4G Contracts with Work from Home 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 10 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 301 403 520
Rank change year-on-year +102 +117 -104
Contract jobs citing 4G 37 46 106
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.25% 0.19% 0.24%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.41% 1.65% 2.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 30 61
10th Percentile £450 £332 £405
25th Percentile £485 £385 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £430 £575
Median % change year-on-year +39.53% -25.22% +35.29%
75th Percentile £788 £663 £700
90th Percentile - £963 -
UK median daily rate £500 £450 £469
% change year-on-year +11.11% -4.05% +17.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £51.37 £47.50
Median hourly rate - £55.32 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year - +10.64% +11.11%
75th Percentile - £59.28 £52.50
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £61.88 £57.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year +8.55% +75.38% -22.16%

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 1,536 2,787 4,431
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 10.39% 11.68% 10.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,006 1,856 3,041
10th Percentile £300 £338 £313
25th Percentile £413 £420 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% +5.00% +8.70%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £603
90th Percentile £700 £725 £688
UK median daily rate £498 £513 £500
% change year-on-year -2.93% +2.50% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 71 98 103
10th Percentile £12.75 £19.20 £18.55
25th Percentile £14.00 £42.50 £26.13
Median hourly rate £30.00 £55.16 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year -45.61% +16.13% +26.67%
75th Percentile £65.00 £70.19 £63.13
90th Percentile £87.46 £80.25 £66.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £18.72 £26.00
% change year-on-year +113.73% -28.02% +4.00%

4G
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing 4G as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

4G trend for jobs with a WFH option

4G
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option 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 a work from home option citing 4G over the 6 months to 10 June 2024.

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 a work from home option citing 4G.

4G hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

4G
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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (10.81%) ArcGIS
2 1 (2.70%) OpenStack
Applications
1 5 (13.51%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (2.70%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (2.70%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (2.70%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 4 (10.81%) Power Platform
2 2 (5.41%) Azure
3 1 (2.70%) AWS
3 1 (2.70%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 23 (62.16%) 5G
2 22 (59.46%) 3G
3 14 (37.84%) Radio Access Network
4 9 (24.32%) 2G
5 7 (18.92%) LTE
6 4 (10.81%) 3GPP
6 4 (10.81%) 5G NR
6 4 (10.81%) ATM
6 4 (10.81%) Ethernet
6 4 (10.81%) Network Security
6 4 (10.81%) SDH
7 3 (8.11%) VoIP
8 1 (2.70%) LoRaWAN
8 1 (2.70%) MQTT
8 1 (2.70%) MVNO
8 1 (2.70%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (10.81%) GIS
1 4 (10.81%) Power BI
1 4 (10.81%) QGIS
1 4 (10.81%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (2.70%) Jenkins
General
1 17 (45.95%) Telecoms
2 11 (29.73%) Public Sector
3 9 (24.32%) Electronics
3 9 (24.32%) Finance
3 9 (24.32%) Manufacturing
4 8 (21.62%) Marketing
5 3 (8.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 3 (8.11%) Social Skills
6 2 (5.41%) Military
7 1 (2.70%) Aerospace
7 1 (2.70%) Local Government
7 1 (2.70%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 10 (27.03%) Architect
2 8 (21.62%) Technical Architect
3 7 (18.92%) Senior
4 5 (13.51%) Consultant
4 5 (13.51%) Performance Consultant
4 5 (13.51%) Performance Specialist
4 5 (13.51%) Senior Consultant
4 5 (13.51%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
4 5 (13.51%) Senior Performance Consultant
5 4 (10.81%) Design Engineer
5 4 (10.81%) Radio Design Engineer
5 4 (10.81%) Radio Engineer
5 4 (10.81%) Radio Specialist
6 3 (8.11%) Transmission Planner
7 2 (5.41%) Designer
7 2 (5.41%) Integration Engineer
8 1 (2.70%) Penetration Tester
8 1 (2.70%) Security Architect
8 1 (2.70%) Telecoms Planner
8 1 (2.70%) Test Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (2.70%) Embedded Systems
1 1 (2.70%) Housing Association
1 1 (2.70%) IoT
1 1 (2.70%) NHS
1 1 (2.70%) PKI
1 1 (2.70%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 5 (13.51%) Linux
2 3 (8.11%) Windows
3 1 (2.70%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (32.43%) Business Intelligence
2 11 (29.73%) Roadmaps
3 9 (24.32%) Agile
3 9 (24.32%) Programme Management
4 8 (21.62%) Customer Experience
4 8 (21.62%) Digital Marketing
4 8 (21.62%) Stakeholder Management
4 8 (21.62%) Waterfall
5 6 (16.22%) Performance Management
6 5 (13.51%) Capacity Planning
6 5 (13.51%) Conflict Resolution
6 5 (13.51%) Data Analysis
6 5 (13.51%) Decision-Making
6 5 (13.51%) Problem-Solving
6 5 (13.51%) Project Delivery
6 5 (13.51%) Technical Leadership
7 4 (10.81%) Analytics
7 4 (10.81%) Break/Fix
7 4 (10.81%) Network Architecture
7 4 (10.81%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 4 (10.81%) Python
Qualifications
1 12 (32.43%) SC Cleared
1 12 (32.43%) Security Cleared
2 9 (24.32%) DV Cleared
3 2 (5.41%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (5.41%) Degree
4 1 (2.70%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 1 (2.70%) AWS Certification
4 1 (2.70%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
4 1 (2.70%) Azure Certification
4 1 (2.70%) CCIE
4 1 (2.70%) CCNP
4 1 (2.70%) CCSP
4 1 (2.70%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.70%) COBIT
1 1 (2.70%) Def Stans
1 1 (2.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (2.70%) NCSC
System Software
1 2 (5.41%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (2.70%) Docker
2 1 (2.70%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 1 (2.70%) Docker Swarm
1 1 (2.70%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 8 (21.62%) SAP
2 5 (13.51%) Microsoft
3 2 (5.41%) VMware
4 1 (2.70%) Apple
4 1 (2.70%) Cisco
4 1 (2.70%) Empirix
4 1 (2.70%) Ericsson
4 1 (2.70%) NetScout
4 1 (2.70%) Sparx