4G Contracts in London

4G
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London 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 326 378 477
Rank change year-on-year +52 +99 +55
Contract jobs citing 4G 27 13 16
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.22% 0.073% 0.059%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.05% 0.76% 0.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 9 9
10th Percentile £400 £481 £320
25th Percentile £479 £485 £380
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £490 £425
Median % change year-on-year +17.35% +15.29% -19.05%
75th Percentile £660 £575 £523
90th Percentile £680 £600 £600
England median daily rate £545 £475 £400
% change year-on-year +14.63% +18.75% -11.11%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,315 1,719 2,676
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 10.48% 9.64% 9.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 838 1,144 1,885
10th Percentile £263 £213 £256
25th Percentile £400 £350 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £560
Median % change year-on-year - -10.71% +1.82%
75th Percentile £625 £619 £675
90th Percentile £725 £741 £775
England median daily rate £500 £490 £525
% change year-on-year +2.04% -6.67% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 59 53
10th Percentile £24.66 £14.48 £20.22
25th Percentile £25.60 £18.36 £22.63
Median hourly rate £43.75 £22.00 £46.00
Median % change year-on-year +98.86% -52.17% +31.43%
75th Percentile £51.50 £41.25 £70.00
90th Percentile £62.65 £60.00 £75.00
England median hourly rate £28.00 £40.00 £18.82
% change year-on-year -30.00% +112.54% -21.29%

4G
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for 4G in London

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for 4G in London

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Daily Rate Histogram in London

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

Daily rate histogram for 4G in London

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for 4G in London

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Contract Job Locations in 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 London 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
Central London +5 2 £680 +29.52%
4G
England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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:

Applications
1 1 (3.70%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (3.70%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 6 (22.22%) Azure
2 3 (11.11%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 21 (77.78%) 5G
2 15 (55.56%) LTE
2 15 (55.56%) Radio Access Network
3 13 (48.15%) 5G NR
4 6 (22.22%) Firewall
4 6 (22.22%) LAN
4 6 (22.22%) VPN
4 6 (22.22%) WAN
5 5 (18.52%) 3G
6 3 (11.11%) 2G
6 3 (11.11%) DHCP
6 3 (11.11%) DNS
6 3 (11.11%) ISDN
6 3 (11.11%) MPLS
6 3 (11.11%) Network Security
6 3 (11.11%) PSTN
6 3 (11.11%) TCP/IP
6 3 (11.11%) VoLTE
6 3 (11.11%) VoWiFi
6 3 (11.11%) Wireless
General
1 18 (66.67%) Telecoms
2 6 (22.22%) Social Skills
3 2 (7.41%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (7.41%) Billing
4 1 (3.70%) Multimedia
4 1 (3.70%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 5 (18.52%) Senior
2 3 (11.11%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 3 (11.11%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
3 2 (7.41%) Analyst
3 2 (7.41%) Architect
3 2 (7.41%) Designer
3 2 (7.41%) Ericsson Engineer
3 2 (7.41%) Ericsson Field Engineer
3 2 (7.41%) Field Engineer
3 2 (7.41%) Field Test Engineer
3 2 (7.41%) Network Architect
3 2 (7.41%) Senior Analyst
3 2 (7.41%) Senior Test Analyst
3 2 (7.41%) Test Analyst
3 2 (7.41%) Test Engineer
4 1 (3.70%) Core Network Architect
4 1 (3.70%) Migration Architect
4 1 (3.70%) Mobile Architect
4 1 (3.70%) Radio Design Engineer
4 1 (3.70%) Service Designer
Miscellaneous
1 12 (44.44%) Cloud Native
2 9 (33.33%) Team-Oriented Environment
3 3 (11.11%) Operational Technology
3 3 (11.11%) Security Operations Centre
3 3 (11.11%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (7.41%) Data Centre
5 1 (3.70%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 3 (11.11%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (59.26%) Problem-Solving
2 12 (44.44%) CI/CD
2 12 (44.44%) DevOps
2 12 (44.44%) High Availability
3 11 (40.74%) Fault Management
4 10 (37.04%) Agile
4 10 (37.04%) Collaborative Working
4 10 (37.04%) Continuous Improvement
5 9 (33.33%) Performance Optimisation
6 6 (22.22%) Computer Science
7 4 (14.81%) Business Strategy
7 4 (14.81%) Service Management
8 3 (11.11%) Data Privacy
8 3 (11.11%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 3 (11.11%) Infrastructure Management
8 3 (11.11%) Inventory Management
8 3 (11.11%) Network Virtualisation
8 3 (11.11%) Proactive Management
8 3 (11.11%) Security Operations
8 3 (11.11%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 12 (44.44%) Python
Qualifications
1 7 (25.93%) Degree
2 3 (11.11%) CCNA
2 3 (11.11%) CCNP
2 3 (11.11%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (3.70%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 4 (14.81%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (3.70%) VMware NSX
2 1 (3.70%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 12 (44.44%) Ansible
2 7 (25.93%) NSN NetAct
3 3 (11.11%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 11 (40.74%) Ericsson
2 9 (33.33%) Nokia
3 5 (18.52%) Microsoft
4 4 (14.81%) VMware
5 1 (3.70%) Mavenir