The first table below looks at the demand for the RAN Engineer role in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited RAN 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.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Radio Access Network Engineer
Rank 835 881 866
Rank change year-on-year
+46 -15
Permanent jobs requiring a RAN Engineer 25 6 5
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.023% 0.005% 0.004%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.024% 0.005% 0.004%
Number of salaries quoted 2 5 5
Average salary £25,000 £35,000 £38,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-28.57% -7.89%
UK excluding London average salary £25,000 £35,000 £38,000
% change year-on-year
-28.57% -7.89%
All Job Titles
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
102582 114838 114977
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 94.43% 94.76% 94.22%
Number of salaries quoted 85352 98508 97090
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £42,500
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £27,500 £26,500
10% offered a salary of more than £67,500 £72,500 £70,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%

RAN Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

RAN Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

RAN Engineer
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing RAN Engineer within the UK.

RAN Engineer Salary Trend

RAN Engineer
Top 8 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing RAN 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
England +28 25 £25,000 -28.57%
South East +15 24 £25,000 -28.57%
Surrey +32 21 £25,000 -52.38%
Guildford - 6 £25,000 -
Berkshire +8 3 - -
Reading +1 1 - -
West Midlands - 1 - -
Coventry - 1 - -

RAN Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 38 (100.00%) Telecoms
1 38 (100.00%) Radio Access Network
2 24 (63.16%) Degree
3 18 (47.37%) 3G
4 17 (44.74%) 2G
5 15 (39.47%) GSM
6 14 (36.84%) WCDMA
7 13 (34.21%) Root Cause Analysis
8 12 (31.58%) Network Design
9 10 (26.32%) Capacity Planning
10 6 (15.79%) LTE
11 4 (10.53%) Ericsson
12 3 (7.895%) Huawei
12 3 (7.895%) Resource Management
12 3 (7.895%) Performance Management
13 2 (5.263%) Nokia Siemens Networks
13 2 (5.263%) Network Management
13 2 (5.263%) 4G
13 2 (5.263%) MS PowerPoint
13 2 (5.263%) Service Delivery
13 2 (5.263%) Configuration Management
13 2 (5.263%) ISEB
13 2 (5.263%) Mapinfo
13 2 (5.263%) Business Objects
13 2 (5.263%) MS Excel
14 1 (2.632%) ATM
14 1 (2.632%) GPRS
14 1 (2.632%) SDH
14 1 (2.632%) 3GPP
14 1 (2.632%) UMTS

RAN Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Applications
1 2 (5.263%) MS PowerPoint
1 2 (5.263%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 38 (100.00%) Radio Access Network
2 18 (47.37%) 3G
3 17 (44.74%) 2G
4 15 (39.47%) GSM
5 14 (36.84%) WCDMA
6 6 (15.79%) LTE
7 2 (5.263%) 4G
8 1 (2.632%) ATM
8 1 (2.632%) GPRS
8 1 (2.632%) SDH
8 1 (2.632%) 3GPP
8 1 (2.632%) UMTS
8 1 (2.632%) Ethernet
8 1 (2.632%) HSPA
8 1 (2.632%) Wireshark
General
1 38 (100.00%) Telecoms
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (34.21%) Root Cause Analysis
2 12 (31.58%) Network Design
3 10 (26.32%) Capacity Planning
4 3 (7.895%) Resource Management
4 3 (7.895%) Performance Management
5 2 (5.263%) Network Management
5 2 (5.263%) Service Delivery
5 2 (5.263%) Configuration Management
6 1 (2.632%) Migration
6 1 (2.632%) Performance Improvement
Qualifications
1 24 (63.16%) Degree
2 2 (5.263%) ISEB
Vendors
1 4 (10.53%) Ericsson
2 3 (7.895%) Huawei
3 2 (5.263%) Nokia Siemens Networks
3 2 (5.263%) Mapinfo
3 2 (5.263%) Business Objects
4 1 (2.632%) Nokia
4 1 (2.632%) NetHawk