The first table below looks at the demand for the Radio Engineer role 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 Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 21 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 Job Titles advertised 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Radio Engineer
Rank 215 218 243
Rank change year-on-year
+3 +25
Contract jobs requiring a Radio Engineer 5 27 10
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 0.063% 0.266% 0.097%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.068% 0.287% 0.105%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 2
Average daily rate £220 £238 £274
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.36% -13.24%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £176 £228 £223
10% offered a daily rate of more than £264 £248 £325
UK excluding London average daily rate £275 £254 £275
% change year-on-year
+8.37% -7.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
Average hourly rate - - £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £19.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year
- -49.33%
All Job Titles
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
7336 9394 9506
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 92.60% 92.47% 92.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 3629 4201 4116
Average daily rate £350 £350 £355
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -1.40%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £205 £220 £215
10% offered a daily rate of more than £501 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 587 724 798
Average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £21.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-2.77% -14.28%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.00 £11.38 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £39.00 £42.50 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Radio Engineer
England

Radio Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Radio Engineer across the South East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

South East Radio Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

Radio Engineer
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Radio Engineer across the South East region.

South East Radio Engineer Daily Rate Trend

Radio Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Radio Engineer across the South East region.

South East Radio Engineer Hourly Rate Trend

Radio Engineer
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Radio Engineer within the South East region over the 3 months to 21 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 -5 5 £220 -7.36%
Radio Engineer
England

Radio Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region that cited Radio Engineer in their job title 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 with Radio Engineer in their job title.

1 9 (75.00%) Telecoms
2 8 (66.67%) Radio Access Network
3 6 (50.00%) Nokia Siemens Networks
3 6 (50.00%) 3G
4 5 (41.67%) LTE
5 4 (33.33%) Validation
6 3 (25.00%) UTRAN
6 3 (25.00%) 3GPP
6 3 (25.00%) Resource Management
7 2 (16.67%) Apple iOS
7 2 (16.67%) Huawei
7 2 (16.67%) Network Design
7 2 (16.67%) Android
7 2 (16.67%) Blackberry
7 2 (16.67%) Project Management
7 2 (16.67%) Ericsson
8 1 (8.333%) Motorola
8 1 (8.333%) 2G
8 1 (8.333%) BSS
8 1 (8.333%) WiMAX
8 1 (8.333%) Wireless
8 1 (8.333%) UMTS
8 1 (8.333%) WCDMA
8 1 (8.333%) GPRS
8 1 (8.333%) GSM
8 1 (8.333%) HSPA
8 1 (8.333%) Actix
8 1 (8.333%) Capacity Planning
8 1 (8.333%) Network Planning
8 1 (8.333%) Data Analysis

Radio Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region that cited Radio Engineer in their job title 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 with Radio Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking
1 8 (66.67%) Radio Access Network
2 6 (50.00%) 3G
3 5 (41.67%) LTE
4 3 (25.00%) UTRAN
4 3 (25.00%) 3GPP
5 1 (8.333%) 2G
5 1 (8.333%) BSS
5 1 (8.333%) WiMAX
5 1 (8.333%) Wireless
5 1 (8.333%) UMTS
5 1 (8.333%) WCDMA
5 1 (8.333%) GPRS
5 1 (8.333%) GSM
5 1 (8.333%) HSPA
5 1 (8.333%) RNC
General
1 9 (75.00%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 2 (16.67%) Blackberry
2 1 (8.333%) Statistics
Operating Systems
1 2 (16.67%) Apple iOS
1 2 (16.67%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (33.33%) Validation
2 3 (25.00%) Resource Management
3 2 (16.67%) Network Design
3 2 (16.67%) Project Management
4 1 (8.333%) Capacity Planning
4 1 (8.333%) Network Planning
4 1 (8.333%) Data Analysis
Vendors
1 6 (50.00%) Nokia Siemens Networks
2 2 (16.67%) Huawei
2 2 (16.67%) Ericsson
3 1 (8.333%) Motorola
3 1 (8.333%) Actix
Maidenhead, Berkshire
Required Skillsets; * Experience in an operator test environment, in particular Radio performance and functionality: * Experience in all major platforms and OSs (including Android, iOS/MAC, Blackberry and Win) *...
Hydrogen Group
Rate: £150.00 - £180.00 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013