4G Contracts in Reading

4G
Berkshire > Reading

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Reading 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 48 72 84
Rank change year-on-year +24 +12 +5
Contract jobs citing 4G 12 19 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Reading 2.01% 1.59% 0.29%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 13.95% 7.72% 1.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 4 1
10th Percentile £349 £276 -
25th Percentile £414 £420 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £513 £280
Median % change year-on-year -12.20% +83.04% -45.85%
75th Percentile £503 £538 -
90th Percentile £597 £539 -
Berkshire median daily rate £450 £431 £450
% change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% +7.78%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Reading

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 Reading.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 86 246 184
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 14.41% 20.64% 17.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 34 113 97
10th Percentile £221 £205 £337
25th Percentile £307 £335 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £499 £608 £650
90th Percentile £623 - £718
Berkshire median daily rate £450 £490 £488
% change year-on-year -8.16% +0.51% +4.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 13 3
10th Percentile - £77.22 -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate - £87.46 £66.00
Median % change year-on-year - +32.52% +153.85%
75th Percentile - £87.53 £73.69
90th Percentile - - £78.30
Berkshire median hourly rate £24.66 £83.77 £66.00
% change year-on-year -70.56% +26.92% +288.24%

4G
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Job vacancy trend for 4G in Reading

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Reading

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

Daily rate trend for 4G in Reading

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Daily Rate Histogram in Reading

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

Daily rate histogram for 4G in Reading

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Reading

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

Hourly rate trend for 4G in Reading

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading 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 (16.67%) OpenStack
Applications
1 2 (16.67%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (16.67%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (16.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 4 (33.33%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 10 (83.33%) 3G
1 10 (83.33%) 5G
2 8 (66.67%) Radio Access Network
3 7 (58.33%) LTE
4 5 (41.67%) 2G
5 4 (33.33%) 3GPP
5 4 (33.33%) Diameter Protocol
5 4 (33.33%) Ethernet
5 4 (33.33%) MPLS
5 4 (33.33%) Network Security
6 2 (16.67%) DNS
6 2 (16.67%) GGSN
6 2 (16.67%) HTTP
6 2 (16.67%) MVNO
6 2 (16.67%) RANAP
6 2 (16.67%) SGSN
6 2 (16.67%) VoLTE
6 2 (16.67%) Wireshark
7 1 (8.33%) 5G NR
7 1 (8.33%) TCP/IP
General
1 10 (83.33%) Telecoms
2 4 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 3 (25.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (16.67%) Multimedia
4 2 (16.67%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (33.33%) Technical Design Authority
2 3 (25.00%) Designer
2 3 (25.00%) IP Designer
3 2 (16.67%) Architect
3 2 (16.67%) Technical Architect
3 2 (16.67%) Technical Design Architect
4 1 (8.33%) Automation Specialist
4 1 (8.33%) Capacity Manager
4 1 (8.33%) Design Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) IP Design Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) IP Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) IP Network Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) Mobile Designer
4 1 (8.33%) Network Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) Principal Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) Principal IP Design Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) Principal Network Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) Telecoms Designer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (33.33%) Onboarding
2 1 (8.33%) IoT
2 1 (8.33%) NB-IoT
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (66.67%) Network Architecture
2 4 (33.33%) Network Design
2 4 (33.33%) Project Management
3 3 (25.00%) Network Management
4 2 (16.67%) Computer Science
4 2 (16.67%) Conflict Resolution
4 2 (16.67%) Customer Experience
4 2 (16.67%) Decision-Making
4 2 (16.67%) Performance Improvement
4 2 (16.67%) Project Delivery
4 2 (16.67%) Roadmaps
4 2 (16.67%) Statistics
4 2 (16.67%) Technology Roadmap
5 1 (8.33%) Capacity Planning
Qualifications
1 6 (50.00%) Degree
2 2 (16.67%) Computer Science Degree
Systems Management
1 4 (33.33%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 4 (33.33%) VMware
2 2 (16.67%) Empirix
2 2 (16.67%) NetScout
3 1 (8.33%) Cisco
3 1 (8.33%) Ericsson
3 1 (8.33%) Nokia