4G Contract Job Trends in Berkshire

4G
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Berkshire requiring 4G skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 100 87 69
Rank change year-on-year -13 -18 +3
Contract jobs citing 4G 16 9 41
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 0.88% 0.73% 2.47%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 6.58% 4.11% 14.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 7 16
10th Percentile £325 - £325
25th Percentile £338 £255 £409
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £388 £375 £513
Median % change year-on-year +3.53% -26.83% +28.13%
75th Percentile £435 £410 £570
90th Percentile £438 £480 £638
South East median daily rate £388 £479 £412
% change year-on-year -18.90% +16.20% +3.00%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Berkshire

4G 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 Berkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 243 219 290
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 13.37% 17.86% 17.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 141 143 122
10th Percentile £313 £223 £242
25th Percentile £376 £333 £393
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £445 £500
Median % change year-on-year +1.12% -11.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £550 £537 £608
90th Percentile £619 £600 £649
South East median daily rate £519 £480 £500
% change year-on-year +8.07% -4.00% +7.97%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 3 8
10th Percentile £18.48 £26.20 £44.93
25th Percentile £21.63 £37.00 £56.25
Median hourly rate £32.50 £55.00 £73.50
Median % change year-on-year -40.91% -25.16% -0.01%
75th Percentile £63.51 £74.38 £79.61
90th Percentile £70.97 £86.00 £87.46
South East median hourly rate £52.43 £55.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year -4.68% -8.33% -

4G
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing 4G relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

4G job vacancy trend in Berkshire

4G
Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing 4G.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing 4G

4G
Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing 4G.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing 4G

4G
Contract Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing 4G within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 1 October 2026. 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
Reading -18 13 £425 +63.46% 3
Slough - 3 £375 - 2
4G
South East

4G
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Berkshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Communications & Networking
1 14 (87.50%) 5G
2 13 (81.25%) 2G
2 13 (81.25%) 3G
3 11 (68.75%) Diameter Protocol
3 11 (68.75%) SIGTRAN
3 11 (68.75%) SS7
4 3 (18.75%) LTE
4 3 (18.75%) VoLTE
5 2 (12.50%) Broadband
5 2 (12.50%) Radio Access Network
5 2 (12.50%) SD-WAN
5 2 (12.50%) SMS
5 2 (12.50%) WAN
6 1 (6.25%) DAB
6 1 (6.25%) GSM
6 1 (6.25%) Internet
6 1 (6.25%) UMTS
6 1 (6.25%) VoWiFi
6 1 (6.25%) Wi-Fi
General
1 14 (87.50%) Telecoms
2 10 (62.50%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (50.00%) Social Skills
4 2 (12.50%) Billing
Job Titles
1 10 (62.50%) Designer
2 8 (50.00%) Mobile Designer
3 3 (18.75%) Design Engineer
4 2 (12.50%) Architect
4 2 (12.50%) Mobile Engineer
4 2 (12.50%) Network Architect
4 2 (12.50%) Network Designer
4 2 (12.50%) Solutions Architect
4 2 (12.50%) Solutions Designer
4 2 (12.50%) Telecoms Engineer
4 2 (12.50%) Telecoms Test Engineer
4 2 (12.50%) Test Engineer
5 1 (6.25%) Analyst
5 1 (6.25%) Test Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 6 (37.50%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (12.50%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 1 (6.25%) Linux
1 1 (6.25%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (68.75%) Roadmaps
1 11 (68.75%) Technical Leadership
1 11 (68.75%) Test Automation
2 9 (56.25%) Technology Roadmap
3 8 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 6 (37.50%) Customer Requirements
4 6 (37.50%) Impact Assessments
4 6 (37.50%) Network Architecture
4 6 (37.50%) Problem-Solving
4 6 (37.50%) Service Delivery
5 5 (31.25%) Capacity Planning
5 5 (31.25%) Network Design
6 2 (12.50%) Data Protection
6 2 (12.50%) Integration Testing
6 2 (12.50%) Project Delivery
6 2 (12.50%) Validation
7 1 (6.25%) Software Delivery
7 1 (6.25%) Software Testing
7 1 (6.25%) Test Strategy
Systems Management
1 1 (6.25%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 1 (6.25%) Empirix