4G Contracts in the South West

4G
England > South West

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West with a requirement for 4G skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited 4G over the 6 months to 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 123 153 154
Rank change year-on-year +30 +1 -31
Contract jobs citing 4G 29 21 17
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 0.91% 0.57% 0.46%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 5.44% 3.21% 3.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 16 5
10th Percentile £598 - £303
25th Percentile £763 £400 £306
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £775 £569 £415
Median % change year-on-year +36.26% +37.05% +3.75%
75th Percentile £788 £897 £591
90th Percentile - £1,006 £597
England median daily rate £475 £400 £450
% change year-on-year +18.75% -11.11% +12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £65.16 -
England median hourly rate £24.50 £57.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year -57.02% +75.38% -23.53%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
South West

4G is in the Communications and Computer Networking category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the South West with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 533 654 495
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 16.72% 17.84% 13.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 347 425 300
10th Percentile £275 £206 £224
25th Percentile £460 £400 £330
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year +6.00% +11.11% +12.50%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £540
90th Percentile £713 £717 £619
England median daily rate £488 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -7.14% +5.00% +15.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 40 128 34
10th Percentile £12.50 - £41.13
25th Percentile £15.75 - £46.25
Median hourly rate £40.00 £9.80 £50.56
Median % change year-on-year +308.16% -80.62% +9.91%
75th Percentile £70.66 £62.13 £66.46
90th Percentile £85.00 £77.58 £69.05
England median hourly rate £40.00 £18.93 £23.91
% change year-on-year +111.30% -20.83% -4.36%

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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

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing 4G in the South West.

Daily rate trend for 4G in the South West

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Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing 4G in the South West over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for 4G in the South West

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing 4G in the South West.

Hourly rate trend for 4G in the South West

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Contract 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 25 April 2024. 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
Bristol +25 16 - - 4
Wiltshire +4 8 £775 -12.68%
Dorset +9 5 £600 -
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England

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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:

Business Applications
1 2 (6.90%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Communications & Networking
1 13 (44.83%) LTE
1 13 (44.83%) Radio Access Network
1 13 (44.83%) Wireshark
2 10 (34.48%) 3GPP
2 10 (34.48%) Wireless
3 8 (27.59%) 3G
3 8 (27.59%) 5G
4 5 (17.24%) Network Security
5 4 (13.79%) VoIP
6 2 (6.90%) Firewall
7 1 (3.45%) HTTP
7 1 (3.45%) SIGTRAN
7 1 (3.45%) SS7
7 1 (3.45%) TCP/IP
7 1 (3.45%) VPN
General
1 22 (75.86%) Telecoms
2 9 (31.03%) Public Sector
3 7 (24.14%) Electronics
3 7 (24.14%) Finance
3 7 (24.14%) Manufacturing
3 7 (24.14%) Marketing
4 3 (10.34%) Aerospace
4 3 (10.34%) Military
4 3 (10.34%) Social Skills
5 1 (3.45%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 9 (31.03%) Architect
2 8 (27.59%) Technical Architect
3 3 (10.34%) Design Engineer
3 3 (10.34%) Integration Engineer
3 3 (10.34%) IT Engineer
3 3 (10.34%) Network Communications Engineer
3 3 (10.34%) Network Systems Engineer
3 3 (10.34%) Optimisation Engineer
3 3 (10.34%) RAN Design Engineer
3 3 (10.34%) RAN Engineer
3 3 (10.34%) Systems Engineer
4 2 (6.90%) Network Design Specialist
4 2 (6.90%) Network Specialist
4 2 (6.90%) Test and Integration Engineer
5 1 (3.45%) IT Architect
5 1 (3.45%) Requirements Engineer
5 1 (3.45%) Senior Systems Engineer
5 1 (3.45%) Systems Architect
5 1 (3.45%) Systems Integration Engineer
5 1 (3.45%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.45%) SPML
1 1 (3.45%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (3.45%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (3.45%) PKI
1 1 (3.45%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 5 (17.24%) Windows
2 4 (13.79%) Linux
3 1 (3.45%) Solaris
3 1 (3.45%) Unix
3 1 (3.45%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (44.83%) High Availability
2 11 (37.93%) Network Design
2 11 (37.93%) Project Management
3 7 (24.14%) Agile
3 7 (24.14%) Business Intelligence
3 7 (24.14%) Digital Marketing
3 7 (24.14%) Programme Management
3 7 (24.14%) Stakeholder Management
3 7 (24.14%) Waterfall
4 5 (17.24%) Systems Engineering
5 4 (13.79%) Network Management
6 3 (10.34%) Security Hardening
6 3 (10.34%) Test Scripting
7 2 (6.90%) Enterprise Architecture
7 2 (6.90%) Information Assurance
7 2 (6.90%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
7 2 (6.90%) Roadmaps
7 2 (6.90%) Software Testing
7 2 (6.90%) SysML
7 2 (6.90%) System Testing
Qualifications
1 12 (41.38%) SC Cleared
1 12 (41.38%) Security Cleared
2 7 (24.14%) DV Cleared
3 1 (3.45%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.45%) Def Stans
1 1 (3.45%) NCSC
1 1 (3.45%) PMO
Systems Management
1 1 (3.45%) Check_MK
Vendors
1 14 (48.28%) Nokia
2 13 (44.83%) Actix
3 10 (34.48%) Ericsson
3 10 (34.48%) Huawei
4 7 (24.14%) SAP
5 2 (6.90%) Cisco
5 2 (6.90%) Juniper
5 2 (6.90%) Sparx
6 1 (3.45%) Fortinet
6 1 (3.45%) Splunk