Radio Access Network Contracts

Radio Access Network (RAN)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 406 475 635
Rank change year-on-year +69 +160 +69
Contract jobs citing Radio Access Network 113 125 78
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.39% 0.29% 0.13%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 3.02% 2.22% 1.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 59 35 32
10th Percentile £335 - £228
25th Percentile £403 £350 £280
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £430 £348
Median % change year-on-year +4.65% +23.74% -18.24%
75th Percentile £556 £491 £450
90th Percentile £663 £500 £494
UK excluding London median daily rate £425 £395 £325
% change year-on-year +7.59% +21.54% -21.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 8 6
10th Percentile - £47.35 £47.63
25th Percentile - £60.25 £62.50
Median hourly rate - £62.50 £66.25
Median % change year-on-year - -5.66% -
75th Percentile - £63.75 £69.69
90th Percentile - - £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £62.50 £65.00
% change year-on-year - -3.85% -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 3,739 5,643 7,361
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 12.79% 12.94% 12.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,297 3,382 4,789
10th Percentile £213 £205 £235
25th Percentile £363 £350 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £495 £519
Median % change year-on-year -1.52% -4.53% +3.70%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £638
90th Percentile £675 £700 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £463 £475 £475
% change year-on-year -2.63% - +8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 181 423 478
10th Percentile £14.20 £13.57 £9.80
25th Percentile £17.30 £17.35 £10.63
Median hourly rate £32.50 £38.50 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.58% +102.63% -31.84%
75th Percentile £58.75 £62.50 £60.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £67.40 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £24.59 £45.88 £18.50
% change year-on-year -46.41% +148.00% -13.95%

Radio Access Network
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Radio Access Network as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Radio Access Network in the UK

Radio Access Network
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Radio Access Network in the UK

Radio Access Network
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Radio Access Network over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Radio Access Network in the UK

Radio Access Network
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Radio Access Network in the UK

Radio Access Network
Top 13 Contract Locations

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 over the 6 months to 30 April 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
England +36 93 £463 +7.56% 26
UK excluding London +1 53 £425 +7.59% 14
London +60 39 £608 +25.91% 11
South East +26 35 £450 +28.57% 7
Work from Home +44 30 £480 -2.04% 8
South West +30 10 £340 - 3
North of England +31 5 £359 -1.64% 1
North West +14 4 £359 -1.64% 1
Midlands +21 2 £470 +34.36% 3
East of England +13 1 £300 -30.23%
West Midlands +12 1 £291 -17.00% 3
North East 0 1 £291 -
East Midlands - 1 £650 -

Radio Access Network
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 (2.65%) SharePoint
Applications
1 8 (7.08%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (5.31%) MS Visio
3 5 (4.42%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (1.77%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 5 (4.42%) Power Platform
2 2 (1.77%) Azure
2 2 (1.77%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (0.88%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 77 (68.14%) 5G
2 61 (53.98%) 4G
3 45 (39.82%) LTE
4 31 (27.43%) 3G
5 26 (23.01%) Wireshark
6 20 (17.70%) 2G
6 20 (17.70%) Diameter Protocol
6 20 (17.70%) RANAP
6 20 (17.70%) VoLTE
7 18 (15.93%) 5G NR
8 16 (14.16%) Network Security
9 6 (5.31%) Wireless
10 4 (3.54%) Ethernet
10 4 (3.54%) MPLS
11 3 (2.65%) 3GPP
12 2 (1.77%) DNS
12 2 (1.77%) GGSN
12 2 (1.77%) SGSN
13 1 (0.88%) MIMO
13 1 (0.88%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.65%) Power BI
1 3 (2.65%) Power Query
General
1 58 (51.33%) Telecoms
2 32 (28.32%) Social Skills
3 7 (6.19%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (5.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 4 (3.54%) Public Sector
6 2 (1.77%) Multimedia
6 2 (1.77%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (0.88%) Finance
Job Titles
1 12 (10.62%) Design Engineer
2 9 (7.96%) Designer
2 9 (7.96%) Radio Engineer
3 8 (7.08%) Network Specialist
3 8 (7.08%) Radio Design Engineer
4 7 (6.19%) Network Design Specialist
5 6 (5.31%) Head of Architecture
5 6 (5.31%) Head of Security
5 6 (5.31%) Senior
6 5 (4.42%) Architect
6 5 (4.42%) Field Engineer
6 5 (4.42%) Head of Strategy
7 4 (3.54%) Solutions Designer
8 3 (2.65%) Administrator
8 3 (2.65%) Developer
8 3 (2.65%) Network Administrator
8 3 (2.65%) Network Architect
8 3 (2.65%) Project Manager
8 3 (2.65%) Senior Developer
8 3 (2.65%) Solutions Architect
Miscellaneous
1 15 (13.27%) Cloud Native
2 12 (10.62%) Team-Oriented Environment
3 7 (6.19%) Data Centre
4 5 (4.42%) PKI
5 3 (2.65%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (1.77%) IoT
6 2 (1.77%) NB-IoT
7 1 (0.88%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (0.88%) Driving Licence
7 1 (0.88%) Hybrid Cloud
7 1 (0.88%) Onboarding
7 1 (0.88%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 10 (8.85%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (30.09%) Network Architecture
2 25 (22.12%) Customer Experience
2 25 (22.12%) Network Design
2 25 (22.12%) Problem-Solving
3 20 (17.70%) Performance Improvement
4 19 (16.81%) Performance Analysis
4 19 (16.81%) Translating Business Requirements
5 18 (15.93%) Agile
6 17 (15.04%) DevOps
6 17 (15.04%) Performance Optimisation
7 16 (14.16%) Continuous Improvement
8 15 (13.27%) CI/CD
8 15 (13.27%) Collaborative Working
9 14 (12.39%) Fault Management
10 12 (10.62%) High Availability
11 10 (8.85%) Network Planning
12 9 (7.96%) Computer Science
13 8 (7.08%) Risk Management
14 7 (6.19%) Information Security
14 7 (6.19%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 15 (13.27%) Python
2 3 (2.65%) VBA
Qualifications
1 20 (17.70%) Degree
2 7 (6.19%) Security Cleared
3 5 (4.42%) CCIE
3 5 (4.42%) Cisco Certification
4 3 (2.65%) SC Cleared
5 2 (1.77%) BPSS Clearance
5 2 (1.77%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (1.77%) DV Cleared
5 2 (1.77%) PMI Certification
6 1 (0.88%) CCIE Security
6 1 (0.88%) ISACA
6 1 (0.88%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (5.31%) COBIT
1 6 (5.31%) GDPR
1 6 (5.31%) NIST
1 6 (5.31%) QA
2 1 (0.88%) SLA
Systems Management
1 15 (13.27%) Ansible
2 10 (8.85%) NSN NetAct
3 1 (0.88%) Amdocs OSS
3 1 (0.88%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 34 (30.09%) Ericsson
2 24 (21.24%) Nokia
3 20 (17.70%) Empirix
3 20 (17.70%) NetScout
4 12 (10.62%) Microsoft
5 5 (4.42%) Fortinet
6 4 (3.54%) Huawei
7 2 (1.77%) BT
7 2 (1.77%) Cisco
8 1 (0.88%) Amdocs
8 1 (0.88%) Cramer
8 1 (0.88%) Dell
8 1 (0.88%) Google
8 1 (0.88%) Mavenir
8 1 (0.88%) Oracle
8 1 (0.88%) Rakuten
8 1 (0.88%) Samsung