The first table below looks at the demand for the Radio Engineer role 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 Engineer in their job title 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 Job Titles advertised 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 Engineer
Rank 500 524 561
Rank change year-on-year
+24 +37
Contract jobs requiring a Radio Engineer 10 34 11
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.024% 0.064% 0.019%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.026% 0.069% 0.021%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 8 3
Average daily rate £275 £250 £275
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+10.00% -9.09%
UK excluding London average daily rate £275 £250 £275
% change year-on-year
+10.00% -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
Average hourly rate - - £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £37.50
All Job Titles
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
38474 49443 52336
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 92.56% 92.67% 92.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 22637 27972 29016
Average daily rate £400 £400 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -5.88%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £245 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £575 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 2002 2393 2764
Average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -5.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.15 £11.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.00 £40.00 £40.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-5.40% -7.50%
Radio Engineer
UK

Radio Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England Radio Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

Radio Engineer
Daily Rate Trend

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

England Radio Engineer Daily Rate Trend

Radio Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England Radio Engineer Hourly Rate Trend

Radio Engineer
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Radio Engineer 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 -2 3 £275 +10.00%
East of England +15 2 £275 -8.33%
London +21 1 £275 -
Radio Engineer
UK

Radio Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region that cited Radio 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 Radio Engineer in their job title.

1 14 (73.68%) Telecoms
2 11 (57.89%) 3G
3 9 (47.37%) LTE
4 8 (42.11%) Radio Access Network
5 6 (31.58%) Network Planning
5 6 (31.58%) Nokia Siemens Networks
6 5 (26.32%) Huawei
6 5 (26.32%) 2G
7 4 (21.05%) Validation
7 4 (21.05%) Ericsson
8 3 (15.79%) UTRAN
8 3 (15.79%) 3GPP
8 3 (15.79%) UMTS
8 3 (15.79%) Resource Management
9 2 (10.53%) Network Design
9 2 (10.53%) Project Management
10 1 (5.263%) Motorola
10 1 (5.263%) WCDMA
10 1 (5.263%) GPRS
10 1 (5.263%) GSM
10 1 (5.263%) BSS
10 1 (5.263%) WiMAX
10 1 (5.263%) Performance Management
10 1 (5.263%) HSPA
10 1 (5.263%) Capacity Planning
10 1 (5.263%) 4G
10 1 (5.263%) Quality Management
10 1 (5.263%) Wireless
10 1 (5.263%) Statistics
10 1 (5.263%) Data Analysis

Radio Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region that cited Radio 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 Radio Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking
1 11 (57.89%) 3G
2 9 (47.37%) LTE
3 8 (42.11%) Radio Access Network
4 5 (26.32%) 2G
5 3 (15.79%) 3GPP
5 3 (15.79%) UMTS
5 3 (15.79%) UTRAN
6 1 (5.263%) Wireless
6 1 (5.263%) 4G
6 1 (5.263%) WCDMA
6 1 (5.263%) GPRS
6 1 (5.263%) GSM
6 1 (5.263%) BSS
6 1 (5.263%) WiMAX
6 1 (5.263%) RNC
6 1 (5.263%) HSPA
General
1 14 (73.68%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.263%) Statistics
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (31.58%) Network Planning
2 4 (21.05%) Validation
3 3 (15.79%) Resource Management
4 2 (10.53%) Network Design
4 2 (10.53%) Project Management
5 1 (5.263%) Quality Management
5 1 (5.263%) Performance Management
5 1 (5.263%) Capacity Planning
5 1 (5.263%) Data Analysis
Vendors
1 6 (31.58%) Nokia Siemens Networks
2 5 (26.32%) Huawei
3 4 (21.05%) Ericsson
4 1 (5.263%) Motorola
4 1 (5.263%) Actix
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