The first table below looks at the demand for Radio Access Network skills in IT contracts advertised for the Surrey 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 Surrey 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 64 89 99
Rank change year-on-year
+25 +10
Contract jobs citing Radio Access Network 16 6 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Surrey 1.388% 0.372% 0.218%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 8.466% 2.281% 1.329%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 2 1
Average daily rate £300 £300 £225
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +33.33%
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £275 £230
% change year-on-year
+9.09% +19.56%
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
Surrey
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
189 263 301
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Surrey 16.39% 16.33% 16.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 83 114 148
Average daily rate £331 £320 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.51% -8.57%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £133 £150 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £450 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £338 £325
% change year-on-year
-6.66% +3.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 35 20
Average hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £15.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+7.14% +129.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.00 £15.10 £13.55
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £42.95 £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
South East

Radio Access Network
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Radio Access Network across the Surrey region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

Surrey 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 Surrey region.

Surrey Radio Access Network Daily 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 Surrey 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
Guildford -2 9 £294 -
Radio Access Network
South East

Radio Access Network
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Surrey 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 40 (78.43%) Telecoms
2 32 (62.75%) 3G
3 27 (52.94%) 2G
4 21 (41.18%) Ericsson
5 20 (39.22%) LTE
6 14 (27.45%) Migration
7 12 (23.53%) RNC
8 10 (19.61%) QA
9 8 (15.69%) WCDMA
9 8 (15.69%) Validation
9 8 (15.69%) 4G
10 7 (13.73%) GSM
11 4 (7.843%) Project Management
11 4 (7.843%) ATM
11 4 (7.843%) Citrix
11 4 (7.843%) XML
11 4 (7.843%) Configuration Management
11 4 (7.843%) Finance
12 3 (5.882%) Change Management
12 3 (5.882%) C
12 3 (5.882%) PMP
12 3 (5.882%) Stakeholder Management
12 3 (5.882%) Incident Management
12 3 (5.882%) Resource Management
12 3 (5.882%) Fault Management
13 2 (3.922%) Performance Management
13 2 (3.922%) eTOM
13 2 (3.922%) Degree
13 2 (3.922%) RANAP
13 2 (3.922%) NBAP

Radio Access Network
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Surrey 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 4 (7.843%) XML
2 1 (1.961%) ASP
Applications
1 2 (3.922%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 32 (62.75%) 3G
2 27 (52.94%) 2G
3 20 (39.22%) LTE
4 12 (23.53%) RNC
5 8 (15.69%) WCDMA
5 8 (15.69%) 4G
6 7 (13.73%) GSM
7 4 (7.843%) ATM
8 2 (3.922%) RANAP
8 2 (3.922%) NBAP
8 2 (3.922%) Ethernet
8 2 (3.922%) TCP/IP
8 2 (3.922%) SS7
9 1 (1.961%) Wireless
9 1 (1.961%) IPv4
9 1 (1.961%) MGW
9 1 (1.961%) Nokia NetAct
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.961%) GIS
1 1 (1.961%) MS Access
General
1 40 (78.43%) Telecoms
2 4 (7.843%) Finance
Job Titles
1 21 (41.18%) Solutions Architect
1 21 (41.18%) Architect
2 9 (17.65%) Configuration Engineer
2 9 (17.65%) Project Manager
3 5 (9.804%) Implementation Manager
4 2 (3.922%) OSS Engineer
4 2 (3.922%) RAN Engineer
4 2 (3.922%) Auditor
4 2 (3.922%) Test Engineer
5 1 (1.961%) Network Manager
5 1 (1.961%) Design Engineer
5 1 (1.961%) Delivery Manager
5 1 (1.961%) Databuild Engineer
5 1 (1.961%) Transmission Engineer
5 1 (1.961%) Transmission Planning Engineer
5 1 (1.961%) Implementation Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (1.961%) Statistics
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (27.45%) Migration
2 8 (15.69%) Validation
3 4 (7.843%) Project Management
3 4 (7.843%) Configuration Management
4 3 (5.882%) Change Management
4 3 (5.882%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (5.882%) Incident Management
4 3 (5.882%) Resource Management
4 3 (5.882%) Fault Management
5 2 (3.922%) Performance Management
5 2 (3.922%) eTOM
5 2 (3.922%) ITIL
5 2 (3.922%) PRINCE
5 2 (3.922%) Change Control
6 1 (1.961%) Continuous Improvement
6 1 (1.961%) Disaster Recovery
6 1 (1.961%) Risk Management
6 1 (1.961%) PRINCE2
6 1 (1.961%) Supplier Management
6 1 (1.961%) Project Planning
Programming Languages
1 3 (5.882%) C
2 1 (1.961%) Java
2 1 (1.961%) Perl
Qualifications
1 3 (5.882%) PMP
2 2 (3.922%) Degree
2 2 (3.922%) PMI Certification
2 2 (3.922%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (19.61%) QA
Vendors
1 21 (41.18%) Ericsson
2 4 (7.843%) Citrix
3 2 (3.922%) Nokia
4 1 (1.961%) Mapinfo
4 1 (1.961%) NEC
4 1 (1.961%) Cramer
4 1 (1.961%) Nokia Siemens Networks