4G Contracts in Dorset

4G
South West > Dorset

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Dorset requiring 4G skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited 4G over the 6 months leading up to 29 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 21 26 28
Rank change year-on-year +5 +2 +5
Contract jobs citing 4G 1 3 9
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Dorset 0.97% 1.67% 3.56%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 8.33% 12.00% 14.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 2
10th Percentile - £578 £534
25th Percentile - £581 £547
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £600 £588
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +2.13% -
75th Percentile - £619 £622
90th Percentile - £623 £631
South West median daily rate £545 £775 £625
% change year-on-year -29.74% +24.00% +47.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £53.63
25th Percentile - - £57.02
Median hourly rate - - £65.16
75th Percentile - - £71.81
90th Percentile - - £74.32
South West median hourly rate - - £65.16
% change year-on-year - - +16.65%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Dorset

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 Dorset.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 12 25 64
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Dorset 11.65% 13.89% 25.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 13 38
10th Percentile £203 £470 £258
25th Percentile £206 £525 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £419 £600 £463
Median % change year-on-year -30.21% +29.73% -2.63%
75th Percentile £501 £769 £608
90th Percentile £554 - £738
South West median daily rate £545 £538 £525
% change year-on-year +1.40% +2.38% +13.51%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 16
10th Percentile - - £33.34
25th Percentile - - £51.37
Median hourly rate - £56.49 £58.57
Median % change year-on-year - -3.54% +18.70%
75th Percentile - £63.58 £62.14
90th Percentile - £67.83 £63.23
South West median hourly rate £17.79 £56.49 £9.80
% change year-on-year -68.51% +476.43% -81.85%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Dorset

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

Job vacancy trend for 4G in Dorset

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Dorset

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

Daily rate trend for 4G in Dorset

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Dorset

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

Hourly rate trend for 4G in Dorset

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Dorset 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) 5G
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
General
1 1 (100.00%) Military
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Engineering Specialist
1 1 (100.00%) Test Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Asset Management
1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) Cryptography
1 1 (100.00%) Integration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Security Hardening
1 1 (100.00%) Service Management
1 1 (100.00%) Test Scripting
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) NCSC
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Check_MK
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Fortinet
1 1 (100.00%) Juniper
1 1 (100.00%) Splunk