Radio Access Network Contracts in England
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for Radio Access Network skills in IT contracts advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Radio Access Network over the 3 months to 17 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 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
17 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Radio Access Network (RAN)
Rank 335 266 385
Rank change year-on-year
-69 +119
Contract jobs citing Radio Access Network 184 337 193
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.443% 0.632% 0.342%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 3.009% 4.031% 2.619%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 60 19
Average daily rate £300 £275 £240
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+9.09% +14.58%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £218 £204
10% offered a daily rate of more than £325 £475 £355
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £275 £235
% change year-on-year
+9.09% +17.02%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 0
Average hourly rate £57.50 £26.50 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+116.98% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £57.50 £26.50 -
% change year-on-year
+116.98% -
All Communications & Networking
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category		 6115 8361 7369
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 14.71% 15.67% 13.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 3080 3931 3411
Average daily rate £350 £375 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.66% +7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £215 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £313 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-5.30% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 510 557 730
Average hourly rate £21.50 £25.00 £25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-14.00% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.00 £13.50 £12.09
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £45.00 £41.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.50 £26.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-21.15% -5.45%
Radio Access Network
UK

Radio Access Network
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England Radio Access Network Jobs Demand Trend

Radio Access Network
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Radio Access Network across the England region.

England Radio Access Network Daily Rate Trend

Radio Access Network
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Radio Access Network across the England region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

England Radio Access Network Daily Rate Histogram

Radio Access Network
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Radio Access Network across the England region.

England Radio Access Network Hourly Rate Trend

Radio Access Network
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Radio Access Network within the England region over the 3 months to 17 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
South East -21 151 £300 +20.00%
North West +10 6 - -
London +19 4 £288 +4.54%
South West +3 2 £320 -15.23%
East of England -3 2 - -
Midlands +8 1 £300 -
Radio Access Network
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Radio Access Network
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing Radio Access Network 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 Radio Access Network.

1 385 (79.88%) Telecoms
2 277 (57.47%) 3G
3 186 (38.59%) 2G
4 152 (31.54%) LTE
5 146 (30.29%) Ericsson
6 86 (17.84%) Project Management
6 86 (17.84%) Nokia Siemens Networks
7 80 (16.60%) RNC
8 72 (14.94%) Migration
9 66 (13.69%) ATM
10 56 (11.62%) 3GPP
11 55 (11.41%) GSM
12 54 (11.20%) PRINCE2
13 46 (9.544%) WCDMA
14 43 (8.921%) ITIL
14 43 (8.921%) Network Design
14 43 (8.921%) 4G
15 40 (8.299%) Huawei
16 39 (8.091%) Ethernet
17 36 (7.469%) UTRAN
17 36 (7.469%) Validation
18 35 (7.261%) Incident Management
19 32 (6.639%) Nokia
20 31 (6.432%) MPLS
20 31 (6.432%) ISEB
21 30 (6.224%) Resource Management
22 29 (6.017%) Degree
23 27 (5.602%) SQL
24 26 (5.394%) SDH
24 26 (5.394%) Wireshark

Radio Access Network
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing Radio Access Network 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 Radio Access Network. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 24 (4.979%) .NET
2 9 (1.867%) XML
3 8 (1.660%) ASP.NET
4 6 (1.245%) ASP
Application Platforms
1 1 (0.207%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 13 (2.697%) MS Office
2 7 (1.452%) MS Excel
3 5 (1.037%) MS Visio
4 3 (0.622%) MS Project
5 1 (0.207%) Maya
Business Applications
1 1 (0.207%) Metrica
1 1 (0.207%) Taleo
Communications & Networking
1 277 (57.47%) 3G
2 186 (38.59%) 2G
3 152 (31.54%) LTE
4 80 (16.60%) RNC
5 66 (13.69%) ATM
6 56 (11.62%) 3GPP
7 55 (11.41%) GSM
8 46 (9.544%) WCDMA
9 43 (8.921%) 4G
10 39 (8.091%) Ethernet
11 36 (7.469%) UTRAN
12 31 (6.432%) MPLS
13 26 (5.394%) SDH
13 26 (5.394%) Wireshark
14 22 (4.564%) RANAP
15 19 (3.942%) UMTS
16 16 (3.320%) OSPF
17 15 (3.112%) BGP
17 15 (3.112%) Nokia NetAct
18 12 (2.490%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (1.660%) NoSQL
1 8 (1.660%) Big Data
2 7 (1.452%) MS Access
3 6 (1.245%) PostgreSQL
4 4 (0.830%) SQL Server
5 2 (0.415%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.207%) GIS
General
1 385 (79.88%) Telecoms
2 21 (4.357%) Finance
3 11 (2.282%) Back Office
4 7 (1.452%) German Language
5 4 (0.830%) Front Office
6 3 (0.622%) French Language
7 2 (0.415%) Marketing
7 2 (0.415%) Military
8 1 (0.207%) Billing
8 1 (0.207%) Games
Job Titles
1 80 (16.60%) RAN Engineer
2 71 (14.73%) Project Manager
3 61 (12.66%) Design Engineer
4 59 (12.24%) Architect
5 56 (11.62%) Solutions Architect
6 43 (8.921%) Test Engineer
7 23 (4.772%) Analyst
8 18 (3.734%) Network Engineer
9 15 (3.112%) Developer
10 14 (2.905%) Network Design Engineer
10 14 (2.905%) Transmission Engineer
11 13 (2.697%) Configuration Engineer
11 13 (2.697%) Implementation Manager
12 12 (2.490%) Integration Engineer
12 12 (2.490%) 3G Engineer
13 10 (2.075%) Project Analyst
13 10 (2.075%) Business Analyst
13 10 (2.075%) Senior Developer
14 9 (1.867%) Technical Leader
15 8 (1.660%) Radio Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 20 (4.149%) Handset
2 7 (1.452%) PMI
3 4 (0.830%) Open Source
4 3 (0.622%) Statistics
5 2 (0.415%) Management Information System
6 1 (0.207%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 14 (2.905%) UNIX
2 7 (1.452%) Windows
3 6 (1.245%) Linux
4 1 (0.207%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 86 (17.84%) Project Management
2 72 (14.94%) Migration
3 54 (11.20%) PRINCE2
4 43 (8.921%) ITIL
4 43 (8.921%) Network Design
5 36 (7.469%) Validation
6 35 (7.261%) Incident Management
7 30 (6.224%) Resource Management
8 25 (5.187%) Continuous Improvement
9 22 (4.564%) Business Analysis
9 22 (4.564%) Service Management
10 21 (4.357%) Stakeholder Management
11 19 (3.942%) Change Control
12 18 (3.734%) eTOM
12 18 (3.734%) Risk Management
13 17 (3.527%) Change Management
14 16 (3.320%) Logistics
15 15 (3.112%) Programme Management
16 14 (2.905%) Web Development
16 14 (2.905%) Fault Management
Programming Languages
1 27 (5.602%) SQL
2 25 (5.187%) Perl
2 25 (5.187%) C
3 16 (3.320%) C++
4 13 (2.697%) C#
4 13 (2.697%) PL/SQL
5 10 (2.075%) Java
6 6 (1.245%) VB
7 2 (0.415%) R
7 2 (0.415%) T-SQL
8 1 (0.207%) PHP
Qualifications
1 31 (6.432%) ISEB
2 29 (6.017%) Degree
3 21 (4.357%) PMI Certification
4 19 (3.942%) PMP
5 8 (1.660%) CBAP
6 4 (0.830%) Cisco Certification
7 3 (0.622%) HNC
7 3 (0.622%) CCNP
7 3 (0.622%) CCNA
8 2 (0.415%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 2 (0.415%) ITIL Certification
9 1 (0.207%) CISSP
9 1 (0.207%) CCDP
9 1 (0.207%) HND
9 1 (0.207%) ISEB Practitioner
9 1 (0.207%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (4.772%) SLA
2 14 (2.905%) QA
System Software
1 2 (0.415%) ProxySG
2 1 (0.207%) UAG
2 1 (0.207%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 6 (1.245%) Netcool
2 2 (0.415%) OpenView
2 2 (0.415%) CiscoWorks
3 1 (0.207%) TeMIP
3 1 (0.207%) HP NNM
3 1 (0.207%) Splunk
Vendors
1 146 (30.29%) Ericsson
2 86 (17.84%) Nokia Siemens Networks
3 40 (8.299%) Huawei
4 32 (6.639%) Nokia
5 25 (5.187%) NetHawk
6 22 (4.564%) Oracle
7 16 (3.320%) NEC
8 13 (2.697%) Nortel
9 11 (2.282%) Cisco
10 10 (2.075%) Citrix
10 10 (2.075%) BT
11 8 (1.660%) Mapinfo
12 7 (1.452%) Juniper
12 7 (1.452%) Business Objects
12 7 (1.452%) Cramer
13 6 (1.245%) Greenplum
14 5 (1.037%) Alcatel-Lucent
15 4 (0.830%) Microsoft
16 3 (0.622%) Agilent
16 3 (0.622%) Redback
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