4G
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring 4G skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 665 579 791
Rank change year-on-year -86 +212 +58
Permanent jobs citing 4G 50 75 102
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.055% 0.17% 0.11%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.56% 1.15% 0.79%
Number of salaries quoted 32 64 74
10th Percentile - - £29,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £23,731 £35,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £25,154 £48,500
Median % change year-on-year +29.20% -48.14% -28.15%
75th Percentile £35,000 £30,000 £61,250
90th Percentile £42,500 £61,875 £67,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £32,500 £25,154 £48,500
% change year-on-year +29.20% -48.14% +4.30%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 8,856 6,548 12,866
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 9.70% 14.96% 13.33%
Number of salaries quoted 4,056 3,762 9,383
10th Percentile £27,500 £26,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +5.26% -5.47%
75th Percentile £69,821 £68,750 £63,750
90th Percentile £86,250 £87,475 £77,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £45,000 £43,500
% change year-on-year -11.11% +3.45% -3.33%

4G
Job Vacancy Trend

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

4G job vacancy trend in the UK

4G
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing 4G.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing 4G

4G
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing 4G over the 6 months to 16 May 2026.

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 16 May 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
England -77 49 £32,500 +29.20% 21
UK excluding London -79 35 £32,500 +29.20% 14
Work from Home +34 19 £30,000 -52.00% 2
South West - 19 £32,500 - 3
London -10 15 £32,500 -50.00% 8
North West - 5 £30,000 - 1
North of England - 5 £30,000 - 1
East of England -12 4 £34,000 -38.18% 3
South East -60 4 £40,000 +59.02% 6
Midlands -33 2 - - 1
East Midlands -39 1 - - 1
Northern Ireland - 1 - -
West Midlands - 1 - -

4G
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (6.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (4.00%) Apache
2 2 (4.00%) Apache Airflow
2 2 (4.00%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 21 (42.00%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (6.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (6.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (2.00%) AutoCAD
Cloud Services
1 21 (42.00%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (4.00%) Amazon EMR
2 2 (4.00%) Amazon Kinesis
2 2 (4.00%) Amazon S3
2 2 (4.00%) AWS
2 2 (4.00%) AWS CloudFormation
2 2 (4.00%) AWS CodePipeline
2 2 (4.00%) AWS Lambda
2 2 (4.00%) AWS Step Functions
2 2 (4.00%) Serverless
3 1 (2.00%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 30 (60.00%) Broadband
2 14 (28.00%) 5G
3 12 (24.00%) Cisco IOS
3 12 (24.00%) MPLS
4 11 (22.00%) BGP
4 11 (22.00%) Ethernet VPN
4 11 (22.00%) IOS XR
5 5 (10.00%) TCP/IP
5 5 (10.00%) Wireless
6 4 (8.00%) VoIP
7 3 (6.00%) 3G
7 3 (6.00%) DHCP
7 3 (6.00%) DNS
7 3 (6.00%) GSM
7 3 (6.00%) POP3
7 3 (6.00%) SMTP
7 3 (6.00%) TETRA
7 3 (6.00%) UMTS
7 3 (6.00%) VDSL
7 3 (6.00%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.00%) Amazon Athena
1 2 (4.00%) Amazon Redshift
1 2 (4.00%) Apache Hudi
1 2 (4.00%) Apache Iceberg
1 2 (4.00%) Data Lake
1 2 (4.00%) Data Warehouse
1 2 (4.00%) Metadata
1 2 (4.00%) Redshift Spectrum
Development Applications
1 13 (26.00%) Git
General
1 20 (40.00%) Telecoms
2 17 (34.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 17 (34.00%) Social Skills
3 4 (8.00%) Organisational Skills
4 2 (4.00%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (4.00%) Billing
4 2 (4.00%) Finance
4 2 (4.00%) Manufacturing
4 2 (4.00%) Military
4 2 (4.00%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 18 (36.00%) Analyst
2 15 (30.00%) Network Engineer
3 12 (24.00%) IT Support
4 11 (22.00%) IT Analyst
4 11 (22.00%) IT Support Analyst
4 11 (22.00%) Support Analyst
5 8 (16.00%) Associate Engineer
6 6 (12.00%) Service Analyst
7 5 (10.00%) Network Support
7 5 (10.00%) Service Desk Analyst
7 5 (10.00%) Support Engineer
8 4 (8.00%) Junior
9 3 (6.00%) Account Manager
9 3 (6.00%) Cisco Engineer
9 3 (6.00%) Cisco Network Engineer
9 3 (6.00%) Junior Account Manager
9 3 (6.00%) Network Support Engineer
9 3 (6.00%) NOC Engineer
9 3 (6.00%) Service Desk Team Leader
9 3 (6.00%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (22.00%) Jinja
1 11 (22.00%) NETCONF
1 11 (22.00%) YANG
2 2 (4.00%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 11 (22.00%) Social Media
2 5 (10.00%) Self-Motivation
3 3 (6.00%) Driving Licence
4 2 (4.00%) Digital Signage
4 2 (4.00%) Smartphone
4 2 (4.00%) Virtual Team
5 1 (2.00%) Digital Media
5 1 (2.00%) Distributed Systems
5 1 (2.00%) Operational Technology
5 1 (2.00%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 24 (48.00%) Windows
2 19 (38.00%) Windows 10
3 18 (36.00%) Android
4 3 (6.00%) Linux
4 3 (6.00%) Windows 7
4 3 (6.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (38.00%) ITIL
2 16 (32.00%) Service Management
2 16 (32.00%) Software License Management
3 14 (28.00%) Agile
4 11 (22.00%) Data Science
4 11 (22.00%) Network Design
4 11 (22.00%) Site Reliability Engineering
5 6 (12.00%) Problem-Solving
6 5 (10.00%) Asset Management
7 4 (8.00%) Cybersecurity
7 4 (8.00%) Operations Management
7 4 (8.00%) Ticket Management
8 3 (6.00%) CI/CD
8 3 (6.00%) Customer Service
8 3 (6.00%) Network Management
8 3 (6.00%) Time Management
9 2 (4.00%) Data Governance
9 2 (4.00%) Logistics
9 2 (4.00%) Machine Learning
9 2 (4.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 13 (26.00%) Python
2 2 (4.00%) SQL
3 1 (2.00%) C
3 1 (2.00%) C++
3 1 (2.00%) Go
3 1 (2.00%) Rust
Qualifications
1 20 (40.00%) Degree
2 17 (34.00%) A+ Certification
3 16 (32.00%) Security Cleared
4 4 (8.00%) CCNA
4 4 (8.00%) Cisco Certification
4 4 (8.00%) Microsoft Certification
5 3 (6.00%) DBS Check
5 3 (6.00%) MCSE
5 3 (6.00%) SC Cleared
6 1 (2.00%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (2.00%) CCNP
6 1 (2.00%) Master's Degree
6 1 (2.00%) MCSA
6 1 (2.00%) Microsoft Certified Professional
6 1 (2.00%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.00%) Data Quality
System Software
1 6 (12.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (4.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (4.00%) Terraform
2 1 (2.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 16 (32.00%) Starlink
2 12 (24.00%) Cisco
3 10 (20.00%) Microsoft
4 2 (4.00%) Apple
4 2 (4.00%) CrowdStrike
4 2 (4.00%) Intel
4 2 (4.00%) Wyse
5 1 (2.00%) Qualys