The first table below looks at the demand for RNC skills in IT contracts advertised for the East of England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited RNC 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 of the Communications & Networking category for the East of England 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 Network Controller (RNC)
Rank - 125 121
Contract jobs citing RNC 0 7 6
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England - 0.237% 0.227%
As % of the Communications & Networking category - 1.313% 1.392%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 2
Average daily rate - £500 £238
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +110.52%
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £256 £283
% change year-on-year
+17.41% -9.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £30.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £42.50
All Communications & Networking
East of England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
380 533 431
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 17.77% 18.04% 16.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 139 171 127
Average daily rate £325 £325 £298
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +9.24%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £217 £212 £185
10% offered a daily rate of more than £413 £450 £476
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £338 £325
% change year-on-year
-6.66% +3.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 69 52 85
Average hourly rate £19.00 £30.00 £27.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-36.66% +9.09%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.05 £12.00 £10.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £52.50 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.75 £25.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-17.00% -9.09%
RNC
England

RNC
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East of England 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 East of England region.

East of England 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 East of England region.

East of England RNC Hourly Rate Trend

RNC
Top 17 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East of England 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 2 (100.00%) 3G
1 2 (100.00%) 2G
1 2 (100.00%) Agilent
1 2 (100.00%) Wireshark
1 2 (100.00%) HSPA
1 2 (100.00%) Nokia NetAct
1 2 (100.00%) Nokia Siemens Networks
1 2 (100.00%) Radio Access Network
2 1 (50.00%) Network Architecture
2 1 (50.00%) LTE
2 1 (50.00%) Telecoms
2 1 (50.00%) ATM
2 1 (50.00%) GPRS
2 1 (50.00%) GSM
2 1 (50.00%) 3GPP
2 1 (50.00%) UMTS
2 1 (50.00%) WCDMA

RNC
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East of England 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.

Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) 3G
1 2 (100.00%) 2G
1 2 (100.00%) Wireshark
1 2 (100.00%) HSPA
1 2 (100.00%) Nokia NetAct
1 2 (100.00%) Radio Access Network
2 1 (50.00%) LTE
2 1 (50.00%) ATM
2 1 (50.00%) GPRS
2 1 (50.00%) GSM
2 1 (50.00%) 3GPP
2 1 (50.00%) UMTS
2 1 (50.00%) WCDMA
General
1 1 (50.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) RAN Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Test Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Network Architecture
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Agilent
1 2 (100.00%) Nokia Siemens Networks