The first table below looks at the demand for Radio Access Network skills in IT contracts advertised for the London 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 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 London 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 (RAN)
Rank 380 405 436
Rank change year-on-year
+25 +31
Contract jobs citing Radio Access Network 4 5 7
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 0.018% 0.019% 0.022%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.141% 0.138% 0.199%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 2
Average daily rate £220 £275 £308
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-20.00% -10.56%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £176 £275 £254
10% offered a daily rate of more than £264 £275 £362
UK excluding London average daily rate £294 £275 £235
% change year-on-year
+6.81% +17.02%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £33.25 -
All Communications & Networking
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
2829 3614 3517
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 12.41% 13.59% 11.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 1745 2193 2020
Average daily rate £400 £375 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.66% -6.25%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £220 £241
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £500 £520
UK excluding London average daily rate £319 £325 £325
% change year-on-year
-1.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 122 140 230
Average hourly rate £21.50 £22.50 £20.70
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-4.44% +8.69%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.50 £15.00 £12.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £54.00 £40.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £25.00 £25.00
Radio Access Network
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 London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

London 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 London region.

London Radio Access Network Daily 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 London 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
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Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
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Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
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Radio Access Network
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Radio Access Network
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London 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 5 (62.50%) 3G
2 4 (50.00%) 2G
3 3 (37.50%) LTE
4 2 (25.00%) ASP
4 2 (25.00%) Telecoms
4 2 (25.00%) GSM
5 1 (12.50%) UMTS
5 1 (12.50%) VoIP
5 1 (12.50%) DHCP
5 1 (12.50%) SNMP
5 1 (12.50%) TCP/IP
5 1 (12.50%) VPN
5 1 (12.50%) DNS
5 1 (12.50%) SLA
5 1 (12.50%) Cisco
5 1 (12.50%) Microsoft
5 1 (12.50%) CCNP
5 1 (12.50%) CCNA
5 1 (12.50%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (12.50%) PMP
5 1 (12.50%) PMI Certification
5 1 (12.50%) Juniper
5 1 (12.50%) Ericsson
5 1 (12.50%) Mapinfo
5 1 (12.50%) Internet
5 1 (12.50%) Netcool
5 1 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (12.50%) Amdocs
5 1 (12.50%) Data Management
5 1 (12.50%) Network Planning

Radio Access Network
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London 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 (25.00%) ASP
Applications
1 1 (12.50%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 5 (62.50%) 3G
2 4 (50.00%) 2G
3 3 (37.50%) LTE
4 2 (25.00%) GSM
5 1 (12.50%) UMTS
5 1 (12.50%) VoIP
5 1 (12.50%) DHCP
5 1 (12.50%) SNMP
5 1 (12.50%) TCP/IP
5 1 (12.50%) VPN
5 1 (12.50%) DNS
5 1 (12.50%) Internet
5 1 (12.50%) Cisco PIX
5 1 (12.50%) Cisco ASA
5 1 (12.50%) HSPA
5 1 (12.50%) OSPF
5 1 (12.50%) BGP
5 1 (12.50%) SS7
5 1 (12.50%) TACACS
5 1 (12.50%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (12.50%) MS Access
General
1 2 (25.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 1 (12.50%) Integration Engineer
1 1 (12.50%) RF Engineer
1 1 (12.50%) 3G Engineer
1 1 (12.50%) Project Manager
1 1 (12.50%) Network Consultant
1 1 (12.50%) Consultant
1 1 (12.50%) Support Engineer
1 1 (12.50%) Technical Consultant
1 1 (12.50%) Test Leader
1 1 (12.50%) Operations Engineer
1 1 (12.50%) IP Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (12.50%) Data Management
1 1 (12.50%) Network Planning
1 1 (12.50%) Incident Management
1 1 (12.50%) Fault Management
1 1 (12.50%) Performance Management
1 1 (12.50%) Project Management
1 1 (12.50%) Change Management
1 1 (12.50%) PRINCE2
1 1 (12.50%) ETL
1 1 (12.50%) Network Architecture
1 1 (12.50%) Capacity Planning
1 1 (12.50%) Capacity Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (12.50%) C
1 1 (12.50%) SQL
1 1 (12.50%) VBA
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) CCNP
1 1 (12.50%) CCNA
1 1 (12.50%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (12.50%) PMP
1 1 (12.50%) PMI Certification
1 1 (12.50%) JNCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) SLA
Systems Management
1 1 (12.50%) Netcool
Vendors
1 1 (12.50%) Cisco
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft
1 1 (12.50%) Juniper
1 1 (12.50%) Ericsson
1 1 (12.50%) Mapinfo
1 1 (12.50%) Amdocs
1 1 (12.50%) Actix