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 24 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 454 430 547
Rank change year-on-year -24 +117 +92
Contract jobs citing Radio Access Network 38 121 84
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.15% 0.32% 0.18%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.18% 2.53% 1.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 33 49
10th Percentile £359 £350 £237
25th Percentile £363 £400 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £475 £400
Median % change year-on-year -10.53% +18.75% -9.09%
75th Percentile £453 £538 £486
90th Percentile £480 £579 £550
UK median daily rate £450 £483 £411
% change year-on-year -6.74% +17.33% -6.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 5 2
10th Percentile - - £28.30
25th Percentile - £61.25 £34.00
Median hourly rate - £62.50 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year - +38.89% -
75th Percentile - £63.75 £57.00
90th Percentile - - £63.30
UK median hourly rate - £62.50 £65.00
% change year-on-year - -3.85% -

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 3,218 4,788 5,977
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 12.84% 12.82% 12.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,997 2,850 3,877
10th Percentile £230 £213 £231
25th Percentile £363 £363 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £500 £513
Median % change year-on-year -1.00% -2.44% +2.50%
75th Percentile £600 £608 £638
90th Percentile £675 £688 £738
UK median daily rate £480 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -4.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 140 394 411
10th Percentile £14.20 £13.61 £9.80
25th Percentile £16.30 £17.69 £10.63
Median hourly rate £37.50 £44.00 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year -14.77% +131.58% -22.00%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £60.60
90th Percentile £81.35 £73.60 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £41.48 £40.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year +3.69% +110.53% -33.12%

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 24 June 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 24 June 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 +48 13 £465 -5.10% 13
South East +6 13 £423 +5.63% 3
North of England +34 8 £398 - 3
North West - 7 £435 - 2
South West +11 1 - - 6
East of England +8 1 £300 -29.82%
North East +1 1 £291 -
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 5 (13.16%) OpenStack
2 3 (7.89%) SharePoint
3 2 (5.26%) Camunda
Applications
1 8 (21.05%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (7.89%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (2.63%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 5 (13.16%) AWS
1 5 (13.16%) Power Platform
2 2 (5.26%) Azure
2 2 (5.26%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 19 (50.00%) 4G
1 19 (50.00%) 5G
2 10 (26.32%) LTE
3 9 (23.68%) MPLS
4 7 (18.42%) 2G
4 7 (18.42%) 3G
5 6 (15.79%) 5G NR
5 6 (15.79%) Firewall
5 6 (15.79%) Wireless
6 5 (13.16%) 3GPP
6 5 (13.16%) BGP
6 5 (13.16%) DHCP
6 5 (13.16%) DNS
6 5 (13.16%) IPsec
6 5 (13.16%) Network Security
6 5 (13.16%) OSPF
6 5 (13.16%) VLAN
6 5 (13.16%) Wireshark
7 3 (7.89%) GPON
7 3 (7.89%) xDSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (7.89%) Power BI
1 3 (7.89%) Power Query
General
1 29 (76.32%) Telecoms
2 10 (26.32%) Social Skills
3 4 (10.53%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (5.26%) Public Sector
5 1 (2.63%) Billing
5 1 (2.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 6 (15.79%) Architect
1 6 (15.79%) Design Engineer
1 6 (15.79%) Senior
2 5 (13.16%) Designer
2 5 (13.16%) Network Designer
3 3 (7.89%) Administrator
3 3 (7.89%) Developer
3 3 (7.89%) Field Engineer
3 3 (7.89%) Network Administrator
3 3 (7.89%) OSS Architect
3 3 (7.89%) Radio Design Engineer
3 3 (7.89%) Radio Engineer
3 3 (7.89%) Report Developer
3 3 (7.89%) Senior Developer
4 2 (5.26%) IT Administrator
4 2 (5.26%) Network Architect
4 2 (5.26%) Network Manager
4 2 (5.26%) Project Manager
4 2 (5.26%) Security Architect
4 2 (5.26%) Test Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (13.16%) Data Centre
1 5 (13.16%) Operational Technology
1 5 (13.16%) PKI
2 3 (7.89%) Cloud Native
2 3 (7.89%) Self-Motivation
2 3 (7.89%) TM Forum
3 1 (2.63%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (2.63%) Driving Licence
3 1 (2.63%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (15.79%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (13.16%) Benchmarking
2 5 (13.16%) DevOps
2 5 (13.16%) Network Architecture
2 5 (13.16%) Project Management
3 4 (10.53%) Analytics
3 4 (10.53%) ITIL
3 4 (10.53%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 3 (7.89%) Agile
4 3 (7.89%) Artificial Intelligence
4 3 (7.89%) Business Intelligence
4 3 (7.89%) Computer Science
4 3 (7.89%) Data Reconciliation
4 3 (7.89%) eTOM
4 3 (7.89%) Fault Management
4 3 (7.89%) Machine Learning
4 3 (7.89%) Microservices
4 3 (7.89%) Migration
4 3 (7.89%) Network Optimisation
4 3 (7.89%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 3 (7.89%) VBA
Qualifications
1 10 (26.32%) Degree
2 5 (13.16%) CCIE
2 5 (13.16%) Cisco Certification
3 3 (7.89%) Security Cleared
4 2 (5.26%) Master's Degree
4 2 (5.26%) SC Cleared
4 2 (5.26%) TOGAF Certification
5 1 (2.63%) CCIE Security
5 1 (2.63%) PMI Certification
5 1 (2.63%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.26%) OASIS TOSCA
2 1 (2.63%) QA
System Software
1 5 (13.16%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (7.89%) Amdocs OSS
1 3 (7.89%) Kubernetes
1 3 (7.89%) NSN NetAct
2 2 (5.26%) Ansible
Vendors
1 13 (34.21%) Ericsson
2 11 (28.95%) Microsoft
3 9 (23.68%) Nokia
4 5 (13.16%) Dell
4 5 (13.16%) Fortinet
5 4 (10.53%) Huawei
6 2 (5.26%) Amdocs
6 2 (5.26%) NetCracker
7 1 (2.63%) BMC
7 1 (2.63%) Cramer
7 1 (2.63%) Oracle
7 1 (2.63%) Remedy