Radio Access Network Contracts in Reading

Radio Access Network (RAN)
Berkshire > Reading

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Reading 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 37 44 70
Rank change year-on-year +7 +26 -14
Contract jobs citing Radio Access Network 23 48 17
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Reading 3.85% 4.03% 1.63%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 26.74% 19.51% 9.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 8 2
10th Percentile £355 - £287
25th Percentile £416 - £296
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £350 £313
Median % change year-on-year +28.57% +12.00% -
75th Percentile - £509 £329
90th Percentile £555 £538 £339
Berkshire median daily rate £450 £425 £350
% change year-on-year +5.88% +21.43% -3.11%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Reading

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 Reading.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 86 246 184
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 14.41% 20.64% 17.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 34 113 97
10th Percentile £221 £205 £337
25th Percentile £307 £335 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £499 £608 £650
90th Percentile £623 - £718
Berkshire median daily rate £450 £490 £488
% change year-on-year -8.16% +0.51% +4.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 13 3
10th Percentile - £77.22 -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate - £87.46 £66.00
Median % change year-on-year - +32.52% +153.85%
75th Percentile - £87.53 £73.69
90th Percentile - - £78.30
Berkshire median hourly rate £24.66 £83.77 £66.00
% change year-on-year -70.56% +26.92% +288.24%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Job vacancy trend for Radio Access Network in Reading

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Reading

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

Daily rate trend for Radio Access Network in Reading

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Daily Rate Histogram in Reading

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

Daily rate histogram for Radio Access Network in Reading

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Reading

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

Hourly rate trend for Radio Access Network in Reading

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading 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 (13.04%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (21.74%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (17.39%) MS Visio
3 3 (13.04%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (8.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 4 (17.39%) Power Platform
2 1 (4.35%) Azure
2 1 (4.35%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 10 (43.48%) 5G
1 10 (43.48%) Network Security
2 8 (34.78%) 4G
3 6 (26.09%) 3G
4 5 (21.74%) 2G
4 5 (21.74%) LTE
5 4 (17.39%) Ethernet
5 4 (17.39%) MPLS
6 2 (8.70%) Diameter Protocol
6 2 (8.70%) DNS
6 2 (8.70%) GGSN
6 2 (8.70%) RANAP
6 2 (8.70%) SGSN
6 2 (8.70%) VoLTE
6 2 (8.70%) Wireshark
7 1 (4.35%) 5G NR
7 1 (4.35%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (13.04%) Power BI
1 3 (13.04%) Power Query
General
1 14 (60.87%) Telecoms
2 6 (26.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 5 (21.74%) Social Skills
4 4 (17.39%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (8.70%) Multimedia
5 2 (8.70%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (4.35%) Finance
Job Titles
1 6 (26.09%) Head of Architecture
1 6 (26.09%) Head of Security
2 5 (21.74%) Designer
2 5 (21.74%) Head of Strategy
3 3 (13.04%) Developer
3 3 (13.04%) IP Designer
3 3 (13.04%) Report Developer
3 3 (13.04%) Senior
3 3 (13.04%) Senior Developer
4 2 (8.70%) Solutions Designer
4 2 (8.70%) Telecoms Developer
5 1 (4.35%) Analyst
5 1 (4.35%) Business Process Specialist
5 1 (4.35%) Capacity Manager
5 1 (4.35%) IP Engineer
5 1 (4.35%) IP Network Engineer
5 1 (4.35%) NOC Manager
5 1 (4.35%) Principal Engineer
5 1 (4.35%) Process Analyst
5 1 (4.35%) Transition Manager
Miscellaneous
1 3 (13.04%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (8.70%) Data Centre
3 1 (4.35%) IoT
3 1 (4.35%) NB-IoT
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (26.09%) Cybersecurity
1 6 (26.09%) Information Security
1 6 (26.09%) ITIL
1 6 (26.09%) Network Architecture
1 6 (26.09%) Network Design
1 6 (26.09%) OWASP
1 6 (26.09%) Risk Management
2 4 (17.39%) Customer Experience
2 4 (17.39%) Roadmaps
2 4 (17.39%) Strategic Roadmap
3 3 (13.04%) Budgeting
3 3 (13.04%) Business Intelligence
3 3 (13.04%) Collaborative Working
3 3 (13.04%) Data Management
3 3 (13.04%) Data Reconciliation
3 3 (13.04%) Network Management
3 3 (13.04%) Security Architecture
3 3 (13.04%) Security Operations
3 3 (13.04%) Workflow
4 2 (8.70%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (13.04%) VBA
Qualifications
1 6 (26.09%) Degree
2 2 (8.70%) Computer Science Degree
2 2 (8.70%) DV Cleared
2 2 (8.70%) SC Cleared
2 2 (8.70%) Security Cleared
3 1 (4.35%) ISACA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (26.09%) COBIT
1 6 (26.09%) GDPR
1 6 (26.09%) NIST
2 2 (8.70%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (4.35%) Amdocs OSS
Vendors
1 4 (17.39%) Microsoft
2 2 (8.70%) BT
2 2 (8.70%) Empirix
2 2 (8.70%) NetScout
3 1 (4.35%) Cisco
3 1 (4.35%) Cramer
3 1 (4.35%) Ericsson
3 1 (4.35%) Nokia