Radio Access Network Contracts in the South East

Radio Access Network (RAN)
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 29 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 151 174 199
Rank change year-on-year +23 +25 -10
Contract jobs citing Radio Access Network 52 47 63
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.94% 0.81% 0.81%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 4.15% 4.79% 5.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 20 6
10th Percentile - £228 £300
25th Percentile - £252 £347
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £314 £410
Median % change year-on-year +11.55% -23.52% +21.56%
75th Percentile £430 £433 £549
90th Percentile £483 £464 £588
England median daily rate £430 £342 £425
% change year-on-year +25.73% -19.53% +6.92%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 5 0
10th Percentile - £44.65 -
25th Percentile £24.25 £62.50 -
Median hourly rate £24.50 £65.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -62.31% - -
75th Percentile £24.75 £68.75 -
90th Percentile - £69.50 -
England median hourly rate £62.50 £65.00 -
% change year-on-year -3.85% - -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
South East

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 the South East with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,252 982 1,244
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 22.55% 16.90% 16.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 614 592 772
10th Percentile £205 £236 £189
25th Percentile £365 £363 £310
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £489 £486 £450
Median % change year-on-year +0.51% +8.06% +5.88%
75th Percentile £588 £588 £560
90th Percentile £638 £700 £657
England median daily rate £490 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -6.67% +5.00% +14.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 130 74 67
10th Percentile £16.25 £18.33 £14.97
25th Percentile £27.50 £42.50 £16.25
Median hourly rate £57.35 £53.00 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year +8.21% +146.51% -37.68%
75th Percentile £64.69 £67.50 £46.68
90th Percentile £85.65 £80.25 £60.00
England median hourly rate £40.00 £18.82 £23.91
% change year-on-year +112.54% -21.29% -4.36%

Radio Access Network
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Radio Access Network in the South East

Radio Access Network
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Radio Access Network in the South East.

Daily rate trend for Radio Access Network in the South East

Radio Access Network
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Radio Access Network in the South East over the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Radio Access Network in the South East

Radio Access Network
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Radio Access Network in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for Radio Access Network in the South East

Radio Access Network
Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Radio Access Network within the South East region over the 6 months to 29 April 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Thames Valley +29 50 £350 - 6
Berkshire +13 50 £350 - 4
Radio Access Network
England

Radio Access Network
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 (21.15%) Apache
1 11 (21.15%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 5 (9.62%) Microsoft Excel
1 5 (9.62%) Microsoft Office
1 5 (9.62%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (3.85%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 23 (44.23%) 5G
2 17 (32.69%) 3G
2 17 (32.69%) 4G
3 12 (23.08%) BGP
3 12 (23.08%) MPLS
3 12 (23.08%) VPN
4 11 (21.15%) Ethernet VPN
5 10 (19.23%) LTE
6 5 (9.62%) Diameter Protocol
6 5 (9.62%) DNS
6 5 (9.62%) GGSN
6 5 (9.62%) RANAP
6 5 (9.62%) SGSN
6 5 (9.62%) VoLTE
6 5 (9.62%) Wireshark
7 3 (5.77%) 2G
8 2 (3.85%) Remote Desktop
8 2 (3.85%) XCAP
9 1 (1.92%) Cisco IOS
9 1 (1.92%) NGN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (21.15%) MongoDB
1 11 (21.15%) NoSQL
1 11 (21.15%) PostgreSQL
2 2 (3.85%) GIS
2 2 (3.85%) Power BI
2 2 (3.85%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 11 (21.15%) GitLab
1 11 (21.15%) JIRA
1 11 (21.15%) Robot Framework
1 11 (21.15%) TestRail
General
1 24 (46.15%) Telecoms
2 13 (25.00%) Social Skills
3 9 (17.31%) Presentation Skills
4 5 (9.62%) Multimedia
5 4 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
6 3 (5.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 15 (28.85%) Consultant
2 11 (21.15%) Network Engineer
3 10 (19.23%) Test Engineer
4 7 (13.46%) Performance Specialist
5 6 (11.54%) Business Consultant
6 5 (9.62%) Associate Business Consultant
6 5 (9.62%) Associate Consultant
6 5 (9.62%) Build Manager
6 5 (9.62%) Performance Consultant
6 5 (9.62%) Senior
6 5 (9.62%) Senior Consultant
6 5 (9.62%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
6 5 (9.62%) Senior Performance Consultant
6 5 (9.62%) Telecoms Manager
7 4 (7.69%) Delivery Manager
8 3 (5.77%) Analyst
8 3 (5.77%) Business Analyst
8 3 (5.77%) Telecoms Consultant
9 2 (3.85%) Telecoms Engineer
9 2 (3.85%) Transformation Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (21.15%) NETCONF
1 11 (21.15%) REST
1 11 (21.15%) RESTCONF
1 11 (21.15%) SOAP
1 11 (21.15%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 4 (7.69%) Driving Licence
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (34.62%) Agile
2 13 (25.00%) Customer Experience
3 11 (21.15%) Capacity Planning
3 11 (21.15%) CI/CD
3 11 (21.15%) Containerisation
3 11 (21.15%) Integration Testing
3 11 (21.15%) Performance Testing
3 11 (21.15%) Regression Testing
3 11 (21.15%) Scrum
3 11 (21.15%) Security Testing
3 11 (21.15%) Test Automation
3 11 (21.15%) Unit Testing
3 11 (21.15%) Workflow
4 10 (19.23%) Roadmaps
5 9 (17.31%) Performance Management
6 8 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
6 8 (15.38%) Project Management
6 8 (15.38%) Technical Leadership
7 7 (13.46%) Conflict Resolution
7 7 (13.46%) Network Architecture
Programming Languages
1 11 (21.15%) Python
1 11 (21.15%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (11.54%) Degree
2 5 (9.62%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (1.92%) BC Cleared
3 1 (1.92%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (1.92%) SC Cleared
3 1 (1.92%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (9.62%) SLA
2 3 (5.77%) QA
System Software
1 11 (21.15%) Docker
Vendors
1 5 (9.62%) Empirix
1 5 (9.62%) NetScout
2 2 (3.85%) BT
2 2 (3.85%) Remedy
3 1 (1.92%) ADVA
3 1 (1.92%) Cisco
3 1 (1.92%) Juniper
3 1 (1.92%) Nokia
3 1 (1.92%) Nokia Networks
3 1 (1.92%) Tellabs