4G Contract Job Trends in Central London

4G
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Central London requiring 4G skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 28 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 126 124 -
Rank change year-on-year -2 - -
Contract jobs citing 4G 3 6 0
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 0.14% 0.29% -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.82% 2.71% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 5 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £575 -
Median % change year-on-year -17.39% - -
London median daily rate £456 £575 £520
% change year-on-year -20.65% +10.58% +2.46%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Central London

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 Central London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 165 221 265
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 7.65% 10.64% 10.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 120 158 177
10th Percentile £211 £257 £240
25th Percentile £413 £450 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £528 £475
Median % change year-on-year -0.47% +11.05% -13.60%
75th Percentile £650 £638 £619
90th Percentile £738 £701 £720
London median daily rate £505 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +1.00% - -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 1 4
10th Percentile £20.69 - -
25th Percentile - £31.25 £12.75
Median hourly rate £25.47 £32.50 £16.22
Median % change year-on-year -21.63% +100.43% -21.69%
75th Percentile £26.11 £33.75 £18.93
90th Percentile £30.39 - -
London median hourly rate £25.47 £35.00 £23.50
% change year-on-year -27.23% +48.94% -8.60%

4G
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

4G job vacancy trend in Central London

4G
Daily Rate Trend in Central London

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing 4G

4G
Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing 4G

4G
Contract Job Locations in Central 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 Central London region over the 6 months to 28 February 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
City of London -10 3 £475 -17.39% 2
4G
London

4G
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London 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 1 (33.33%) OpenStack
Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) AWS
2 1 (33.33%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 3 (100.00%) 5G
1 3 (100.00%) Radio Access Network
2 2 (66.67%) 3GPP
3 1 (33.33%) 2G
3 1 (33.33%) 3G
3 1 (33.33%) BGP
3 1 (33.33%) DHCP
3 1 (33.33%) DNS
3 1 (33.33%) Firewall
3 1 (33.33%) IPsec
3 1 (33.33%) LTE
3 1 (33.33%) MPLS
3 1 (33.33%) Network Security
3 1 (33.33%) OSPF
3 1 (33.33%) VLAN
3 1 (33.33%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) GIS
General
1 2 (66.67%) Telecoms
2 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
2 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Architect
2 1 (33.33%) Consultant
2 1 (33.33%) Network Architect
2 1 (33.33%) Network Design Specialist
2 1 (33.33%) Network Security Architect
2 1 (33.33%) Network Specialist
2 1 (33.33%) Security Architect
2 1 (33.33%) Solutions Architect
2 1 (33.33%) Solutions Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Hybrid Cloud
1 1 (33.33%) IoT
1 1 (33.33%) NB-IoT
1 1 (33.33%) Operational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) AI
1 1 (33.33%) Analytics
1 1 (33.33%) Change Management
1 1 (33.33%) Coaching
1 1 (33.33%) Co-Creation
1 1 (33.33%) Machine Learning
1 1 (33.33%) Mentoring
1 1 (33.33%) Network Design
1 1 (33.33%) Technical Leadership
1 1 (33.33%) Value Proposition
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) GDPR
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) Docker
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Dell