The first table below looks at the demand for RNC skills in IT contracts advertised for the Berkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited RNC over the 3 months to 19 June 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Communications & Networking category 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Radio Network Controller (RNC)
Rank 109 86 104
Rank change year-on-year
-23 +18
Contract jobs citing RNC 12 52 26
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 0.513% 1.640% 0.862%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.932% 4.819% 3.741%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 5 2
Average daily rate £288 £251 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+14.54% -22.76%
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £263 £325
% change year-on-year
+14.06% -19.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £37.50 £36.25
% change year-on-year
- +3.44%
All Communications & Networking
Berkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
621 1079 695
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 26.53% 34.04% 23.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 197 221 195
Average daily rate £285 £285 £338
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -15.55%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £150 £200 £172
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £400 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £319 £325 £325
% change year-on-year
-1.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 43 68
Average hourly rate £23.50 £30.00 £26.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-21.66% +13.20%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.00 £15.50 £15.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.50 £45.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £25.00 £25.00
RNC
South East

RNC
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing RNC across the Berkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

Berkshire RNC Jobs Demand Trend

RNC
Daily Rate Trend

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

Berkshire RNC Daily Rate Trend

RNC
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Berkshire RNC Hourly Rate Trend

RNC
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing RNC within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
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Job
Vacancies
Slough - 3 - -
RNC
South East

RNC
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing RNC also 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 that cited RNC.

1 54 (88.52%) 3G
2 47 (77.05%) Radio Access Network
3 44 (72.13%) 2G
4 42 (68.85%) Telecoms
5 35 (57.38%) Ericsson
6 26 (42.62%) LTE
7 24 (39.34%) 3GPP
8 22 (36.07%) Migration
9 16 (26.23%) RANAP
10 15 (24.59%) GSM
10 15 (24.59%) WCDMA
11 14 (22.95%) NetHawk
11 14 (22.95%) Wireshark
12 12 (19.67%) UTRAN
12 12 (19.67%) Nokia Siemens Networks
13 10 (16.39%) ATM
13 10 (16.39%) Network Design
14 8 (13.11%) Validation
14 8 (13.11%) ISEB
14 8 (13.11%) 4G
15 7 (11.48%) GPRS
15 7 (11.48%) Handset
16 5 (8.197%) Project Management
16 5 (8.197%) Back Office
16 5 (8.197%) XML
17 4 (6.557%) C++
17 4 (6.557%) Perl
17 4 (6.557%) ETL
17 4 (6.557%) DWDM
17 4 (6.557%) Nortel

RNC
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing RNC also 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 that cited RNC. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 5 (8.197%) XML
2 3 (4.918%) .NET
3 1 (1.639%) WAP
Applications
1 3 (4.918%) Maya
Communications & Networking
1 54 (88.52%) 3G
2 47 (77.05%) Radio Access Network
3 44 (72.13%) 2G
4 26 (42.62%) LTE
5 24 (39.34%) 3GPP
6 16 (26.23%) RANAP
7 15 (24.59%) GSM
7 15 (24.59%) WCDMA
8 14 (22.95%) Wireshark
9 12 (19.67%) UTRAN
10 10 (16.39%) ATM
11 8 (13.11%) 4G
12 7 (11.48%) GPRS
13 4 (6.557%) DWDM
14 3 (4.918%) BSS
14 3 (4.918%) TELNET
15 2 (3.279%) Nokia NetAct
16 1 (1.639%) Network Security
16 1 (1.639%) NBAP
16 1 (1.639%) NGN
General
1 42 (68.85%) Telecoms
2 5 (8.197%) Back Office
3 3 (4.918%) Finance
4 1 (1.639%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 20 (32.79%) RAN Engineer
2 15 (24.59%) Test Engineer
3 13 (21.31%) Solutions Architect
3 13 (21.31%) Architect
4 9 (14.75%) Design Engineer
5 8 (13.11%) Integration Engineer
6 7 (11.48%) 3G Engineer
7 5 (8.197%) Field Engineer
8 4 (6.557%) Network Planner
9 3 (4.918%) Designer
9 3 (4.918%) Senior Developer
9 3 (4.918%) Solutions Designer
9 3 (4.918%) Developer
10 2 (3.279%) Support Engineer
10 2 (3.279%) Back Office Engineer
11 1 (1.639%) RAN Performance Engineer
11 1 (1.639%) Configuration Engineer
11 1 (1.639%) Databuild Engineer
11 1 (1.639%) Radio Engineer
11 1 (1.639%) Technical Security Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 7 (11.48%) Handset
Operating Systems
1 3 (4.918%) UNIX
2 1 (1.639%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (36.07%) Migration
2 10 (16.39%) Network Design
3 8 (13.11%) Validation
4 5 (8.197%) Project Management
5 4 (6.557%) ETL
5 4 (6.557%) Network Planning
5 4 (6.557%) Resource Management
6 3 (4.918%) Web Development
6 3 (4.918%) Workflow
7 1 (1.639%) Information Security
7 1 (1.639%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (6.557%) C++
1 4 (6.557%) Perl
2 3 (4.918%) C#
2 3 (4.918%) PL/SQL
2 3 (4.918%) SQL
3 2 (3.279%) R
4 1 (1.639%) VB
Qualifications
1 8 (13.11%) ISEB
2 2 (3.279%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.279%) SLA
2 1 (1.639%) QA
Vendors
1 35 (57.38%) Ericsson
2 14 (22.95%) NetHawk
3 12 (19.67%) Nokia Siemens Networks
4 4 (6.557%) Nortel
5 3 (4.918%) Huawei
5 3 (4.918%) Nokia
5 3 (4.918%) Oracle
6 2 (3.279%) NEC
7 1 (1.639%) Cisco
7 1 (1.639%) CheckPoint
7 1 (1.639%) Juniper
7 1 (1.639%) Alcatel-Lucent