The first table below looks at the demand for Radio Access Network skills in IT contracts advertised for the Guildford 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 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 Guildford 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 Access Network (RAN)
Rank 23 21 -
Rank change year-on-year
-2 -
Contract jobs citing Radio Access Network 9 1 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Guildford 4.128% 0.826% -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 20.93% 2.941% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
Average daily rate £294 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £275 £230
% change year-on-year
+9.09% +19.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £57.50 £26.50 -
% change year-on-year
+116.98% -
All Communications & Networking
Guildford
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
43 34 28
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Guildford 19.72% 28.10% 21.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 3 4
Average daily rate £320 £235 £290
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+36.17% -18.96%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £263 £235 £255
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £343 £325
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £338 £325
% change year-on-year
-6.66% +3.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 9 6
Average hourly rate £37.50 £37.50 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.75 £25.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-17.00% -9.09%
Radio Access Network
Surrey

Radio Access Network
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Guildford 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 Guildford region.

Guildford Radio Access Network Daily Rate Trend

Radio Access Network
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Guildford 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 32 (80.00%) Telecoms
2 25 (62.50%) 3G
3 20 (50.00%) 2G
4 19 (47.50%) Ericsson
5 16 (40.00%) LTE
6 13 (32.50%) Migration
7 7 (17.50%) RNC
7 7 (17.50%) 4G
8 6 (15.00%) GSM
8 6 (15.00%) WCDMA
9 5 (12.50%) QA
10 4 (10.00%) ATM
11 3 (7.500%) Citrix
11 3 (7.500%) Configuration Management
11 3 (7.500%) Project Management
11 3 (7.500%) Finance
11 3 (7.500%) Validation
11 3 (7.500%) Change Management
11 3 (7.500%) Stakeholder Management
11 3 (7.500%) Incident Management
11 3 (7.500%) Resource Management
12 2 (5.000%) Change Control
12 2 (5.000%) RANAP
12 2 (5.000%) NBAP
12 2 (5.000%) Fault Management
12 2 (5.000%) ISEB
12 2 (5.000%) SS7
12 2 (5.000%) PMP
12 2 (5.000%) PMI Certification
12 2 (5.000%) Ethernet

Radio Access Network
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Guildford 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 2 (5.000%) XML
2 1 (2.500%) ASP
Applications
1 2 (5.000%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 25 (62.50%) 3G
2 20 (50.00%) 2G
3 16 (40.00%) LTE
4 7 (17.50%) RNC
4 7 (17.50%) 4G
5 6 (15.00%) GSM
5 6 (15.00%) WCDMA
6 4 (10.00%) ATM
7 2 (5.000%) RANAP
7 2 (5.000%) NBAP
7 2 (5.000%) SS7
7 2 (5.000%) Ethernet
7 2 (5.000%) TCP/IP
8 1 (2.500%) IPv4
8 1 (2.500%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.500%) MS Access
1 1 (2.500%) GIS
General
1 32 (80.00%) Telecoms
2 3 (7.500%) Finance
Job Titles
1 20 (50.00%) Architect
1 20 (50.00%) Solutions Architect
2 8 (20.00%) Project Manager
3 5 (12.50%) Implementation Manager
4 3 (7.500%) Configuration Engineer
5 2 (5.000%) Auditor
6 1 (2.500%) Delivery Manager
6 1 (2.500%) Design Engineer
6 1 (2.500%) Test Engineer
6 1 (2.500%) Network Manager
6 1 (2.500%) OSS Engineer
6 1 (2.500%) RAN Engineer
6 1 (2.500%) Transmission Engineer
6 1 (2.500%) Transmission Planning Engineer
6 1 (2.500%) Implementation Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (2.500%) Statistics
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (32.50%) Migration
2 3 (7.500%) Configuration Management
2 3 (7.500%) Project Management
2 3 (7.500%) Validation
2 3 (7.500%) Change Management
2 3 (7.500%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (7.500%) Incident Management
2 3 (7.500%) Resource Management
3 2 (5.000%) Change Control
3 2 (5.000%) Fault Management
4 1 (2.500%) ITIL
4 1 (2.500%) PRINCE2
4 1 (2.500%) PRINCE
4 1 (2.500%) Disaster Recovery
4 1 (2.500%) eTOM
4 1 (2.500%) Performance Management
4 1 (2.500%) Network Management
4 1 (2.500%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.500%) C
Qualifications
1 2 (5.000%) ISEB
1 2 (5.000%) PMP
1 2 (5.000%) PMI Certification
2 1 (2.500%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (12.50%) QA
Vendors
1 19 (47.50%) Ericsson
2 3 (7.500%) Citrix
3 1 (2.500%) Mapinfo
3 1 (2.500%) NEC
3 1 (2.500%) Cramer
3 1 (2.500%) Nokia Siemens Networks