22 £21.50
% change year-on-year +151.88% -15.28% -5.49%

5G
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing 5G as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for 5G in the UK

5G
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for 5G in the UK

5G
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing 5G over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for 5G in the UK

5G
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for 5G in the UK

5G
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing 5G over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for 5G in the UK

5G
Top 14 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing 5G within the UK over the 6 months to 20 May 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
England +124 136 £475 +10.47% 61
UK excluding London +69 105 £430 +1.78% 51
South East +10 44 £413 +0.61% 19
Work from Home +90 38 £490 +22.50% 28
London +98 31 £490 -2.00% 15
East of England +29 23 £440 +46.67% 14
North of England +43 20 £365 -24.90% 8
South West +5 9 £600 +50.00% 2
North East - 9 - - 2
North West +17 7 £365 -23.44%
West Midlands +21 6 - - 2
Midlands +18 6 - - 2
Yorkshire +22 4 - - 6
Scotland +43 3 £520 - 5

5G
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 7 (4.79%) OpenStack
2 5 (3.42%) ArcGIS
Applications
1 10 (6.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 7 (4.79%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (4.11%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (2.05%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (1.37%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 4 (2.74%) Power Platform
2 3 (2.05%) Smartsheet
3 1 (0.68%) AWS
3 1 (0.68%) Azure
3 1 (0.68%) Cloud Computing
3 1 (0.68%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 78 (53.42%) 4G
2 52 (35.62%) Radio Access Network
3 33 (22.60%) 3G
4 25 (17.12%) LTE
5 17 (11.64%) Network Security
6 14 (9.59%) Wi-Fi
6 14 (9.59%) Wireless
7 13 (8.90%) Firewall
8 12 (8.22%) 2G
8 12 (8.22%) Diameter Protocol
9 11 (7.53%) DNS
9 11 (7.53%) Wireshark
10 9 (6.16%) VPN
11 8 (5.48%) 5G NR
11 8 (5.48%) VoLTE
12 7 (4.79%) BGP
12 7 (4.79%) NAS
13 6 (4.11%) 3GPP
13 6 (4.11%) GGSN
13 6 (4.11%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (3.42%) GIS
1 5 (3.42%) QGIS
2 4 (2.74%) Elasticsearch
2 4 (2.74%) MySQL
2 4 (2.74%) Power BI
2 4 (2.74%) Tableau
3 1 (0.68%) InfluxDB
Development Applications
1 18 (12.33%) Git
2 13 (8.90%) JIRA
3 11 (7.53%) Jenkins
4 4 (2.74%) gcov
4 4 (2.74%) GDB
4 4 (2.74%) Gradle
4 4 (2.74%) Subversion
5 1 (0.68%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.68%) Visual Studio
General
1 72 (49.32%) Telecoms
2 34 (23.29%) Social Skills
3 13 (8.90%) Finance
4 11 (7.53%) Multimedia
5 6 (4.11%) Law
5 6 (4.11%) Legal
5 6 (4.11%) Presentation Skills
6 5 (3.42%) Marketing
6 5 (3.42%) Public Sector
7 4 (2.74%) Influencing Skills
8 3 (2.05%) Aerospace
8 3 (2.05%) Military
9 2 (1.37%) Analytical Skills
9 2 (1.37%) Manufacturing
10 1 (0.68%) Automotive
10 1 (0.68%) Local Government
10 1 (0.68%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 21 (14.38%) Lead
2 14 (9.59%) Network Engineer
3 13 (8.90%) Consultant
3 13 (8.90%) Design Engineer
4 12 (8.22%) Team Leader
5 11 (7.53%) Telecoms Manager
6 10 (6.85%) Developer
6 10 (6.85%) Project Manager
7 9 (6.16%) C++ Developer
8 8 (5.48%) Network Design Engineer
8 8 (5.48%) Python Developer
9 7 (4.79%) QA Leader
9 7 (4.79%) Senior
10 6 (4.11%) Network Manager
10 6 (4.11%) Performance Specialist
10 6 (4.11%) Procurement Manager
10 6 (4.11%) Radio Engineer
11 5 (3.42%) Build Manager
11 5 (3.42%) Senior Consultant
11 5 (3.42%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (6.16%) JSON
2 6 (4.11%) XML
3 5 (3.42%) NETCONF
3 5 (3.42%) YANG
4 4 (2.74%) Elastic Stack
5 1 (0.68%) .NET
5 1 (0.68%) AngularJS
5 1 (0.68%) Django
5 1 (0.68%) Flask
5 1 (0.68%) React
5 1 (0.68%) SPML
Miscellaneous
1 9 (6.16%) Data Protection Act
2 7 (4.79%) IoT
3 6 (4.11%) Hybrid Cloud
4 5 (3.42%) NB-IoT
5 4 (2.74%) Distributed Architecture
6 3 (2.05%) Virtual Team
7 1 (0.68%) Algorithms
7 1 (0.68%) Data Centre
7 1 (0.68%) Housing Association
7 1 (0.68%) Management Information System
7 1 (0.68%) NHS
7 1 (0.68%) PKI
7 1 (0.68%) Private Cloud
7 1 (0.68%) Product Ownership
7 1 (0.68%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 15 (10.27%) Linux
2 6 (4.11%) Windows
3 4 (2.74%) Oracle Linux
4 1 (0.68%) CentOS
4 1 (0.68%) Solaris
4 1 (0.68%) Unix
4 1 (0.68%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (17.12%) Customer Experience
2 22 (15.07%) Network Design
3 19 (13.01%) Roadmaps
4 18 (12.33%) Problem-Solving
5 15 (10.27%) Network Architecture
6 13 (8.90%) Capacity Planning
6 13 (8.90%) Load Balancing
7 12 (8.22%) Computer Science
7 12 (8.22%) Technical Leadership
8 11 (7.53%) Test Automation
9 10 (6.85%) Stakeholder Management
10 9 (6.16%) Data Protection
10 9 (6.16%) Performance Management
11 8 (5.48%) Agile
11 8 (5.48%) Data Analysis
11 8 (5.48%) Network Virtualisation
11 8 (5.48%) Project Management
11 8 (5.48%) Statistics
12 7 (4.79%) Decision-Making
12 7 (4.79%) Systems Engineering
Programming Languages
1 28 (19.18%) Python
2 14 (9.59%) C++
3 9 (6.16%) C
4 4 (2.74%) Shell Script
5 2 (1.37%) Bash
5 2 (1.37%) Swift
6 1 (0.68%) C#
6 1 (0.68%) Embedded C
Qualifications
1 17 (11.64%) Degree
2 12 (8.22%) Computer Science Degree
3 11 (7.53%) Security Cleared
4 5 (3.42%) SC Cleared
5 1 (0.68%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (0.68%) CCIE
5 1 (0.68%) CCNP
5 1 (0.68%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (0.68%) CSPO
5 1 (0.68%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (4.79%) QA
2 2 (1.37%) SLA
3 1 (0.68%) Def Stans
3 1 (0.68%) NCSC
3 1 (0.68%) PMO
3 1 (0.68%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 6 (4.11%) Docker
2 2 (1.37%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 7 (4.79%) Kubernetes
2 5 (3.42%) FortiGate
3 4 (2.74%) Ansible
3 4 (2.74%) Grafana
3 4 (2.74%) Prometheus
3 4 (2.74%) Terraform
3 4 (2.74%) yum
4 3 (2.05%) Iperf
5 1 (0.68%) Check_MK
5 1 (0.68%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 12 (8.22%) Cisco
2 8 (5.48%) Juniper
2 8 (5.48%) Nokia
3 6 (4.11%) Empirix
3 6 (4.11%) NetScout
3 6 (4.11%) Palo Alto
4 5 (3.42%) F5
4 5 (3.42%) Fortinet
4 5 (3.42%) Microsoft
5 4 (2.74%) Klocwork
5 4 (2.74%) Oracle
5 4 (2.74%) Perforce
6 3 (2.05%) Ericsson
7 2 (1.37%) Sparx
8 1 (0.68%) Google
8 1 (0.68%) Splunk