RAN Engineer Contract Job Trends in London

Radio Access Network Engineer
England > London

The median Radio Access Network Engineer daily rate in London is £450, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 12 August 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

 6 months to
12 Aug 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 433 - 373
Rank change year-on-year - - +89
Contract jobs requiring a RAN Engineer 7 0 4
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.035% - 0.025%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.037% - 0.026%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile £456 - -
England median daily rate £450 £480 £425
% change year-on-year -6.25% +12.94% -5.56%

All Contract IT Job Roles
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in London with a recognized job title 18,764 12,642 15,279
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.12% 93.00% 94.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,231 8,551 10,761
10th Percentile £363 £325 £350
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £545 £550
Median % change year-on-year +0.92% -0.91% -4.35%
75th Percentile £656 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
England median daily rate £525 £512 £525
% change year-on-year +2.54% -2.48% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 348 202 201
10th Percentile £17.60 £17.98 £17.25
25th Percentile £21.93 £23.00 £22.00
Median hourly rate £37.50 £30.00 £33.07
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -9.28% -12.97%
75th Percentile £58.79 £49.69 £53.75
90th Percentile £79.13 £64.88 £71.88
England median hourly rate £43.50 £25.23 £45.00
% change year-on-year +72.45% -43.94% +8.04%

RAN Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'RAN Engineer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in London.

RAN Engineer job vacancy trend in London

RAN Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for RAN Engineer job vacancies in London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for RAN Engineer job vacancies in London

RAN Engineer Skill Set
Top 25 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 12 August 2026, RAN Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the London region featuring RAN Engineer in the job title.

1 7 (100.00%) 4G
1 7 (100.00%) 5G
1 7 (100.00%) Radio Access Network
2 6 (85.71%) Ericsson
2 6 (85.71%) Nokia
3 4 (57.14%) 3GPP
3 4 (57.14%) Customer Experience
3 4 (57.14%) LTE
3 4 (57.14%) Network Design
3 4 (57.14%) Project Management
3 4 (57.14%) Root Cause Analysis
3 4 (57.14%) Stakeholder Management
3 4 (57.14%) Wireshark
4 2 (28.57%) Capacity Planning
4 2 (28.57%) Huawei
4 2 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (14.29%) 2G
5 1 (14.29%) 3G
5 1 (14.29%) ArcGIS
5 1 (14.29%) Data Analysis
5 1 (14.29%) GIS
5 1 (14.29%) Process Improvement
5 1 (14.29%) Python
5 1 (14.29%) QGIS
5 1 (14.29%) Visualisation

RAN Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (14.29%) ArcGIS
Communications & Networking
1 7 (100.00%) 4G
1 7 (100.00%) 5G
1 7 (100.00%) Radio Access Network
2 4 (57.14%) 3GPP
2 4 (57.14%) LTE
2 4 (57.14%) Wireshark
3 1 (14.29%) 2G
3 1 (14.29%) 3G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) GIS
1 1 (14.29%) QGIS
General
1 6 (85.71%) Telecoms
2 3 (42.86%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (28.57%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) Customer Experience
1 4 (57.14%) Network Design
1 4 (57.14%) Project Management
1 4 (57.14%) Root Cause Analysis
1 4 (57.14%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (28.57%) Capacity Planning
2 2 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (14.29%) Data Analysis
3 1 (14.29%) Process Improvement
3 1 (14.29%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) Python
Vendors
1 6 (85.71%) Ericsson
1 6 (85.71%) Nokia
2 2 (28.57%) Huawei
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