The first table below looks at the demand for the RAN Engineer role in IT contracts advertised for the Berkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited RAN Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 24 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles advertised for the Berkshire region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Radio Access Network Engineer
Rank 100 61 121
Rank change year-on-year
-39 +60
Contract jobs requiring a RAN Engineer 20 82 8
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 0.835% 2.607% 0.269%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.917% 2.853% 0.298%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 8 0
Average daily rate £275 £244 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+12.58% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £280 £200
% change year-on-year
+7.14% +40.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Job Titles
Berkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
2180 2874 2686
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 91.02% 91.38% 90.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 900 1030 1019
Average daily rate £360 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.85% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £225 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £476 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 118 128 184
Average hourly rate £26.00 £19.00 £27.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+36.84% -30.90%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.00 £11.50 £10.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £35.00 £45.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
RAN Engineer
South East

RAN Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing RAN Engineer across the Berkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Berkshire RAN Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

RAN Engineer
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing RAN Engineer across the Berkshire region.

Berkshire RAN Engineer Daily Rate Trend

RAN Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing RAN Engineer across the Berkshire region.

Berkshire RAN Engineer Hourly Rate Trend

RAN Engineer
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing RAN Engineer within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Reading -15 8 £275 +9.56%
Newbury -2 3 - -
RAN Engineer
South East

RAN Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region that cited RAN Engineer in their job title mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled with RAN Engineer in their job title.

1 61 (100.00%) Radio Access Network
2 55 (90.16%) Telecoms
3 53 (86.89%) 3G
4 47 (77.05%) 3GPP
5 29 (47.54%) 2G
5 29 (47.54%) Ericsson
6 27 (44.26%) Nokia Siemens Networks
7 24 (39.34%) LTE
7 24 (39.34%) UTRAN
7 24 (39.34%) GSM
8 23 (37.70%) RNC
8 23 (37.70%) WCDMA
9 22 (36.07%) NetHawk
10 21 (34.43%) Network Design
11 20 (32.79%) Wireshark
11 20 (32.79%) Handset
11 20 (32.79%) ATM
11 20 (32.79%) Project Management
12 19 (31.15%) Resource Management
13 16 (26.23%) ISEB
14 15 (24.59%) Migration
15 11 (18.03%) RANAP
16 8 (13.11%) Huawei
17 6 (9.836%) Validation
18 4 (6.557%) Nokia
19 2 (3.279%) Degree
19 2 (3.279%) Front Office
19 2 (3.279%) NEC
19 2 (3.279%) SLA
19 2 (3.279%) 4G

RAN Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region that cited RAN Engineer in their job title mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled with RAN Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (1.639%) XML
Communications & Networking
1 61 (100.00%) Radio Access Network
2 53 (86.89%) 3G
3 47 (77.05%) 3GPP
4 29 (47.54%) 2G
5 24 (39.34%) LTE
5 24 (39.34%) UTRAN
5 24 (39.34%) GSM
6 23 (37.70%) RNC
6 23 (37.70%) WCDMA
7 20 (32.79%) Wireshark
7 20 (32.79%) ATM
8 11 (18.03%) RANAP
9 2 (3.279%) 4G
9 2 (3.279%) Nokia NetAct
10 1 (1.639%) SDH
10 1 (1.639%) Ethernet
10 1 (1.639%) UMTS
General
1 55 (90.16%) Telecoms
2 2 (3.279%) Front Office
3 1 (1.639%) Back Office
Miscellaneous
1 20 (32.79%) Handset
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (34.43%) Network Design
2 20 (32.79%) Project Management
3 19 (31.15%) Resource Management
4 15 (24.59%) Migration
5 6 (9.836%) Validation
6 1 (1.639%) Root Cause Analysis
6 1 (1.639%) Fault Management
6 1 (1.639%) Performance Management
6 1 (1.639%) Configuration Management
Qualifications
1 16 (26.23%) ISEB
2 2 (3.279%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.279%) SLA
Vendors
1 29 (47.54%) Ericsson
2 27 (44.26%) Nokia Siemens Networks
3 22 (36.07%) NetHawk
4 8 (13.11%) Huawei
5 4 (6.557%) Nokia
6 2 (3.279%) NEC
7 1 (1.639%) Siemens