The first table below looks at the demand for RANAP 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 RANAP over the 3 months to 23 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Radio Access Network Application Part (RANAP)
Rank 213 229 254
Rank change year-on-year
+16 +25
Contract jobs citing RANAP 10 13 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 0.128% 0.128% 0.047%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.671% 0.604% 0.257%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £500 £313
% change year-on-year
-40.00% +60.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
Average hourly rate £37.50 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 - -
All Communications & Networking
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
1491 2153 1944
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 19.16% 21.17% 18.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 570 628 675
Average daily rate £315 £325 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.07% -
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 160 190 239
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 £13.60 £13.42
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £45.00 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.50 £25.38 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-15.27% -7.72%
RANAP
England

RANAP
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing RANAP across the South East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

South East RANAP Jobs Demand Trend

RANAP
Daily Rate Trend

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

South East RANAP Daily Rate Trend

RANAP
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South East RANAP Hourly Rate Trend

RANAP
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing RANAP within the South East region over the 3 months to 23 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 +9 5 - -
Surrey - 5 - -
RANAP
England

RANAP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing RANAP 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 RANAP.

1 28 (93.33%) Telecoms
2 25 (83.33%) 3G
3 22 (73.33%) RNC
3 22 (73.33%) GSM
4 20 (66.67%) 3GPP
4 20 (66.67%) 2G
4 20 (66.67%) Radio Access Network
5 19 (63.33%) WCDMA
6 18 (60.00%) Wireshark
6 18 (60.00%) NetHawk
7 15 (50.00%) Ericsson
8 12 (40.00%) Migration
9 11 (36.67%) ISEB
10 8 (26.67%) LTE
11 4 (13.33%) Degree
11 4 (13.33%) UMTS
11 4 (13.33%) C++
12 3 (10.00%) PBX
12 3 (10.00%) STL
12 3 (10.00%) XML
12 3 (10.00%) Linux
12 3 (10.00%) OO
12 3 (10.00%) OOD
12 3 (10.00%) ATM
12 3 (10.00%) VoIP
12 3 (10.00%) TCP/IP
12 3 (10.00%) Cisco
12 3 (10.00%) Subversion
12 3 (10.00%) Validation
12 3 (10.00%) RTP

RANAP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing RANAP 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 RANAP. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 3 (10.00%) STL
1 3 (10.00%) XML
1 3 (10.00%) Boost C++ Libraries
Communications & Networking
1 25 (83.33%) 3G
2 22 (73.33%) RNC
2 22 (73.33%) GSM
3 20 (66.67%) 3GPP
3 20 (66.67%) 2G
3 20 (66.67%) Radio Access Network
4 19 (63.33%) WCDMA
5 18 (60.00%) Wireshark
6 8 (26.67%) LTE
7 4 (13.33%) UMTS
8 3 (10.00%) PBX
8 3 (10.00%) ATM
8 3 (10.00%) VoIP
8 3 (10.00%) TCP/IP
8 3 (10.00%) RTP
8 3 (10.00%) SS7
8 3 (10.00%) NBAP
8 3 (10.00%) Asterisk PBX
9 1 (3.333%) 4G
9 1 (3.333%) GGSN
Development Applications
1 3 (10.00%) Subversion
1 3 (10.00%) Trac
1 3 (10.00%) GCC
1 3 (10.00%) GDB
General
1 28 (93.33%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 20 (66.67%) Test Engineer
2 11 (36.67%) RAN Engineer
3 10 (33.33%) 3G Engineer
4 3 (10.00%) Design Engineer
4 3 (10.00%) C++ Software Engineer
4 3 (10.00%) Software Engineer
4 3 (10.00%) Configuration Engineer
5 1 (3.333%) Principal Engineer
5 1 (3.333%) Architect
5 1 (3.333%) Solutions Architect
5 1 (3.333%) Network Architect
Operating Systems
1 3 (10.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (40.00%) Migration
2 3 (10.00%) OO
2 3 (10.00%) OOD
2 3 (10.00%) Validation
3 1 (3.333%) Network Design
Programming Languages
1 4 (13.33%) C++
2 1 (3.333%) C
2 1 (3.333%) Perl
2 1 (3.333%) VB
Qualifications
1 11 (36.67%) ISEB
2 4 (13.33%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (10.00%) QA
Vendors
1 18 (60.00%) NetHawk
2 15 (50.00%) Ericsson
3 3 (10.00%) Cisco
4 1 (3.333%) Nokia Siemens Networks
4 1 (3.333%) Nokia
Guildford, Surrey
Keywords:- Software Engineer, Software Developer, Telecoms, Datacoms, C++, Linux, STL, GCC, Make, GDB, GSM, UMTS, LTE, System Design, RANAP, GTP, S1, MAP, CAMEL, Radius, SMNP, SIP, VOIP, RTP,...
Spectrum IT Recruitment (South) Ltd
Rate: £35 - £40 per hour
Posted: 22 May 2013