4G Job Trends in the South East

4G
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South East requiring 4G skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 262 285 297
Rank change year-on-year +23 +12 +100
Permanent jobs citing 4G 6 12 7
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.057% 0.13% 0.072%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.40% 0.87% 0.51%
Number of salaries quoted 5 6 7
10th Percentile - £35,625 £25,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £36,875 £28,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £53,750 £43,000
Median % change year-on-year -25.58% +25.00% -33.85%
75th Percentile £47,500 £67,500 £58,875
90th Percentile £76,000 £68,750 £72,500
England median annual salary £38,000 £55,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -30.91% +22.22% -25.00%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
South East

4G falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills in the South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,510 1,385 1,371
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 14.36% 15.51% 14.14%
Number of salaries quoted 675 714 1,173
10th Percentile £27,000 £31,250 £27,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £42,500 £34,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £55,000 £49,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% +12.24% +3.16%
75th Percentile £59,500 £63,750 £61,250
90th Percentile £73,650 £77,500 £73,750
England median annual salary £40,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -27.27% +10.00% -4.76%

4G
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing 4G relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the South East.

4G job vacancy trend in the South East

4G
Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing 4G.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing 4G

4G
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing 4G in the South East over the 6 months to 20 January 2026.

Salary histogram for 4G in the South East

4G
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing 4G within the South East region over the 6 months to 20 January 2026. 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Thames Valley +5 6 £40,000 - 2
Berkshire +1 5 £40,000 - 2
Oxfordshire +17 1 - -
4G
England

4G
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Applications
1 3 (50.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (50.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Communications & Networking
1 6 (100.00%) 5G
2 4 (66.67%) Wireless
3 3 (50.00%) GSM
3 3 (50.00%) TETRA
3 3 (50.00%) UMTS
4 1 (16.67%) 3GPP
4 1 (16.67%) Diameter Protocol
4 1 (16.67%) ICMP
4 1 (16.67%) Internet
4 1 (16.67%) IPv4
4 1 (16.67%) IPv6
4 1 (16.67%) SCTP
4 1 (16.67%) TCP/IP
4 1 (16.67%) Wireshark
General
1 2 (33.33%) Telecoms
2 1 (16.67%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) Support Engineer
2 3 (50.00%) Network Engineer
2 3 (50.00%) Network Support
2 3 (50.00%) Network Support Engineer
2 3 (50.00%) NOC Engineer
2 3 (50.00%) Radio Engineer
2 3 (50.00%) Radio Network Engineer
3 2 (33.33%) RF Engineer
4 1 (16.67%) FPGA Engineer
4 1 (16.67%) Senior
4 1 (16.67%) Senior FPGA Engineer
4 1 (16.67%) Technical Engineer
4 1 (16.67%) Technical Support
4 1 (16.67%) Technical Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) FPGA
1 1 (16.67%) IoT
1 1 (16.67%) PCIe
1 1 (16.67%) Smart City
1 1 (16.67%) Verilog
Operating Systems
1 2 (33.33%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) ITIL
1 3 (50.00%) Network Management
2 1 (16.67%) Scenario Testing
2 1 (16.67%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 1 (16.67%) Perl
1 1 (16.67%) Python
1 1 (16.67%) SystemVerilog
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (50.00%) Microsoft