Radio Access Network Contracts in England

Radio Access Network (RAN)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring Radio Access Network skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Radio Access Network over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 392 418 580
Rank change year-on-year +26 +162 +59
Contract jobs citing Radio Access Network 93 124 73
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.38% 0.33% 0.14%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.93% 2.47% 1.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 40 38 30
10th Percentile £332 - £228
25th Percentile £374 £350 £280
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £430 £342
Median % change year-on-year +7.56% +25.73% -19.53%
75th Percentile £618 £495 £450
90th Percentile £680 £538 £489
UK median daily rate £450 £430 £348
% change year-on-year +4.65% +23.74% -18.24%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 8 5
10th Percentile - £47.35 £44.65
25th Percentile - £60.25 £62.50
Median hourly rate - £62.50 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year - -3.85% -
75th Percentile - £63.75 £68.75
90th Percentile - - £69.50
UK median hourly rate - £62.50 £66.25
% change year-on-year - -5.66% -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
England

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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 3,178 5,012 6,158
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 13.05% 13.48% 12.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,963 3,022 4,045
10th Percentile £220 £206 £231
25th Percentile £363 £350 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £490 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.04% -6.67% +5.00%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £650
90th Percentile £675 £700 £738
UK median daily rate £488 £495 £519
% change year-on-year -1.52% -4.53% +3.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 127 399 439
10th Percentile £13.81 £13.50 £9.80
25th Percentile £15.22 £17.35 £10.63
Median hourly rate £28.00 £40.00 £18.82
Median % change year-on-year -30.00% +112.54% -21.29%
75th Percentile £63.50 £63.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £81.01 £70.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £40.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year -27.50% +110.53% -32.74%

Radio Access Network
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Radio Access Network as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Radio Access Network in England

Radio Access Network
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Radio Access Network in England.

Daily rate trend for Radio Access Network in England

Radio Access Network
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Radio Access Network in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Radio Access Network in England

Radio Access Network
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Radio Access Network in England.

Hourly rate trend for Radio Access Network in England

Radio Access Network
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Radio Access Network within the England region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +63 39 £608 +25.91% 16
South East +26 35 £450 +5.88% 11
South West +31 10 £340 - 4
North of England +22 5 £359 -1.64% 1
North West +20 4 £359 -1.64% 1
Midlands +19 2 £470 +34.36% 4
West Midlands +10 1 £291 -17.00% 3
East of England +10 1 £300 -30.23%
North East 0 1 £291 -
East Midlands - 1 £650 - 1
Radio Access Network
UK

Radio Access Network
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 3 (3.23%) SharePoint
Applications
1 8 (8.60%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (6.45%) MS Visio
3 5 (5.38%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (2.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 5 (5.38%) Power Platform
2 2 (2.15%) Azure
2 2 (2.15%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (1.08%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 59 (63.44%) 5G
2 43 (46.24%) 4G
3 27 (29.03%) LTE
4 20 (21.51%) 2G
5 18 (19.35%) 5G NR
6 16 (17.20%) Network Security
7 13 (13.98%) 3G
8 8 (8.60%) Wireshark
9 6 (6.45%) Wireless
10 4 (4.30%) Ethernet
10 4 (4.30%) MPLS
11 3 (3.23%) 3GPP
12 2 (2.15%) Diameter Protocol
12 2 (2.15%) DNS
12 2 (2.15%) GGSN
12 2 (2.15%) RANAP
12 2 (2.15%) SGSN
12 2 (2.15%) VoLTE
13 1 (1.08%) MIMO
13 1 (1.08%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (3.23%) Power BI
1 3 (3.23%) Power Query
General
1 57 (61.29%) Telecoms
2 13 (13.98%) Social Skills
3 7 (7.53%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (6.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 4 (4.30%) Public Sector
6 2 (2.15%) Multimedia
6 2 (2.15%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (1.08%) Finance
Job Titles
1 12 (12.90%) Design Engineer
2 9 (9.68%) Designer
2 9 (9.68%) Radio Engineer
3 8 (8.60%) Network Specialist
3 8 (8.60%) Radio Design Engineer
4 7 (7.53%) Network Design Specialist
5 6 (6.45%) Head of Architecture
5 6 (6.45%) Head of Security
5 6 (6.45%) Senior
6 5 (5.38%) Architect
6 5 (5.38%) Head of Strategy
7 4 (4.30%) Field Engineer
7 4 (4.30%) Solutions Designer
8 3 (3.23%) Administrator
8 3 (3.23%) Developer
8 3 (3.23%) Network Administrator
8 3 (3.23%) Network Architect
8 3 (3.23%) Report Developer
8 3 (3.23%) Senior Developer
8 3 (3.23%) Solutions Architect
Miscellaneous
1 15 (16.13%) Cloud Native
2 12 (12.90%) Team-Oriented Environment
3 7 (7.53%) Data Centre
4 5 (5.38%) PKI
5 3 (3.23%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (2.15%) IoT
6 2 (2.15%) NB-IoT
7 1 (1.08%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (1.08%) Driving Licence
7 1 (1.08%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 10 (10.75%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (26.88%) Network Design
2 24 (25.81%) Problem-Solving
3 17 (18.28%) Agile
3 17 (18.28%) DevOps
3 17 (18.28%) Performance Optimisation
4 16 (17.20%) Continuous Improvement
4 16 (17.20%) Network Architecture
5 15 (16.13%) CI/CD
5 15 (16.13%) Collaborative Working
6 14 (15.05%) Fault Management
7 12 (12.90%) High Availability
8 10 (10.75%) Network Planning
9 9 (9.68%) Computer Science
10 7 (7.53%) Customer Experience
10 7 (7.53%) Risk Management
10 7 (7.53%) Service Management
11 6 (6.45%) Cybersecurity
11 6 (6.45%) Information Security
11 6 (6.45%) ITIL
11 6 (6.45%) OWASP
Programming Languages
1 15 (16.13%) Python
2 3 (3.23%) VBA
Qualifications
1 20 (21.51%) Degree
2 7 (7.53%) Security Cleared
3 5 (5.38%) CCIE
3 5 (5.38%) Cisco Certification
4 3 (3.23%) SC Cleared
5 2 (2.15%) BPSS Clearance
5 2 (2.15%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (2.15%) DV Cleared
6 1 (1.08%) CCIE Security
6 1 (1.08%) ISACA
6 1 (1.08%) PMI Certification
6 1 (1.08%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (6.45%) COBIT
1 6 (6.45%) GDPR
1 6 (6.45%) NIST
1 6 (6.45%) QA
2 1 (1.08%) SLA
Systems Management
1 15 (16.13%) Ansible
2 10 (10.75%) NSN NetAct
3 1 (1.08%) Amdocs OSS
3 1 (1.08%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 33 (35.48%) Ericsson
2 24 (25.81%) Nokia
3 12 (12.90%) Microsoft
4 5 (5.38%) Fortinet
5 4 (4.30%) Huawei
6 2 (2.15%) BT
6 2 (2.15%) Cisco
6 2 (2.15%) Empirix
6 2 (2.15%) NetScout
7 1 (1.08%) Amdocs
7 1 (1.08%) Cramer
7 1 (1.08%) Dell
7 1 (1.08%) Google
7 1 (1.08%) Mavenir
7 1 (1.08%) Oracle
7 1 (1.08%) Rakuten
7 1 (1.08%) Samsung