Radio Access Network Contract Job Trends in Bristol

Radio Access Network (RAN)
South West > Bristol

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Bristol requiring Radio Access Network skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 63 59 80
Rank change year-on-year -4 +21 +7
Contract jobs citing Radio Access Network 4 18 1
As % of all contract jobs in Bristol 0.54% 2.01% 0.097%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 6.67% 15.00% 0.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 8 0
10th Percentile £422 £439 -
25th Percentile £440 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - £491 -
South West median daily rate £450 £450 -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Bristol

Radio Access Network falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills in Bristol.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 60 120 121
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 8.05% 13.41% 11.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 41 59 75
10th Percentile £235 £388 £228
25th Percentile £308 £413 £340
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £475 £571
Median % change year-on-year -10.53% -16.74% +20.11%
75th Percentile £511 £581 £638
90th Percentile £575 £675 £700
South West median daily rate £486 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -7.38% - +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 22 12
10th Percentile £22.51 £16.95 £65.00
25th Percentile £29.59 - £67.81
Median hourly rate £41.40 £65.00 £73.75
Median % change year-on-year -36.32% -11.86% +13.46%
75th Percentile £53.20 £75.00 £77.19
90th Percentile £60.28 £84.00 £85.63
South West median hourly rate £56.50 £65.00 £56.49
% change year-on-year -13.08% +15.06% -5.60%

Radio Access Network
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Radio Access Network relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol.

Radio Access Network job vacancy trend in Bristol

Radio Access Network
Daily Rate Trend in Bristol

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing Radio Access Network.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing Radio Access Network

Radio Access Network
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bristol by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) AWS
1 1 (25.00%) Azure
1 1 (25.00%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 3 (75.00%) 3GPP
1 3 (75.00%) 4G
1 3 (75.00%) LTE
1 3 (75.00%) Wireshark
2 1 (25.00%) 2G
2 1 (25.00%) 5G
General
1 4 (100.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Network Design Specialist
1 4 (100.00%) Network Specialist
2 3 (75.00%) Performance Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Network Design
2 3 (75.00%) High Availability
2 3 (75.00%) Root Cause Analysis
3 1 (25.00%) Change Management
3 1 (25.00%) Data Integration
3 1 (25.00%) ETL
3 1 (25.00%) ITIL
3 1 (25.00%) Release Management
3 1 (25.00%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) Python
1 1 (25.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) GDPR
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Actix
1 3 (75.00%) Ericsson
1 3 (75.00%) Nokia