The first table below looks at the demand for Radio Access Network skills in IT contracts advertised for the South West 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 17 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 West 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Radio Access Network (RAN)
Rank 113 116 110
Rank change year-on-year
+3 -6
Contract jobs citing Radio Access Network 2 23 7
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 0.098% 0.694% 0.250%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.683% 4.205% 1.862%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 10 1
Average daily rate £320 £378 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-15.23% +16.15%
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £275 £235
% change year-on-year
+9.09% +17.02%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £57.50 £26.50 -
% change year-on-year
+116.98% -
All Communications & Networking
South West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
293 547 376
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 14.31% 16.51% 13.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 165 280 154
Average daily rate £350 £400 £338
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-12.50% +18.51%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £198 £240 £201
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £438
UK excluding London average daily rate £313 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-5.30% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 37 56
Average hourly rate £20.50 £27.50 £29.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-25.45% -5.17%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.00 £20.00 £14.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £42.50 £40.90
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.50 £26.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-21.15% -5.45%
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 West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

South West 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 West region.

South West Radio Access Network Daily Rate Trend

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 West region.

South West 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 West region over the 3 months to 17 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
Bristol -5 2 £320 -28.88%
Radio Access Network
England

Radio Access Network
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West 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 6 (50.00%) 3G
2 5 (41.67%) Telecoms
3 3 (25.00%) 2G
3 3 (25.00%) RNC
3 3 (25.00%) LTE
3 3 (25.00%) 4G
3 3 (25.00%) OSPF
3 3 (25.00%) GSM
3 3 (25.00%) UMTS
3 3 (25.00%) Cisco
3 3 (25.00%) Juniper
4 2 (16.67%) Alcatel-Lucent
4 2 (16.67%) SDH
4 2 (16.67%) CCNP
4 2 (16.67%) CCNA
4 2 (16.67%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (16.67%) SNMP
4 2 (16.67%) TCP/IP
4 2 (16.67%) SLA
4 2 (16.67%) ATM
4 2 (16.67%) BGP
4 2 (16.67%) Firewall
4 2 (16.67%) IPsec
4 2 (16.67%) Nokia
4 2 (16.67%) TACACS
4 2 (16.67%) FWSM
4 2 (16.67%) Cisco PIX
4 2 (16.67%) Cisco ASA
5 1 (8.333%) HSPA
5 1 (8.333%) Performance Management

Radio Access Network
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West 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.

Applications
1 1 (8.333%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 1 (8.333%) Taleo
Communications & Networking
1 6 (50.00%) 3G
2 3 (25.00%) OSPF
2 3 (25.00%) GSM
2 3 (25.00%) UMTS
2 3 (25.00%) 2G
2 3 (25.00%) RNC
2 3 (25.00%) LTE
2 3 (25.00%) 4G
3 2 (16.67%) FWSM
3 2 (16.67%) Cisco PIX
3 2 (16.67%) Cisco ASA
3 2 (16.67%) SNMP
3 2 (16.67%) TCP/IP
3 2 (16.67%) ATM
3 2 (16.67%) BGP
3 2 (16.67%) TACACS
3 2 (16.67%) Firewall
3 2 (16.67%) IPsec
3 2 (16.67%) SDH
4 1 (8.333%) SMS
General
1 5 (41.67%) Telecoms
2 1 (8.333%) Billing
Job Titles
1 3 (25.00%) IP Engineer
2 2 (16.67%) Operations Engineer
2 2 (16.67%) RAN Engineer
2 2 (16.67%) Test Engineer
3 1 (8.333%) Delivery Manager
3 1 (8.333%) Environment Manager
3 1 (8.333%) Project Controller
3 1 (8.333%) Coordinator
3 1 (8.333%) Project Planner
3 1 (8.333%) Support Engineer
3 1 (8.333%) Field Engineer
3 1 (8.333%) Project Coordinator
3 1 (8.333%) Principal Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (8.333%) Configuration Management
1 1 (8.333%) Project Management
1 1 (8.333%) Integration Acceptance Testing
1 1 (8.333%) Network Planning
1 1 (8.333%) Incident Management
1 1 (8.333%) Test Management
1 1 (8.333%) Performance Management
Qualifications
1 2 (16.67%) CCNP
1 2 (16.67%) CCNA
1 2 (16.67%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (16.67%) SLA
2 1 (8.333%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (25.00%) Cisco
1 3 (25.00%) Juniper
2 2 (16.67%) Alcatel-Lucent
2 2 (16.67%) Nokia
3 1 (8.333%) Huawei
3 1 (8.333%) Nokia Siemens Networks
3 1 (8.333%) Ericsson