The first table below looks at the demand for Radio Access Network skills in IT contracts advertised for the South East 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 South East 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 99 70 160
Rank change year-on-year
-29 +90
Contract jobs citing Radio Access Network 137 230 93
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 1.758% 2.267% 0.896%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 9.213% 10.73% 4.844%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 32 7
Average daily rate £300 £251 £275
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+19.52% -8.72%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £215 £209
10% offered a daily rate of more than £323 £370 £390
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £275 £230
% change year-on-year
+9.09% +19.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
Average hourly rate £57.50 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £57.50 £26.50 -
% change year-on-year
+116.98% -
All Communications & Networking
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
1487 2143 1920
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 19.08% 21.12% 18.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 573 627 668
Average daily rate £320 £325 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-1.53% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £165 £188 £203
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £440 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £338 £325
% change year-on-year
-6.66% +3.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 160 187 236
Average hourly rate £25.00 £32.50 £26.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-23.07% +22.64%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.00 £13.50 £13.20
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £45.00 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.75 £25.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-17.00% -9.09%
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 South East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

South East 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 South East region.

South East Radio Access Network Daily Rate Trend

Radio Access Network
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Radio Access Network across the South East region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

South East Radio Access Network Daily Rate Histogram

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 South East region.

South East 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 South East 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
Berkshire -19 107 £310 +24.00%
Surrey +25 16 £300 -
Buckinghamshire +14 13 - -
Hampshire -10 1 - -
Radio Access Network
England

Radio Access Network
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 338 (83.25%) Telecoms
2 231 (56.90%) 3G
3 156 (38.42%) 2G
4 132 (32.51%) LTE
5 125 (30.79%) Ericsson
6 80 (19.70%) Project Management
7 70 (17.24%) Nokia Siemens Networks
8 69 (17.00%) Migration
9 63 (15.52%) RNC
10 55 (13.55%) 3GPP
11 52 (12.81%) PRINCE2
12 51 (12.56%) ATM
13 43 (10.59%) GSM
13 43 (10.59%) Network Design
14 41 (10.10%) ITIL
15 40 (9.852%) WCDMA
16 39 (9.606%) 4G
17 35 (8.621%) Validation
18 34 (8.374%) Ethernet
19 32 (7.882%) Incident Management
20 31 (7.635%) ISEB
21 30 (7.389%) UTRAN
21 30 (7.389%) Resource Management
22 29 (7.143%) Huawei
23 28 (6.897%) MPLS
24 27 (6.650%) Degree
25 25 (6.158%) NetHawk
25 25 (6.158%) Continuous Improvement
26 24 (5.911%) Perl
26 24 (5.911%) SQL

Radio Access Network
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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 22 (5.419%) .NET
2 8 (1.970%) ASP.NET
2 8 (1.970%) XML
3 4 (0.985%) ASP
Application Platforms
1 1 (0.246%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 12 (2.956%) MS Office
2 5 (1.232%) MS Visio
3 4 (0.985%) MS Excel
4 3 (0.739%) MS Project
5 2 (0.493%) Maya
Business Applications
1 1 (0.246%) Metrica
Communications & Networking
1 231 (56.90%) 3G
2 156 (38.42%) 2G
3 132 (32.51%) LTE
4 63 (15.52%) RNC
5 55 (13.55%) 3GPP
6 51 (12.56%) ATM
7 43 (10.59%) GSM
8 40 (9.852%) WCDMA
9 39 (9.606%) 4G
10 34 (8.374%) Ethernet
11 30 (7.389%) UTRAN
12 28 (6.897%) MPLS
13 23 (5.665%) Wireshark
14 20 (4.926%) RANAP
15 15 (3.695%) SDH
16 12 (2.956%) OSPF
16 12 (2.956%) BGP
16 12 (2.956%) TELNET
16 12 (2.956%) VRRP
16 12 (2.956%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (1.970%) Big Data
1 8 (1.970%) NoSQL
2 6 (1.478%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (0.493%) MS Access
4 1 (0.246%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.246%) GIS
General
1 338 (83.25%) Telecoms
2 18 (4.433%) Finance
3 8 (1.970%) Back Office
4 3 (0.739%) Front Office
5 2 (0.493%) Military
5 2 (0.493%) Marketing
6 1 (0.246%) Games
Job Titles
1 68 (16.75%) Project Manager
2 63 (15.52%) RAN Engineer
3 60 (14.78%) Design Engineer
4 59 (14.53%) Architect
5 56 (13.79%) Solutions Architect
6 38 (9.360%) Test Engineer
7 23 (5.665%) Analyst
8 18 (4.433%) Network Engineer
9 14 (3.448%) Network Design Engineer
10 13 (3.202%) Implementation Manager
11 12 (2.956%) Transmission Engineer
11 12 (2.956%) Developer
12 10 (2.463%) Integration Engineer
12 10 (2.463%) Project Analyst
12 10 (2.463%) Configuration Engineer
12 10 (2.463%) Senior Developer
12 10 (2.463%) Business Analyst
13 8 (1.970%) Radio Engineer
13 8 (1.970%) 3G Engineer
13 8 (1.970%) Network Architect
Miscellaneous
1 20 (4.926%) Handset
2 6 (1.478%) PMI
3 4 (0.985%) Open Source
4 3 (0.739%) Statistics
5 2 (0.493%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 14 (3.448%) UNIX
2 7 (1.724%) Windows
3 6 (1.478%) Linux
4 1 (0.246%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 80 (19.70%) Project Management
2 69 (17.00%) Migration
3 52 (12.81%) PRINCE2
4 43 (10.59%) Network Design
5 41 (10.10%) ITIL
6 35 (8.621%) Validation
7 32 (7.882%) Incident Management
8 30 (7.389%) Resource Management
9 25 (6.158%) Continuous Improvement
10 21 (5.172%) Service Management
11 20 (4.926%) Stakeholder Management
12 19 (4.680%) Business Analysis
13 18 (4.433%) Risk Management
13 18 (4.433%) eTOM
13 18 (4.433%) Change Control
14 17 (4.187%) Change Management
15 15 (3.695%) Programme Management
16 14 (3.448%) Web Development
16 14 (3.448%) Fault Management
16 14 (3.448%) Network Management
Programming Languages
1 24 (5.911%) Perl
1 24 (5.911%) SQL
2 19 (4.680%) C
3 15 (3.695%) C++
4 13 (3.202%) C#
4 13 (3.202%) PL/SQL
5 10 (2.463%) Java
6 2 (0.493%) VB
7 1 (0.246%) R
7 1 (0.246%) PHP
Qualifications
1 31 (7.635%) ISEB
2 27 (6.650%) Degree
3 18 (4.433%) PMI Certification
4 17 (4.187%) PMP
5 8 (1.970%) CBAP
6 2 (0.493%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 2 (0.493%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (0.246%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 1 (0.246%) ISEB Practitioner
7 1 (0.246%) CISSP
7 1 (0.246%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (0.246%) CCNP
7 1 (0.246%) CCDP
7 1 (0.246%) HNC
7 1 (0.246%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (3.448%) SLA
2 12 (2.956%) QA
System Software
1 1 (0.246%) ProxySG
1 1 (0.246%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 6 (1.478%) Netcool
2 1 (0.246%) Splunk
2 1 (0.246%) HP NNM
2 1 (0.246%) TeMIP
2 1 (0.246%) OpenView
2 1 (0.246%) CiscoWorks
Vendors
1 125 (30.79%) Ericsson
2 70 (17.24%) Nokia Siemens Networks
3 29 (7.143%) Huawei
4 25 (6.158%) NetHawk
5 22 (5.419%) Oracle
6 21 (5.172%) Nokia
7 13 (3.202%) Nortel
7 13 (3.202%) NEC
8 10 (2.463%) BT
8 10 (2.463%) Citrix
9 7 (1.724%) Business Objects
10 6 (1.478%) Greenplum
11 5 (1.232%) Cisco
11 5 (1.232%) Mapinfo
12 3 (0.739%) Cramer
12 3 (0.739%) Microsoft
12 3 (0.739%) Juniper
13 2 (0.493%) Alcatel-Lucent
13 2 (0.493%) Redback
14 1 (0.246%) F5