Radio Engineer Contracts
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for the Radio Engineer role in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Radio Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 21 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 Job Titles currently tracked.

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
21 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Radio Engineer
Rank 526 547 566
Rank change year-on-year
+21 +19
Contract jobs requiring a Radio Engineer 14 34 14
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.030% 0.058% 0.023%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.032% 0.063% 0.025%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 6 3
Average daily rate £275 £254 £275
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+8.37% -7.72%
UK excluding London average daily rate £275 £254 £275
% change year-on-year
+8.37% -7.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 2
Average hourly rate - £19.00 £37.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -49.33%
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £19.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year
- -49.33%
All Job Titles
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category		 43539 54119 55808
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 92.22% 92.58% 92.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 24944 29835 30377
Average daily rate £400 £400 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -5.88%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £240 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £575 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 2174 2589 2882
Average hourly rate £18.50 £18.50 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -7.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £11.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £41.50 £40.00 £41.28
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%

Radio Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Radio Engineer within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Radio Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

Radio Engineer
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Radio Engineer within the UK.

Radio Engineer Daily Rate Trend

Radio Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Radio Engineer within the UK.

Radio Engineer Hourly Rate Trend

Radio Engineer
Top 11 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Radio Engineer within the UK over the 3 months to 21 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
England +24 12 £275 +8.37%
South East +3 5 £220 -7.36%
Berkshire -5 5 £220 -7.36%
Hertfordshire +14 2 £275 -8.33%
East of England +12 2 £275 -8.33%
London +16 1 £275 -
Reading 0 1 £275 +15.78%
Maidenhead -3 1 £165 -
Watford - 1 £275 -
Hounslow - 1 £275 -
Baldock - 1 - -

Radio Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited Radio Engineer in their job title 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 with Radio Engineer in their job title.

1 16 (61.54%) Telecoms
2 12 (46.15%) 3G
3 11 (42.31%) LTE
4 9 (34.62%) Radio Access Network
5 8 (30.77%) 2G
6 7 (26.92%) Network Planning
7 6 (23.08%) Nokia Siemens Networks
7 6 (23.08%) Ericsson
8 5 (19.23%) UMTS
8 5 (19.23%) Huawei
9 4 (15.38%) Validation
10 3 (11.54%) RNC
10 3 (11.54%) GSM
10 3 (11.54%) 3GPP
10 3 (11.54%) UTRAN
10 3 (11.54%) Resource Management
11 2 (7.692%) Apple iOS
11 2 (7.692%) GPRS
11 2 (7.692%) Android
11 2 (7.692%) HSPA
11 2 (7.692%) Blackberry
11 2 (7.692%) Project Management
11 2 (7.692%) Wireless
11 2 (7.692%) WiMAX
11 2 (7.692%) Network Design
12 1 (3.846%) TDD
12 1 (3.846%) BSS
12 1 (3.846%) Front Office
12 1 (3.846%) Data Analysis
12 1 (3.846%) Quality Management

Radio Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited Radio Engineer in their job title 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 with Radio Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications
1 1 (3.846%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 12 (46.15%) 3G
2 11 (42.31%) LTE
3 9 (34.62%) Radio Access Network
4 8 (30.77%) 2G
5 5 (19.23%) UMTS
6 3 (11.54%) RNC
6 3 (11.54%) GSM
6 3 (11.54%) 3GPP
6 3 (11.54%) UTRAN
7 2 (7.692%) GPRS
7 2 (7.692%) HSPA
7 2 (7.692%) Wireless
7 2 (7.692%) WiMAX
8 1 (3.846%) BSS
8 1 (3.846%) CDMA2000
8 1 (3.846%) WCDMA
8 1 (3.846%) MIMO
8 1 (3.846%) 4G
General
1 16 (61.54%) Telecoms
2 1 (3.846%) Front Office
Miscellaneous
1 2 (7.692%) Blackberry
2 1 (3.846%) Computer Science
2 1 (3.846%) Statistics
Operating Systems
1 2 (7.692%) Apple iOS
1 2 (7.692%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (26.92%) Network Planning
2 4 (15.38%) Validation
3 3 (11.54%) Resource Management
4 2 (7.692%) Project Management
4 2 (7.692%) Network Design
5 1 (3.846%) TDD
5 1 (3.846%) Data Analysis
5 1 (3.846%) Quality Management
5 1 (3.846%) Capacity Planning
5 1 (3.846%) Network Architecture
5 1 (3.846%) Performance Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.846%) Perl
1 1 (3.846%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (3.846%) Degree
Vendors
1 6 (23.08%) Nokia Siemens Networks
1 6 (23.08%) Ericsson
2 5 (19.23%) Huawei
3 1 (3.846%) Remedy
3 1 (3.846%) Motorola
3 1 (3.846%) Actix
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Rate: £25000.00 - £43000.00 per annum
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