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 14 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 352 372 454
Rank change year-on-year +20 +82 +118
Contract jobs citing 4G 20 19 14
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.15% 0.12% 0.059%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.45% 1.24% 0.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 9 5
10th Percentile £400 £481 £344
25th Percentile £429 £485 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £490 £380
Median % change year-on-year +17.35% +28.95% -20.00%
75th Percentile £588 £538 £438
90th Percentile £603 £604 £538
England median daily rate £480 £475 £450
% change year-on-year +1.05% +5.56% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £68.75 -
England median hourly rate - £61.88 £57.99
% change year-on-year - +6.70% +19.62%

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 1,376 1,535 2,459
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 10.17% 9.47% 10.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 896 1,021 1,730
10th Percentile £287 £250 £252
25th Percentile £400 £380 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% -6.82% -
75th Percentile £638 £619 £665
90th Percentile £716 £703 £750
England median daily rate £495 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -0.96% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 31 39
10th Percentile £20.32 £16.24 £18.46
25th Percentile - £20.00 £22.63
Median hourly rate £25.15 £23.80 £36.54
Median % change year-on-year +5.67% -34.87% +40.54%
75th Percentile £50.00 £50.25 £68.50
90th Percentile £62.05 £65.00 £80.60
England median hourly rate £43.00 £54.88 £55.00
% change year-on-year -21.64% -0.23% +69.23%

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

4G
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 14 August 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 14 August 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 London 0 2 - -
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 3 (15.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 9 (45.00%) Azure
2 3 (15.00%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 11 (55.00%) 5G
2 9 (45.00%) Firewall
2 9 (45.00%) LAN
2 9 (45.00%) VPN
2 9 (45.00%) WAN
3 8 (40.00%) LTE
4 6 (30.00%) DHCP
4 6 (30.00%) DNS
4 6 (30.00%) Network Security
4 6 (30.00%) TCP/IP
4 6 (30.00%) Wireless
5 5 (25.00%) 5G NR
5 5 (25.00%) Radio Access Network
6 4 (20.00%) 2G
6 4 (20.00%) 3G
7 3 (15.00%) ISDN
7 3 (15.00%) MPLS
7 3 (15.00%) PSTN
7 3 (15.00%) VoLTE
7 3 (15.00%) VoWiFi
General
1 11 (55.00%) Social Skills
2 5 (25.00%) Telecoms
3 2 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (10.00%) Billing
4 1 (5.00%) Fire and Rescue
4 1 (5.00%) French Language
4 1 (5.00%) Multimedia
4 1 (5.00%) Police
4 1 (5.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 9 (45.00%) Senior
2 5 (25.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 5 (25.00%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
3 4 (20.00%) Radio Engineer
3 4 (20.00%) Test Engineer
4 2 (10.00%) Analyst
4 2 (10.00%) Architect
4 2 (10.00%) Consultant
4 2 (10.00%) Design Engineer
4 2 (10.00%) Ericsson Engineer
4 2 (10.00%) Ericsson Field Engineer
4 2 (10.00%) Field Engineer
4 2 (10.00%) Field Test Engineer
4 2 (10.00%) Network Architect
4 2 (10.00%) Radio Design Engineer
4 2 (10.00%) RF Engineer
4 2 (10.00%) RF Test Engineer
4 2 (10.00%) Senior Analyst
4 2 (10.00%) Senior Test Analyst
4 2 (10.00%) Test Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 6 (30.00%) Security Operations Centre
1 6 (30.00%) Self-Motivation
2 3 (15.00%) Operational Technology
3 2 (10.00%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 6 (30.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (40.00%) Business Strategy
2 6 (30.00%) Business Continuity
2 6 (30.00%) Data Privacy
2 6 (30.00%) High Availability
2 6 (30.00%) Incident Management
2 6 (30.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 6 (30.00%) Infrastructure Management
2 6 (30.00%) Inventory Management
2 6 (30.00%) Mentoring
2 6 (30.00%) Proactive Management
2 6 (30.00%) Security Operations
2 6 (30.00%) Software Licensing
3 4 (20.00%) Network Architecture
3 4 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (15.00%) Benchmarking
4 3 (15.00%) Network Virtualisation
4 3 (15.00%) Zero Trust
5 2 (10.00%) CRM
5 2 (10.00%) Data Protection
5 2 (10.00%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (20.00%) CCNA
1 4 (20.00%) CCNP
1 4 (20.00%) Cisco Certification
1 4 (20.00%) Degree
2 1 (5.00%) CISSP
2 1 (5.00%) Master's Degree
2 1 (5.00%) PMI Certification
2 1 (5.00%) PMP
2 1 (5.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 3 (15.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 6 (30.00%) FortiGate
2 1 (5.00%) NSN NetAct
Vendors
1 3 (15.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (15.00%) Nokia
1 3 (15.00%) VMware
2 2 (10.00%) Ericsson
3 1 (5.00%) Agilent
3 1 (5.00%) Keysight