The first table below looks at the demand for the RF Optimisation 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 RF Optimisation Engineer in their job title 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 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Radio Frequency Optimization Engineer
Rank 529 562 585
Rank change year-on-year
+33 +23
Contract jobs requiring an RF Optimisation Engineer 1 16 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.002% 0.027% 0.005%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.002% 0.030% 0.005%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 3 1
Average daily rate - £265 £355
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -25.35%
UK excluding London average daily rate - £265 £355
% change year-on-year
- -25.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Job Titles
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
42797 53993 56874
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 92.24% 92.65% 92.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 24561 29781 30909
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 2134 2552 2929
Average hourly rate £18.50 £19.00 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-2.63% -5.00%
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 £41.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-5.40% -7.50%

RF Optimisation Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

RF Optimisation Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

RF Optimisation Engineer
Daily Rate Trend

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

RF Optimisation Engineer Daily Rate Trend

RF Optimisation Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited RF Optimisation 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 RF Optimisation Engineer in their job title.

1 8 (88.89%) LTE
1 8 (88.89%) 3G
2 7 (77.78%) 2G
3 6 (66.67%) Ericsson
4 5 (55.56%) GSM
5 4 (44.44%) UMTS
5 4 (44.44%) MS Excel
5 4 (44.44%) Actix
5 4 (44.44%) Mapinfo
6 3 (33.33%) HSPA
6 3 (33.33%) Huawei
6 3 (33.33%) BSS
6 3 (33.33%) RNC
6 3 (33.33%) Nokia Siemens Networks
6 3 (33.33%) 4G
6 3 (33.33%) MS Access
6 3 (33.33%) Root Cause Analysis
7 2 (22.22%) Wireless
7 2 (22.22%) Telecoms
8 1 (11.11%) Network Planning
8 1 (11.11%) Statistics
8 1 (11.11%) Degree
8 1 (11.11%) Radio Access Network
8 1 (11.11%) Capacity Planning
8 1 (11.11%) Network Architecture
8 1 (11.11%) ZTE
8 1 (11.11%) Amdocs
8 1 (11.11%) Nokia
8 1 (11.11%) Siemens
8 1 (11.11%) Project Management

RF Optimisation Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited RF Optimisation 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 RF Optimisation Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications
1 4 (44.44%) MS Excel
2 1 (11.11%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 8 (88.89%) 3G
1 8 (88.89%) LTE
2 7 (77.78%) 2G
3 5 (55.56%) GSM
4 4 (44.44%) UMTS
5 3 (33.33%) BSS
5 3 (33.33%) RNC
5 3 (33.33%) HSPA
5 3 (33.33%) 4G
6 2 (22.22%) Wireless
7 1 (11.11%) WCDMA
7 1 (11.11%) Radio Access Network
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (33.33%) MS Access
General
1 2 (22.22%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) Statistics
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (33.33%) Root Cause Analysis
2 1 (11.11%) Project Management
2 1 (11.11%) Network Planning
2 1 (11.11%) Network Architecture
2 1 (11.11%) Capacity Planning
Programming Languages
1 1 (11.11%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (11.11%) Degree
Vendors
1 6 (66.67%) Ericsson
2 4 (44.44%) Mapinfo
2 4 (44.44%) Actix
3 3 (33.33%) Huawei
3 3 (33.33%) Nokia Siemens Networks
4 1 (11.11%) ZTE
4 1 (11.11%) Amdocs
4 1 (11.11%) Nokia
4 1 (11.11%) Siemens
4 1 (11.11%) Nortel
4 1 (11.11%) Alcatel-Lucent