4G
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for 4G skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited 4G over the 6 months to 28 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 807 847 1115
Rank change year-on-year +40 +268 -311
Permanent jobs citing 4G 107 105 122
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.10% 0.11% 0.073%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.79% 0.68% 0.55%
Number of salaries quoted 78 68 86
10th Percentile £29,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £36,250 £42,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 £52,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.62% -19.23% +44.44%
75th Percentile £57,500 £76,250 £100,000
90th Percentile £67,500 £87,500 -
UK excluding London median annual salary £48,500 £48,250 £45,000
% change year-on-year +0.52% +7.22% -

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 permanent job vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 13,526 15,491 22,250
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.18% 15.91% 13.33%
Number of salaries quoted 9,416 7,761 11,859
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,900 £28,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,715 £87,500 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £44,000 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -2.22% -5.26% +5.56%

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
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for 4G in the UK

4G
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing 4G over the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

Salary histogram for 4G in the UK

4G
Top 14 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing 4G within the UK over the 6 months to 28 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +75 106 £48,500 -7.62% 45
UK excluding London -8 102 £48,500 +0.52% 42
South East +10 47 £45,500 -2.15% 13
Work from Home +31 30 £55,000 +4.76% 20
East of England - 22 £52,500 - 12
North of England +34 20 £45,000 +20.00% 4
Yorkshire +71 15 £27,500 -45.00% 3
Midlands - 7 £55,000 - 5
South West -36 6 £67,750 -3.21% 6
West Midlands - 6 £55,000 - 1
London +134 4 £35,000 -68.18% 6
North East -12 3 £80,000 +113.33%
North West +6 2 £45,000 -48.28% 1
East Midlands - 1 £31,000 - 4

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 9 (8.41%) SharePoint
2 8 (7.48%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.93%) SharePoint 2013
3 1 (0.93%) Site Server
Applications
1 5 (4.67%) Microsoft Office
1 5 (4.67%) OrCAD
2 2 (1.87%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.93%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.93%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.93%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (1.87%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 8 (7.48%) Azure
1 8 (7.48%) Microsoft 365
2 7 (6.54%) Entra ID
2 7 (6.54%) OneDrive
3 5 (4.67%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (0.93%) AWS
4 1 (0.93%) GCP
4 1 (0.93%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 53 (49.53%) 5G
2 42 (39.25%) Wireless
3 35 (32.71%) 3G
4 23 (21.50%) LTE
4 23 (21.50%) Wi-Fi
5 20 (18.69%) Firewall
6 19 (17.76%) WAN
7 17 (15.89%) MPLS
8 13 (12.15%) MQTT
8 13 (12.15%) RS-485
9 12 (11.21%) GPRS
10 9 (8.41%) Bluetooth
10 9 (8.41%) GSM
11 8 (7.48%) TCP/IP
12 7 (6.54%) DSL
13 6 (5.61%) VSAT
14 5 (4.67%) Modbus
14 5 (4.67%) VPN
15 3 (2.80%) DHCP
15 3 (2.80%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (6.54%) Amazon RDS
2 2 (1.87%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 7 (6.54%) JIRA
2 4 (3.74%) Eclipse
2 4 (3.74%) GCC
2 4 (3.74%) Subversion
3 2 (1.87%) Apache Continuum
3 2 (1.87%) Jenkins
3 2 (1.87%) Rational DOORS
4 1 (0.93%) TeamCity
General
1 58 (54.21%) Telecoms
2 35 (32.71%) Social Skills
3 17 (15.89%) Manufacturing
4 13 (12.15%) Finance
5 12 (11.21%) Analytical Skills
5 12 (11.21%) Mandarin Language
6 9 (8.41%) Marketing
6 9 (8.41%) Military
6 9 (8.41%) Public Sector
7 7 (6.54%) Electronics
7 7 (6.54%) Legal
7 7 (6.54%) Presentation Skills
8 5 (4.67%) Aerospace
9 2 (1.87%) Dutch Language
9 2 (1.87%) French Language
9 2 (1.87%) Games
9 2 (1.87%) Retail
9 2 (1.87%) Swedish Language
10 1 (0.93%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (0.93%) Law
Job Titles
1 18 (16.82%) Embedded Engineer
2 17 (15.89%) Senior
2 17 (15.89%) Technical Support
3 15 (14.02%) Technical Engineer
4 14 (13.08%) Support Engineer
4 14 (13.08%) Systems Engineer
4 14 (13.08%) Technical Support Engineer
5 13 (12.15%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 13 (12.15%) Software Engineer
6 11 (10.28%) Field Engineer
7 8 (7.48%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 8 (7.48%) Senior Manager
8 7 (6.54%) Delivery Manager
8 7 (6.54%) Network Engineer
8 7 (6.54%) Senior Delivery Manager
8 7 (6.54%) Telecoms Manager
9 6 (5.61%) Design Engineer
9 6 (5.61%) Network Field Engineer
9 6 (5.61%) Systems Support Engineer
10 5 (4.67%) Senior Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (11.21%) REST
2 4 (3.74%) Flash
3 1 (0.93%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 25 (23.36%) IoT
2 18 (16.82%) Driving Licence
3 17 (15.89%) Self-Motivation
4 13 (12.15%) ARM Cortex
5 10 (9.35%) Management Information System
6 9 (8.41%) Smartphone
7 6 (5.61%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 5 (4.67%) FPGA
8 5 (4.67%) NB-IoT
9 3 (2.80%) Algorithms
9 3 (2.80%) Data Structures
10 2 (1.87%) Digital Signage
10 2 (1.87%) Embedded Systems
10 2 (1.87%) Legacy Systems
10 2 (1.87%) Verilog
10 2 (1.87%) VHDL
11 1 (0.93%) Blackberry
11 1 (0.93%) Cloud Native
11 1 (0.93%) SystemC
11 1 (0.93%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 26 (24.30%) Linux
2 23 (21.50%) Windows
3 13 (12.15%) Embedded Linux
3 13 (12.15%) Windows 10
4 8 (7.48%) Android
4 8 (7.48%) Windows Server
5 7 (6.54%) Apple iOS
6 2 (1.87%) Windows 7
7 1 (0.93%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.93%) VMS
7 1 (0.93%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.93%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (22.43%) Problem-Solving
2 22 (20.56%) Cybersecurity
3 21 (19.63%) Software Engineering
4 19 (17.76%) User Experience
5 18 (16.82%) Project Management
6 17 (15.89%) Data Management
6 17 (15.89%) Software Testing
7 15 (14.02%) Agile
8 13 (12.15%) Test Automation
9 12 (11.21%) OO
9 12 (11.21%) OOD
10 11 (10.28%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 10 (9.35%) Customer Service
12 9 (8.41%) Business Development
13 8 (7.48%) Project Delivery
14 7 (6.54%) Logistics
14 7 (6.54%) Validation
15 6 (5.61%) Business Intelligence
15 6 (5.61%) Digital Marketing
15 6 (5.61%) Programme Management
Programming Languages
1 22 (20.56%) C++
2 14 (13.08%) C
3 12 (11.21%) JavaScript
4 7 (6.54%) C#
5 5 (4.67%) Assembly Language
6 3 (2.80%) SQL
7 2 (1.87%) Embedded C++
7 2 (1.87%) Python
8 1 (0.93%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 24 (22.43%) Security Cleared
2 10 (9.35%) BPSS Clearance
3 9 (8.41%) CTC Cleared
3 9 (8.41%) Degree
4 6 (5.61%) GCSC
5 5 (4.67%) SC Cleared
6 4 (3.74%) Master's Degree
7 2 (1.87%) DBS Check
8 1 (0.93%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (19.63%) GDPR
2 17 (15.89%) Cyber Essentials
3 9 (8.41%) COSHH
4 6 (5.61%) SLA
5 4 (3.74%) IEC 61131
5 4 (3.74%) JTAG
6 2 (1.87%) ISO 22301
6 2 (1.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.93%) NCSC
7 1 (0.93%) PMO
7 1 (0.93%) QA
System Software
1 24 (22.43%) Hyper-V
2 9 (8.41%) Active Directory
3 6 (5.61%) Firmware
4 2 (1.87%) Docker
5 1 (0.93%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 17 (15.89%) FortiGate
2 4 (3.74%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.93%) Check_MK
3 1 (0.93%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 25 (23.36%) Cisco
2 23 (21.50%) HP
3 17 (15.89%) Darktrace
3 17 (15.89%) NEC
4 13 (12.15%) Microsoft
5 9 (8.41%) Mitel
5 9 (8.41%) Ribbon
6 7 (6.54%) Citrix
7 6 (5.61%) SAP
8 4 (3.74%) EMC
9 2 (1.87%) Sparx
9 2 (1.87%) Thales
10 1 (0.93%) Apple
10 1 (0.93%) Autodesk
10 1 (0.93%) CA
10 1 (0.93%) Juniper
10 1 (0.93%) NCR
10 1 (0.93%) Oracle
10 1 (0.93%) Remedy
10 1 (0.93%) Splunk