Radio Access Network Contracts in the Thames Valley

Radio Access Network (RAN)
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley 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 31 October 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Oct 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 99 108 102
Rank change year-on-year +9 -6 +3
Contract jobs citing Radio Access Network 31 34 89
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 1.45% 1.28% 2.24%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 8.49% 5.79% 10.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 15 8
10th Percentile £456 £313 £301
25th Percentile £498 £330 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £423 £375
Median % change year-on-year +23.08% +12.67% -6.25%
75th Percentile £592 £430 £400
90th Percentile £616 £441 £417
South East median daily rate £519 £400 £375
% change year-on-year +29.75% +6.67% -6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 2
10th Percentile - £24.55 £22.55
25th Percentile - £24.63 £22.63
Median hourly rate - £25.00 £23.50
Median % change year-on-year - +6.38% -
75th Percentile - £25.38 £24.63
90th Percentile - £25.45 £24.85
South East median hourly rate - £25.00 £23.50
% change year-on-year - +6.38% -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 365 587 843
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 17.06% 22.09% 21.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 188 350 502
10th Percentile £247 £205 £325
25th Percentile £400 £314 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £498
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -4.52% +13.39%
75th Percentile £608 £600 £588
90th Percentile £650 £675 £650
South East median daily rate £500 £450 £460
% change year-on-year +11.11% -2.17% +2.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 26 18
10th Percentile - £17.88 £12.78
25th Percentile £56.25 £24.00 £13.06
Median hourly rate £57.50 £49.32 £16.00
Median % change year-on-year +16.60% +208.22% -27.27%
75th Percentile £58.75 £75.67 £20.69
90th Percentile - £80.05 £23.95
South East median hourly rate £70.00 £57.99 £45.00
% change year-on-year +20.71% +28.87% +30.43%

Radio Access Network
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Radio Access Network in the Thames Valley

Radio Access Network
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Daily rate trend for Radio Access Network in the Thames Valley

Radio Access Network
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Radio Access Network in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 31 October 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Radio Access Network in the Thames Valley

Radio Access Network
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Hourly rate trend for Radio Access Network in the Thames Valley

Radio Access Network
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 31 October 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
Berkshire +6 31 £520 +23.08% 5
Radio Access Network
South East

Radio Access Network
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 1 (3.23%) Confluence
Applications
1 5 (16.13%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (6.45%) MS Visio
3 1 (3.23%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (3.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 3 (9.68%) Azure
1 3 (9.68%) Azure Sentinel
1 3 (9.68%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 17 (54.84%) 5G
2 15 (48.39%) 4G
3 10 (32.26%) LTE
4 5 (16.13%) 3G
4 5 (16.13%) 5G NR
5 4 (12.90%) 2G
6 3 (9.68%) DNS
7 2 (6.45%) Broadband
7 2 (6.45%) Ethernet
7 2 (6.45%) IPsec
7 2 (6.45%) Mobile Broadband
7 2 (6.45%) RTCP
7 2 (6.45%) RTP
7 2 (6.45%) SCTP
7 2 (6.45%) TCP/IP
7 2 (6.45%) VLAN
7 2 (6.45%) VPN
8 1 (3.23%) GGSN
8 1 (3.23%) RANAP
8 1 (3.23%) Wireshark
Development Applications
1 1 (3.23%) JIRA
General
1 24 (77.42%) Telecoms
2 7 (22.58%) Finance
3 5 (16.13%) Presentation Skills
4 4 (12.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 3 (9.68%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (9.68%) Social Skills
6 2 (6.45%) Law
6 2 (6.45%) Legal
6 2 (6.45%) Local Government
7 1 (3.23%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 3 (9.68%) Architect
1 3 (9.68%) Delivery Manager
2 2 (6.45%) Designer
2 2 (6.45%) Project Delivery Manager
2 2 (6.45%) Quality Engineer
2 2 (6.45%) RAN Engineer
2 2 (6.45%) Security Architect
2 2 (6.45%) Solutions Designer
2 2 (6.45%) Telecoms Architect
3 1 (3.23%) DevOps Engineer
3 1 (3.23%) Governance Manager
3 1 (3.23%) Operational Security Manager
3 1 (3.23%) Operations Manager
3 1 (3.23%) Planning Manager
3 1 (3.23%) Presales Solution Architect
3 1 (3.23%) QA Engineer
3 1 (3.23%) Security Operations Manager
3 1 (3.23%) Telecoms Manager
3 1 (3.23%) Transmission Delivery Manager
3 1 (3.23%) Transmission Planner
Miscellaneous
1 4 (12.90%) Team-Oriented Environment
2 3 (9.68%) Cloud Native
3 2 (6.45%) Management Information System
4 1 (3.23%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (3.23%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 3 (9.68%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (22.58%) Performance Optimisation
2 6 (19.35%) Customer Experience
2 6 (19.35%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (19.35%) Project Delivery
3 5 (16.13%) Agile
3 5 (16.13%) Continuous Improvement
3 5 (16.13%) Roadmaps
4 4 (12.90%) CI/CD
4 4 (12.90%) Collaborative Working
4 4 (12.90%) Computer Science
4 4 (12.90%) DevOps
4 4 (12.90%) Fault Management
4 4 (12.90%) Network Architecture
5 3 (9.68%) Budgeting
5 3 (9.68%) Cloud Security
5 3 (9.68%) Cybersecurity
5 3 (9.68%) High Availability
5 3 (9.68%) Information Security
5 3 (9.68%) Network Design
5 3 (9.68%) Threat Modelling
Programming Languages
1 5 (16.13%) Python
Qualifications
1 5 (16.13%) Degree
2 3 (9.68%) CISM
2 3 (9.68%) CISSP
3 1 (3.23%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (9.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (6.45%) QA
2 2 (6.45%) SLA
3 1 (3.23%) Actionable Recommendations
Systems Management
1 3 (9.68%) Ansible
2 2 (6.45%) NSN NetAct
3 1 (3.23%) Amdocs OSS
3 1 (3.23%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 6 (19.35%) Ericsson
2 5 (16.13%) Microsoft
2 5 (16.13%) Nokia
3 3 (9.68%) BT
4 1 (3.23%) Cisco
4 1 (3.23%) Cramer
4 1 (3.23%) Empirix
4 1 (3.23%) Mavenir
4 1 (3.23%) NetScout
4 1 (3.23%) Openreach
4 1 (3.23%) Samsung
4 1 (3.23%) Tellabs