4G
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with 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 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 472 616 620
Rank change year-on-year +144 +4 -98
Contract jobs citing 4G 107 78 243
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.25% 0.14% 0.28%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.98% 1.09% 2.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 50 45 107
10th Percentile £350 £280 £310
25th Percentile £410 £378 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £430 £465
Median % change year-on-year +10.47% -7.53% +15.60%
75th Percentile £583 £600 £608
90th Percentile £788 £830 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £450 £425
% change year-on-year - +5.88% +6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 3 5
10th Percentile £53.81 £51.79 £30.80
25th Percentile £55.78 £52.43 £31.25
Median hourly rate £61.88 £57.00 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year +8.55% +75.38% -23.53%
75th Percentile £68.28 £68.25 £33.75
90th Percentile £70.44 £72.89 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £55.00 £57.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year -3.51% +75.38% -13.33%

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 contract job vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 5,406 7,129 9,690
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 12.71% 12.45% 10.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,227 4,606 6,336
10th Percentile £205 £235 £233
25th Percentile £350 £400 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £518 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.31% +3.50% +11.11%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £613
90th Percentile £690 £725 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £475 £450
% change year-on-year - +5.56% +11.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 416 460 376
10th Percentile £13.50 £9.80 £15.25
25th Percentile £16.30 £10.63 £17.00
Median hourly rate £40.00 £18.50 £26.75
Median % change year-on-year +116.22% -30.84% +7.00%
75th Percentile £63.75 £59.09 £50.83
90th Percentile £70.00 £74.55 £65.77
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.88 £18.22 £21.50
% change year-on-year +151.88% -15.28% -5.49%

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
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for 4G in the UK

4G
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing 4G over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for 4G in the UK

4G
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for 4G in the UK

4G
Top 10 Contract Locations

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 over the 6 months to 20 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +140 98 £483 +9.66% 35
UK excluding London +83 83 £450 - 35
Work from Home +112 41 £563 +35.54% 12
South East +29 33 £450 +4.65% 15
South West +17 28 £775 +36.26% 2
East of England +22 17 £430 -33.85% 11
London +96 14 £490 +15.29% 4
North of England - 3 £365 - 5
North West - 3 £365 - 1
Scotland +42 2 £520 - 1

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 5 (4.67%) ArcGIS
2 2 (1.87%) OpenStack
Applications
1 10 (9.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 7 (6.54%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (5.61%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (1.87%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 4 (3.74%) Power Platform
2 1 (0.93%) Azure
2 1 (0.93%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 78 (72.90%) 5G
2 52 (48.60%) Radio Access Network
3 46 (42.99%) 3G
4 28 (26.17%) LTE
5 19 (17.76%) Wireless
5 19 (17.76%) Wireshark
6 18 (16.82%) 3GPP
7 16 (14.95%) 2G
8 12 (11.21%) DNS
8 12 (11.21%) Network Security
9 10 (9.35%) Firewall
10 8 (7.48%) Diameter Protocol
10 8 (7.48%) VoLTE
11 7 (6.54%) TCP/IP
11 7 (6.54%) VPN
12 6 (5.61%) 5G NR
12 6 (5.61%) GGSN
12 6 (5.61%) RANAP
12 6 (5.61%) SGSN
12 6 (5.61%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (4.67%) GIS
1 5 (4.67%) QGIS
2 4 (3.74%) Power BI
2 4 (3.74%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 2 (1.87%) Jenkins
1 2 (1.87%) JIRA
2 1 (0.93%) Git
General
1 57 (53.27%) Telecoms
2 24 (22.43%) Social Skills
3 10 (9.35%) Public Sector
4 9 (8.41%) Manufacturing
5 8 (7.48%) Finance
5 8 (7.48%) Marketing
6 7 (6.54%) Electronics
7 6 (5.61%) Multimedia
7 6 (5.61%) Presentation Skills
8 3 (2.80%) Aerospace
8 3 (2.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 3 (2.80%) Military
9 2 (1.87%) Analytical Skills
10 1 (0.93%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (0.93%) Local Government
10 1 (0.93%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 13 (12.15%) Consultant
2 11 (10.28%) Architect
2 11 (10.28%) Network Engineer
3 9 (8.41%) Design Engineer
4 8 (7.48%) Technical Architect
5 7 (6.54%) Senior
6 6 (5.61%) Radio Engineer
7 5 (4.67%) Network Design Specialist
7 5 (4.67%) Network Specialist
7 5 (4.67%) Performance Consultant
7 5 (4.67%) Performance Specialist
7 5 (4.67%) Senior Consultant
7 5 (4.67%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
7 5 (4.67%) Senior Performance Consultant
8 4 (3.74%) C++ Developer
8 4 (3.74%) Developer
8 4 (3.74%) IP Engineer
8 4 (3.74%) Radio Design Engineer
8 4 (3.74%) Radio Planner
8 4 (3.74%) Radio Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.93%) SPML
1 1 (0.93%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (4.67%) IoT
1 5 (4.67%) NB-IoT
2 2 (1.87%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (0.93%) GNSS
3 1 (0.93%) Housing Association
3 1 (0.93%) NHS
3 1 (0.93%) PKI
3 1 (0.93%) Product Ownership
3 1 (0.93%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 7 (6.54%) Linux
2 5 (4.67%) Windows
3 1 (0.93%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.93%) CentOS
3 1 (0.93%) Solaris
3 1 (0.93%) Unix
3 1 (0.93%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (22.43%) Network Design
2 18 (16.82%) Customer Experience
3 16 (14.95%) Project Management
4 14 (13.08%) Roadmaps
5 12 (11.21%) Capacity Planning
5 12 (11.21%) High Availability
6 11 (10.28%) Agile
6 11 (10.28%) Business Intelligence
7 10 (9.35%) Network Architecture
7 10 (9.35%) Problem-Solving
8 9 (8.41%) Load Balancing
8 9 (8.41%) Performance Management
9 8 (7.48%) Programme Management
9 8 (7.48%) Stakeholder Management
9 8 (7.48%) Statistics
10 7 (6.54%) Computer Science
10 7 (6.54%) Decision-Making
10 7 (6.54%) Digital Marketing
10 7 (6.54%) Network Virtualisation
10 7 (6.54%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 10 (9.35%) Python
2 5 (4.67%) C++
3 2 (1.87%) C
4 1 (0.93%) Bash
4 1 (0.93%) Embedded C
Qualifications
1 19 (17.76%) Security Cleared
2 13 (12.15%) SC Cleared
3 9 (8.41%) Degree
4 8 (7.48%) DV Cleared
5 6 (5.61%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (2.80%) CCNP
6 3 (2.80%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (1.87%) CCNA
8 1 (0.93%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.93%) CCIE
8 1 (0.93%) CSPO
8 1 (0.93%) HNC
8 1 (0.93%) MBCS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (1.87%) NCSC
1 2 (1.87%) QA
1 2 (1.87%) SLA
2 1 (0.93%) Def Stans
2 1 (0.93%) PMO
System Software
1 2 (1.87%) Docker
1 2 (1.87%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (0.93%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (2.80%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.93%) Check_MK
2 1 (0.93%) Docker Swarm
2 1 (0.93%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 16 (14.95%) Ericsson
2 15 (14.02%) Nokia
3 13 (12.15%) Cisco
4 12 (11.21%) Actix
4 12 (11.21%) Huawei
5 8 (7.48%) Juniper
6 7 (6.54%) SAP
7 6 (5.61%) Empirix
7 6 (5.61%) Microsoft
7 6 (5.61%) NetScout
8 4 (3.74%) Palo Alto
9 2 (1.87%) CheckPoint
9 2 (1.87%) Dell
9 2 (1.87%) F5
9 2 (1.87%) Meraki
9 2 (1.87%) SolarWinds
9 2 (1.87%) Sparx
10 1 (0.93%) Apple
10 1 (0.93%) Fortinet
10 1 (0.93%) Remedy