4G Contract Job Trends in the City of London

4G
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the City of London requiring 4G skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 127 115 -
Rank change year-on-year -12 - -
Contract jobs citing 4G 3 5 0
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.14% 0.28% -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.33% 2.55% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 4 0
10th Percentile £441 £309 -
25th Percentile £447 £472 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £575 -
Median % change year-on-year -17.39% - -
75th Percentile £503 £611 -
90th Percentile £509 £652 -
Central London median daily rate £475 £575 £525
% change year-on-year -17.39% +9.52% -12.50%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
City of 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 the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 129 196 243
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 6.23% 10.92% 10.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 96 133 162
10th Percentile £381 £246 £226
25th Percentile £436 £463 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £455
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +20.88% -18.20%
75th Percentile £670 £650 £616
90th Percentile £738 £738 £750
Central London median daily rate £525 £535 £450
% change year-on-year -1.87% +18.89% -18.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 3
10th Percentile £20.31 - -
25th Percentile £20.50 £31.25 £12.75
Median hourly rate £22.27 £32.50 £13.50
Median % change year-on-year -31.49% +140.74% -34.80%
75th Percentile £35.60 £33.75 £16.59
90th Percentile £42.74 - £17.99
Central London median hourly rate £25.47 £32.50 £16.22
% change year-on-year -21.63% +100.43% -21.69%

4G
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

4G job vacancy trend in the City of London

4G
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing 4G.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing 4G

4G
Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing 4G.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing 4G

4G
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) AWS
1 1 (33.33%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 3 (100.00%) 5G
1 3 (100.00%) Radio Access Network
2 1 (33.33%) 2G
2 1 (33.33%) 3G
2 1 (33.33%) 3GPP
2 1 (33.33%) LTE
2 1 (33.33%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) GIS
General
1 3 (100.00%) Telecoms
2 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
3 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Network Design Specialist
1 2 (66.67%) Network Specialist
2 1 (33.33%) Architect
2 1 (33.33%) Network Architect
2 1 (33.33%) Network Security Architect
2 1 (33.33%) Security Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Hybrid Cloud
1 1 (33.33%) IoT
1 1 (33.33%) NB-IoT
1 1 (33.33%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Network Design
2 1 (33.33%) AI
2 1 (33.33%) Analytics
2 1 (33.33%) Capacity Planning
2 1 (33.33%) Change Management
2 1 (33.33%) Coaching
2 1 (33.33%) Co-Creation
2 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (33.33%) Machine Learning
2 1 (33.33%) Mentoring
2 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) Technical Leadership
2 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
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Ericsson
1 1 (33.33%) Huawei
1 1 (33.33%) Nokia