4G Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

4G
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work 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 278 295 427
Rank change year-on-year +17 +132 +113
Contract jobs citing 4G 26 50 50
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.26% 0.33% 0.19%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.49% 3.11% 1.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 24 32
10th Percentile £193 £445 £326
25th Percentile £275 £463 £357
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £490 £400
Median % change year-on-year -3.06% +22.50% -30.43%
75th Percentile £588 £788 £619
90th Percentile £613 - £954
UK median daily rate £450 £475 £400
% change year-on-year -5.26% +18.75% -11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £24.25 £51.37
Median hourly rate - £24.50 £55.32
Median % change year-on-year - -55.71% -
75th Percentile - £24.75 £59.28
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate - £24.50 £57.00
% change year-on-year - -57.02% +75.38%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,043 1,610 2,954
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 10.53% 10.49% 11.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 667 1,029 1,967
10th Percentile £325 £300 £350
25th Percentile £400 £410 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £505 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.99% -3.81% +5.00%
75th Percentile £600 £615 £650
90th Percentile £700 £703 £725
UK median daily rate £488 £495 £519
% change year-on-year -1.52% -4.53% +3.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 77 101
10th Percentile £13.78 £12.75 £24.50
25th Percentile £14.20 £14.27 £42.50
Median hourly rate £41.00 £24.50 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year +67.35% -59.17% +23.51%
75th Percentile £64.38 £65.00 £71.50
90th Percentile £73.75 £87.46 £80.25
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £40.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year -27.50% +110.53% -32.74%

4G
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing 4G as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

4G trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

4G
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing 4G.

4G daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

4G
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing 4G over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

4G daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

4G
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing 4G.

4G hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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:

Applications
1 3 (11.54%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (3.85%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 5 (19.23%) Azure
2 2 (7.69%) AWS
3 1 (3.85%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 18 (69.23%) 5G
2 11 (42.31%) Radio Access Network
3 10 (38.46%) 2G
4 9 (34.62%) 3G
5 7 (26.92%) Network Security
5 7 (26.92%) WAN
6 6 (23.08%) MPLS
6 6 (23.08%) Wireless
7 5 (19.23%) Firewall
7 5 (19.23%) LAN
7 5 (19.23%) VPN
8 4 (15.38%) Ethernet
8 4 (15.38%) TCP/IP
9 3 (11.54%) DHCP
9 3 (11.54%) DNS
10 2 (7.69%) 3GPP
10 2 (7.69%) ISDN
10 2 (7.69%) PSTN
10 2 (7.69%) SD-WAN
10 2 (7.69%) Wi-Fi
General
1 12 (46.15%) Telecoms
2 5 (19.23%) Social Skills
3 4 (15.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 4 (15.38%) Public Sector
4 2 (7.69%) Finance
5 1 (3.85%) Billing
Job Titles
1 7 (26.92%) Senior
2 3 (11.54%) Design Engineer
2 3 (11.54%) Designer
2 3 (11.54%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 3 (11.54%) IP Designer
2 3 (11.54%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
3 2 (7.69%) Developer
3 2 (7.69%) Network Specialist
3 2 (7.69%) Project Manager
3 2 (7.69%) Radio Design Engineer
3 2 (7.69%) Radio Engineer
3 2 (7.69%) Senior Manager
3 2 (7.69%) Senior Project Manager
3 2 (7.69%) Software Developer
4 1 (3.85%) ICT Engineer
4 1 (3.85%) IP Design Engineer
4 1 (3.85%) Mobile Designer
4 1 (3.85%) OSS Specialist
4 1 (3.85%) Telecoms Designer
4 1 (3.85%) WAN Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (7.69%) OpenAPI
1 2 (7.69%) REST
1 2 (7.69%) RESTful
1 2 (7.69%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 4 (15.38%) Self-Motivation
2 3 (11.54%) IoT
2 3 (11.54%) Security Operations Centre
2 3 (11.54%) Smartphone
3 2 (7.69%) Cloud Native
3 2 (7.69%) Driving Licence
3 2 (7.69%) Operational Technology
4 1 (3.85%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 3 (11.54%) Android
1 3 (11.54%) Apple iOS
1 3 (11.54%) Windows
2 2 (7.69%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (23.08%) Network Architecture
2 5 (19.23%) Network Design
3 4 (15.38%) Business Strategy
3 4 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (11.54%) Business Continuity
4 3 (11.54%) Customer Service
4 3 (11.54%) Data Privacy
4 3 (11.54%) Data Security
4 3 (11.54%) High Availability
4 3 (11.54%) Incident Management
4 3 (11.54%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 3 (11.54%) Infrastructure Management
4 3 (11.54%) Inventory Management
4 3 (11.54%) Mentoring
4 3 (11.54%) Mobile Device Management
4 3 (11.54%) Network Management
4 3 (11.54%) Proactive Management
4 3 (11.54%) Security Operations
4 3 (11.54%) Time Management
4 3 (11.54%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 4 (15.38%) Python
2 2 (7.69%) C++
2 2 (7.69%) Go
2 2 (7.69%) Java
Qualifications
1 7 (26.92%) Degree
2 3 (11.54%) CCNA
2 3 (11.54%) CCNP
2 3 (11.54%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (11.54%) Security Cleared
3 2 (7.69%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.85%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (11.54%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (7.69%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (11.54%) FortiGate
2 2 (7.69%) Ansible
2 2 (7.69%) Kubernetes
2 2 (7.69%) NSN NetAct
3 1 (3.85%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 5 (19.23%) Nokia
1 5 (19.23%) ServiceNow
2 4 (15.38%) Ericsson
3 3 (11.54%) Microsoft
3 3 (11.54%) VMware
4 2 (7.69%) BT
4 2 (7.69%) Cisco
5 1 (3.85%) Huawei
5 1 (3.85%) Oracle
5 1 (3.85%) Snow