Radio Access Network Contracts in the UK excluding London

Radio Access Network (RAN)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 2 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 285 290 392
Rank change year-on-year +5 +102 +10
Contract jobs citing Radio Access Network 54 110 55
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.42% 0.53% 0.23%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.74% 3.19% 1.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 25 21
10th Percentile £302 - £228
25th Percentile £359 £350 £259
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £425 £325
Median % change year-on-year - +30.77% -21.78%
75th Percentile £494 £440 £450
90th Percentile £618 £523 £486
UK median daily rate £450 £430 £348
% change year-on-year +4.65% +23.74% -18.24%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 8 5
10th Percentile - £47.35 £44.65
25th Percentile - £60.25 £62.50
Median hourly rate - £62.50 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year - -3.85% -
75th Percentile - £63.75 £68.75
90th Percentile - - £69.50
UK median hourly rate - £62.50 £66.25
% change year-on-year - -5.66% -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,973 3,448 3,601
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 15.42% 16.62% 15.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,202 1,978 2,282
10th Percentile £200 £203 £210
25th Percentile £305 £350 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £481 £475
Median % change year-on-year -3.38% +1.32% +8.57%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £584
90th Percentile £638 £675 £690
UK median daily rate £488 £495 £518
% change year-on-year -1.52% -4.39% +3.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 141 360 327
10th Percentile £13.81 £13.48 -
25th Percentile £15.44 £16.30 £9.80
Median hourly rate £24.18 £45.88 £18.50
Median % change year-on-year -47.30% +148.00% -13.95%
75th Percentile £62.25 £63.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £70.66 £74.05
UK median hourly rate £30.04 £40.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year -24.90% +110.53% -32.74%

Radio Access Network
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Radio Access Network as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Radio Access Network in the UK excluding London

Radio Access Network
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Radio Access Network in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Radio Access Network in the UK excluding London

Radio Access Network
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Radio Access Network in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Radio Access Network in the UK excluding London

Radio Access Network
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Radio Access Network in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Radio Access Network in the UK excluding London

Radio Access Network
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 2 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
South East +27 36 £450 +5.88% 10
South West +27 10 £340 - 4
North of England +26 5 £359 -1.64% 1
North West +17 4 £359 -1.64% 1
Midlands +16 2 £470 +34.36% 4
West Midlands +11 1 £291 -17.00% 3
East of England +9 1 £300 -30.23% 1
North East -2 1 £291 -
East Midlands - 1 £650 - 1
Radio Access Network
UK

Radio Access Network
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 (5.56%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (11.11%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (9.26%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (7.41%) MS Visio
4 2 (3.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (1.85%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 5 (9.26%) Power Platform
2 2 (3.70%) Azure
2 2 (3.70%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (1.85%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 32 (59.26%) 5G
2 27 (50.00%) 4G
3 17 (31.48%) 2G
4 11 (20.37%) LTE
4 11 (20.37%) Network Security
5 10 (18.52%) 3G
6 8 (14.81%) Wireshark
7 4 (7.41%) 5G NR
7 4 (7.41%) Ethernet
7 4 (7.41%) MPLS
8 3 (5.56%) 3GPP
9 2 (3.70%) Diameter Protocol
9 2 (3.70%) DNS
9 2 (3.70%) GGSN
9 2 (3.70%) RANAP
9 2 (3.70%) SGSN
9 2 (3.70%) VoLTE
10 1 (1.85%) MIMO
10 1 (1.85%) TCP/IP
10 1 (1.85%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (5.56%) Power BI
1 3 (5.56%) Power Query
General
1 34 (62.96%) Telecoms
2 9 (16.67%) Social Skills
3 6 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (11.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 4 (7.41%) Public Sector
5 2 (3.70%) Multimedia
5 2 (3.70%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (1.85%) Finance
Job Titles
1 8 (14.81%) Network Specialist
2 7 (12.96%) Designer
2 7 (12.96%) Network Design Specialist
3 6 (11.11%) Head of Architecture
3 6 (11.11%) Head of Security
4 5 (9.26%) Head of Strategy
4 5 (9.26%) Senior
5 3 (5.56%) Developer
5 3 (5.56%) IP Designer
5 3 (5.56%) Report Developer
5 3 (5.56%) Senior Developer
5 3 (5.56%) Subject Matter Expert
6 2 (3.70%) Administrator
6 2 (3.70%) Analyst
6 2 (3.70%) Architect
6 2 (3.70%) Field Engineer
6 2 (3.70%) Network Administrator
6 2 (3.70%) Project Manager
6 2 (3.70%) Solutions Architect
6 2 (3.70%) Solutions Designer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (5.56%) Cloud Native
1 3 (5.56%) Self-Motivation
1 3 (5.56%) Team-Oriented Environment
2 2 (3.70%) Data Centre
2 2 (3.70%) IoT
2 2 (3.70%) NB-IoT
3 1 (1.85%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (1.85%) Driving Licence
3 1 (1.85%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.85%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (27.78%) Network Design
2 8 (14.81%) Network Architecture
2 8 (14.81%) Problem-Solving
3 7 (12.96%) Agile
3 7 (12.96%) Customer Experience
3 7 (12.96%) ITIL
3 7 (12.96%) Risk Management
4 6 (11.11%) Collaborative Working
4 6 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
4 6 (11.11%) Cybersecurity
4 6 (11.11%) Information Security
4 6 (11.11%) OWASP
4 6 (11.11%) Performance Optimisation
5 5 (9.26%) DevOps
5 5 (9.26%) Project Management
6 4 (7.41%) Decision-Making
6 4 (7.41%) Roadmaps
6 4 (7.41%) Service Management
6 4 (7.41%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 4 (7.41%) Strategic Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 3 (5.56%) Python
1 3 (5.56%) VBA
Qualifications
1 12 (22.22%) Degree
2 7 (12.96%) Security Cleared
3 3 (5.56%) SC Cleared
4 2 (3.70%) BPSS Clearance
4 2 (3.70%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (3.70%) DV Cleared
5 1 (1.85%) ISACA
5 1 (1.85%) PMI Certification
5 1 (1.85%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (11.11%) COBIT
1 6 (11.11%) GDPR
1 6 (11.11%) NIST
1 6 (11.11%) QA
2 1 (1.85%) SLA
Systems Management
1 3 (5.56%) Ansible
2 2 (3.70%) NSN NetAct
3 1 (1.85%) Amdocs OSS
3 1 (1.85%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 18 (33.33%) Ericsson
2 15 (27.78%) Nokia
3 7 (12.96%) Microsoft
4 4 (7.41%) Huawei
5 2 (3.70%) BT
5 2 (3.70%) Cisco
5 2 (3.70%) Empirix
5 2 (3.70%) NetScout
6 1 (1.85%) Amdocs
6 1 (1.85%) BMC
6 1 (1.85%) Cramer
6 1 (1.85%) Dell
6 1 (1.85%) Google
6 1 (1.85%) Mavenir
6 1 (1.85%) Oracle
6 1 (1.85%) Rakuten
6 1 (1.85%) Remedy
6 1 (1.85%) Samsung