The first table below looks at the demand for Radio Access Network skills in IT jobs advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Radio Access Network over the 3 months to 22 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 England region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Radio Access Network (RAN)
Rank 706 765 748
Rank change year-on-year
+59 -17
Permanent jobs citing Radio Access Network 134 107 90
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 0.132% 0.093% 0.078%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.675% 0.526% 0.488%
Number of salaries quoted 29 83 48
Average salary £46,000 £52,500 £52,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-12.38% -
90% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £40,000 £38,000
10% offered a salary of more than £72,700 £60,000 £77,500
UK excluding London average salary £46,000 £51,125 £57,500
% change year-on-year
-10.02% -11.08%
All Communications & Networking
England
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
19864 20332 18445
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 19.53% 17.65% 15.93%
Number of salaries quoted 16165 17109 15401
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +6.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,127 £27,500 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £65,000 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
Radio Access Network
UK

Radio Access Network
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England Radio Access Network Jobs Demand Trend

Radio Access Network
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Radio Access Network across the England region.

England Radio Access Network Salary Trend

Radio Access Network
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Radio Access Network across the England region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

England Radio Access Network Salary Histogram

Radio Access Network
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Radio Access Network within the England region over the 3 months to 22 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
South East +55 119 £46,000 -10.67%
West Midlands - 8 - -
London +28 5 £37,000 -29.52%
South West -3 1 £60,000 +26.31%
North West - 1 - -
Radio Access Network
UK

Radio Access Network
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the England 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 IT job ads sampled that cited Radio Access Network.

1 163 (79.90%) Telecoms
2 104 (50.98%) 3G
3 64 (31.37%) Degree
4 48 (23.53%) 2G
5 38 (18.63%) Project Management
6 36 (17.65%) GSM
7 35 (17.16%) Cisco
7 35 (17.16%) Network Design
7 35 (17.16%) LTE
8 29 (14.22%) Nokia Siemens Networks
8 29 (14.22%) DNS
8 29 (14.22%) SMTP
8 29 (14.22%) DHCP
8 29 (14.22%) SNMP
9 26 (12.75%) Back Office
10 25 (12.25%) ATM
11 23 (11.27%) Ethernet
12 21 (10.29%) TCP/IP
12 21 (10.29%) WCDMA
13 20 (9.804%) Broadband
13 20 (9.804%) 4G
14 19 (9.314%) Product Management
15 18 (8.824%) UMTS
15 18 (8.824%) Validation
16 17 (8.333%) Firewall
16 17 (8.333%) CRM
16 17 (8.333%) Ericsson
16 17 (8.333%) Cisco ASA
16 17 (8.333%) F5
16 17 (8.333%) FWSM

Radio Access Network
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the England 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 IT job ads sampled that cited Radio Access Network. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (0.490%) COM
1 1 (0.490%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 1 (0.490%) SharePoint Foundation
Applications
1 8 (3.922%) MS Excel
2 5 (2.451%) MS PowerPoint
3 4 (1.961%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.980%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 3 (1.471%) Metrica
Communications & Networking
1 104 (50.98%) 3G
2 48 (23.53%) 2G
3 36 (17.65%) GSM
4 35 (17.16%) LTE
5 29 (14.22%) DNS
5 29 (14.22%) SMTP
5 29 (14.22%) DHCP
5 29 (14.22%) SNMP
6 25 (12.25%) ATM
7 23 (11.27%) Ethernet
8 21 (10.29%) TCP/IP
8 21 (10.29%) WCDMA
9 20 (9.804%) Broadband
9 20 (9.804%) 4G
10 18 (8.824%) UMTS
11 17 (8.333%) Firewall
11 17 (8.333%) Cisco ASA
11 17 (8.333%) FWSM
11 17 (8.333%) BIG-IP
11 17 (8.333%) Cisco PIX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.471%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 1 (0.490%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 163 (79.90%) Telecoms
2 26 (12.75%) Back Office
3 17 (8.333%) Retail
3 17 (8.333%) Billing
4 11 (5.392%) Finance
5 7 (3.431%) Marketing
6 4 (1.961%) Electronics
7 2 (0.980%) Multimedia
8 1 (0.490%) Legal
8 1 (0.490%) French Language
8 1 (0.490%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 38 (18.63%) RAN Engineer
2 27 (13.24%) IP Engineer
3 25 (12.25%) Technical Leader
4 18 (8.824%) Junior
5 17 (8.333%) Security Engineer
6 15 (7.353%) Design Engineer
7 13 (6.373%) Voice Engineer
8 12 (5.882%) Account Manager
9 10 (4.902%) Network Engineer
10 9 (4.412%) Principal Engineer
11 8 (3.922%) Analyst
11 8 (3.922%) Consultant
11 8 (3.922%) Performance Engineer
12 7 (3.431%) Core Network Engineer
13 6 (2.941%) Transmission Engineer
13 6 (2.941%) Voice Network Engineer
13 6 (2.941%) Radio Engineer
13 6 (2.941%) Pre Sales Consultant
13 6 (2.941%) Support Engineer
13 6 (2.941%) Technical Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 5 (2.451%) Management Information System
2 1 (0.490%) Wiki
2 1 (0.490%) Video Conferencing
2 1 (0.490%) Cloud Computing
Operating Systems
1 3 (1.471%) UNIX
2 1 (0.490%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (18.63%) Project Management
2 35 (17.16%) Network Design
3 19 (9.314%) Product Management
4 18 (8.824%) Validation
5 17 (8.333%) CRM
6 16 (7.843%) Capacity Planning
7 15 (7.353%) Six Sigma
7 15 (7.353%) Process Management
7 15 (7.353%) Root Cause Analysis
7 15 (7.353%) Logistics
8 14 (6.863%) Process Improvement
8 14 (6.863%) Service Delivery
9 13 (6.373%) Agile Software Development
10 12 (5.882%) Network Architecture
10 12 (5.882%) Capacity Management
10 12 (5.882%) Workflow
11 11 (5.392%) Migration
11 11 (5.392%) Service Management
11 11 (5.392%) Network Planning
12 8 (3.922%) Performance Management
Programming Languages
1 8 (3.922%) SQL
2 6 (2.941%) C
3 3 (1.471%) PL/SQL
3 3 (1.471%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 64 (31.37%) Degree
2 13 (6.373%) CCNP
2 13 (6.373%) Cisco Certification
2 13 (6.373%) Six Sigma Black Belt
3 8 (3.922%) CCSA
4 7 (3.431%) PMP
4 7 (3.431%) PMI Certification
4 7 (3.431%) CCSE
5 6 (2.941%) CCIP
5 6 (2.941%) CCDP
5 6 (2.941%) CCIE
6 3 (1.471%) ISEB
6 3 (1.471%) PgMP
7 1 (0.490%) HNC
7 1 (0.490%) HND
7 1 (0.490%) PRINCE2 Certification
7 1 (0.490%) ISEB Practitioner
7 1 (0.490%) JNCIS
7 1 (0.490%) JNCIE
7 1 (0.490%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (6.373%) SLA
2 1 (0.490%) QA
System Software
1 17 (8.333%) ProxySG
Systems Management
1 12 (5.882%) HP NNM
1 12 (5.882%) OpenView
1 12 (5.882%) CiscoWorks
Vendors
1 35 (17.16%) Cisco
2 29 (14.22%) Nokia Siemens Networks
3 17 (8.333%) Ericsson
3 17 (8.333%) F5
3 17 (8.333%) Blue Coat
4 16 (7.843%) Huawei
4 16 (7.843%) CheckPoint
5 14 (6.863%) Nokia
6 12 (5.882%) Redback
6 12 (5.882%) Juniper
6 12 (5.882%) HP
7 5 (2.451%) Cramer
8 4 (1.961%) Nortel
8 4 (1.961%) Microsoft
9 3 (1.471%) Oracle
10 2 (0.980%) Siemens
10 2 (0.980%) Mapinfo
10 2 (0.980%) Business Objects
11 1 (0.490%) Perforce
11 1 (0.490%) Alcatel-Lucent
Amersham, Thames Valley
My client is leading the UK in network management and delivery of 4G technologies.As a Transmission Planner you will be responsible for auditing the transmission design and...
Fulcrum Telecom
Salary: £40000.00 - £45000.00 per annum
Posted: 2 May 2013
Reading, Berkshire
Principal Voice CS Core Design Lead / Architect ideally who has managed small teams but is also a technical specialist in the Circuit Switched Core / CS Core particularly ideally...
Opus Resourcing Ltd
Salary: £55000 - £60000 per annum + £6k Car Allow + Bonus to 20%
Posted: 21 May 2013
Hatfield, South East
Head of Network Property Strategy and Performance, £70k + bonusHead of Network Property Strategy and Performance required for a new position working for one of the UK's leading...
Fulcrum Telecom
Salary: £70000 per annum + bonus
Posted: 27 April 2013