4G Contract Job Trends in the South East

4G
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South East requiring 4G skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 148 131 172
Rank change year-on-year -17 +41 +27
Contract jobs citing 4G 14 54 45
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.40% 1.22% 0.80%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.33% 6.76% 3.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 26 28
10th Percentile £255 £70 £313
25th Percentile £336 £331 £330
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £479 £412 £400
Median % change year-on-year +16.20% +3.00% -5.88%
75th Percentile £700 £539 £456
90th Percentile £783 £613 £526
England median daily rate £473 £450 £450
% change year-on-year +5.00% - +1.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £24.50
Median hourly rate - - £25.00
75th Percentile - - £25.50
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate - £45.00 £65.98
% change year-on-year - -31.80% +34.00%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
South East

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 the South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 600 799 1,137
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 17.15% 18.02% 20.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 421 441 664
10th Percentile £204 £237 £206
25th Percentile £329 £390 £305
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £465
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% +7.53% +0.81%
75th Percentile £588 £606 £582
90th Percentile £638 £663 £675
England median daily rate £488 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -2.50% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 57 79
10th Percentile £18.33 £27.00 £15.50
25th Percentile £45.50 £53.40 £27.88
Median hourly rate £55.00 £57.50 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% +33.33%
75th Percentile £78.00 £75.00 £75.00
90th Percentile £89.63 - £77.19
England median hourly rate £39.66 £57.35 £56.49
% change year-on-year -30.85% +1.52% +37.78%

4G
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing 4G as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for 4G in the South East

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Daily Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing 4G.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing 4G

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Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing 4G in the South East over the 6 months to 29 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for 4G in the South East

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Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing 4G.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing 4G

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Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing 4G within the South East region over the 6 months to 29 September 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
Berkshire -18 9 £375 -26.83% 5
Thames Valley -20 9 £375 -26.83% 7
West Sussex - 4 £750 - 1
Hampshire +9 1 £538 -6.52%
4G
England

4G
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 4 (28.57%) ThingWorx
2 2 (14.29%) Camunda
Applications
1 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 3 (21.43%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 6 (42.86%) 5G
2 4 (28.57%) ADSL
2 4 (28.57%) Radio Access Network
2 4 (28.57%) Wi-Fi
3 3 (21.43%) DOCSIS
3 3 (21.43%) GPON
3 3 (21.43%) LTE
3 3 (21.43%) MPLS
3 3 (21.43%) VoIP
3 3 (21.43%) xDSL
4 2 (14.29%) 2G
4 2 (14.29%) 3G
4 2 (14.29%) Converged Networks
5 1 (7.14%) VPN
General
1 5 (35.71%) Telecoms
2 4 (28.57%) Social Skills
3 1 (7.14%) Military
Job Titles
1 7 (50.00%) Architect
2 3 (21.43%) OSS Architect
2 3 (21.43%) Technology Architect
3 2 (14.29%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 2 (14.29%) Infrastructure Support
3 2 (14.29%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
3 2 (14.29%) Support Engineer
3 2 (14.29%) Windows Engineer
3 2 (14.29%) Windows Infrastructure Engineer
3 2 (14.29%) Windows Support Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) Cloud Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) Design Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) Lead Architect
4 1 (7.14%) Migration Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) Network Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) Radio Design Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) Radio Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) Senior Design Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) Solutions Architect
4 1 (7.14%) Telecoms Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (28.57%) Data Centre
1 4 (28.57%) Industrial Internet of Things
1 4 (28.57%) IoT
1 4 (28.57%) Operational Technology
1 4 (28.57%) SCADA
2 3 (21.43%) Cloud Native
2 3 (21.43%) TM Forum
3 1 (7.14%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 3 (21.43%) Windows
1 3 (21.43%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (28.57%) Capacity Management
1 4 (28.57%) Migration
2 3 (21.43%) Architectural Patterns
2 3 (21.43%) Artificial Intelligence
2 3 (21.43%) DevOps
2 3 (21.43%) eTOM
2 3 (21.43%) Fault Management
2 3 (21.43%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 3 (21.43%) Inventory Management
2 3 (21.43%) ITIL
2 3 (21.43%) Machine Learning
2 3 (21.43%) Microservices
3 2 (14.29%) Analytics
3 2 (14.29%) Computer Science
3 2 (14.29%) Data Analytics
3 2 (14.29%) Enterprise Architecture
3 2 (14.29%) Technical Leadership
3 2 (14.29%) TOGAF
4 1 (7.14%) Mobile Device Management
4 1 (7.14%) Performance Improvement
Programming Languages
1 1 (7.14%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (28.57%) Security Cleared
2 3 (21.43%) SC Cleared
3 2 (14.29%) Degree
3 2 (14.29%) Master's Degree
3 2 (14.29%) TOGAF Certification
4 1 (7.14%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (14.29%) OASIS TOSCA
System Software
1 3 (21.43%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (21.43%) Kubernetes
1 3 (21.43%) SCCM
2 2 (14.29%) Amdocs OSS
2 2 (14.29%) Ansible
3 1 (7.14%) NSN NetAct
Vendors
1 4 (28.57%) Microsoft
2 3 (21.43%) Ericsson
2 3 (21.43%) Huawei
2 3 (21.43%) Nokia
2 3 (21.43%) ServiceNow
3 2 (14.29%) Amdocs
3 2 (14.29%) NetCracker