The first table below looks at the demand for Radio Access Network skills in IT contracts advertised for the Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire 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 61 50 37
Rank change year-on-year
-11 -13
Contract jobs citing Radio Access Network 2 20 28
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 0.314% 2.047% 3.196%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.739% 10.05% 13.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 5 0
Average daily rate - £450 -
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
Hertfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
115 199 211
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 18.05% 20.37% 24.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 32 46 62
Average daily rate £300 £325 £298
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.69% +9.24%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £208 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £401 £475 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £338 £325
% change year-on-year
-6.66% +3.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 10 28
Average hourly rate £15.00 £21.50 £33.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-30.23% -34.84%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £11.75 £10.45
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £35.00 £35.25 £42.65
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.75 £25.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-17.00% -9.09%
Radio Access Network
East of England

Radio Access Network
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire region.

Hertfordshire Radio Access Network Daily Rate Trend

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 Hertfordshire region.

Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 24 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
Hemel Hempstead 0 1 - -
Radio Access Network
East of England

Radio Access Network
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire 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 7 (77.78%) Telecoms
2 5 (55.56%) 3G
3 4 (44.44%) Nokia Siemens Networks
4 3 (33.33%) 2G
4 3 (33.33%) Network Architecture
5 2 (22.22%) GSM
5 2 (22.22%) Project Management
5 2 (22.22%) ITIL
5 2 (22.22%) ATM
5 2 (22.22%) UMTS
5 2 (22.22%) RNC
5 2 (22.22%) Agilent
5 2 (22.22%) Wireshark
5 2 (22.22%) HSPA
5 2 (22.22%) LTE
5 2 (22.22%) Nokia NetAct
6 1 (11.11%) Logistics
6 1 (11.11%) Incident Management
6 1 (11.11%) Asset Management
6 1 (11.11%) 4G
6 1 (11.11%) WCDMA
6 1 (11.11%) Ethernet
6 1 (11.11%) SLA
6 1 (11.11%) Ericsson
6 1 (11.11%) Mapinfo
6 1 (11.11%) PRINCE
6 1 (11.11%) GPRS
6 1 (11.11%) PRINCE2
6 1 (11.11%) MS Access
6 1 (11.11%) Service Management

Radio Access Network
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire 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.

Communications & Networking
1 5 (55.56%) 3G
2 3 (33.33%) 2G
3 2 (22.22%) GSM
3 2 (22.22%) ATM
3 2 (22.22%) UMTS
3 2 (22.22%) RNC
3 2 (22.22%) Wireshark
3 2 (22.22%) HSPA
3 2 (22.22%) LTE
3 2 (22.22%) Nokia NetAct
4 1 (11.11%) 4G
4 1 (11.11%) WCDMA
4 1 (11.11%) Ethernet
4 1 (11.11%) GPRS
4 1 (11.11%) SDH
4 1 (11.11%) 3GPP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (11.11%) MS Access
1 1 (11.11%) GIS
General
1 7 (77.78%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 2 (22.22%) Test Engineer
1 2 (22.22%) RAN Engineer
2 1 (11.11%) Transmission Engineer
2 1 (11.11%) Transmission Planning Engineer
2 1 (11.11%) Provisioning Engineer
2 1 (11.11%) Support Engineer
2 1 (11.11%) Design Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (33.33%) Network Architecture
2 2 (22.22%) Project Management
2 2 (22.22%) ITIL
3 1 (11.11%) Logistics
3 1 (11.11%) Incident Management
3 1 (11.11%) Asset Management
3 1 (11.11%) PRINCE
3 1 (11.11%) PRINCE2
3 1 (11.11%) Service Management
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (11.11%) SLA
Vendors
1 4 (44.44%) Nokia Siemens Networks
2 2 (22.22%) Agilent
3 1 (11.11%) Ericsson
3 1 (11.11%) Mapinfo
3 1 (11.11%) NEC