4G Contracts with Work from Home Options

4G
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and a requirement for 4G skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited 4G over the 6 months to 21 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
21 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 304 414 516
Rank change year-on-year +110 +102 -110
Contract jobs citing 4G 41 43 105
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.28% 0.18% 0.24%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.67% 1.52% 2.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 30 57
10th Percentile £460 £332 £381
25th Percentile £479 £380 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £415 £575
Median % change year-on-year +35.54% -27.83% +35.29%
75th Percentile £788 £656 £700
90th Percentile - £963 £710
UK median daily rate £475 £430 £465
% change year-on-year +10.47% -7.53% +15.60%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £55.32 -
UK median hourly rate £61.88 £57.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year +8.55% +75.38% -23.53%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Work from Home

4G is in the Communications and Computer Networking category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a WFH option and a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,538 2,832 4,377
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 10.46% 11.55% 9.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,003 1,880 2,971
10th Percentile £300 £350 £313
25th Percentile £413 £425 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £619 £650 £600
90th Percentile £700 £725 £676
UK median daily rate £488 £518 £500
% change year-on-year -5.93% +3.65% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 75 95 105
10th Percentile £12.75 £21.00 £18.55
25th Percentile £14.14 £42.50 £25.50
Median hourly rate £25.00 £57.50 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year -56.52% +21.05% +18.75%
75th Percentile £65.00 £70.88 £63.25
90th Percentile £87.46 £80.25 £66.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £18.50 £27.50
% change year-on-year +116.22% -32.73% +6.94%

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

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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 21 May 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 (9.76%) ArcGIS
2 1 (2.44%) OpenStack
Applications
1 4 (9.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (4.88%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 4 (9.76%) Power Platform
2 1 (2.44%) Azure
2 1 (2.44%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 29 (70.73%) 5G
2 21 (51.22%) 3G
3 14 (34.15%) Radio Access Network
4 10 (24.39%) Network Security
5 8 (19.51%) 2G
6 7 (17.07%) Firewall
7 6 (14.63%) LTE
7 6 (14.63%) VPN
8 4 (9.76%) 3GPP
8 4 (9.76%) 5G NR
8 4 (9.76%) ATM
8 4 (9.76%) Ethernet
8 4 (9.76%) SDH
8 4 (9.76%) VoIP
9 1 (2.44%) Diameter Protocol
9 1 (2.44%) LoRaWAN
9 1 (2.44%) TCP/IP
9 1 (2.44%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (9.76%) GIS
1 4 (9.76%) Power BI
1 4 (9.76%) QGIS
1 4 (9.76%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (2.44%) Jenkins
General
1 15 (36.59%) Telecoms
2 10 (24.39%) Public Sector
3 8 (19.51%) Finance
3 8 (19.51%) Social Skills
4 7 (17.07%) Electronics
4 7 (17.07%) Manufacturing
4 7 (17.07%) Marketing
5 3 (7.32%) Aerospace
5 3 (7.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 3 (7.32%) Military
6 1 (2.44%) Local Government
6 1 (2.44%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 9 (21.95%) Architect
2 7 (17.07%) Design Engineer
2 7 (17.07%) Senior
2 7 (17.07%) Technical Architect
3 5 (12.20%) Consultant
3 5 (12.20%) Performance Consultant
3 5 (12.20%) Performance Specialist
3 5 (12.20%) Senior Consultant
3 5 (12.20%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
3 5 (12.20%) Senior Performance Consultant
4 4 (9.76%) IP Engineer
4 4 (9.76%) Network Engineer
4 4 (9.76%) Radio Design Engineer
4 4 (9.76%) Radio Engineer
4 4 (9.76%) Radio Specialist
5 3 (7.32%) Integration Engineer
5 3 (7.32%) IP Network Engineer
5 3 (7.32%) Network Design Engineer
5 3 (7.32%) Network Specialist
5 3 (7.32%) Systems Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (2.44%) Housing Association
1 1 (2.44%) NHS
1 1 (2.44%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 6 (14.63%) Linux
2 5 (12.20%) Windows
3 1 (2.44%) Apple iOS
3 1 (2.44%) CentOS
3 1 (2.44%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (26.83%) Business Intelligence
1 11 (26.83%) Roadmaps
2 8 (19.51%) Agile
2 8 (19.51%) Customer Experience
2 8 (19.51%) Programme Management
3 7 (17.07%) Digital Marketing
3 7 (17.07%) Stakeholder Management
3 7 (17.07%) Waterfall
4 6 (14.63%) Load Balancing
4 6 (14.63%) Network Design
4 6 (14.63%) Network Virtualisation
5 5 (12.20%) Capacity Planning
5 5 (12.20%) Conflict Resolution
5 5 (12.20%) Data Analysis
5 5 (12.20%) Decision-Making
5 5 (12.20%) Performance Management
5 5 (12.20%) Problem-Solving
5 5 (12.20%) Systems Engineering
5 5 (12.20%) Technical Leadership
6 4 (9.76%) Network Architecture
Programming Languages
1 4 (9.76%) Python
Qualifications
1 19 (46.34%) Security Cleared
2 13 (31.71%) SC Cleared
3 8 (19.51%) DV Cleared
4 1 (2.44%) CCIE
4 1 (2.44%) CCNP
4 1 (2.44%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (2.44%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.88%) NCSC
2 1 (2.44%) Def Stans
System Software
1 2 (4.88%) Docker
2 1 (2.44%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (4.88%) Kubernetes
2 1 (2.44%) Check_MK
2 1 (2.44%) Docker Swarm
2 1 (2.44%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 8 (19.51%) Cisco
2 7 (17.07%) Juniper
2 7 (17.07%) SAP
3 5 (12.20%) Microsoft
4 2 (4.88%) Sparx
5 1 (2.44%) Apple
5 1 (2.44%) Fortinet
5 1 (2.44%) Splunk
5 1 (2.44%) VMware