North West RNC Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Radio Network Controller (RNC) skills within the North West region with a comparison to our Communications & Networking category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited RNC over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Radio Network Controller (RNC)
Location Basingstoke Berkshire Cambridge Cambridgeshire Derby Derbyshire East Midlands East of England England Hampshire Hertfordshire Home Counties London Maidenhead Manchester Midlands Newbury Newcastle North East North West Reading South East South West Swindon Tyne and Wear UK Wiltshire	3 months to 25 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	141	137
Rank change on same period last year	-4
Matching contract IT job ads	2	1
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.003 %	0.001 %
As % of the category below	0.331 %	0.186 %
Daily rates quoted	0	1
Average minimum daily rate	-	£200
Average daily rate	-	£225
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	-	£250
UK excluding London average daily rate	£324	£273
% change on same period last year	+18.95 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum hourly rate	-	-
Average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£33.67	£35.00
% change on same period last year	-3.81 %
Communications & Networking North West
Matching contract IT job ads	604	537
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.805 %	0.543 %
Daily rates quoted	107	100
Average minimum daily rate	£353	£289
Average daily rate	£374	£300
% change on same period last year	+24.80 %
Average maximum daily rate	£396	£311
UK excluding London average daily rate	£333	£344
% change on same period last year	-3.21 %
Hourly rates quoted	79	65
Average minimum hourly rate	£24.15	£21.67
Average hourly rate	£26.47	£23.06
% change on same period last year	+14.80 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£28.80	£24.45
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£25.81	£28.58
% change on same period last year	-9.70 %
RNC England

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

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Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing RNC across the North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

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Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing RNC across the North West region.

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Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing RNC within the North West region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
Manchester	-	1	-	-

RNC England

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Top 15 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing RNC 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 RNC.

1 9 (81.82 %) Telecoms 2 8 (72.73 %) Microsoft 3 6 (54.55 %) MS Excel 4 3 (27.27 %) ATM 5 2 (18.18 %) GSM 5 2 (18.18 %) MS Visio 5 2 (18.18 %) 3G 5 2 (18.18 %) AutoCAD 5 2 (18.18 %) Project Management 5 2 (18.18 %) FrameMaker 5 2 (18.18 %) Adobe 5 2 (18.18 %) Network Planning 6 1 (9.091 %) Spreadsheet 6 1 (9.091 %) Nokia 6 1 (9.091 %) Data Management

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing RNC 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 RNC. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications 1 6 (54.55 %) MS Excel 2 2 (18.18 %) MS Visio 2 2 (18.18 %) AutoCAD 2 2 (18.18 %) FrameMaker 3 1 (9.091 %) Spreadsheet	Communications & Networking 1 3 (27.27 %) ATM 2 2 (18.18 %) GSM 2 2 (18.18 %) 3G
General 1 9 (81.82 %) Telecoms	Job Titles 1 1 (9.091 %) RNC Engineer
Processes & Methodologies 1 2 (18.18 %) Project Management 1 2 (18.18 %) Network Planning 2 1 (9.091 %) Data Management	Vendors 1 8 (72.73 %) Microsoft 2 2 (18.18 %) Adobe 3 1 (9.091 %) Nokia