4G Jobs in the UK excluding London

4G
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for 4G skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited 4G over the 6 months to 6 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 677 676 805
Rank change year-on-year -1 +129 -208
Permanent jobs citing 4G 94 85 62
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.13% 0.14% 0.087%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.96% 0.77% 0.56%
Number of salaries quoted 68 54 37
10th Percentile £29,500 £32,500 -
25th Percentile £38,000 £36,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.00% +5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £58,750 £72,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £67,500 £87,000 £77,500
UK median annual salary £48,500 £67,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -28.15% +3.85% +44.44%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK excluding London

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

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 9,818 11,033 11,013
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 13.92% 18.00% 15.47%
Number of salaries quoted 7,127 4,858 6,525
10th Percentile £25,750 £26,250 £26,750
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,889 £33,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,500 £45,000 £46,223
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% -2.64% +2.72%
75th Percentile £57,500 £60,000 £61,250
90th Percentile £68,750 £75,000 £73,750
UK median annual salary £48,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.00% -4.76% +5.00%

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

4G
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Salary trend for 4G in the UK excluding London

4G
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing 4G in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 6 May 2024.

Salary histogram for 4G in the UK excluding London

4G
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing 4G within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 6 May 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South East +28 42 £37,500 -19.35% 24
East of England - 20 £52,500 - 13
North of England +38 18 £62,500 +66.67% 7
Yorkshire +86 12 - - 4
Midlands - 8 £50,000 -
West Midlands - 8 £50,000 -
South West -44 6 £67,750 +0.37% 4
North West +18 3 £45,000 -48.28% 3
North East -14 3 £80,000 +113.33%
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 6 (6.38%) Microsoft Exchange
1 6 (6.38%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.06%) Site Server
Applications
1 5 (5.32%) OrCAD
2 4 (4.26%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (2.13%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (1.06%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (1.06%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (1.06%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (2.13%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 6 (6.38%) Azure
1 6 (6.38%) Entra ID
1 6 (6.38%) Microsoft 365
1 6 (6.38%) OneDrive
2 5 (5.32%) Cloud Computing
3 1 (1.06%) AWS
3 1 (1.06%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 42 (44.68%) 5G
2 36 (38.30%) Wireless
3 35 (37.23%) 3G
4 22 (23.40%) Wi-Fi
5 21 (22.34%) LTE
6 16 (17.02%) Firewall
7 14 (14.89%) WAN
8 13 (13.83%) MPLS
8 13 (13.83%) MQTT
8 13 (13.83%) RS-485
9 12 (12.77%) GPRS
10 9 (9.57%) Bluetooth
10 9 (9.57%) GSM
11 8 (8.51%) TCP/IP
12 6 (6.38%) DSL
12 6 (6.38%) VSAT
13 5 (5.32%) Modbus
13 5 (5.32%) VPN
14 3 (3.19%) 2G
14 3 (3.19%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (6.38%) Amazon RDS
2 2 (2.13%) Big Data
2 2 (2.13%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 7 (7.45%) JIRA
2 4 (4.26%) Eclipse
2 4 (4.26%) Subversion
3 3 (3.19%) GCC
4 2 (2.13%) Apache Continuum
4 2 (2.13%) Jenkins
4 2 (2.13%) Rational DOORS
5 1 (1.06%) TeamCity
General
1 53 (56.38%) Telecoms
2 31 (32.98%) Social Skills
3 18 (19.15%) Manufacturing
4 15 (15.96%) Finance
5 12 (12.77%) Mandarin Language
6 11 (11.70%) Public Sector
7 10 (10.64%) Analytical Skills
8 9 (9.57%) Military
9 8 (8.51%) Electronics
9 8 (8.51%) Marketing
10 7 (7.45%) Presentation Skills
11 6 (6.38%) Legal
12 5 (5.32%) Aerospace
13 2 (2.13%) Automotive
13 2 (2.13%) Dutch Language
13 2 (2.13%) French Language
13 2 (2.13%) Games
13 2 (2.13%) Retail
13 2 (2.13%) Swedish Language
14 1 (1.06%) Law
Job Titles
1 19 (20.21%) Embedded Engineer
2 16 (17.02%) Senior
2 16 (17.02%) Technical Support
3 15 (15.96%) Embedded Software Engineer
3 15 (15.96%) Software Engineer
4 14 (14.89%) Support Engineer
4 14 (14.89%) Systems Engineer
4 14 (14.89%) Technical Engineer
4 14 (14.89%) Technical Support Engineer
5 7 (7.45%) Delivery Manager
5 7 (7.45%) Senior Delivery Manager
5 7 (7.45%) Senior Manager
5 7 (7.45%) Telecoms Manager
6 6 (6.38%) Design Engineer
6 6 (6.38%) Field Engineer
6 6 (6.38%) Systems Support Engineer
7 5 (5.32%) 2nd Line Engineer
7 5 (5.32%) Principal Engineer
7 5 (5.32%) Senior Systems Engineer
7 5 (5.32%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (12.77%) REST
2 4 (4.26%) Flash
3 1 (1.06%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 21 (22.34%) IoT
2 17 (18.09%) Self-Motivation
3 14 (14.89%) Driving Licence
4 13 (13.83%) ARM Cortex
5 10 (10.64%) Management Information System
6 7 (7.45%) Smartphone
7 6 (6.38%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 5 (5.32%) FPGA
8 5 (5.32%) NB-IoT
9 4 (4.26%) Embedded Systems
10 2 (2.13%) Algorithms
10 2 (2.13%) Data Structures
10 2 (2.13%) Digital Signage
10 2 (2.13%) Legacy Systems
10 2 (2.13%) Verilog
10 2 (2.13%) VHDL
11 1 (1.06%) Cloud Native
11 1 (1.06%) PKI
11 1 (1.06%) SystemC
11 1 (1.06%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 23 (24.47%) Linux
2 18 (19.15%) Windows
3 13 (13.83%) Embedded Linux
4 8 (8.51%) Android
4 8 (8.51%) Windows 10
4 8 (8.51%) Windows Server
5 6 (6.38%) Apple iOS
6 2 (2.13%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (24.47%) Software Engineering
2 22 (23.40%) Problem-Solving
3 19 (20.21%) User Experience
4 18 (19.15%) Project Management
5 17 (18.09%) Cybersecurity
5 17 (18.09%) Software Testing
6 14 (14.89%) Agile
7 13 (13.83%) Data Management
7 13 (13.83%) Test Automation
8 12 (12.77%) OO
8 12 (12.77%) OOD
9 10 (10.64%) Customer Service
10 8 (8.51%) Business Intelligence
10 8 (8.51%) Digital Marketing
10 8 (8.51%) Programme Management
10 8 (8.51%) Project Delivery
11 7 (7.45%) Business Development
11 7 (7.45%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 7 (7.45%) Validation
12 6 (6.38%) Systems Engineering
Programming Languages
1 20 (21.28%) C++
2 16 (17.02%) C
3 12 (12.77%) JavaScript
4 7 (7.45%) C#
5 5 (5.32%) Assembly Language
6 3 (3.19%) SQL
7 2 (2.13%) PHP
7 2 (2.13%) Python
8 1 (1.06%) Embedded C++
8 1 (1.06%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 24 (25.53%) Security Cleared
2 10 (10.64%) BPSS Clearance
3 9 (9.57%) CTC Cleared
3 9 (9.57%) Degree
4 6 (6.38%) GCSC
5 5 (5.32%) SC Cleared
6 4 (4.26%) Master's Degree
7 2 (2.13%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (22.34%) GDPR
2 13 (13.83%) Cyber Essentials
3 9 (9.57%) COSHH
4 6 (6.38%) SLA
5 4 (4.26%) IEC 61131
5 4 (4.26%) JTAG
6 3 (3.19%) ISO 22301
6 3 (3.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (1.06%) NCSC
7 1 (1.06%) PMO
7 1 (1.06%) QA
System Software
1 19 (20.21%) Hyper-V
2 8 (8.51%) Active Directory
3 6 (6.38%) Firmware
4 2 (2.13%) Docker
5 1 (1.06%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 13 (13.83%) FortiGate
2 3 (3.19%) Kubernetes
3 1 (1.06%) Check_MK
Vendors
1 20 (21.28%) Cisco
2 19 (20.21%) HP
3 13 (13.83%) Darktrace
3 13 (13.83%) NEC
4 10 (10.64%) Microsoft
5 9 (9.57%) Mitel
5 9 (9.57%) Ribbon
6 8 (8.51%) SAP
7 6 (6.38%) Citrix
8 4 (4.26%) EMC
9 2 (2.13%) Apple
9 2 (2.13%) Sparx
9 2 (2.13%) Thales
10 1 (1.06%) Autodesk
10 1 (1.06%) CA
10 1 (1.06%) Juniper
10 1 (1.06%) NCR
10 1 (1.06%) Oracle
10 1 (1.06%) Remedy
10 1 (1.06%) Splunk