4G Contracts in the South West

4G
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West 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 20 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 107 116 135
Rank change year-on-year +9 +19 +26
DemandTrendContract jobs citing 4G 9 23 20
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 0.47% 0.83% 0.60%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 3.53% 4.89% 4.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 10 9
10th Percentile - - £511
25th Percentile £450 - £613
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £450 £625
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -28.00% +38.89%
75th Percentile - £619 £875
90th Percentile £544 £776 £1,078
England median daily rate £480 £470 £450
% change year-on-year +2.13% +4.44% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 5
10th Percentile - - £52.42
25th Percentile - - £54.00
Median hourly rate - - £65.98
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - £71.99
England median hourly rate - £55.00 £61.99
% change year-on-year - -11.27% +27.86%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
South West

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 West.

DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 255 470 452
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 13.19% 17.02% 13.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 161 306 277
10th Percentile £213 £275 £210
25th Percentile £321 £460 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £538 £525
Median % change year-on-year -8.84% +2.38% +10.53%
75th Percentile £613 £636 £625
90th Percentile £669 £675 £700
England median daily rate £492 £505 £500
% change year-on-year -2.57% +1.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 40 50
10th Percentile £23.73 £12.32 £20.50
25th Percentile £32.65 £13.58 £48.32
Median hourly rate £50.00 £65.00 £56.49
Median % change year-on-year -23.08% +15.06% +3.65%
75th Percentile £58.75 £71.56 £69.06
90th Percentile £62.50 £75.30 £85.13
England median hourly rate £42.50 £54.88 £55.16
% change year-on-year -22.55% -0.52% +57.60%

4G
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for 4G in the South West

4G
Daily Rate Trend in the South West

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

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

4G
Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

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

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

4G
DemandTrendContract Job Locations in the South West

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 West region over the 6 months to 20 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Bristol -9 6 £450 - 2
Dorset +2 3 £540 -10.00%
4G
England

4G
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (22.22%) PaaS
1 2 (22.22%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (66.67%) 5G
2 4 (44.44%) LTE
2 4 (44.44%) Radio Access Network
3 3 (33.33%) 3GPP
3 3 (33.33%) Firewall
3 3 (33.33%) Wireshark
4 2 (22.22%) PBX
4 2 (22.22%) VoIP
5 1 (11.11%) Unified Communications
General
1 6 (66.67%) Telecoms
2 3 (33.33%) Military
Job Titles
1 3 (33.33%) Engineering Specialist
1 3 (33.33%) Network Design Specialist
1 3 (33.33%) Network Specialist
1 3 (33.33%) Performance Specialist
1 3 (33.33%) Test Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 3 (33.33%) PKI
2 1 (11.11%) Blackberry
2 1 (11.11%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (11.11%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 3 (33.33%) Windows
1 3 (33.33%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (55.56%) Root Cause Analysis
2 3 (33.33%) Asset Management
2 3 (33.33%) Change Management
2 3 (33.33%) Cryptography
2 3 (33.33%) High Availability
2 3 (33.33%) Integration Testing
2 3 (33.33%) Network Design
2 3 (33.33%) Security Hardening
2 3 (33.33%) Service Management
2 3 (33.33%) Test Scripting
3 2 (22.22%) Commercial Awareness
3 2 (22.22%) Impact Assessments
3 2 (22.22%) Migration
4 1 (11.11%) Customer Requirements
4 1 (11.11%) Network Optimisation
4 1 (11.11%) Performance Analysis
4 1 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (11.11%) Service Design
4 1 (11.11%) Technical Leadership
4 1 (11.11%) Thought Leadership
Qualifications
1 5 (55.56%) Security Cleared
2 3 (33.33%) SC Cleared
3 2 (22.22%) DV Cleared
4 1 (11.11%) CCNP
4 1 (11.11%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (11.11%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (33.33%) NCSC
System Software
1 1 (11.11%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (33.33%) Check_MK
Vendors
1 6 (66.67%) Ericsson
2 5 (55.56%) Cisco
2 5 (55.56%) Juniper
2 5 (55.56%) Nokia
3 3 (33.33%) Actix
3 3 (33.33%) Fortinet
3 3 (33.33%) Splunk
4 2 (22.22%) F5
4 2 (22.22%) Palo Alto
5 1 (11.11%) Avaya
5 1 (11.11%) Ribbon
5 1 (11.11%) VMware