Radio Access Network Contracts in England

Radio Access Network (RAN)
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Radio Access Network skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Radio Access Network over the 6 months to 17 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
17 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 416 572 640
Rank change year-on-year +156 +68 -67
Contract jobs citing Radio Access Network 121 75 139
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.33% 0.16% 0.20%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.53% 1.27% 1.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 32 40 43
10th Percentile £350 £231 £350
25th Percentile £391 £295 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £431
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% +4.41% +7.75%
75th Percentile £509 £509 £488
90th Percentile £540 £550 £570
UK median daily rate £475 £450 £431
% change year-on-year +5.56% +4.41% +7.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 3 0
10th Percentile £59.65 £63.25 -
25th Percentile £61.25 £64.38 -
Median hourly rate £62.50 £67.50 -
Median % change year-on-year -7.41% - -
75th Percentile £63.75 £69.38 -
90th Percentile - £69.75 -
UK median hourly rate £62.50 £68.75 -
% change year-on-year -9.09% - -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
England

Radio Access Network is in the Communications and Computer Networking category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 4,790 5,906 7,860
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 13.14% 12.27% 11.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,878 3,863 5,177
10th Percentile £210 £231 £225
25th Percentile £350 £394 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.71% +5.00% +14.05%
75th Percentile £600 £650 £613
90th Percentile £700 £738 £700
UK median daily rate £490 £519 £500
% change year-on-year -5.50% +3.70% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 389 423 313
10th Percentile £13.50 £9.80 £14.90
25th Percentile £16.30 £10.63 £16.25
Median hourly rate £40.00 £18.00 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year +122.22% -24.72% -0.38%
75th Percentile £63.75 £59.01 £48.45
90th Percentile £70.13 £75.00 £63.25
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £18.50 £28.41
% change year-on-year +116.22% -34.88% +13.64%

Radio Access Network
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Radio Access Network in England

Radio Access Network
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Radio Access Network in England

Radio Access Network
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Radio Access Network in England over the 6 months to 17 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Radio Access Network in England

Radio Access Network
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Radio Access Network in England

Radio Access Network
Contract Job Locations in England

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 England region over the 6 months to 17 May 2024. 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 +26 52 £350 +15.70% 6
South West - 28 £575 - 1
East of England - 20 £430 - 1
London +79 15 £490 +0.51% 3
North of England +25 2 £365 -24.90%
Midlands +30 1 £500 - 2
West Midlands +25 1 £500 - 2
North West +14 1 £365 -24.90%
North East - 1 - -
Radio Access Network
UK

Radio Access Network
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 10 (8.26%) Apache
1 10 (8.26%) Apache Airflow
2 5 (4.13%) ArcGIS
3 1 (0.83%) OpenStack
Applications
1 6 (4.96%) Microsoft Excel
1 6 (4.96%) Microsoft Office
1 6 (4.96%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (1.65%) Power Platform
2 1 (0.83%) AWS
2 1 (0.83%) Azure
2 1 (0.83%) Cloud Computing
2 1 (0.83%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 47 (38.84%) 4G
1 47 (38.84%) 5G
2 27 (22.31%) LTE
3 24 (19.83%) Wireshark
4 21 (17.36%) 3G
5 14 (11.57%) 3GPP
5 14 (11.57%) Wireless
6 12 (9.92%) BGP
7 11 (9.09%) DNS
7 11 (9.09%) VPN
8 10 (8.26%) Ethernet VPN
8 10 (8.26%) MPLS
9 7 (5.79%) Software-Defined Radio
10 6 (4.96%) Diameter Protocol
10 6 (4.96%) GGSN
10 6 (4.96%) RANAP
10 6 (4.96%) SGSN
10 6 (4.96%) VoLTE
11 5 (4.13%) NAS
11 5 (4.13%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (16.53%) QGIS
2 10 (8.26%) MongoDB
2 10 (8.26%) NoSQL
2 10 (8.26%) PostgreSQL
3 7 (5.79%) GIS
4 2 (1.65%) Power BI
4 2 (1.65%) Tableau
5 1 (0.83%) InfluxDB
Development Applications
1 14 (11.57%) JIRA
2 10 (8.26%) GitLab
2 10 (8.26%) Robot Framework
2 10 (8.26%) TestRail
3 5 (4.13%) Git
4 4 (3.31%) gcov
4 4 (3.31%) GDB
4 4 (3.31%) Gradle
4 4 (3.31%) Subversion
General
1 55 (45.45%) Telecoms
2 18 (14.88%) Social Skills
3 11 (9.09%) Multimedia
4 10 (8.26%) Presentation Skills
5 5 (4.13%) Analytical Skills
6 4 (3.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 3 (2.48%) Finance
8 2 (1.65%) Influencing Skills
8 2 (1.65%) Manufacturing
9 1 (0.83%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 23 (19.01%) RAN Engineer
2 16 (13.22%) Consultant
3 12 (9.92%) Network Engineer
4 10 (8.26%) Developer
5 9 (7.44%) C++ Developer
6 8 (6.61%) Python Developer
6 8 (6.61%) Test Engineer
7 7 (5.79%) Architect
7 7 (5.79%) Performance Specialist
7 7 (5.79%) Software Architect
8 6 (4.96%) Analyst
8 6 (4.96%) Business Analyst
8 6 (4.96%) Business Consultant
8 6 (4.96%) Telecoms Manager
9 5 (4.13%) Associate Business Consultant
9 5 (4.13%) Associate Consultant
9 5 (4.13%) Build Manager
9 5 (4.13%) RF Engineer
9 5 (4.13%) Senior Consultant
9 5 (4.13%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (9.92%) NETCONF
2 10 (8.26%) REST
2 10 (8.26%) RESTCONF
2 10 (8.26%) SOAP
2 10 (8.26%) YANG
3 1 (0.83%) AngularJS
3 1 (0.83%) Django
3 1 (0.83%) Flask
3 1 (0.83%) React
Miscellaneous
1 5 (4.13%) IoT
1 5 (4.13%) NB-IoT
2 4 (3.31%) Driving Licence
3 2 (1.65%) Data Centre
3 2 (1.65%) Linux Command Line
4 1 (0.83%) Algorithms
4 1 (0.83%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (0.83%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 7 (5.79%) Linux
2 2 (1.65%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (16.53%) Agile
2 19 (15.70%) Customer Experience
3 18 (14.88%) Project Management
4 15 (12.40%) Network Design
5 12 (9.92%) High Availability
5 12 (9.92%) Integration Testing
6 11 (9.09%) Capacity Planning
6 11 (9.09%) CI/CD
6 11 (9.09%) Containerisation
6 11 (9.09%) Scrum
6 11 (9.09%) Test Automation
7 10 (8.26%) Performance Testing
7 10 (8.26%) Regression Testing
7 10 (8.26%) Security Testing
7 10 (8.26%) Unit Testing
7 10 (8.26%) Workflow
8 9 (7.44%) Performance Management
8 9 (7.44%) Roadmaps
9 8 (6.61%) Network Architecture
9 8 (6.61%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 31 (25.62%) Python
2 13 (10.74%) C++
3 10 (8.26%) SQL
4 4 (3.31%) C
Qualifications
1 7 (5.79%) Degree
2 6 (4.96%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (1.65%) CCNA
3 2 (1.65%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (0.83%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (4.96%) SLA
2 3 (2.48%) QA
System Software
1 11 (9.09%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (1.65%) Ansible
1 2 (1.65%) Nmap
1 2 (1.65%) OpenNMS
2 1 (0.83%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 15 (12.40%) Ericsson
1 15 (12.40%) Nokia
2 13 (10.74%) Huawei
3 12 (9.92%) Actix
4 6 (4.96%) Empirix
4 6 (4.96%) NetScout
5 4 (3.31%) Klocwork
5 4 (3.31%) Perforce
6 3 (2.48%) BT
7 2 (1.65%) Cisco
7 2 (1.65%) Palo Alto
7 2 (1.65%) Remedy
8 1 (0.83%) Google