Radio Access Network Contracts in Reading

Radio Access Network (RAN)
Berkshire > Reading

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Reading with a requirement for Radio Access Network skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Radio Access Network over the 6 months to 6 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 47 72 54
Rank change year-on-year +25 -18 +7
Contract jobs citing Radio Access Network 49 17 43
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Reading 4.15% 1.65% 3.17%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 20.08% 9.94% 18.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 3 0
10th Percentile - £293 -
25th Percentile - £313 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £345 -
Median % change year-on-year +1.45% - -
75th Percentile £509 £388 -
90th Percentile £538 £413 -
Berkshire median daily rate £425 £427 £375
% change year-on-year -0.47% +13.87% +18.11%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Reading

Radio Access Network is in the Communications and Computer Networking category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Reading with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 244 171 235
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 20.64% 16.55% 17.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 115 94 122
10th Percentile £205 £331 £158
25th Percentile £350 £425 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £528 £464
Median % change year-on-year -2.84% +13.60% +23.82%
75th Percentile £608 £650 £598
90th Percentile - £721 £674
Berkshire median daily rate £490 £488 £463
% change year-on-year +0.46% +5.46% +19.43%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 3 1
10th Percentile £77.22 - -
25th Percentile - - £25.50
Median hourly rate £87.46 £66.00 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year +32.52% +153.85% -45.26%
75th Percentile £87.53 £73.69 £26.50
90th Percentile - £78.30 -
Berkshire median hourly rate £83.77 £66.00 £17.00
% change year-on-year +26.92% +288.24% -50.72%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

Job postings citing Radio Access Network as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Reading.

Job vacancy trend for Radio Access Network in Reading

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Reading

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Radio Access Network in Reading.

Daily rate trend for Radio Access Network in Reading

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Daily Rate Histogram in Reading

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Radio Access Network in Reading over the 6 months to 6 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Radio Access Network in Reading

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Reading

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Radio Access Network in Reading.

Hourly rate trend for Radio Access Network in Reading

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 11 (22.45%) Apache
1 11 (22.45%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 6 (12.24%) Microsoft Excel
1 6 (12.24%) Microsoft Office
1 6 (12.24%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (4.08%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 21 (42.86%) 5G
2 15 (30.61%) 4G
3 12 (24.49%) 3G
4 11 (22.45%) BGP
4 11 (22.45%) Ethernet VPN
4 11 (22.45%) LTE
4 11 (22.45%) MPLS
4 11 (22.45%) VPN
5 6 (12.24%) Diameter Protocol
5 6 (12.24%) DNS
5 6 (12.24%) GGSN
5 6 (12.24%) RANAP
5 6 (12.24%) SGSN
5 6 (12.24%) VoLTE
5 6 (12.24%) Wireshark
6 2 (4.08%) Remote Desktop
6 2 (4.08%) XCAP
7 1 (2.04%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (22.45%) MongoDB
1 11 (22.45%) NoSQL
1 11 (22.45%) PostgreSQL
2 2 (4.08%) GIS
2 2 (4.08%) Power BI
2 2 (4.08%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 11 (22.45%) GitLab
1 11 (22.45%) JIRA
1 11 (22.45%) Robot Framework
1 11 (22.45%) TestRail
General
1 23 (46.94%) Telecoms
2 14 (28.57%) Social Skills
3 10 (20.41%) Presentation Skills
4 6 (12.24%) Multimedia
5 3 (6.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (4.08%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 12 (24.49%) Consultant
2 10 (20.41%) Network Engineer
2 10 (20.41%) Test Engineer
3 7 (14.29%) Performance Specialist
4 6 (12.24%) Business Consultant
5 5 (10.20%) Associate Business Consultant
5 5 (10.20%) Associate Consultant
5 5 (10.20%) Build Manager
5 5 (10.20%) Performance Consultant
5 5 (10.20%) Senior
5 5 (10.20%) Senior Consultant
5 5 (10.20%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
5 5 (10.20%) Senior Performance Consultant
5 5 (10.20%) Telecoms Manager
6 4 (8.16%) Delivery Manager
7 3 (6.12%) Telecoms Consultant
8 2 (4.08%) Optimisation Engineer
8 2 (4.08%) OSS Business Analyst
8 2 (4.08%) Project Delivery Manager
8 2 (4.08%) RAN Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (22.45%) NETCONF
1 11 (22.45%) REST
1 11 (22.45%) RESTCONF
1 11 (22.45%) SOAP
1 11 (22.45%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 4 (8.16%) Driving Licence
2 3 (6.12%) IoT
2 3 (6.12%) NB-IoT
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (34.69%) Agile
2 14 (28.57%) Customer Experience
3 11 (22.45%) CI/CD
3 11 (22.45%) Containerisation
3 11 (22.45%) Integration Testing
3 11 (22.45%) Performance Testing
3 11 (22.45%) Regression Testing
3 11 (22.45%) Scrum
3 11 (22.45%) Security Testing
3 11 (22.45%) Test Automation
3 11 (22.45%) Unit Testing
3 11 (22.45%) Workflow
4 8 (16.33%) Capacity Planning
4 8 (16.33%) Network Architecture
4 8 (16.33%) Roadmaps
4 8 (16.33%) Technical Leadership
5 7 (14.29%) Conflict Resolution
6 6 (12.24%) Decision-Making
6 6 (12.24%) Problem-Solving
6 6 (12.24%) Storyboarding
Programming Languages
1 11 (22.45%) Python
1 11 (22.45%) SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (14.29%) Degree
2 6 (12.24%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (10.20%) SLA
2 2 (4.08%) QA
System Software
1 11 (22.45%) Docker
Vendors
1 6 (12.24%) Empirix
1 6 (12.24%) NetScout
2 2 (4.08%) BT
2 2 (4.08%) Remedy