Radio Access Network Contracts in the South East

Radio Access Network (RAN)
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 124 150 175
Rank change year-on-year +26 +25 +25
Contract jobs citing Radio Access Network 35 55 47
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 1.16% 0.99% 0.81%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 6.82% 4.38% 4.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 11 20
10th Percentile £389 - £228
25th Percentile £411 £350 £252
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £425 £314
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% +35.46% -23.52%
75th Percentile £529 £519 £433
90th Percentile £618 £540 £464
England median daily rate £463 £430 £342
% change year-on-year +7.56% +25.73% -19.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 5
10th Percentile - - £44.65
25th Percentile - £24.25 £62.50
Median hourly rate - £24.50 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year - -62.31% -
75th Percentile - £24.75 £68.75
90th Percentile - - £69.50
England median hourly rate - £62.50 £65.00
% change year-on-year - -3.85% -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
South East

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 the South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 513 1,255 980
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 17.04% 22.58% 16.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 325 617 590
10th Percentile £216 £205 £235
25th Percentile £325 £371 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £490 £488
Median % change year-on-year -2.04% +0.51% +8.33%
75th Percentile £588 £585 £588
90th Percentile £630 £638 £700
England median daily rate £500 £490 £525
% change year-on-year +2.04% -6.67% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 131 74
10th Percentile £14.20 £16.25 £18.33
25th Percentile £20.26 £27.50 £42.50
Median hourly rate £54.94 £57.35 £53.00
Median % change year-on-year -4.21% +8.21% +146.51%
75th Percentile £62.50 £64.38 £67.50
90th Percentile £66.88 £85.65 £80.25
England median hourly rate £28.00 £40.00 £18.82
% change year-on-year -30.00% +112.54% -21.29%

Radio Access Network
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Radio Access Network in the South East

Radio Access Network
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Radio Access Network in the South East.

Daily rate trend for Radio Access Network in the South East

Radio Access Network
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

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

Daily rate histogram for Radio Access Network in the South East

Radio Access Network
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Radio Access Network in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for Radio Access Network in the South East

Radio Access Network
Contract Job Locations in the South East

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 South East 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
Thames Valley +20 30 £450 +5.88% 5
Berkshire +8 30 £450 +5.88% 5
Hampshire - 5 £610 - 2
Radio Access Network
England

Radio Access Network
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 (8.57%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (14.29%) Microsoft Excel
1 5 (14.29%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (11.43%) MS Visio
3 2 (5.71%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 5 (14.29%) Power Platform
2 2 (5.71%) Azure
2 2 (5.71%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 19 (54.29%) 5G
2 14 (40.00%) 4G
3 10 (28.57%) Network Security
4 9 (25.71%) 3G
5 8 (22.86%) 2G
5 8 (22.86%) LTE
6 4 (11.43%) 5G NR
6 4 (11.43%) Ethernet
6 4 (11.43%) MPLS
7 2 (5.71%) Diameter Protocol
7 2 (5.71%) DNS
7 2 (5.71%) GGSN
7 2 (5.71%) RANAP
7 2 (5.71%) SGSN
7 2 (5.71%) VoLTE
7 2 (5.71%) Wireshark
8 1 (2.86%) 3GPP
8 1 (2.86%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (8.57%) Power BI
1 3 (8.57%) Power Query
General
1 24 (68.57%) Telecoms
2 8 (22.86%) Social Skills
3 6 (17.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 4 (11.43%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (5.71%) Multimedia
5 2 (5.71%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (2.86%) Finance
Job Titles
1 6 (17.14%) Head of Architecture
1 6 (17.14%) Head of Security
2 5 (14.29%) Designer
2 5 (14.29%) Head of Strategy
2 5 (14.29%) Senior
3 3 (8.57%) Developer
3 3 (8.57%) IP Designer
3 3 (8.57%) Report Developer
3 3 (8.57%) Senior Developer
3 3 (8.57%) Subject Matter Expert
4 2 (5.71%) Automation Specialist
4 2 (5.71%) Design Engineer
4 2 (5.71%) Network Manager
4 2 (5.71%) Project Manager
4 2 (5.71%) Radio Engineer
4 2 (5.71%) Solutions Designer
4 2 (5.71%) Telecoms Developer
5 1 (2.86%) Lead
5 1 (2.86%) Principal IP Design Engineer
5 1 (2.86%) Principal Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (8.57%) Cloud Native
1 3 (8.57%) Self-Motivation
1 3 (8.57%) Team-Oriented Environment
2 2 (5.71%) Data Centre
2 2 (5.71%) IoT
2 2 (5.71%) NB-IoT
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.86%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (20.00%) Network Architecture
1 7 (20.00%) Risk Management
2 6 (17.14%) Agile
2 6 (17.14%) Collaborative Working
2 6 (17.14%) Continuous Improvement
2 6 (17.14%) Cybersecurity
2 6 (17.14%) Information Security
2 6 (17.14%) ITIL
2 6 (17.14%) Network Design
2 6 (17.14%) OWASP
2 6 (17.14%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (14.29%) DevOps
3 5 (14.29%) Performance Optimisation
3 5 (14.29%) Project Management
4 4 (11.43%) Customer Experience
4 4 (11.43%) Roadmaps
4 4 (11.43%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 4 (11.43%) Strategic Roadmap
5 3 (8.57%) Budgeting
5 3 (8.57%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 3 (8.57%) Python
1 3 (8.57%) VBA
Qualifications
1 9 (25.71%) Degree
2 2 (5.71%) Computer Science Degree
2 2 (5.71%) DV Cleared
2 2 (5.71%) SC Cleared
2 2 (5.71%) Security Cleared
3 1 (2.86%) ISACA
3 1 (2.86%) PMI Certification
3 1 (2.86%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (17.14%) COBIT
1 6 (17.14%) GDPR
1 6 (17.14%) NIST
2 3 (8.57%) QA
Systems Management
1 3 (8.57%) Ansible
2 2 (5.71%) NSN NetAct
3 1 (2.86%) Amdocs OSS
3 1 (2.86%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 6 (17.14%) Microsoft
2 5 (14.29%) Ericsson
3 3 (8.57%) Nokia
4 2 (5.71%) BT
4 2 (5.71%) Cisco
4 2 (5.71%) Empirix
4 2 (5.71%) NetScout
5 1 (2.86%) Amdocs
5 1 (2.86%) Cramer
5 1 (2.86%) Dell
5 1 (2.86%) Google
5 1 (2.86%) Huawei
5 1 (2.86%) Mavenir
5 1 (2.86%) Rakuten
5 1 (2.86%) Samsung