Radio Access Network Contracts in the UK excluding London

Radio Access Network (RAN)
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for Radio Access Network skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Radio Access Network over the 6 months to 5 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 285 402 404
Rank change year-on-year +117 +2 -13
Contract jobs citing Radio Access Network 108 49 107
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.53% 0.21% 0.35%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 3.19% 1.38% 2.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 21 26
10th Percentile - £228 £329
25th Percentile £350 £259 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £345 £415
Median % change year-on-year +23.19% -16.92% +10.73%
75th Percentile £441 £450 £450
90th Percentile £526 £486 £488
UK median daily rate £430 £440 £415
% change year-on-year -2.27% +5.96% +3.81%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 3 0
10th Percentile £47.35 £63.25 -
25th Percentile £60.25 £64.38 -
Median hourly rate £62.50 £67.50 -
Median % change year-on-year -7.41% - -
75th Percentile £63.75 £69.38 -
90th Percentile - £69.75 -
UK median hourly rate £62.50 £68.75 -
% change year-on-year -9.09% - -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK excluding London

Radio Access Network is in the Communications and Computer Networking category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 3,385 3,559 4,117
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 16.46% 14.90% 13.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,940 2,259 2,651
10th Percentile £203 £210 £185
25th Percentile £350 £350 £306
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £440
Median % change year-on-year - +7.95% +10.00%
75th Percentile £600 £586 £545
90th Percentile £675 £690 £638
UK median daily rate £495 £520 £500
% change year-on-year -4.81% +4.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 358 322 237
10th Percentile £13.43 - £13.25
25th Percentile £16.30 £9.80 £15.50
Median hourly rate £45.88 £18.50 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year +148.00% -13.95% -9.71%
75th Percentile £63.75 £60.00 £47.50
90th Percentile £70.66 £74.50 £59.25
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £18.82 £27.50
% change year-on-year +112.54% -31.56% +3.77%

Radio Access Network
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Radio Access Network as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Radio Access Network in the UK excluding London

Radio Access Network
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Radio Access Network in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Radio Access Network in the UK excluding London

Radio Access Network
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Radio Access Network in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Radio Access Network in the UK excluding London

Radio Access Network
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Radio Access Network in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Radio Access Network in the UK excluding London

Radio Access Network
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Radio Access Network in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Radio Access Network in the UK excluding London

Radio Access Network
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Radio Access Network within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 5 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South East +35 55 £425 +40.50% 8
South West - 25 - - 3
East of England - 21 £430 -
Midlands +31 4 £350 - 2
West Midlands +25 4 £350 - 2
North of England +30 2 £365 -24.90%
Scotland +41 1 £365 -
North West +24 1 £365 -24.90%
North East - 1 - -
Radio Access Network
UK

Radio Access Network
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 11 (10.19%) Apache
1 11 (10.19%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 5 (4.63%) Microsoft Excel
1 5 (4.63%) Microsoft Office
1 5 (4.63%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (1.85%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 39 (36.11%) 4G
2 38 (35.19%) 5G
3 22 (20.37%) LTE
4 21 (19.44%) Wireshark
5 19 (17.59%) 3G
6 14 (12.96%) Wireless
7 12 (11.11%) BGP
7 12 (11.11%) MPLS
7 12 (11.11%) VPN
8 11 (10.19%) 3GPP
8 11 (10.19%) Ethernet VPN
9 7 (6.48%) Software-Defined Radio
10 5 (4.63%) Diameter Protocol
10 5 (4.63%) DNS
10 5 (4.63%) GGSN
10 5 (4.63%) NAS
10 5 (4.63%) RANAP
10 5 (4.63%) SGSN
10 5 (4.63%) VoLTE
11 3 (2.78%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (14.81%) QGIS
2 11 (10.19%) MongoDB
2 11 (10.19%) NoSQL
2 11 (10.19%) PostgreSQL
3 5 (4.63%) GIS
4 2 (1.85%) Power BI
4 2 (1.85%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 15 (13.89%) JIRA
2 11 (10.19%) GitLab
2 11 (10.19%) Robot Framework
2 11 (10.19%) TestRail
3 4 (3.70%) gcov
3 4 (3.70%) GDB
3 4 (3.70%) Git
3 4 (3.70%) Gradle
3 4 (3.70%) Subversion
General
1 44 (40.74%) Telecoms
2 15 (13.89%) Social Skills
3 10 (9.26%) Multimedia
4 9 (8.33%) Presentation Skills
5 4 (3.70%) Analytical Skills
6 3 (2.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (0.93%) Finance
7 1 (0.93%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 20 (18.52%) RAN Engineer
2 15 (13.89%) Consultant
3 11 (10.19%) Network Engineer
4 10 (9.26%) C++ Developer
4 10 (9.26%) Developer
4 10 (9.26%) Test Engineer
5 9 (8.33%) Python Developer
6 7 (6.48%) Architect
6 7 (6.48%) Performance Specialist
6 7 (6.48%) Software Architect
7 6 (5.56%) Business Consultant
7 6 (5.56%) Telecoms Manager
8 5 (4.63%) Associate Business Consultant
8 5 (4.63%) Associate Consultant
8 5 (4.63%) Build Manager
8 5 (4.63%) Performance Consultant
8 5 (4.63%) Senior
8 5 (4.63%) Senior Consultant
8 5 (4.63%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
8 5 (4.63%) Senior Performance Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (10.19%) NETCONF
1 11 (10.19%) REST
1 11 (10.19%) RESTCONF
1 11 (10.19%) SOAP
1 11 (10.19%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 4 (3.70%) Driving Licence
2 3 (2.78%) IoT
2 3 (2.78%) NB-IoT
2 3 (2.78%) PACS
Operating Systems
1 5 (4.63%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (17.59%) Project Management
2 18 (16.67%) Agile
3 13 (12.04%) Customer Experience
4 12 (11.11%) High Availability
5 11 (10.19%) Capacity Planning
5 11 (10.19%) CI/CD
5 11 (10.19%) Containerisation
5 11 (10.19%) Integration Testing
5 11 (10.19%) Network Design
5 11 (10.19%) Performance Testing
5 11 (10.19%) Problem-Solving
5 11 (10.19%) Regression Testing
5 11 (10.19%) Scrum
5 11 (10.19%) Security Testing
5 11 (10.19%) Test Automation
5 11 (10.19%) Unit Testing
5 11 (10.19%) Workflow
6 10 (9.26%) Roadmaps
7 9 (8.33%) Decision-Making
7 9 (8.33%) Performance Management
Programming Languages
1 25 (23.15%) Python
2 14 (12.96%) C++
3 11 (10.19%) SQL
4 4 (3.70%) C
Qualifications
1 6 (5.56%) Degree
2 5 (4.63%) Computer Science Degree
2 5 (4.63%) Security Cleared
3 1 (0.93%) BC Cleared
3 1 (0.93%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (0.93%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (5.56%) SLA
2 3 (2.78%) QA
System Software
1 11 (10.19%) Docker
Vendors
1 15 (13.89%) Ericsson
2 14 (12.96%) Nokia
3 12 (11.11%) Actix
3 12 (11.11%) Huawei
4 5 (4.63%) Empirix
4 5 (4.63%) NetScout
5 4 (3.70%) Klocwork
5 4 (3.70%) Perforce
6 3 (2.78%) ESRI
6 3 (2.78%) Greenplum
6 3 (2.78%) Mapinfo
6 3 (2.78%) Pega
7 2 (1.85%) BT
7 2 (1.85%) Remedy
8 1 (0.93%) ADVA
8 1 (0.93%) Cisco
8 1 (0.93%) Juniper
8 1 (0.93%) Nokia Networks
8 1 (0.93%) Tellabs