Radio Access Network Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Radio Access Network (RAN)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work 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 274 309 442
Rank change year-on-year +35 +133 +121
Contract jobs citing Radio Access Network 30 36 35
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.30% 0.23% 0.14%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.88% 2.24% 1.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 8 16
10th Percentile £370 £469 £280
25th Percentile £475 £485 £295
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £490 £350
Median % change year-on-year -2.04% +40.00% -15.76%
75th Percentile £494 £500 £488
90th Percentile £723 £511 £498
UK median daily rate £450 £430 £348
% change year-on-year +4.65% +23.74% -18.24%
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
UK median hourly rate - £62.50 £66.25
% change year-on-year - -5.66% -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,043 1,610 2,954
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 10.53% 10.49% 11.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 667 1,029 1,967
10th Percentile £325 £300 £350
25th Percentile £400 £410 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £505 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.99% -3.81% +5.00%
75th Percentile £600 £615 £650
90th Percentile £700 £703 £725
UK median daily rate £488 £495 £519
% change year-on-year -1.52% -4.53% +3.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 77 101
10th Percentile £13.78 £12.75 £24.50
25th Percentile £14.20 £14.27 £42.50
Median hourly rate £41.00 £24.50 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year +67.35% -59.17% +23.51%
75th Percentile £64.38 £65.00 £71.50
90th Percentile £73.75 £87.46 £80.25
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £40.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year -27.50% +110.53% -32.74%

Radio Access Network
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Radio Access Network as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Radio Access Network trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Radio Access Network
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Radio Access Network.

Radio Access Network daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Radio Access Network
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Radio Access Network over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Radio Access Network daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Radio Access Network
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Radio Access Network.

Radio Access Network hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Radio Access Network
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 6 (20.00%) MS Visio
2 3 (10.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (10.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 3 (10.00%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 15 (50.00%) 5G
2 11 (36.67%) 4G
3 7 (23.33%) 2G
4 6 (20.00%) 3G
4 6 (20.00%) Network Security
5 5 (16.67%) LTE
6 4 (13.33%) Ethernet
6 4 (13.33%) MPLS
7 3 (10.00%) Wireless
8 1 (3.33%) 5G NR
8 1 (3.33%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (10.00%) Power BI
1 3 (10.00%) Power Query
General
1 20 (66.67%) Telecoms
2 6 (20.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 5 (16.67%) Social Skills
4 3 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (3.33%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 9 (30.00%) Design Engineer
2 8 (26.67%) Radio Design Engineer
2 8 (26.67%) Radio Engineer
3 7 (23.33%) Designer
4 4 (13.33%) Senior
4 4 (13.33%) Solutions Designer
5 3 (10.00%) Architect
5 3 (10.00%) Developer
5 3 (10.00%) IP Designer
5 3 (10.00%) Report Developer
5 3 (10.00%) Senior Developer
6 2 (6.67%) Network Architect
6 2 (6.67%) Network Security Architect
6 2 (6.67%) Network Specialist
6 2 (6.67%) Security Architect
6 2 (6.67%) Telecoms Developer
7 1 (3.33%) Business Process Specialist
7 1 (3.33%) IP Engineer
7 1 (3.33%) Network Design Specialist
7 1 (3.33%) Principal Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (10.00%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (6.67%) Cloud Native
2 2 (6.67%) Data Centre
2 2 (6.67%) PKI
3 1 (3.33%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (3.33%) Driving Licence
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (56.67%) Network Design
2 11 (36.67%) Network Architecture
3 4 (13.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 4 (13.33%) Edge Computing
3 4 (13.33%) Performance Optimisation
3 4 (13.33%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (10.00%) Business Intelligence
4 3 (10.00%) Collaborative Working
4 3 (10.00%) Data Management
4 3 (10.00%) Data Reconciliation
4 3 (10.00%) Network Management
4 3 (10.00%) Workflow
5 2 (6.67%) Benchmarking
5 2 (6.67%) CI/CD
5 2 (6.67%) Computer Science
5 2 (6.67%) Customer Experience
5 2 (6.67%) DevOps
5 2 (6.67%) Fault Management
5 2 (6.67%) Workshop Facilitation
6 1 (3.33%) Digital Strategy
Programming Languages
1 3 (10.00%) VBA
2 2 (6.67%) Python
Qualifications
1 7 (23.33%) Degree
2 2 (6.67%) CCIE
2 2 (6.67%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (3.33%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (3.33%) CCIE Security
3 1 (3.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (6.67%) QA
Systems Management
1 2 (6.67%) Ansible
1 2 (6.67%) NSN NetAct
Vendors
1 6 (20.00%) Ericsson
1 6 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 5 (16.67%) Nokia
3 2 (6.67%) BT
3 2 (6.67%) Fortinet
4 1 (3.33%) Cisco
4 1 (3.33%) Huawei
4 1 (3.33%) Oracle