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 22 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 409 445 567
Rank change year-on-year +36 +122 -3
Contract jobs citing 4G 58 97 73
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.24% 0.27% 0.15%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.86% 2.03% 1.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 44 45 44
10th Percentile £220 £350 £280
25th Percentile £400 £420 £380
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £478 £490 £440
Median % change year-on-year -2.55% +11.36% -2.22%
75th Percentile £603 £598 £600
90th Percentile £660 £788 £841
UK median daily rate £450 £475 £430
% change year-on-year -5.26% +10.47% -7.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 3
10th Percentile - £53.81 £51.79
25th Percentile - £55.78 £52.43
Median hourly rate - £61.88 £57.00
Median % change year-on-year - +8.55% +75.38%
75th Percentile - £68.28 £68.25
90th Percentile - £70.44 £72.89
UK median hourly rate - £61.88 £57.00
% change year-on-year - +8.55% +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 3,114 4,786 5,880
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 12.98% 13.17% 12.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,935 2,876 3,845
10th Percentile £214 £210 £232
25th Percentile £361 £350 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £493 £525
Median % change year-on-year +1.52% -6.19% +5.00%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £650
90th Percentile £675 £700 £738
UK median daily rate £481 £488 £518
% change year-on-year -1.44% -5.93% +3.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 120 389 419
10th Percentile £13.81 £13.50 £9.80
25th Percentile £14.99 £16.30 £10.63
Median hourly rate £31.41 £40.00 £18.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.48% +122.22% -24.72%
75th Percentile £63.75 £63.75 £58.13
90th Percentile £81.05 £70.13 £74.60
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £40.00 £18.50
% change year-on-year -6.25% +116.22% -32.73%

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 22 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for 4G in England

4G
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 22 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
South East +39 25 £400 -11.11% 15
London +49 22 £575 +17.35% 16
North of England +24 8 £205 -40.58% 1
North West +17 7 £205 -40.58% 1
South West +11 5 £547 -29.39% 6
East of England +12 3 £575 +33.72% 6
Yorkshire - 1 - -
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 2 (3.45%) Camunda
1 2 (3.45%) ThingWorx
2 1 (1.72%) OpenStack
Applications
1 9 (15.52%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (3.45%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (3.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (1.72%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 10 (17.24%) Azure
2 4 (6.90%) AWS
3 2 (3.45%) PaaS
3 2 (3.45%) SaaS
4 1 (1.72%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (1.72%) OpenShift
4 1 (1.72%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 47 (81.03%) 5G
2 26 (44.83%) Radio Access Network
3 24 (41.38%) 3G
4 21 (36.21%) 2G
4 21 (36.21%) LTE
5 11 (18.97%) MPLS
6 10 (17.24%) 5G NR
7 9 (15.52%) Firewall
7 9 (15.52%) LAN
7 9 (15.52%) Network Security
7 9 (15.52%) VPN
7 9 (15.52%) WAN
8 8 (13.79%) Wireless
9 7 (12.07%) DNS
10 6 (10.34%) TCP/IP
10 6 (10.34%) VoIP
11 5 (8.62%) DHCP
11 5 (8.62%) VoLTE
12 4 (6.90%) Ethernet
12 4 (6.90%) ISDN
General
1 30 (51.72%) Telecoms
2 15 (25.86%) Social Skills
3 3 (5.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 3 (5.17%) Multimedia
4 2 (3.45%) Billing
4 2 (3.45%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (1.72%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (1.72%) Fire and Rescue
5 1 (1.72%) French Language
5 1 (1.72%) Police
5 1 (1.72%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 10 (17.24%) Senior
2 8 (13.79%) Architect
3 5 (8.62%) Design Engineer
3 5 (8.62%) Designer
3 5 (8.62%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 5 (8.62%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
4 3 (5.17%) Analyst
4 3 (5.17%) IP Designer
4 3 (5.17%) Network Architect
4 3 (5.17%) OSS Architect
4 3 (5.17%) Radio Design Engineer
4 3 (5.17%) Radio Engineer
4 3 (5.17%) Test Analyst
5 2 (3.45%) Automation Specialist
5 2 (3.45%) Developer
5 2 (3.45%) Ericsson Engineer
5 2 (3.45%) Lead
5 2 (3.45%) Network Specialist
5 2 (3.45%) Software Developer
5 2 (3.45%) Technology Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.45%) OpenAPI
1 2 (3.45%) REST
1 2 (3.45%) RESTful
1 2 (3.45%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 10 (17.24%) IoT
2 7 (12.07%) Smartphone
3 6 (10.34%) Cloud Native
3 6 (10.34%) Operational Technology
3 6 (10.34%) Self-Motivation
4 5 (8.62%) Data Centre
4 5 (8.62%) Security Operations Centre
5 4 (6.90%) Driving Licence
6 3 (5.17%) SCADA
6 3 (5.17%) Team-Oriented Environment
6 3 (5.17%) TM Forum
7 2 (3.45%) Industrial Internet of Things
7 2 (3.45%) Video Conferencing
8 1 (1.72%) Blackberry
8 1 (1.72%) Data Protection Act
8 1 (1.72%) NB-IoT
8 1 (1.72%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 7 (12.07%) Android
1 7 (12.07%) Apple iOS
2 6 (10.34%) Windows
3 2 (3.45%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (22.41%) Network Architecture
2 10 (17.24%) Problem-Solving
3 8 (13.79%) High Availability
3 8 (13.79%) Inventory Management
4 7 (12.07%) Business Strategy
4 7 (12.07%) Computer Science
4 7 (12.07%) DevOps
4 7 (12.07%) Migration
5 6 (10.34%) Agile
5 6 (10.34%) Fault Management
5 6 (10.34%) Mentoring
5 6 (10.34%) Network Design
6 5 (8.62%) Benchmarking
6 5 (8.62%) Business Continuity
6 5 (8.62%) Data Privacy
6 5 (8.62%) Incident Management
6 5 (8.62%) Infrastructure Management
6 5 (8.62%) Microservices
6 5 (8.62%) Software Licensing
6 5 (8.62%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 5 (8.62%) Python
2 3 (5.17%) C++
3 2 (3.45%) Go
3 2 (3.45%) Java
4 1 (1.72%) C#
Qualifications
1 13 (22.41%) Degree
2 4 (6.90%) CCNP
2 4 (6.90%) Cisco Certification
2 4 (6.90%) Security Cleared
3 3 (5.17%) CCNA
3 3 (5.17%) DV Cleared
3 3 (5.17%) Master's Degree
4 2 (3.45%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (3.45%) TOGAF Certification
5 1 (1.72%) CISSP
5 1 (1.72%) ISEB
5 1 (1.72%) ISTQB
5 1 (1.72%) PMI Certification
5 1 (1.72%) PMP
5 1 (1.72%) SC Cleared
5 1 (1.72%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.45%) OASIS TOSCA
2 1 (1.72%) QA
System Software
1 5 (8.62%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (3.45%) Docker
3 1 (1.72%) VMware NSX
3 1 (1.72%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 6 (10.34%) Kubernetes
2 5 (8.62%) Ansible
2 5 (8.62%) FortiGate
3 4 (6.90%) NSN NetAct
4 2 (3.45%) Amdocs OSS
Vendors
1 17 (29.31%) Ericsson
2 16 (27.59%) Nokia
3 10 (17.24%) Microsoft
4 6 (10.34%) VMware
5 5 (8.62%) Cisco
6 4 (6.90%) Juniper
6 4 (6.90%) ServiceNow
7 3 (5.17%) F5
7 3 (5.17%) Huawei
7 3 (5.17%) Palo Alto
8 2 (3.45%) Amdocs
8 2 (3.45%) Empirix
8 2 (3.45%) Mavenir
8 2 (3.45%) NetCracker
8 2 (3.45%) NetScout
9 1 (1.72%) Avaya
9 1 (1.72%) Dell
9 1 (1.72%) Oracle
9 1 (1.72%) Red Hat
9 1 (1.72%) Ribbon