Radio Access Network Contract Job Trends in the South East

Radio Access Network (RAN)
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South East requiring Radio Access Network skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 176 116 173
Rank change year-on-year -60 +57 -5
Contract jobs citing Radio Access Network 2 55 28
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.046% 1.62% 0.56%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.33% 9.12% 2.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 22 6
10th Percentile - £381 £378
25th Percentile - £456 £392
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £520 £425
Median % change year-on-year - +22.24% +17.24%
75th Percentile - £615 -
90th Percentile - £618 £434
England median daily rate £450 £520 £430
% change year-on-year -13.38% +20.81% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £24.33
25th Percentile £19.00 - £24.44
Median hourly rate £20.00 - £24.75
75th Percentile £21.00 - £24.94
90th Percentile - - £24.98
England median hourly rate £20.00 £49.28 £61.00
% change year-on-year -59.42% -19.21% -6.15%

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 600 603 1,166
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 13.91% 17.75% 23.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 440 330 635
10th Percentile £204 £237 £203
25th Percentile £340 £400 £294
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +11.11% -7.69%
75th Percentile £569 £592 £560
90th Percentile £650 £650 £650
England median daily rate £492 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -1.60% - -2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 20 72
10th Percentile £18.23 £31.25 £24.00
25th Percentile £24.94 £35.00 £30.00
Median hourly rate £56.80 £59.00 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year -3.74% -5.60% +38.89%
75th Percentile £84.50 £62.81 £71.90
90th Percentile £89.63 £67.44 £76.53
England median hourly rate £35.50 £35.00 £56.49
% change year-on-year +1.43% -38.04% +125.96%

Radio Access Network
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Radio Access Network job vacancy trend in the South East

Radio Access Network
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Radio Access Network.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Radio Access Network

Radio Access Network
Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Radio Access Network.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Radio Access Network

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 11 January 2026. 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
Berkshire -44 2 - -
Thames Valley -49 2 - -
Radio Access Network
England

Radio Access Network
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) Network Security
2 1 (50.00%) 5G
2 1 (50.00%) DWDM
2 1 (50.00%) Firewall
2 1 (50.00%) MPLS
2 1 (50.00%) NGN
2 1 (50.00%) SDH
2 1 (50.00%) WAN
General
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Documentation Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Architect
1 1 (50.00%) IP Architect
1 1 (50.00%) Network Architect
1 1 (50.00%) Network Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Network Security Architect
1 1 (50.00%) Security Architect
1 1 (50.00%) Transmission Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Private Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Capacity Planning
2 1 (50.00%) Change Control
2 1 (50.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Integration Acceptance Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Low Latency
2 1 (50.00%) Network Architecture
2 1 (50.00%) Network Design
2 1 (50.00%) Network Management
2 1 (50.00%) Network Planning
2 1 (50.00%) Network Segmentation
2 1 (50.00%) Process Management
2 1 (50.00%) Security Architecture
2 1 (50.00%) Service Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Spectrum Management
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) BC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (50.00%) CCIE
1 1 (50.00%) CCNP
1 1 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (50.00%) CISSP
1 1 (50.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
1 1 (50.00%) MCP
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) SLA
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) Amdocs OSS
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Ciena
1 1 (50.00%) Cramer
1 1 (50.00%) Nokia