Hybrid/Remote Radio Access Network Contract Job Trends

Radio Access Network (RAN)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for remote or hybrid contract work requiring Radio Access Network skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 293 302 390
Rank change year-on-year +9 +88 +165
Contract jobs citing Radio Access Network 13 29 32
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.13% 0.23% 0.16%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.28% 2.12% 1.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 6 18
10th Percentile - £521 £282
25th Percentile £447 £532 £389
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £575 £425
Median % change year-on-year -16.52% +35.29% -1.45%
75th Percentile - £588 £473
90th Percentile £600 £613 £541
UK median daily rate £450 £450 £430
% change year-on-year - +4.65% -1.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £45.22 £24.50
Median hourly rate - £48.56 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year - +94.24% -
75th Percentile - £51.91 £25.50
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate - £48.56 £25.00
% change year-on-year - +94.24% -

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 1,017 1,369 2,493
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 10.48% 10.81% 12.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 655 864 1,661
10th Percentile £293 £313 £313
25th Percentile £402 £425 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £520
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +5.77% -
75th Percentile £600 £625 £625
90th Percentile £688 £688 £700
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 41 37 87
10th Percentile £21.25 £13.66 £18.02
25th Percentile £44.00 £37.50 £21.99
Median hourly rate £63.50 £45.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +41.11% -10.00% -16.67%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £65.25 £79.98 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £42.50 £50.25 £56.49
% change year-on-year -15.42% -11.05% +36.90%

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 Hybrid Work Options

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote work options citing Radio Access Network.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote work options citing Radio Access Network

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 21 September 2025.

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

Radio Access Network
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with Hybrid Work Options

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs with remote work options citing Radio Access Network.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs with remote work options citing Radio Access Network

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 7 (53.85%) OpenStack
Applications
1 3 (23.08%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 5 (38.46%) AWS
2 2 (15.38%) IaaS
2 2 (15.38%) OpenShift
2 2 (15.38%) PaaS
2 2 (15.38%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 9 (69.23%) 4G
1 9 (69.23%) 5G
2 7 (53.85%) 3GPP
2 7 (53.85%) BGP
2 7 (53.85%) DNS
2 7 (53.85%) Firewall
3 5 (38.46%) DHCP
3 5 (38.46%) IPsec
3 5 (38.46%) MPLS
3 5 (38.46%) OSPF
3 5 (38.46%) VLAN
3 5 (38.46%) Wireshark
4 3 (23.08%) 5G NR
4 3 (23.08%) LTE
5 2 (15.38%) Anycast
5 2 (15.38%) Ethernet VPN
5 2 (15.38%) Network Security
5 2 (15.38%) Software-Defined Networking
5 2 (15.38%) VXLAN
5 2 (15.38%) Wireless
General
1 6 (46.15%) Telecoms
2 2 (15.38%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (46.15%) Architect
2 4 (30.77%) Designer
2 4 (30.77%) Network Architect
3 3 (23.08%) Design Engineer
3 3 (23.08%) Network Designer
3 3 (23.08%) Radio Design Engineer
3 3 (23.08%) Radio Engineer
3 3 (23.08%) Senior
4 2 (15.38%) Network Design Architect
4 2 (15.38%) Network Security Architect
4 2 (15.38%) Security Architect
4 2 (15.38%) Senior Architect
4 2 (15.38%) Senior Network Architect
4 2 (15.38%) Solutions Architect
4 2 (15.38%) Telecoms Architect
5 1 (7.69%) Senior Design Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (15.38%) eBPF
Miscellaneous
1 5 (38.46%) Operational Technology
2 4 (30.77%) Data Centre
3 2 (15.38%) Cloud Native
3 2 (15.38%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 2 (15.38%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (30.77%) Benchmarking
1 4 (30.77%) Network Design
2 2 (15.38%) Analytics
2 2 (15.38%) Business Strategy
2 2 (15.38%) Infrastructure as Code
2 2 (15.38%) Infrastructure Automation
2 2 (15.38%) Network Virtualisation
2 2 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (15.38%) SIEM
2 2 (15.38%) Software Testing
2 2 (15.38%) Strategic Thinking
Programming Languages
1 2 (15.38%) C
1 2 (15.38%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (30.77%) CCIE
1 4 (30.77%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (15.38%) CISSP
2 2 (15.38%) Degree
2 2 (15.38%) JNCIE
3 1 (7.69%) CCIE Security
3 1 (7.69%) SC Cleared
3 1 (7.69%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 5 (38.46%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (15.38%) Ansible
1 2 (15.38%) Kubernetes
1 2 (15.38%) Terraform
2 1 (7.69%) NSN NetAct
Vendors
1 5 (38.46%) Dell
2 4 (30.77%) Nokia
3 3 (23.08%) Ericsson
3 3 (23.08%) Microsoft
4 2 (15.38%) Arista
4 2 (15.38%) Cisco
4 2 (15.38%) Fortinet
4 2 (15.38%) Red Hat
4 2 (15.38%) Wind River
5 1 (7.69%) Huawei