4G
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for 4G skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited 4G over the 6 months to 15 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
15 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 464 622 628
Rank change year-on-year +158 +6 -109
Contract jobs citing 4G 110 78 232
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.26% 0.14% 0.27%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.04% 1.10% 2.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 51 47 100
10th Percentile £350 £280 £306
25th Percentile £413 £364 £404
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £430 £467
Median % change year-on-year +10.47% -7.82% +15.33%
75th Percentile £573 £594 £625
90th Percentile £788 £808 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £463 £450 £425
% change year-on-year +2.78% +5.88% +6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 3 5
10th Percentile £29.90 £51.79 £30.80
25th Percentile £38.38 £52.43 £31.25
Median hourly rate £55.00 £57.00 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -3.51% +75.38% -24.42%
75th Percentile £64.69 £68.25 £33.75
90th Percentile £69.00 £72.89 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £39.75 £57.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year -30.26% +75.38% -23.53%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

4G 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 5,394 7,082 9,559
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 12.68% 12.40% 10.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,215 4,571 6,235
10th Percentile £205 £235 £232
25th Percentile £350 £400 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £520 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.68% +3.90% +11.11%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £613
90th Percentile £694 £725 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £475 £450
% change year-on-year - +5.56% +12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 417 464 368
10th Percentile £13.50 £9.80 £15.25
25th Percentile £16.30 £10.63 £17.00
Median hourly rate £40.00 £18.50 £28.33
Median % change year-on-year +116.22% -34.70% +6.91%
75th Percentile £63.75 £59.85 £50.77
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £65.54
UK excluding London median hourly rate £46.14 £18.00 £21.50
% change year-on-year +156.31% -16.28% -8.99%

4G
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing 4G as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for 4G in the UK

4G
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing 4G.

Daily rate trend for 4G in the UK

4G
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing 4G over the 6 months to 15 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for 4G in the UK

4G
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing 4G.

Hourly rate trend for 4G in the UK

4G
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing 4G over the 6 months to 15 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for 4G in the UK

4G
Top 10 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing 4G within the UK over the 6 months to 15 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 +124 101 £475 +7.95% 47
UK excluding London +84 86 £463 +2.78% 40
Work from Home +128 45 £535 +28.92% 18
South East +29 35 £450 +4.65% 20
South West +27 28 £775 +36.26% 2
East of England +24 18 £430 -33.85% 11
London +98 15 £490 +15.29% 8
North West - 3 £365 - 2
North of England - 3 £365 - 6
Scotland +48 2 £520 - 1

4G
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 5 (4.55%) ArcGIS
2 3 (2.73%) OpenStack
Applications
1 10 (9.09%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 7 (6.36%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (5.45%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (1.82%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 4 (3.64%) Power Platform
2 2 (1.82%) Azure
3 1 (0.91%) AWS
3 1 (0.91%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (0.91%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 81 (73.64%) 5G
2 52 (47.27%) Radio Access Network
3 48 (43.64%) 3G
4 28 (25.45%) LTE
5 20 (18.18%) Wireless
6 19 (17.27%) Wireshark
7 18 (16.36%) 3GPP
8 17 (15.45%) 2G
9 13 (11.82%) Network Security
10 12 (10.91%) DNS
11 11 (10.00%) Firewall
12 9 (8.18%) VPN
13 8 (7.27%) Diameter Protocol
13 8 (7.27%) VoLTE
14 7 (6.36%) TCP/IP
15 6 (5.45%) Ethernet
15 6 (5.45%) GGSN
15 6 (5.45%) RANAP
15 6 (5.45%) SGSN
15 6 (5.45%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (4.55%) GIS
1 5 (4.55%) QGIS
2 4 (3.64%) Power BI
2 4 (3.64%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 2 (1.82%) Jenkins
1 2 (1.82%) JIRA
2 1 (0.91%) Git
General
1 59 (53.64%) Telecoms
2 25 (22.73%) Social Skills
3 10 (9.09%) Public Sector
4 9 (8.18%) Finance
4 9 (8.18%) Manufacturing
5 8 (7.27%) Marketing
6 7 (6.36%) Electronics
7 6 (5.45%) Multimedia
7 6 (5.45%) Presentation Skills
8 3 (2.73%) Aerospace
8 3 (2.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 3 (2.73%) Military
9 2 (1.82%) Analytical Skills
10 1 (0.91%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (0.91%) Local Government
10 1 (0.91%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 13 (11.82%) Network Engineer
2 12 (10.91%) Consultant
3 11 (10.00%) Architect
4 9 (8.18%) Design Engineer
5 8 (7.27%) Technical Architect
6 7 (6.36%) Senior
7 6 (5.45%) Network Design Specialist
7 6 (5.45%) Network Specialist
7 6 (5.45%) Radio Engineer
8 5 (4.55%) Performance Consultant
8 5 (4.55%) Performance Specialist
8 5 (4.55%) Senior Consultant
8 5 (4.55%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
8 5 (4.55%) Senior Performance Consultant
9 4 (3.64%) C++ Developer
9 4 (3.64%) Core Network Specialist
9 4 (3.64%) Developer
9 4 (3.64%) Network Design Engineer
9 4 (3.64%) Python Developer
9 4 (3.64%) Radio Design Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.91%) SPML
1 1 (0.91%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (3.64%) IoT
1 4 (3.64%) NB-IoT
2 2 (1.82%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (0.91%) GNSS
3 1 (0.91%) Housing Association
3 1 (0.91%) NHS
3 1 (0.91%) PKI
3 1 (0.91%) Product Ownership
3 1 (0.91%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 8 (7.27%) Linux
2 5 (4.55%) Windows
3 1 (0.91%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.91%) CentOS
3 1 (0.91%) Solaris
3 1 (0.91%) Unix
3 1 (0.91%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (22.73%) Network Design
2 18 (16.36%) Customer Experience
3 16 (14.55%) Project Management
4 14 (12.73%) Roadmaps
5 12 (10.91%) Capacity Planning
5 12 (10.91%) High Availability
6 11 (10.00%) Agile
6 11 (10.00%) Business Intelligence
7 10 (9.09%) Load Balancing
7 10 (9.09%) Network Architecture
7 10 (9.09%) Problem-Solving
8 9 (8.18%) Performance Management
8 9 (8.18%) Stakeholder Management
9 8 (7.27%) Computer Science
9 8 (7.27%) Network Virtualisation
9 8 (7.27%) Programme Management
9 8 (7.27%) Statistics
10 7 (6.36%) Decision-Making
10 7 (6.36%) Project Delivery
10 7 (6.36%) Systems Engineering
Programming Languages
1 11 (10.00%) Python
2 5 (4.55%) C++
3 2 (1.82%) C
4 1 (0.91%) Bash
4 1 (0.91%) Embedded C
4 1 (0.91%) Perl
Qualifications
1 21 (19.09%) Security Cleared
2 14 (12.73%) SC Cleared
3 9 (8.18%) Degree
4 8 (7.27%) DV Cleared
5 6 (5.45%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (2.73%) CCNP
6 3 (2.73%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (1.82%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (1.82%) CCNA
8 1 (0.91%) BC Cleared
8 1 (0.91%) CCIE
8 1 (0.91%) CSPO
8 1 (0.91%) HNC
8 1 (0.91%) MBCS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (2.73%) QA
2 2 (1.82%) NCSC
2 2 (1.82%) SLA
3 1 (0.91%) Def Stans
3 1 (0.91%) PMO
System Software
1 2 (1.82%) Docker
1 2 (1.82%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (0.91%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (3.64%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.91%) Check_MK
2 1 (0.91%) Docker Swarm
2 1 (0.91%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 17 (15.45%) Nokia
2 16 (14.55%) Ericsson
3 15 (13.64%) Cisco
4 12 (10.91%) Actix
4 12 (10.91%) Huawei
5 10 (9.09%) Juniper
6 7 (6.36%) SAP
7 6 (5.45%) Empirix
7 6 (5.45%) Microsoft
7 6 (5.45%) NetScout
8 4 (3.64%) Palo Alto
9 2 (1.82%) CheckPoint
9 2 (1.82%) Dell
9 2 (1.82%) F5
9 2 (1.82%) Meraki
9 2 (1.82%) SolarWinds
9 2 (1.82%) Sparx
9 2 (1.82%) VMware
10 1 (0.91%) ADVA
10 1 (0.91%) Tellabs