Radio Access Network Contracts in the Thames Valley

Radio Access Network (RAN)
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley 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 72 92 119
Rank change year-on-year +20 +27 -7
Contract jobs citing Radio Access Network 30 53 32
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 1.99% 1.97% 1.09%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 11.90% 8.76% 6.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 11 14
10th Percentile £400 - £280
25th Percentile £409 £350 £289
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £425 £350
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% +21.43% -3.11%
75th Percentile £463 £519 £450
90th Percentile £500 £540 £546
South East median daily rate £450 £425 £314
% change year-on-year +5.88% +35.46% -23.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £24.25 £32.75
Median hourly rate - £24.50 £33.50
Median % change year-on-year - -26.87% -
75th Percentile - £24.75 £34.25
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate - £24.50 £65.00
% change year-on-year - -62.31% -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 252 605 475
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 16.68% 22.52% 16.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 129 295 291
10th Percentile £242 £205 £313
25th Percentile £363 £350 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £466 £500 £488
Median % change year-on-year -6.80% +2.46% +5.51%
75th Percentile £550 £594 £570
90th Percentile £618 £650 £650
South East median daily rate £480 £490 £488
% change year-on-year -2.04% +0.51% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 50 15
10th Percentile - £17.79 £19.70
25th Percentile - £23.78 £25.75
Median hourly rate £14.20 £65.00 £66.00
Median % change year-on-year -78.15% -1.52% +288.24%
75th Percentile £22.09 £85.65 £80.25
90th Percentile £31.44 £87.47 £81.22
South East median hourly rate £54.94 £57.35 £53.00
% change year-on-year -4.21% +8.21% +146.51%

Radio Access Network
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Radio Access Network in the Thames Valley

Radio Access Network
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Daily rate trend for Radio Access Network in the Thames Valley

Radio Access Network
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

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

Daily rate histogram for Radio Access Network in the Thames Valley

Radio Access Network
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Hourly rate trend for Radio Access Network in the Thames Valley

Radio Access Network
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley 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
Berkshire +8 30 £450 +5.88% 5
Radio Access Network
South East

Radio Access Network
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 (10.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (16.67%) Microsoft Excel
1 5 (16.67%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (13.33%) MS Visio
3 2 (6.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 5 (16.67%) Power Platform
2 2 (6.67%) Azure
2 2 (6.67%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 15 (50.00%) 5G
2 11 (36.67%) 4G
3 10 (33.33%) Network Security
4 9 (30.00%) 3G
5 8 (26.67%) 2G
6 5 (16.67%) LTE
7 4 (13.33%) Ethernet
7 4 (13.33%) MPLS
8 2 (6.67%) Diameter Protocol
8 2 (6.67%) DNS
8 2 (6.67%) GGSN
8 2 (6.67%) RANAP
8 2 (6.67%) SGSN
8 2 (6.67%) VoLTE
8 2 (6.67%) Wireshark
9 1 (3.33%) 3GPP
9 1 (3.33%) 5G NR
9 1 (3.33%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (10.00%) Power BI
1 3 (10.00%) Power Query
General
1 19 (63.33%) Telecoms
2 8 (26.67%) Social Skills
3 6 (20.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 4 (13.33%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (6.67%) Multimedia
5 2 (6.67%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (3.33%) Finance
Job Titles
1 6 (20.00%) Head of Architecture
1 6 (20.00%) Head of Security
2 5 (16.67%) Designer
2 5 (16.67%) Head of Strategy
3 4 (13.33%) Senior
4 3 (10.00%) Developer
4 3 (10.00%) IP Designer
4 3 (10.00%) Report Developer
4 3 (10.00%) Senior Developer
5 2 (6.67%) Automation Specialist
5 2 (6.67%) Design Engineer
5 2 (6.67%) Network Manager
5 2 (6.67%) Project Manager
5 2 (6.67%) Radio Engineer
5 2 (6.67%) Solutions Designer
5 2 (6.67%) Telecoms Developer
6 1 (3.33%) Head of Mobile
6 1 (3.33%) IP Design Engineer
6 1 (3.33%) Mobile Designer
6 1 (3.33%) Principal Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (10.00%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (6.67%) Data Centre
2 2 (6.67%) IoT
2 2 (6.67%) NB-IoT
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.33%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (23.33%) Network Architecture
1 7 (23.33%) Risk Management
2 6 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
2 6 (20.00%) Information Security
2 6 (20.00%) ITIL
2 6 (20.00%) Network Design
2 6 (20.00%) OWASP
3 5 (16.67%) Project Management
4 4 (13.33%) Customer Experience
4 4 (13.33%) Roadmaps
4 4 (13.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 4 (13.33%) Strategic Roadmap
5 3 (10.00%) Budgeting
5 3 (10.00%) Capacity Planning
5 3 (10.00%) Computer Science
5 3 (10.00%) Continuous Improvement
5 3 (10.00%) Data Reconciliation
5 3 (10.00%) Network Management
5 3 (10.00%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (10.00%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 3 (10.00%) VBA
Qualifications
1 8 (26.67%) Degree
2 2 (6.67%) Computer Science Degree
2 2 (6.67%) DV Cleared
2 2 (6.67%) SC Cleared
2 2 (6.67%) Security Cleared
3 1 (3.33%) ISACA
3 1 (3.33%) PMI Certification
3 1 (3.33%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (20.00%) COBIT
1 6 (20.00%) GDPR
1 6 (20.00%) NIST
2 3 (10.00%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (3.33%) Amdocs OSS
1 1 (3.33%) Kubernetes
1 1 (3.33%) NSN NetAct
Vendors
1 6 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (10.00%) Ericsson
3 2 (6.67%) BT
3 2 (6.67%) Cisco
3 2 (6.67%) Empirix
3 2 (6.67%) NetScout
3 2 (6.67%) Nokia
4 1 (3.33%) Amdocs
4 1 (3.33%) Cramer
4 1 (3.33%) Dell
4 1 (3.33%) Google
4 1 (3.33%) Huawei
4 1 (3.33%) Mavenir
4 1 (3.33%) Rakuten
4 1 (3.33%) Samsung