Radio Engineer Contracts

Radio Engineer
UK

The median Radio Engineer daily rate in the UK is £420 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 588 701 844
Rank change year-on-year +113 +143 -164
Contract jobs requiring a Radio Engineer 10 11 9
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.023% 0.018% 0.010%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.025% 0.020% 0.011%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 8 4
10th Percentile £389 £347 £155
25th Percentile £410 £373 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £420 £450 £417
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +7.98% -
75th Percentile £430 £475 £435
90th Percentile £465 £573 £438
UK excluding London median daily rate £420 £450 £417
% change year-on-year -6.67% +7.98% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £52.50 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £52.50 -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 40,362 56,304 84,700
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.77% 94.61% 95.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,261 39,350 59,476
10th Percentile £275 £313 £313
25th Percentile £410 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £735
UK excluding London median daily rate £492 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -1.60% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,668 1,565 2,099
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.40 £15.50
Median hourly rate £36.02 £45.00 £23.50
Median % change year-on-year -19.95% +91.49% +3.14%
75th Percentile £60.75 £65.75 £48.88
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.75 £63.32
UK excluding London median hourly rate £39.50 £42.43 £19.50
% change year-on-year -6.91% +117.60% +2.63%

Radio Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Radio Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Radio Engineer in the UK

Radio Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Radio Engineer in the UK

Radio Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Radio Engineer in the UK

Radio Engineer
Top 7 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Radio Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 1 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
England +126 5 £420 -6.67% 16
Work from Home +126 4 - - 7
UK excluding London +42 4 £420 -6.67% 12
East of England +8 3 £420 -6.67% 6
London +100 1 £475 -40.63% 4
North West - 1 £375 - 2
North of England - 1 £375 - 2

Radio Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 1 May 2024, Radio Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring Radio Engineer in the job title.

1 6 (60.00%) Telecoms
1 6 (60.00%) 4G
1 6 (60.00%) 5G
2 5 (50.00%) Radio Access Network
2 5 (50.00%) 3GPP
3 4 (40.00%) Business Intelligence
3 4 (40.00%) Microsoft
3 4 (40.00%) Analytics
3 4 (40.00%) LTE
3 4 (40.00%) Network Architecture
3 4 (40.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (40.00%) Power Platform
3 4 (40.00%) Tableau
3 4 (40.00%) Power BI
3 4 (40.00%) Roadmaps
3 4 (40.00%) 5G NR
4 3 (30.00%) Wireless
4 3 (30.00%) Software Testing
4 3 (30.00%) C#
5 2 (20.00%) 3G
5 2 (20.00%) Project Management
5 2 (20.00%) Python
5 2 (20.00%) 2G
5 2 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (20.00%) Social Skills
6 1 (10.00%) Impact Assessments
6 1 (10.00%) Customer Experience
6 1 (10.00%) Business Case
6 1 (10.00%) Customer-Centricity
6 1 (10.00%) Collaborative Working

Radio Engineer Skill Set
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 1 (10.00%) ArcGIS
Applications
1 4 (40.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 4 (40.00%) Power Platform
2 1 (10.00%) Twilio
Communications & Networking
1 6 (60.00%) 4G
1 6 (60.00%) 5G
2 5 (50.00%) 3GPP
2 5 (50.00%) Radio Access Network
3 4 (40.00%) 5G NR
3 4 (40.00%) LTE
4 3 (30.00%) Wireless
5 2 (20.00%) 2G
5 2 (20.00%) 3G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (40.00%) Power BI
1 4 (40.00%) Tableau
2 1 (10.00%) GIS
2 1 (10.00%) QGIS
General
1 6 (60.00%) Telecoms
2 2 (20.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (40.00%) Analytics
1 4 (40.00%) Business Intelligence
1 4 (40.00%) Network Architecture
1 4 (40.00%) Roadmaps
2 3 (30.00%) Software Testing
3 2 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (20.00%) Project Management
4 1 (10.00%) Business Case
4 1 (10.00%) Collaborative Working
4 1 (10.00%) Customer Experience
4 1 (10.00%) Customer-Centricity
4 1 (10.00%) Data Analysis
4 1 (10.00%) Decision-Making
4 1 (10.00%) Impact Assessments
4 1 (10.00%) Network Design
4 1 (10.00%) Network Optimisation
4 1 (10.00%) Network Planning
4 1 (10.00%) Radio Network Optimisation
4 1 (10.00%) Security Operations
4 1 (10.00%) Supplier Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (30.00%) C#
2 2 (20.00%) Python
Vendors
1 4 (40.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (10.00%) Motorola