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 17 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 87 66 72
Rank change year-on-year -21 +6 -4
Contract jobs citing 4G 12 45 46
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 0.97% 2.76% 2.60%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 5.43% 15.20% 10.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 20 32
10th Percentile - £325 £313
25th Percentile £255 £441 £364
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £260 £515 £413
Median % change year-on-year -49.51% +24.85% +6.45%
75th Percentile £394 £570 £503
90th Percentile £420 £638 £584
South East median daily rate £388 £485 £413
% change year-on-year -20.10% +17.58% +3.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £24.55
25th Percentile - - £24.63
Median hourly rate - - £25.00
75th Percentile - - £25.38
90th Percentile - - £25.45
South East median hourly rate - - £25.00
% change year-on-year - - +4.17%

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 221 296 429
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 17.81% 18.14% 24.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 147 134 246
10th Percentile £230 £250 £205
25th Percentile £319 £393 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% +11.11% -
75th Percentile £537 £608 £600
90th Percentile £600 £650 £675
South East median daily rate £488 £500 £465
% change year-on-year -2.50% +7.53% +0.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 4 19
10th Percentile £17.08 £29.83 £17.60
25th Percentile £18.31 £46.81 £24.75
Median hourly rate £37.50 £57.50 £73.50
Median % change year-on-year -34.78% -21.77% +226.67%
75th Percentile £64.69 £62.87 £75.89
90th Percentile £82.13 £70.29 £83.61
South East median hourly rate £55.00 £68.51 £60.00
% change year-on-year -19.72% +14.18% +33.33%

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

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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
Daily Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing 4G in Berkshire over the 6 months to 17 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for 4G in Berkshire

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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

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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 17 October 2025. 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 0 10 £260 -50.24%
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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (16.67%) Camunda
Cloud Services
1 7 (58.33%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 8 (66.67%) Wi-Fi
2 4 (33.33%) 5G
3 3 (25.00%) DOCSIS
3 3 (25.00%) GPON
3 3 (25.00%) LTE
3 3 (25.00%) MPLS
3 3 (25.00%) Radio Access Network
3 3 (25.00%) VoIP
3 3 (25.00%) xDSL
4 2 (16.67%) Converged Networks
5 1 (8.33%) 2G
5 1 (8.33%) 3G
General
1 8 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 4 (33.33%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 4 (33.33%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 4 (33.33%) Infrastructure Support
1 4 (33.33%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
1 4 (33.33%) Support Engineer
1 4 (33.33%) Windows Engineer
1 4 (33.33%) Windows Infrastructure Engineer
1 4 (33.33%) Windows Support Engineer
2 3 (25.00%) Architect
2 3 (25.00%) OSS Architect
3 1 (8.33%) Network Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) Telecoms Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (25.00%) Cloud Native
1 3 (25.00%) TM Forum
2 1 (8.33%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 7 (58.33%) Windows
1 7 (58.33%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (58.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 3 (25.00%) AI
2 3 (25.00%) Architectural Patterns
2 3 (25.00%) DevOps
2 3 (25.00%) eTOM
2 3 (25.00%) Fault Management
2 3 (25.00%) Inventory Management
2 3 (25.00%) ITIL
2 3 (25.00%) Machine Learning
2 3 (25.00%) Microservices
2 3 (25.00%) Migration
3 2 (16.67%) Analytics
3 2 (16.67%) Computer Science
3 2 (16.67%) Data Analytics
3 2 (16.67%) Enterprise Architecture
3 2 (16.67%) Technical Leadership
3 2 (16.67%) TOGAF
4 1 (8.33%) Data Analysis
4 1 (8.33%) Defect Management
4 1 (8.33%) Performance Improvement
Programming Languages
1 1 (8.33%) Python
Qualifications
1 7 (58.33%) SC Cleared
1 7 (58.33%) Security Cleared
2 2 (16.67%) Degree
2 2 (16.67%) Master's Degree
2 2 (16.67%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (16.67%) OASIS TOSCA
System Software
1 7 (58.33%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 7 (58.33%) SCCM
2 3 (25.00%) Kubernetes
3 2 (16.67%) Amdocs OSS
3 2 (16.67%) Ansible
Vendors
1 7 (58.33%) Microsoft
1 7 (58.33%) ServiceNow
2 2 (16.67%) Amdocs
2 2 (16.67%) Ericsson
2 2 (16.67%) Huawei
2 2 (16.67%) NetCracker
2 2 (16.67%) Nokia