4G Contracts in England

4G
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 410 438 573
Rank change year-on-year +28 +135 +14
Contract jobs citing 4G 75 104 80
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.31% 0.28% 0.16%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.36% 2.08% 1.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 47 54 50
10th Percentile £212 £350 £225
25th Percentile £368 £420 £341
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £545 £475 £400
Median % change year-on-year +14.63% +18.75% -11.11%
75th Percentile £615 £546 £588
90th Percentile £666 £788 £774
UK median daily rate £450 £475 £400
% change year-on-year -5.26% +18.75% -11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 3
10th Percentile - - £51.79
25th Percentile - £24.25 £52.43
Median hourly rate - £24.50 £57.00
Median % change year-on-year - -57.02% +75.38%
75th Percentile - £24.75 £68.25
90th Percentile - - £72.89
UK median hourly rate - £24.50 £57.00
% change year-on-year - -57.02% +75.38%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
England

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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 3,178 5,012 6,158
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 13.05% 13.48% 12.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,963 3,022 4,045
10th Percentile £220 £206 £231
25th Percentile £363 £350 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £490 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.04% -6.67% +5.00%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £650
90th Percentile £675 £700 £738
UK median daily rate £488 £495 £519
% change year-on-year -1.52% -4.53% +3.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 127 399 439
10th Percentile £13.81 £13.50 £9.80
25th Percentile £15.22 £17.35 £10.63
Median hourly rate £28.00 £40.00 £18.82
Median % change year-on-year -30.00% +112.54% -21.29%
75th Percentile £63.50 £63.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £81.01 £70.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £40.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year -27.50% +110.53% -32.74%

4G
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for 4G in England

4G
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for 4G in England

4G
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing 4G in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for 4G in England

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for 4G in England

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Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing 4G within the England region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
London +52 27 £575 +17.35% 20
South East +38 26 £368 -17.18% 23
South West +30 13 £442 -42.94% 7
North of England +25 9 £205 -43.84% 2
North West +22 8 £205 -43.84% 1
East of England +9 3 £575 +33.72% 13
Midlands - 2 £425 - 6
East Midlands - 1 £650 - 2
Yorkshire - 1 - - 1
West Midlands - 1 £200 - 4
4G
UK

4G
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (4.00%) OpenStack
Applications
1 7 (9.33%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (2.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (2.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (1.33%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 8 (10.67%) Azure
2 5 (6.67%) OpenShift
3 4 (5.33%) AWS
4 2 (2.67%) PaaS
4 2 (2.67%) SaaS
5 1 (1.33%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (1.33%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (1.33%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (1.33%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 65 (86.67%) 5G
2 43 (57.33%) Radio Access Network
3 31 (41.33%) LTE
4 28 (37.33%) 2G
4 28 (37.33%) 3G
5 18 (24.00%) 5G NR
6 9 (12.00%) 3GPP
7 8 (10.67%) MPLS
7 8 (10.67%) Network Security
7 8 (10.67%) Wireshark
8 7 (9.33%) Firewall
8 7 (9.33%) LAN
8 7 (9.33%) VPN
8 7 (9.33%) WAN
9 6 (8.00%) Wireless
10 5 (6.67%) DNS
10 5 (6.67%) VoLTE
11 4 (5.33%) Diameter Protocol
11 4 (5.33%) Ethernet
11 4 (5.33%) PSTN
General
1 46 (61.33%) Telecoms
2 14 (18.67%) Social Skills
3 6 (8.00%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (4.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 3 (4.00%) Multimedia
4 3 (4.00%) Public Sector
5 2 (2.67%) Billing
5 2 (2.67%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (10.67%) Network Specialist
2 7 (9.33%) Designer
2 7 (9.33%) Network Design Specialist
2 7 (9.33%) Senior
3 6 (8.00%) Architect
4 4 (5.33%) Design Engineer
4 4 (5.33%) Network Architect
4 4 (5.33%) Technical Design Authority
5 3 (4.00%) Analyst
5 3 (4.00%) Field Engineer
5 3 (4.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 3 (4.00%) IP Designer
5 3 (4.00%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
5 3 (4.00%) Subject Matter Expert
5 3 (4.00%) Test Analyst
6 2 (2.67%) Automation Specialist
6 2 (2.67%) Ericsson Field Engineer
6 2 (2.67%) Field Test Engineer
6 2 (2.67%) Radio Design Engineer
6 2 (2.67%) Senior Design Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.67%) OpenAPI
1 2 (2.67%) REST
1 2 (2.67%) RESTful
1 2 (2.67%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 15 (20.00%) Cloud Native
2 12 (16.00%) Team-Oriented Environment
3 8 (10.67%) IoT
4 7 (9.33%) Smartphone
5 5 (6.67%) Driving Licence
5 5 (6.67%) Self-Motivation
6 4 (5.33%) Onboarding
6 4 (5.33%) Operational Technology
7 3 (4.00%) Data Centre
7 3 (4.00%) Security Operations Centre
8 2 (2.67%) Video Conferencing
9 1 (1.33%) Blackberry
9 1 (1.33%) Data Protection Act
9 1 (1.33%) Hybrid Cloud
9 1 (1.33%) NB-IoT
9 1 (1.33%) Private Cloud
9 1 (1.33%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 7 (9.33%) Android
1 7 (9.33%) Apple iOS
2 4 (5.33%) Windows
3 2 (2.67%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 17 (22.67%) Agile
3 16 (21.33%) DevOps
4 15 (20.00%) CI/CD
4 15 (20.00%) High Availability
5 14 (18.67%) Collaborative Working
5 14 (18.67%) Fault Management
5 14 (18.67%) Network Architecture
6 13 (17.33%) Continuous Improvement
6 13 (17.33%) Network Design
6 13 (17.33%) Performance Optimisation
7 9 (12.00%) Computer Science
8 7 (9.33%) Service Management
9 6 (8.00%) Project Management
9 6 (8.00%) Validation
10 5 (6.67%) Customer Experience
10 5 (6.67%) Roadmaps
11 4 (5.33%) Business Strategy
11 4 (5.33%) Customer Service
11 4 (5.33%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 17 (22.67%) Python
2 3 (4.00%) C++
3 2 (2.67%) Go
3 2 (2.67%) Java
4 1 (1.33%) C#
Qualifications
1 14 (18.67%) Degree
2 7 (9.33%) Security Cleared
3 4 (5.33%) CCNP
3 4 (5.33%) Cisco Certification
4 3 (4.00%) CCNA
4 3 (4.00%) DV Cleared
5 2 (2.67%) BPSS Clearance
5 2 (2.67%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (2.67%) SC Cleared
6 1 (1.33%) ISEB
6 1 (1.33%) ISTQB
6 1 (1.33%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (4.00%) QA
2 1 (1.33%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (8.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (2.67%) Docker
3 1 (1.33%) VMware NSX
3 1 (1.33%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 15 (20.00%) Ansible
2 10 (13.33%) NSN NetAct
3 7 (9.33%) Kubernetes
4 3 (4.00%) FortiGate
5 1 (1.33%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 30 (40.00%) Ericsson
2 27 (36.00%) Nokia
3 11 (14.67%) VMware
4 10 (13.33%) Microsoft
5 6 (8.00%) Cisco
6 4 (5.33%) Juniper
6 4 (5.33%) ServiceNow
7 3 (4.00%) F5
7 3 (4.00%) Palo Alto
8 2 (2.67%) Empirix
8 2 (2.67%) Huawei
8 2 (2.67%) Mavenir
8 2 (2.67%) NetScout
9 1 (1.33%) Arista
9 1 (1.33%) Avaya
9 1 (1.33%) Dell
9 1 (1.33%) Oracle
9 1 (1.33%) Red Hat
9 1 (1.33%) Ribbon