4G Contracts in London

4G
England > London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London 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 13 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
13 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 383 466 533
Rank change year-on-year +83 +67 -77
Contract jobs citing 4G 14 19 66
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.080% 0.072% 0.17%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.84% 0.72% 1.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 9 39
10th Percentile £476 £320 £360
25th Percentile £485 £380 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £425 £525
Median % change year-on-year +15.29% -19.05% +23.53%
75th Percentile £516 £523 £700
90th Percentile £603 £600 -
England median daily rate £475 £440 £450
% change year-on-year +7.95% -2.22% +12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £65.63 - -
Median hourly rate £68.75 - -
75th Percentile £71.88 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £55.00 £57.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year -3.51% +75.38% -23.53%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
London

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 advertised in London with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,667 2,622 3,668
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 9.50% 9.94% 9.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,112 1,840 2,544
10th Percentile £213 £250 £313
25th Percentile £350 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £563 £550
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +2.27% +15.79%
75th Percentile £619 £675 £650
90th Percentile £738 £775 £750
England median daily rate £495 £524 £500
% change year-on-year -5.49% +4.75% +14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 53 56 83
10th Percentile £14.48 £20.11 £20.91
25th Percentile £16.86 £22.72 £23.91
Median hourly rate £23.50 £43.00 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -45.35% +32.31% -31.58%
75th Percentile £41.25 £70.00 £47.27
90th Percentile £60.00 £75.00 £67.50
England median hourly rate £40.00 £18.50 £23.91
% change year-on-year +116.22% -22.63% -4.36%

4G
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for 4G in London

4G
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for 4G in London

4G
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing 4G in London over the 6 months to 13 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for 4G in London

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for 4G in London

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Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing 4G within the London region over the 6 months to 13 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
Central London +46 1 £525 -12.50%
South London - 1 - - 3
4G
England

4G
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 (35.71%) ArcGIS
2 2 (14.29%) OpenStack
Cloud Services
1 2 (14.29%) Azure
2 1 (7.14%) AWS
2 1 (7.14%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (7.14%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 13 (92.86%) 5G
2 9 (64.29%) Radio Access Network
3 7 (50.00%) 3G
4 6 (42.86%) 2G
5 2 (14.29%) LTE
5 2 (14.29%) TCP/IP
6 1 (7.14%) 3GPP
6 1 (7.14%) 5G NR
6 1 (7.14%) BGP
6 1 (7.14%) Diameter Protocol
6 1 (7.14%) DNS
6 1 (7.14%) HTTP
6 1 (7.14%) IPv6
6 1 (7.14%) Network Security
6 1 (7.14%) OSPF
6 1 (7.14%) VoLTE
6 1 (7.14%) VoWiFi
6 1 (7.14%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (7.14%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (35.71%) GIS
1 5 (35.71%) QGIS
Development Applications
1 2 (14.29%) Jenkins
2 1 (7.14%) Git
General
1 7 (50.00%) Telecoms
2 1 (7.14%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 4 (28.57%) Radio Specialist
2 3 (21.43%) Network Engineer
3 2 (14.29%) Analyst
3 2 (14.29%) Architect
3 2 (14.29%) Business Analyst
4 1 (7.14%) Core Network Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) Design Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) Lead
4 1 (7.14%) Network Analyst
4 1 (7.14%) Network Architect
4 1 (7.14%) Presales Manager
4 1 (7.14%) QA Leader
4 1 (7.14%) Radio Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) Radio Planner
4 1 (7.14%) RAN Design Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) RAN Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) RF Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) Solutions Architect
4 1 (7.14%) Test Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.14%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 3 (21.43%) Linux
2 1 (7.14%) Apple iOS
2 1 (7.14%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (35.71%) Data Analysis
1 5 (35.71%) Visualisation
2 4 (28.57%) Customer Experience
3 2 (14.29%) Bill of Materials
3 2 (14.29%) Cost Optimisation
3 2 (14.29%) DevOps
3 2 (14.29%) Network Design
3 2 (14.29%) Use Case
4 1 (7.14%) Agile
4 1 (7.14%) Computer Science
4 1 (7.14%) Containerisation
4 1 (7.14%) Data Management
4 1 (7.14%) Data Protection
4 1 (7.14%) Impact Assessments
4 1 (7.14%) Load Balancing
4 1 (7.14%) Logistics
4 1 (7.14%) Requirements Analysis
4 1 (7.14%) Technical Architecture
4 1 (7.14%) Test Automation
4 1 (7.14%) Test Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (50.00%) Python
2 1 (7.14%) Bash
2 1 (7.14%) C
2 1 (7.14%) C++
2 1 (7.14%) Perl
Qualifications
1 1 (7.14%) DV Cleared
1 1 (7.14%) SC Cleared
1 1 (7.14%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.14%) NCSC
1 1 (7.14%) QA
System Software
1 2 (14.29%) Docker
2 1 (7.14%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (21.43%) Kubernetes
2 1 (7.14%) Docker Swarm
2 1 (7.14%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 2 (14.29%) Nokia
1 2 (14.29%) VMware
2 1 (7.14%) Apple
2 1 (7.14%) Ericsson
2 1 (7.14%) Microsoft
2 1 (7.14%) Palo Alto