The first table below looks at the demand for RANAP 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 RANAP 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 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Radio Access Network Application Part (RANAP)
Rank 520 529 572
Rank change year-on-year
+9 +43
Contract jobs citing RANAP 12 16 8
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.028% 0.030% 0.014%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.192% 0.193% 0.106%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 1
Average daily rate - £500 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +66.66%
UK excluding London average daily rate - £500 £300
% change year-on-year
- +66.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 1 0
Average hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-16.66% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 -
% change year-on-year
-16.66% -
All Communications & Networking
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
6247 8269 7531
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 14.44% 15.61% 13.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 3225 3820 3506
Average daily rate £350 £350 £350
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £210 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £499 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £319 £325 £325
% change year-on-year
-1.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 482 564 756
Average hourly rate £24.00 £24.38 £24.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-1.53% +1.56%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.75 £13.00 £12.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £45.00 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £25.00 £25.00
RANAP
UK

RANAP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England RANAP Jobs Demand Trend

RANAP
Daily Rate Trend

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

England RANAP Daily Rate Trend

RANAP
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England RANAP Hourly Rate Trend

RANAP
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing RANAP within the England 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
South East +25 12 - - 3
RANAP
UK

RANAP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing RANAP 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 RANAP.

1 29 (87.88%) Telecoms
2 24 (72.73%) 3G
3 23 (69.70%) GSM
4 21 (63.64%) Radio Access Network
5 20 (60.61%) RNC
6 18 (54.55%) 2G
7 17 (51.52%) WCDMA
8 16 (48.48%) 3GPP
8 16 (48.48%) Ericsson
9 14 (42.42%) NetHawk
9 14 (42.42%) Wireshark
10 13 (39.39%) LTE
11 9 (27.27%) Migration
11 9 (27.27%) C++
12 8 (24.24%) UMTS
12 8 (24.24%) ISEB
13 7 (21.21%) RTP
13 7 (21.21%) VoIP
13 7 (21.21%) PBX
13 7 (21.21%) Cisco
13 7 (21.21%) STL
13 7 (21.21%) Linux
13 7 (21.21%) OO
13 7 (21.21%) OOD
13 7 (21.21%) Subversion
13 7 (21.21%) GCC
13 7 (21.21%) GDB
13 7 (21.21%) Boost C++ Libraries
13 7 (21.21%) Asterisk PBX
13 7 (21.21%) Trac

RANAP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing RANAP 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 RANAP. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 7 (21.21%) STL
1 7 (21.21%) Boost C++ Libraries
2 4 (12.12%) XML
Communications & Networking
1 24 (72.73%) 3G
2 23 (69.70%) GSM
3 21 (63.64%) Radio Access Network
4 20 (60.61%) RNC
5 18 (54.55%) 2G
6 17 (51.52%) WCDMA
7 16 (48.48%) 3GPP
8 14 (42.42%) Wireshark
9 13 (39.39%) LTE
10 8 (24.24%) UMTS
11 7 (21.21%) RTP
11 7 (21.21%) VoIP
11 7 (21.21%) PBX
11 7 (21.21%) Asterisk PBX
12 5 (15.15%) NBAP
12 5 (15.15%) ATM
12 5 (15.15%) TCP/IP
12 5 (15.15%) SS7
13 1 (3.030%) 4G
13 1 (3.030%) SIGTRAN
Development Applications
1 7 (21.21%) Subversion
1 7 (21.21%) GCC
1 7 (21.21%) GDB
1 7 (21.21%) Trac
General
1 29 (87.88%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 16 (48.48%) Test Engineer
2 10 (30.30%) RAN Engineer
3 7 (21.21%) C++ Software Engineer
3 7 (21.21%) Software Engineer
3 7 (21.21%) 3G Engineer
4 5 (15.15%) Configuration Engineer
5 3 (9.091%) Design Engineer
6 1 (3.030%) Network Architect
6 1 (3.030%) Solutions Architect
6 1 (3.030%) Architect
6 1 (3.030%) Switch Engineer
6 1 (3.030%) Principal Engineer
Operating Systems
1 7 (21.21%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (27.27%) Migration
2 7 (21.21%) OO
2 7 (21.21%) OOD
3 3 (9.091%) Validation
4 1 (3.030%) Project Management
4 1 (3.030%) Network Architecture
4 1 (3.030%) TMap
4 1 (3.030%) Network Design
4 1 (3.030%) Risk Analysis
Programming Languages
1 9 (27.27%) C++
2 2 (6.061%) Perl
2 2 (6.061%) VB
3 1 (3.030%) C
Qualifications
1 8 (24.24%) ISEB
2 2 (6.061%) Degree
3 1 (3.030%) A+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (9.091%) QA
Vendors
1 16 (48.48%) Ericsson
2 14 (42.42%) NetHawk
3 7 (21.21%) Cisco
4 2 (6.061%) Nokia Siemens Networks
5 1 (3.030%) Nokia
5 1 (3.030%) Huawei
Guildford, Surrey
Keywords:- Software Engineer, Software Developer, Telecoms, Datacoms, C++, Linux, STL, GCC, Make, GDB, GSM, UMTS, LTE, System Design, RANAP, GTP, S1, MAP, CAMEL, Radius, SMNP, SIP, VOIP, RTP,...
Spectrum IT Recruitment (South) Ltd
Rate: £35 - £40 per hour
Posted: 14 June 2013
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