Radio Access Network Contract Job Trends in Reading

Radio Access Network (RAN)
Berkshire > Reading

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Reading requiring Radio Access Network skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 6 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 84 38 52
Rank change year-on-year -46 +14 +20
Contract jobs citing Radio Access Network 9 23 48
As % of all contract jobs in Reading 0.89% 3.92% 4.07%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 7.32% 26.44% 19.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 6 8
10th Percentile £415 £355 -
25th Percentile £438 £416 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £350
Median % change year-on-year - +28.57% +1.45%
75th Percentile £481 - £509
90th Percentile £538 £555 £538
Berkshire median daily rate £450 £450 £425
% change year-on-year - +5.88% -0.47%

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 123 87 243
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 12.17% 14.82% 20.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 65 35 115
10th Percentile £331 £193 £205
25th Percentile £450 £303 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £450 £513
Median % change year-on-year +13.33% -12.20% -2.84%
75th Percentile £619 £495 £608
90th Percentile £688 £573 -
Berkshire median daily rate £450 £450 £490
% change year-on-year - -8.16% +0.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 0 13
10th Percentile £16.01 - £77.22
25th Percentile £17.68 - -
Median hourly rate £19.34 - £87.46
Median % change year-on-year - - +32.52%
75th Percentile £56.00 - £87.53
90th Percentile £80.00 - -
Berkshire median hourly rate £24.50 £24.66 £83.77
% change year-on-year -0.65% -70.56% +26.92%

Radio Access Network
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Radio Access Network job vacancy trend in Reading

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Daily Rate Trend in Reading

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

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

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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 6 May 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Radio Access Network in Reading

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Hourly Rate Trend in Reading

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing Radio Access Network.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing Radio Access Network

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Reading 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 4 (44.44%) OpenStack
Communications & Networking
1 7 (77.78%) 5G
2 4 (44.44%) Diameter Protocol
2 4 (44.44%) LTE
2 4 (44.44%) VoLTE
2 4 (44.44%) VoWiFi
2 4 (44.44%) Wireshark
3 3 (33.33%) 2G
4 1 (11.11%) 3G
4 1 (11.11%) 4G
4 1 (11.11%) Firewall
General
1 4 (44.44%) Telecoms
2 1 (11.11%) Presentation Skills
2 1 (11.11%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (22.22%) Technical Manager
2 1 (11.11%) Architect
2 1 (11.11%) IP Specialist
2 1 (11.11%) Lead
2 1 (11.11%) Network Architect
2 1 (11.11%) Security Specialist
2 1 (11.11%) Telecoms Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 4 (44.44%) Linux
1 4 (44.44%) Unix
2 1 (11.11%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (44.44%) High Availability
1 4 (44.44%) Service Delivery
2 2 (22.22%) Project Delivery
2 2 (22.22%) Project Planning
2 2 (22.22%) Risk Management
2 2 (22.22%) Technical Leadership
3 1 (11.11%) Escalation Management
3 1 (11.11%) Network Design
3 1 (11.11%) Network Segmentation
3 1 (11.11%) Programme Management
3 1 (11.11%) Regulatory Compliance
3 1 (11.11%) Risk Analysis
3 1 (11.11%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 4 (44.44%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (11.11%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (44.44%) SLA
Systems Management
1 4 (44.44%) Kubernetes
2 2 (22.22%) NSN NetAct
Vendors
1 7 (77.78%) Nokia
2 5 (55.56%) BT
3 4 (44.44%) Ericsson
3 4 (44.44%) Huawei