4G Contracts in the UK excluding London

4G
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring 4G skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited 4G over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 324 366 389
Rank change year-on-year +42 +23 -48
Contract jobs citing 4G 77 64 115
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.36% 0.28% 0.38%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.34% 1.81% 2.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 36 39 49
10th Percentile £350 £313 £360
25th Percentile £402 £400 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £450 £433
Median % change year-on-year +13.89% +3.93% +8.25%
75th Percentile £778 £719 £488
90th Percentile £788 £903 £603
UK median daily rate £513 £450 £469
% change year-on-year +13.89% -4.05% +17.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 6
10th Percentile - £51.79 £30.88
25th Percentile £52.50 £52.43 £31.25
Median hourly rate £55.00 £57.00 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -3.51% +75.38% -
75th Percentile £57.50 £68.25 £33.75
90th Percentile - £72.89 £41.12
UK median hourly rate £61.88 £57.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year +8.55% +75.38% -22.16%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK excluding London

4G falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills in the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 3,288 3,532 4,254
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 15.42% 15.56% 14.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,852 2,200 2,762
10th Percentile £203 £210 £190
25th Percentile £350 £338 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year +2.63% +5.56% +9.09%
75th Percentile £600 £588 £550
90th Percentile £675 £688 £638
UK median daily rate £500 £513 £500
% change year-on-year -2.44% +2.50% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 354 299 243
10th Percentile £13.33 - £14.91
25th Percentile £16.30 £9.80 £16.25
Median hourly rate £47.50 £19.00 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year +150.00% -11.63% -2.27%
75th Percentile £63.75 £62.00 £48.62
90th Percentile £73.60 £75.00 £60.93
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £19.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year +110.53% -26.92% +4.00%

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
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for 4G in the UK excluding London

4G
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing 4G in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for 4G in the UK excluding London

4G
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate trend for 4G in the UK excluding London

4G
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing 4G within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 12 June 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South East +18 38 £450 +4.65% 13
South West +12 28 £775 +19.23% 2
East of England +2 7 £400 -51.52% 1
Scotland +50 2 £520 -
North West - 1 £365 - 3
Wales - 1 £550 - 1
North of England - 1 £365 - 5
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 4 (5.19%) OpenStack
Applications
1 7 (9.09%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (7.79%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (7.79%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (1.30%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 1 (1.30%) AWS
1 1 (1.30%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 47 (61.04%) 5G
2 40 (51.95%) 3G
3 36 (46.75%) Radio Access Network
4 21 (27.27%) LTE
4 21 (27.27%) Wireshark
5 17 (22.08%) Wireless
6 12 (15.58%) 3GPP
7 11 (14.29%) 2G
8 9 (11.69%) DNS
9 7 (9.09%) VoLTE
10 6 (7.79%) Diameter Protocol
10 6 (7.79%) GGSN
10 6 (7.79%) RANAP
10 6 (7.79%) SGSN
11 5 (6.49%) ATM
11 5 (6.49%) Ethernet
11 5 (6.49%) Network Security
11 5 (6.49%) SDH
11 5 (6.49%) VoIP
12 4 (5.19%) GPRS
General
1 45 (58.44%) Telecoms
2 13 (16.88%) Social Skills
3 11 (14.29%) Public Sector
4 9 (11.69%) Electronics
4 9 (11.69%) Finance
4 9 (11.69%) Manufacturing
4 9 (11.69%) Marketing
5 6 (7.79%) Multimedia
5 6 (7.79%) Presentation Skills
6 3 (3.90%) Aerospace
6 3 (3.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (2.60%) Military
8 1 (1.30%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (1.30%) Local Government
8 1 (1.30%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 12 (15.58%) Consultant
2 11 (14.29%) Architect
3 10 (12.99%) Technical Architect
4 6 (7.79%) Senior
5 5 (6.49%) Performance Consultant
5 5 (6.49%) Performance Specialist
5 5 (6.49%) Senior Consultant
5 5 (6.49%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
5 5 (6.49%) Senior Performance Consultant
6 4 (5.19%) Integration Engineer
6 4 (5.19%) Network Engineer
6 4 (5.19%) Transmission Planner
7 3 (3.90%) Designer
7 3 (3.90%) Infrastructure Consultant
7 3 (3.90%) Network Infrastructure Consultant
8 2 (2.60%) C++ Developer
8 2 (2.60%) Developer
8 2 (2.60%) Network Specialist
8 2 (2.60%) Software Integration Engineer
8 2 (2.60%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.30%) SPML
1 1 (1.30%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (5.19%) IoT
2 3 (3.90%) Embedded Systems
2 3 (3.90%) NB-IoT
3 2 (2.60%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (1.30%) GNSS
4 1 (1.30%) Housing Association
4 1 (1.30%) NHS
4 1 (1.30%) PKI
4 1 (1.30%) Product Ownership
4 1 (1.30%) Video\Live Streaming
4 1 (1.30%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 6 (7.79%) Linux
2 3 (3.90%) Windows
3 1 (1.30%) Solaris
3 1 (1.30%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (18.18%) Project Management
2 13 (16.88%) Network Design
3 12 (15.58%) Capacity Planning
3 12 (15.58%) High Availability
3 12 (15.58%) Performance Management
4 11 (14.29%) Customer Experience
5 10 (12.99%) Agile
5 10 (12.99%) Problem-Solving
5 10 (12.99%) Roadmaps
6 9 (11.69%) Programme Management
6 9 (11.69%) Stakeholder Management
7 8 (10.39%) Business Intelligence
7 8 (10.39%) Computer Science
7 8 (10.39%) Digital Marketing
7 8 (10.39%) Waterfall
8 6 (7.79%) Decision-Making
8 6 (7.79%) Network Architecture
8 6 (7.79%) Performance Improvement
8 6 (7.79%) Statistics
8 6 (7.79%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 4 (5.19%) Python
2 3 (3.90%) C
3 2 (2.60%) C++
3 2 (2.60%) Shell Script
4 1 (1.30%) Embedded C
Qualifications
1 11 (14.29%) SC Cleared
1 11 (14.29%) Security Cleared
2 9 (11.69%) Degree
3 8 (10.39%) Computer Science Degree
3 8 (10.39%) DV Cleared
4 3 (3.90%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (2.60%) CCNA
5 2 (2.60%) CCNP
6 1 (1.30%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 1 (1.30%) AWS Certification
6 1 (1.30%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 1 (1.30%) Azure Certification
6 1 (1.30%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (1.30%) CCSP
6 1 (1.30%) CISSP
6 1 (1.30%) CSPO
6 1 (1.30%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.30%) COBIT
1 1 (1.30%) Def Stans
1 1 (1.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (1.30%) PMO
1 1 (1.30%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (3.90%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (1.30%) Firmware
2 1 (1.30%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 1 (1.30%) Amdocs OSS
1 1 (1.30%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 15 (19.48%) Ericsson
2 13 (16.88%) Nokia
3 12 (15.58%) Actix
3 12 (15.58%) Huawei
4 9 (11.69%) Empirix
4 9 (11.69%) NetScout
5 8 (10.39%) SAP
6 5 (6.49%) Cisco
7 3 (3.90%) Microsoft
7 3 (3.90%) VMware
8 2 (2.60%) CheckPoint
8 2 (2.60%) Dell
8 2 (2.60%) F5
8 2 (2.60%) Meraki
8 2 (2.60%) Palo Alto
8 2 (2.60%) SolarWinds
9 1 (1.30%) Cramer
9 1 (1.30%) Juniper
9 1 (1.30%) Sparx
9 1 (1.30%) Tellabs