4G Contracts in the UK excluding London

4G
UK > UK excluding London

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

6 months to
20 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 299 308 393
Rank change year-on-year +9 +85 +6
Contract jobs citing 4G 41 83 52
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.32% 0.41% 0.22%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.02% 2.54% 1.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 38 32
10th Percentile £193 £350 £280
25th Percentile £300 £372 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% - +4.90%
75th Percentile £550 £619 £656
90th Percentile £616 £788 £954
UK median daily rate £450 £475 £430
% change year-on-year -5.26% +10.47% -8.51%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 3
10th Percentile - - £51.79
25th Percentile - £52.50 £52.43
Median hourly rate - £55.00 £57.00
Median % change year-on-year - -3.51% +75.38%
75th Percentile - £57.50 £68.25
90th Percentile - - £72.89
UK median hourly rate - £61.88 £57.00
% change year-on-year - +8.55% +75.38%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK excluding 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 the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 2,034 3,274 3,498
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 15.72% 16.15% 15.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,229 1,856 2,201
10th Percentile £199 £203 £206
25th Percentile £300 £349 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £455 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -4.21% - +5.56%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £588
90th Percentile £625 £675 £688
UK median daily rate £485 £490 £518
% change year-on-year -1.02% -5.31% +3.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 130 359 310
10th Percentile £13.81 £13.25 -
25th Percentile £15.25 £16.30 £9.80
Median hourly rate £24.66 £45.88 £18.22
Median % change year-on-year -46.25% +151.88% -15.28%
75th Percentile £62.44 £63.75 £59.67
90th Percentile £81.01 £70.66 £73.83
UK median hourly rate £30.70 £40.00 £18.50
% change year-on-year -23.25% +116.22% -32.73%

4G
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing 4G as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for 4G in the UK excluding London

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing 4G in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for 4G in the UK excluding London

4G
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing 4G in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 20 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for 4G in the UK excluding London

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing 4G in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for 4G in the UK excluding London

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Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding 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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 20 May 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 East +36 26 £388 -13.89% 30
North of England +20 8 £205 -43.84% 2
South West +21 7 £547 -29.39% 12
North West +19 7 £205 -43.84% 1
Scotland +8 4 £471 -9.38% 7
East of England +12 3 £575 +33.72% 9
Yorkshire - 1 - - 1
4G
UK

4G
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (4.88%) Camunda
2 1 (2.44%) OpenStack
2 1 (2.44%) ThingWorx
Applications
1 5 (12.20%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (4.88%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (4.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (4.88%) Azure
1 2 (4.88%) OpenShift
1 2 (4.88%) PaaS
1 2 (4.88%) SaaS
2 1 (2.44%) AWS
2 1 (2.44%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (2.44%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 34 (82.93%) 5G
2 20 (48.78%) Radio Access Network
3 18 (43.90%) 2G
3 18 (43.90%) 3G
4 11 (26.83%) LTE
5 8 (19.51%) MPLS
6 6 (14.63%) VoIP
7 5 (12.20%) 3GPP
7 5 (12.20%) WAN
8 4 (9.76%) Ethernet
8 4 (9.76%) Network Security
8 4 (9.76%) Wireshark
9 3 (7.32%) Diameter Protocol
9 3 (7.32%) DOCSIS
9 3 (7.32%) GPON
9 3 (7.32%) PBX
9 3 (7.32%) SD-WAN
9 3 (7.32%) Wireless
9 3 (7.32%) xDSL
10 2 (4.88%) 5G NR
General
1 22 (53.66%) Telecoms
2 6 (14.63%) Social Skills
3 4 (9.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 3 (7.32%) Finance
4 3 (7.32%) Public Sector
5 2 (4.88%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (4.88%) Multimedia
5 2 (4.88%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (2.44%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 6 (14.63%) Architect
2 4 (9.76%) Designer
3 3 (7.32%) IP Designer
3 3 (7.32%) Network Specialist
3 3 (7.32%) OSS Architect
3 3 (7.32%) Project Manager
3 3 (7.32%) Senior
4 2 (4.88%) Automation Specialist
4 2 (4.88%) Design Engineer
4 2 (4.88%) Developer
4 2 (4.88%) Network Design Specialist
4 2 (4.88%) Senior Manager
4 2 (4.88%) Senior Project Manager
4 2 (4.88%) Software Developer
4 2 (4.88%) Technical Design Authority
4 2 (4.88%) WAN Project Manager
5 1 (2.44%) IP Engineer
5 1 (2.44%) Principal Engineer
5 1 (2.44%) Senior Design Engineer
5 1 (2.44%) Technical Design Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.88%) OpenAPI
1 2 (4.88%) REST
1 2 (4.88%) RESTful
1 2 (4.88%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 9 (21.95%) IoT
2 7 (17.07%) Smartphone
3 5 (12.20%) Driving Licence
4 4 (9.76%) Cloud Native
5 3 (7.32%) SCADA
5 3 (7.32%) TM Forum
6 2 (4.88%) Data Centre
6 2 (4.88%) Onboarding
6 2 (4.88%) Operational Technology
6 2 (4.88%) Video Conferencing
7 1 (2.44%) Blackberry
7 1 (2.44%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (2.44%) Fibre Optics
7 1 (2.44%) Industrial Internet of Things
7 1 (2.44%) NB-IoT
7 1 (2.44%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (2.44%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 7 (17.07%) Android
1 7 (17.07%) Apple iOS
2 2 (4.88%) Linux
3 1 (2.44%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (21.95%) Network Architecture
2 7 (17.07%) Network Design
3 6 (14.63%) ITIL
3 6 (14.63%) Migration
3 6 (14.63%) Problem-Solving
4 5 (12.20%) Computer Science
4 5 (12.20%) DevOps
4 5 (12.20%) Microservices
4 5 (12.20%) Project Management
4 5 (12.20%) Validation
5 4 (9.76%) Agile
5 4 (9.76%) Customer Experience
5 4 (9.76%) Customer Service
5 4 (9.76%) Data Security
5 4 (9.76%) Fault Management
5 4 (9.76%) Mobile Device Management
5 4 (9.76%) Technical Leadership
5 4 (9.76%) Time Management
6 3 (7.32%) Architectural Patterns
6 3 (7.32%) Inventory Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (7.32%) C++
1 3 (7.32%) Python
2 2 (4.88%) Go
2 2 (4.88%) Java
3 1 (2.44%) C#
Qualifications
1 9 (21.95%) Degree
2 5 (12.20%) Security Cleared
3 3 (7.32%) DV Cleared
4 2 (4.88%) BPSS Clearance
4 2 (4.88%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (4.88%) Master's Degree
4 2 (4.88%) SC Cleared
4 2 (4.88%) TOGAF Certification
5 1 (2.44%) CCNP
5 1 (2.44%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (2.44%) NVQ Level 3
5 1 (2.44%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.88%) OASIS TOSCA
1 2 (4.88%) QA
System Software
1 2 (4.88%) Docker
2 1 (2.44%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 7 (17.07%) Kubernetes
2 3 (7.32%) Ansible
3 2 (4.88%) Amdocs OSS
4 1 (2.44%) NSN NetAct
Vendors
1 13 (31.71%) Ericsson
2 12 (29.27%) Nokia
3 7 (17.07%) ServiceNow
4 5 (12.20%) Cisco
5 3 (7.32%) BT
5 3 (7.32%) F5
5 3 (7.32%) Huawei
5 3 (7.32%) Juniper
5 3 (7.32%) Microsoft
5 3 (7.32%) Palo Alto
5 3 (7.32%) VMware
6 2 (4.88%) Amdocs
6 2 (4.88%) Empirix
6 2 (4.88%) NetCracker
6 2 (4.88%) NetScout
6 2 (4.88%) Snow
7 1 (2.44%) Avaya
7 1 (2.44%) Oracle
7 1 (2.44%) Ribbon