The first table below looks at the demand for the RF 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 RF Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 22 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Radio Frequency Engineer
Rank 505 549 545
Rank change year-on-year
+44 -4
Contract jobs requiring an RF Engineer 9 21 19
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.021% 0.039% 0.034%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.023% 0.042% 0.037%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 4 3
Average daily rate - £268 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -17.69%
UK excluding London average daily rate - £268 £340
% change year-on-year
- -21.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 2 6
Average hourly rate £18.00 £39.50 £36.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-54.43% +9.72%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.60 £31.10 £31.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £35.60 £47.90 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £18.00 £39.50 £36.00
% change year-on-year
-54.43% +9.72%
All Job Titles
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
39040 50214 51349
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 92.49% 92.56% 92.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 22971 28392 28508
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 2022 2460 2732
Average hourly rate £19.00 £18.50 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+2.70% -7.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.13 £11.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.00 £40.00 £41.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
RF Engineer
UK

RF Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England RF Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

RF Engineer
Daily Rate Trend

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

England RF Engineer Daily Rate Trend

RF Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England RF Engineer Hourly Rate Trend

RF Engineer
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing RF Engineer across the England region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

England RF Engineer Hourly Rate Histogram

RF Engineer
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing RF Engineer within the England region over the 3 months to 22 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 +16 3 - -
East of England +14 2 - -
South West +28 1 - -
RF Engineer
UK

RF Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region that cited RF 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 RF Engineer in their job title.

1 10 (50.00%) Telecoms
2 9 (45.00%) 3G
2 9 (45.00%) LTE
3 5 (25.00%) 2G
3 5 (25.00%) GSM
4 4 (20.00%) Degree
4 4 (20.00%) UMTS
5 3 (15.00%) Network Planning
5 3 (15.00%) 4G
6 2 (10.00%) Digital Signal Processing
6 2 (10.00%) Signal Processing
6 2 (10.00%) Capacity Planning
6 2 (10.00%) DV Cleared
6 2 (10.00%) Security Cleared
6 2 (10.00%) Test Automation
6 2 (10.00%) CDMA
6 2 (10.00%) Electronics
6 2 (10.00%) Software Engineering
6 2 (10.00%) Nokia
7 1 (5.000%) Quality Management
7 1 (5.000%) Project Management
7 1 (5.000%) Aerospace
7 1 (5.000%) Manufacturing
7 1 (5.000%) Handset
7 1 (5.000%) Military
7 1 (5.000%) Siemens
7 1 (5.000%) Mapinfo
7 1 (5.000%) HND
7 1 (5.000%) MS Excel
7 1 (5.000%) MS Access

RF Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region that cited RF 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 RF Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications
1 1 (5.000%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 9 (45.00%) 3G
1 9 (45.00%) LTE
2 5 (25.00%) 2G
2 5 (25.00%) GSM
3 4 (20.00%) UMTS
4 3 (15.00%) 4G
5 2 (10.00%) CDMA
6 1 (5.000%) TCP/IP
6 1 (5.000%) BSS
6 1 (5.000%) WiMAX
6 1 (5.000%) RNC
6 1 (5.000%) HSPA
6 1 (5.000%) Radio Access Network
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.000%) MS Access
General
1 10 (50.00%) Telecoms
2 2 (10.00%) Electronics
3 1 (5.000%) Aerospace
3 1 (5.000%) Manufacturing
3 1 (5.000%) Military
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.000%) Handset
1 1 (5.000%) Computer Science
1 1 (5.000%) MMIC
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (15.00%) Network Planning
2 2 (10.00%) Digital Signal Processing
2 2 (10.00%) Signal Processing
2 2 (10.00%) Capacity Planning
2 2 (10.00%) Test Automation
2 2 (10.00%) Software Engineering
3 1 (5.000%) Quality Management
3 1 (5.000%) Project Management
3 1 (5.000%) Statistical Analysis
3 1 (5.000%) Root Cause Analysis
Qualifications
1 4 (20.00%) Degree
2 2 (10.00%) DV Cleared
2 2 (10.00%) Security Cleared
3 1 (5.000%) HND
3 1 (5.000%) NVQ Level 4
3 1 (5.000%) SC Cleared
Vendors
1 2 (10.00%) Nokia
2 1 (5.000%) Siemens
2 1 (5.000%) Mapinfo
2 1 (5.000%) Alcatel-Lucent
2 1 (5.000%) Ericsson
2 1 (5.000%) Motorola
2 1 (5.000%) Huawei
2 1 (5.000%) Amdocs
2 1 (5.000%) Actix
2 1 (5.000%) ZTE
2 1 (5.000%) Nokia Siemens Networks
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