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The table below looks at the demand for Radio Network Controller (RNC) skills within the South East region with a comparison to our Communications & Networking category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited RNC over the 3 months to 5 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkRadio Network Controller (RNC)
Location
3 months to
5 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank153264
Rank change on same period last yearUp+111
Matching contract IT job ads8024
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.131 %0.026 %
As % of the category below3.673 %0.843 %
Daily rates quoted20
Average minimum daily rate£500-
Average daily rate£500-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£500-
UK excluding London average daily rate£336£375
% change on same period last year-10.37 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
South East
Matching contract IT job ads21782846
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled3.554 %3.118 %
Daily rates quoted427581
Average minimum daily rate£339£336
Average daily rate£361£353
% change on same period last year+2.14 %
Average maximum daily rate£382£370
UK excluding London average daily rate£344£337
% change on same period last year+2.29 %
Hourly rates quoted302520
Average minimum hourly rate£26.94£25.39
Average hourly rate£29.00£26.77
% change on same period last year+8.31 %
Average maximum hourly rate£31.06£28.15
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.83£28.22
% change on same period last year-1.38 %
RNC EnglandRNC
England

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

RNC
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing RNC across the South East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

South East RNC Demand Trend

RNC
Daily Rate Trend

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

South East RNC Daily Rate Trend

RNC
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing RNC across the South East region over the 3 months to 5 December 2008.

South East RNC Daily Rate Histogram

RNC
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South East RNC Hourly Rate Trend

RNC
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing RNC within the South East region over the 3 months to 5 December 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
BerkshireUp+7776£500-
MiddlesexNew entry-3--
SurreyNew entry-1--
BuckinghamshireNew entry-1--
RNC EnglandRNC
England

RNC
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing RNC 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 RNC.

1132 (73.74 %)Nokia
2121 (67.60 %)3G
3107 (59.78 %)Telecoms
458 (32.40 %)NEC
540 (22.35 %)2G
635 (19.55 %)ATM
729 (16.20 %)MGW
824 (13.41 %)Ericsson
922 (12.29 %)Siemens
1020 (11.17 %)Data Management
1020 (11.17 %)Statistical Analysis
1119 (10.61 %)UTRAN
1216 (8.939 %)HTML
1216 (8.939 %)SQL
1216 (8.939 %)VBA
1216 (8.939 %)Migration
1314 (7.821 %)Handset
1314 (7.821 %)SGSN
1413 (7.263 %)Disaster Recovery
1511 (6.145 %)Resource Management
1511 (6.145 %)Motorola
1610 (5.587 %)Packet Switching
1610 (5.587 %)Network Planning
1610 (5.587 %)Statistics
1610 (5.587 %)Spreadsheet
179 (5.028 %)UNIX
179 (5.028 %)Nortel
188 (4.469 %)XML
188 (4.469 %)UMTS
197 (3.911 %)TCP/IP

RNC
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing RNC 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 RNC. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

South East IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
116 (8.939 %)HTML
28 (4.469 %)XML
South East IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
110 (5.587 %)Spreadsheet
24 (2.235 %)MS Office
31 (0.559 %)MS Excel
31 (0.559 %)MS PowerPoint
31 (0.559 %)MS Project
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
1121 (67.60 %)3G
240 (22.35 %)2G
335 (19.55 %)ATM
429 (16.20 %)MGW
519 (10.61 %)UTRAN
614 (7.821 %)SGSN
710 (5.587 %)Packet Switching
88 (4.469 %)UMTS
97 (3.911 %)TCP/IP
97 (3.911 %)3GPP
105 (2.793 %)SIGTRAN
105 (2.793 %)GGSN
105 (2.793 %)SS7
114 (2.235 %)MPLS
122 (1.117 %)GSM
122 (1.117 %)BSS
131 (0.559 %)2.5G
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (0.559 %)ETL
11 (0.559 %)BusinessObjects
South East IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1107 (59.78 %)Telecoms
24 (2.235 %)Health
31 (0.559 %)Multimedia
31 (0.559 %)Back Office
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
167 (37.43 %)Radio Access Network Engineer
235 (19.55 %)Support Engineer
328 (15.64 %)3rd Line Support
328 (15.64 %)RNC Engineer
424 (13.41 %)3rd Line Support Engineer
514 (7.821 %)Design Engineer
613 (7.263 %)Switch Engineer
712 (6.704 %)Radio Engineer
811 (6.145 %)Architect
811 (6.145 %)Network Architect
811 (6.145 %)Network Engineer
97 (3.911 %)Deployment Engineer
104 (2.235 %)Network Planner
113 (1.676 %)Radio Network Engineer
113 (1.676 %)2nd Line Support Engineer
113 (1.676 %)2nd Line Support
122 (1.117 %)RNC Support Engineer
122 (1.117 %)Performance Engineer
122 (1.117 %)Network Manager
122 (1.117 %)OSS Engineer
South East IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
114 (7.821 %)Handset
210 (5.587 %)Statistics
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
19 (5.028 %)UNIX
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
120 (11.17 %)Data Management
120 (11.17 %)Statistical Analysis
216 (8.939 %)Migration
313 (7.263 %)Disaster Recovery
411 (6.145 %)Resource Management
510 (5.587 %)Network Planning
62 (1.117 %)Network Design
71 (0.559 %)Data Analysis
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
116 (8.939 %)SQL
116 (8.939 %)VBA
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
16 (3.352 %)SLA
South East IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
1132 (73.74 %)Nokia
258 (32.40 %)NEC
324 (13.41 %)Ericsson
422 (12.29 %)Siemens
511 (6.145 %)Motorola
69 (5.028 %)Nortel
77 (3.911 %)Cisco
85 (2.793 %)SAP
93 (1.676 %)Sony
102 (1.117 %)Remedy
111 (0.559 %)Business Objects
111 (0.559 %)Citrix
111 (0.559 %)Mapinfo