5G NR Contracts in England

5G NR (5G New Radio)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring 5G NR skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited 5G NR over the 6 months leading up to 11 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 523 621 -
Rank change year-on-year +98 - -
Contract jobs citing 5G NR 7 10 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.019% 0.021% -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.14% 0.17% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 7 0
10th Percentile - £308 -
25th Percentile £563 £313 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £325 -
Median % change year-on-year +76.92% - -
75th Percentile £588 £338 -
90th Percentile - £393 -
UK median daily rate £575 £325 -
% change year-on-year +76.92% - -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
England

5G NR 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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 4,834 5,918 8,028
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 12.90% 12.58% 11.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,886 3,840 5,324
10th Percentile £213 £240 £228
25th Percentile £350 £380 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £520 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £601 £644 £619
90th Percentile £688 £731 £700
UK median daily rate £495 £513 £500
% change year-on-year -3.41% +2.50% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 390 409 316
10th Percentile £13.50 £9.80 £15.25
25th Percentile £16.44 £10.63 £16.25
Median hourly rate £40.00 £18.00 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year +122.22% -24.72% +3.02%
75th Percentile £63.75 £59.28 £48.46
90th Percentile £72.90 £75.00 £63.19
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £18.72 £26.00
% change year-on-year +113.73% -28.02% +4.00%

5G NR
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for 5G NR in England

5G NR
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for 5G NR in England

5G NR
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing 5G NR within the England region over the 6 months to 11 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
London +86 5 - -
East of England +2 2 £575 +53.33%
5G NR
UK

5G NR
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 7 (100.00%) 5G
2 5 (71.43%) 4G
2 5 (71.43%) BGP
2 5 (71.43%) DNS
2 5 (71.43%) HTTP
2 5 (71.43%) IPv6
2 5 (71.43%) LTE
2 5 (71.43%) OSPF
2 5 (71.43%) Radio Access Network
2 5 (71.43%) TCP/IP
3 4 (57.14%) 3GPP
4 2 (28.57%) Software-Defined Radio
General
1 5 (71.43%) Telecoms
2 4 (57.14%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) Design Engineer
1 4 (57.14%) Network Engineer
1 4 (57.14%) RAN Design Engineer
1 4 (57.14%) RAN Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Architect
2 1 (14.29%) Network Design Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Presales Solution Architect
2 1 (14.29%) Solutions Architect
2 1 (14.29%) Telecoms Architect
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) Load Balancing
1 5 (71.43%) Network Design
1 5 (71.43%) Use Case
2 4 (57.14%) Bill of Materials
2 4 (57.14%) Logistics
2 4 (57.14%) Network Management
3 1 (14.29%) Customer Requirements
3 1 (14.29%) Presales
Programming Languages
1 2 (28.57%) C
1 2 (28.57%) C++
Vendors
1 4 (57.14%) Ericsson
1 4 (57.14%) Nokia
1 4 (57.14%) Palo Alto