5G Contracts in the West Midlands

5G
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands requiring 5G skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited 5G over the 6 months leading up to 10 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 109 124 161
Rank change year-on-year +15 +37 -24
Contract jobs citing 5G 4 6 16
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.20% 0.27% 0.45%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.08% 1.61% 3.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 4 7
10th Percentile - £529 £441
25th Percentile - £534 £464
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £569 £496
Median % change year-on-year - +14.78% +30.05%
75th Percentile - £606 £565
90th Percentile - - £593
England median daily rate £490 £430 £450
% change year-on-year +13.95% -4.44% +5.88%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
West Midlands

5G 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 West Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 371 373 403
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 18.37% 16.86% 11.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 222 221 279
10th Percentile £200 £263 £163
25th Percentile £307 £325 £225
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £475 £413
Median % change year-on-year -15.79% +15.15% -0.60%
75th Percentile £575 £606 £545
90th Percentile £675 £700 £650
England median daily rate £500 £520 £500
% change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 11 11
10th Percentile £10.50 £12.50 £11.25
25th Percentile £13.44 £16.63 £13.63
Median hourly rate £16.98 £22.41 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -24.25% +28.06% +16.67%
75th Percentile £23.75 £28.75 £20.00
90th Percentile £33.16 - -
England median hourly rate £40.00 £18.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year +122.22% -24.72% +5.10%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings citing 5G as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for 5G in the West Midlands

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for 5G in the West Midlands

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for 5G in the West Midlands

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Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing 5G within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 10 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
Birmingham +14 4 - -
5G
England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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:

General
1 4 (100.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Lead
1 4 (100.00%) Team Leader