4G
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies 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 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 801 864 1100
Rank change year-on-year +63 +236 -301
Permanent jobs citing 4G 95 106 132
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.097% 0.10% 0.086%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.70% 0.66% 0.64%
Number of salaries quoted 69 71 88
10th Percentile £29,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £37,250 £44,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 £67,500 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -28.15% - +50.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £87,000 £100,000
90th Percentile £67,950 £110,000 -
UK excluding London median annual salary £48,500 £50,000 £46,250
% change year-on-year -3.00% +8.11% +2.78%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

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 with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 13,586 16,051 20,707
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.86% 15.34% 13.43%
Number of salaries quoted 9,485 8,237 11,833
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,750 £28,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £36,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.94% -3.81% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,715 £87,500 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £43,500 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -3.33% - -

4G
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing 4G as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for 4G in the UK

4G
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing 4G.

Salary trend for 4G in the UK

4G
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing 4G over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for 4G in the UK

4G
Top 13 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing 4G within the UK over the 6 months to 27 April 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
England +101 94 £48,500 -28.15% 42
UK excluding London +19 91 £48,500 -3.00% 38
South East +37 38 £37,500 -16.20% 18
Work from Home +53 25 £55,000 -21.43% 14
East of England - 20 £52,500 - 11
North of England +34 19 £45,000 +20.00% 5
Yorkshire +83 12 - - 2
Midlands - 8 £50,000 - 1
West Midlands - 8 £50,000 - 1
South West -13 6 £67,750 +0.37% 4
North West +13 4 £45,000 -48.28% 3
London +116 3 £72,500 -27.50% 5
North East -10 3 £80,000 +113.33%

4G
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 (6.32%) SharePoint
2 5 (5.26%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (1.05%) Site Server
Applications
1 4 (4.21%) Microsoft Office
1 4 (4.21%) OrCAD
2 2 (2.11%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (1.05%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (1.05%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (1.05%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (2.11%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 6 (6.32%) Azure
2 5 (5.26%) Cloud Computing
2 5 (5.26%) Entra ID
2 5 (5.26%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (5.26%) OneDrive
3 1 (1.05%) AWS
3 1 (1.05%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 42 (44.21%) 5G
2 37 (38.95%) 3G
3 35 (36.84%) Wireless
4 21 (22.11%) Wi-Fi
5 20 (21.05%) LTE
6 15 (15.79%) Firewall
7 13 (13.68%) WAN
8 12 (12.63%) GPRS
8 12 (12.63%) MPLS
8 12 (12.63%) MQTT
8 12 (12.63%) RS-485
9 9 (9.47%) GSM
10 8 (8.42%) Bluetooth
10 8 (8.42%) TCP/IP
11 6 (6.32%) VPN
11 6 (6.32%) VSAT
12 5 (5.26%) DSL
13 4 (4.21%) 2G
13 4 (4.21%) Modbus
14 2 (2.11%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (5.26%) Amazon RDS
2 2 (2.11%) Big Data
2 2 (2.11%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 6 (6.32%) JIRA
2 4 (4.21%) Eclipse
2 4 (4.21%) Subversion
3 3 (3.16%) GCC
4 2 (2.11%) Apache Continuum
4 2 (2.11%) Rational DOORS
5 1 (1.05%) Jenkins
5 1 (1.05%) TeamCity
General
1 53 (55.79%) Telecoms
2 31 (32.63%) Social Skills
3 15 (15.79%) Manufacturing
4 14 (14.74%) Finance
5 12 (12.63%) Mandarin Language
6 10 (10.53%) Analytical Skills
6 10 (10.53%) Public Sector
7 9 (9.47%) Military
8 7 (7.37%) Electronics
8 7 (7.37%) Marketing
8 7 (7.37%) Presentation Skills
9 5 (5.26%) Aerospace
9 5 (5.26%) Legal
10 2 (2.11%) Automotive
10 2 (2.11%) Dutch Language
10 2 (2.11%) French Language
10 2 (2.11%) Games
10 2 (2.11%) Retail
10 2 (2.11%) Swedish Language
11 1 (1.05%) Law
Job Titles
1 19 (20.00%) Embedded Engineer
2 16 (16.84%) Senior
2 16 (16.84%) Technical Support
3 14 (14.74%) Embedded Software Engineer
3 14 (14.74%) Software Engineer
3 14 (14.74%) Support Engineer
3 14 (14.74%) Systems Engineer
3 14 (14.74%) Technical Engineer
3 14 (14.74%) Technical Support Engineer
4 8 (8.42%) Senior Manager
5 7 (7.37%) Delivery Manager
5 7 (7.37%) Senior Delivery Manager
5 7 (7.37%) Telecoms Manager
6 6 (6.32%) Field Engineer
6 6 (6.32%) Systems Support Engineer
7 5 (5.26%) 2nd Line Engineer
7 5 (5.26%) Design Engineer
7 5 (5.26%) Senior Systems Engineer
7 5 (5.26%) Technical Manager
8 4 (4.21%) IT Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (12.63%) REST
2 4 (4.21%) Flash
Miscellaneous
1 19 (20.00%) IoT
2 17 (17.89%) Self-Motivation
3 13 (13.68%) ARM Cortex
3 13 (13.68%) Driving Licence
4 9 (9.47%) Management Information System
5 7 (7.37%) Smartphone
6 6 (6.32%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 4 (4.21%) FPGA
7 4 (4.21%) NB-IoT
8 3 (3.16%) Embedded Systems
9 2 (2.11%) Algorithms
9 2 (2.11%) Data Structures
9 2 (2.11%) Digital Signage
9 2 (2.11%) Legacy Systems
9 2 (2.11%) Verilog
9 2 (2.11%) VHDL
10 1 (1.05%) Cloud Native
10 1 (1.05%) PKI
10 1 (1.05%) SystemC
10 1 (1.05%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 24 (25.26%) Linux
2 17 (17.89%) Windows
3 12 (12.63%) Embedded Linux
4 8 (8.42%) Android
4 8 (8.42%) Windows Server
5 7 (7.37%) Windows 10
6 5 (5.26%) Apple iOS
7 2 (2.11%) Windows 7
8 1 (1.05%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (23.16%) Software Engineering
2 21 (22.11%) Problem-Solving
3 19 (20.00%) User Experience
4 18 (18.95%) Project Management
5 17 (17.89%) Cybersecurity
6 16 (16.84%) Software Testing
7 13 (13.68%) Agile
8 12 (12.63%) Data Management
8 12 (12.63%) OO
8 12 (12.63%) OOD
8 12 (12.63%) Test Automation
9 11 (11.58%) Customer Service
10 8 (8.42%) Business Development
10 8 (8.42%) Project Delivery
11 7 (7.37%) Business Intelligence
11 7 (7.37%) Digital Marketing
11 7 (7.37%) Programme Management
12 6 (6.32%) Change Control
12 6 (6.32%) Time Management
12 6 (6.32%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 20 (21.05%) C++
2 16 (16.84%) C
3 12 (12.63%) JavaScript
4 6 (6.32%) C#
5 4 (4.21%) Assembly Language
5 4 (4.21%) SQL
6 2 (2.11%) Embedded C++
6 2 (2.11%) PHP
7 1 (1.05%) MATLAB
7 1 (1.05%) Python
Qualifications
1 24 (25.26%) Security Cleared
2 10 (10.53%) BPSS Clearance
3 9 (9.47%) CTC Cleared
4 8 (8.42%) Degree
5 6 (6.32%) GCSC
6 5 (5.26%) SC Cleared
7 3 (3.16%) Master's Degree
8 2 (2.11%) DBS Check
9 1 (1.05%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (22.11%) GDPR
2 12 (12.63%) Cyber Essentials
3 9 (9.47%) COSHH
4 6 (6.32%) SLA
5 4 (4.21%) IEC 61131
5 4 (4.21%) ISO 22301
5 4 (4.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (4.21%) JTAG
6 1 (1.05%) NCSC
6 1 (1.05%) PMO
System Software
1 17 (17.89%) Hyper-V
2 7 (7.37%) Active Directory
3 4 (4.21%) Firmware
4 1 (1.05%) Docker
Systems Management
1 12 (12.63%) FortiGate
2 3 (3.16%) Kubernetes
3 1 (1.05%) Check_MK
Vendors
1 19 (20.00%) Cisco
2 18 (18.95%) HP
3 12 (12.63%) Darktrace
3 12 (12.63%) NEC
4 9 (9.47%) Microsoft
4 9 (9.47%) Mitel
4 9 (9.47%) Ribbon
5 7 (7.37%) SAP
6 5 (5.26%) Citrix
7 4 (4.21%) EMC
8 3 (3.16%) Apple
9 2 (2.11%) Sparx
9 2 (2.11%) Thales
10 1 (1.05%) Autodesk
10 1 (1.05%) CA
10 1 (1.05%) Juniper
10 1 (1.05%) NCR
10 1 (1.05%) Oracle
10 1 (1.05%) Remedy
10 1 (1.05%) Splunk