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 29 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 802 856 1121
Rank change year-on-year +54 +265 -307
Permanent jobs citing 4G 109 105 121
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.11% 0.11% 0.073%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.80% 0.68% 0.55%
Number of salaries quoted 79 68 86
10th Percentile £29,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £36,250 £42,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 £52,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.62% -19.23% +44.44%
75th Percentile £57,500 £76,250 £100,000
90th Percentile £67,500 £87,500 -
UK excluding London median annual salary £48,500 £50,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -3.00% +11.11% -

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 13,562 15,535 22,184
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.13% 15.99% 13.32%
Number of salaries quoted 9,412 7,743 11,780
10th Percentile £26,250 £28,000 £28,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,750 £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 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £87,500 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £44,000 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -2.22% -5.26% +5.56%

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 29 May 2024.

Salary histogram for 4G in the UK

4G
Top 14 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 29 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
England +58 108 £48,500 -7.62% 44
UK excluding London -4 104 £48,500 -3.00% 41
South East +2 47 £45,500 -2.15% 13
Work from Home +21 30 £55,000 +4.76% 20
East of England - 22 £52,500 - 12
North of England +17 21 £45,000 +20.00% 3
Yorkshire +71 16 £27,500 -45.00% 2
Midlands - 8 £50,000 - 5
South West -28 6 £67,750 -3.21% 6
West Midlands - 6 £55,000 - 1
London +91 4 £35,000 -68.18% 6
North East -8 3 £80,000 +113.33%
North West -2 2 £45,000 -48.28% 1
East Midlands - 2 £32,501 - 4

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 9 (8.26%) SharePoint
2 8 (7.34%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.92%) SharePoint 2013
3 1 (0.92%) Site Server
Applications
1 6 (5.50%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (4.59%) OrCAD
3 2 (1.83%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.92%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.92%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.92%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (1.83%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 8 (7.34%) Azure
1 8 (7.34%) Microsoft 365
2 7 (6.42%) Entra ID
2 7 (6.42%) OneDrive
3 5 (4.59%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (0.92%) AWS
4 1 (0.92%) GCP
4 1 (0.92%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 53 (48.62%) 5G
2 43 (39.45%) Wireless
3 36 (33.03%) 3G
4 24 (22.02%) Wi-Fi
5 23 (21.10%) LTE
6 20 (18.35%) Firewall
7 19 (17.43%) WAN
8 17 (15.60%) MPLS
9 14 (12.84%) MQTT
9 14 (12.84%) RS-485
10 12 (11.01%) GPRS
11 9 (8.26%) Bluetooth
11 9 (8.26%) GSM
12 8 (7.34%) TCP/IP
13 7 (6.42%) DSL
14 6 (5.50%) VSAT
15 5 (4.59%) Modbus
15 5 (4.59%) VPN
16 3 (2.75%) DHCP
16 3 (2.75%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (6.42%) Amazon RDS
2 2 (1.83%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 7 (6.42%) JIRA
2 4 (3.67%) Eclipse
2 4 (3.67%) GCC
2 4 (3.67%) Subversion
3 2 (1.83%) Apache Continuum
3 2 (1.83%) Jenkins
3 2 (1.83%) Rational DOORS
4 1 (0.92%) TeamCity
General
1 58 (53.21%) Telecoms
2 35 (32.11%) Social Skills
3 17 (15.60%) Manufacturing
4 13 (11.93%) Analytical Skills
4 13 (11.93%) Finance
5 12 (11.01%) Mandarin Language
6 9 (8.26%) Marketing
6 9 (8.26%) Military
6 9 (8.26%) Public Sector
7 8 (7.34%) Electronics
8 7 (6.42%) Legal
8 7 (6.42%) Presentation Skills
9 5 (4.59%) Aerospace
10 2 (1.83%) Dutch Language
10 2 (1.83%) French Language
10 2 (1.83%) Games
10 2 (1.83%) Retail
10 2 (1.83%) Swedish Language
11 1 (0.92%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (0.92%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 19 (17.43%) Embedded Engineer
2 17 (15.60%) Senior
2 17 (15.60%) Technical Support
3 16 (14.68%) Technical Engineer
4 14 (12.84%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 14 (12.84%) Software Engineer
4 14 (12.84%) Support Engineer
4 14 (12.84%) Systems Engineer
4 14 (12.84%) Technical Support Engineer
5 11 (10.09%) Field Engineer
6 8 (7.34%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 8 (7.34%) Senior Manager
7 7 (6.42%) Delivery Manager
7 7 (6.42%) Network Engineer
7 7 (6.42%) Senior Delivery Manager
7 7 (6.42%) Telecoms Manager
8 6 (5.50%) Design Engineer
8 6 (5.50%) Network Field Engineer
8 6 (5.50%) Systems Support Engineer
9 5 (4.59%) Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (11.93%) REST
2 4 (3.67%) Flash
3 1 (0.92%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 26 (23.85%) IoT
2 19 (17.43%) Self-Motivation
3 18 (16.51%) Driving Licence
4 13 (11.93%) ARM Cortex
5 10 (9.17%) Management Information System
6 9 (8.26%) Smartphone
7 6 (5.50%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 5 (4.59%) FPGA
8 5 (4.59%) NB-IoT
9 3 (2.75%) Algorithms
9 3 (2.75%) Data Structures
10 2 (1.83%) CCTV
10 2 (1.83%) Digital Signage
10 2 (1.83%) Embedded Systems
10 2 (1.83%) Legacy Systems
10 2 (1.83%) Verilog
10 2 (1.83%) VHDL
11 1 (0.92%) Cloud Native
11 1 (0.92%) Onboarding
11 1 (0.92%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 27 (24.77%) Linux
2 23 (21.10%) Windows
3 14 (12.84%) Embedded Linux
4 13 (11.93%) Windows 10
5 8 (7.34%) Android
5 8 (7.34%) Windows Server
6 7 (6.42%) Apple iOS
7 2 (1.83%) VMS
7 2 (1.83%) Windows 7
8 1 (0.92%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.92%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.92%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (22.94%) Problem-Solving
2 22 (20.18%) Cybersecurity
2 22 (20.18%) Software Engineering
3 20 (18.35%) User Experience
4 18 (16.51%) Project Management
4 18 (16.51%) Software Testing
5 17 (15.60%) Data Management
6 16 (14.68%) Agile
7 14 (12.84%) Test Automation
8 13 (11.93%) OO
8 13 (11.93%) OOD
9 11 (10.09%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 10 (9.17%) Customer Service
11 9 (8.26%) Business Development
12 8 (7.34%) Project Delivery
13 7 (6.42%) Logistics
13 7 (6.42%) Validation
14 6 (5.50%) Business Intelligence
14 6 (5.50%) Digital Marketing
14 6 (5.50%) Programme Management
Programming Languages
1 23 (21.10%) C++
2 15 (13.76%) C
3 13 (11.93%) JavaScript
4 7 (6.42%) C#
5 5 (4.59%) Assembly Language
6 3 (2.75%) SQL
7 2 (1.83%) Embedded C++
7 2 (1.83%) Python
8 1 (0.92%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 24 (22.02%) Security Cleared
2 10 (9.17%) BPSS Clearance
3 9 (8.26%) CTC Cleared
3 9 (8.26%) Degree
4 6 (5.50%) GCSC
5 5 (4.59%) SC Cleared
6 4 (3.67%) Master's Degree
7 2 (1.83%) DBS Check
8 1 (0.92%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (20.18%) GDPR
2 17 (15.60%) Cyber Essentials
3 9 (8.26%) COSHH
4 6 (5.50%) SLA
5 4 (3.67%) IEC 61131
5 4 (3.67%) JTAG
6 2 (1.83%) ISO 22301
6 2 (1.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.92%) NCSC
7 1 (0.92%) PMO
7 1 (0.92%) QA
System Software
1 24 (22.02%) Hyper-V
2 9 (8.26%) Active Directory
3 6 (5.50%) Firmware
4 2 (1.83%) Docker
5 1 (0.92%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 17 (15.60%) FortiGate
2 4 (3.67%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.92%) Check_MK
3 1 (0.92%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 25 (22.94%) Cisco
2 23 (21.10%) HP
3 17 (15.60%) Darktrace
3 17 (15.60%) NEC
4 14 (12.84%) Microsoft
5 9 (8.26%) Mitel
5 9 (8.26%) Ribbon
6 7 (6.42%) Citrix
7 6 (5.50%) SAP
8 4 (3.67%) EMC
9 2 (1.83%) Sparx
9 2 (1.83%) Thales
10 1 (0.92%) Atmel
10 1 (0.92%) CA
10 1 (0.92%) Fortinet
10 1 (0.92%) Freescale
10 1 (0.92%) Juniper
10 1 (0.92%) NCR
10 1 (0.92%) Splunk
10 1 (0.92%) Xilinx