Radio Access Network Contracts

Radio Access Network (RAN)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 16 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
16 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 453 604 702
Rank change year-on-year +151 +98 -102
Contract jobs citing Radio Access Network 126 80 147
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.30% 0.14% 0.17%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.34% 1.13% 1.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 33 42 42
10th Percentile £350 £234 £350
25th Percentile £363 £302 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £430 £450 £428
Median % change year-on-year -4.44% +5.14% +7.00%
75th Percentile £500 £499 £488
90th Percentile £538 £550 £579
UK excluding London median daily rate £425 £345 £425
% change year-on-year +23.19% -18.82% +8.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 4 0
10th Percentile £59.65 £63.63 -
25th Percentile £61.25 £65.31 -
Median hourly rate £62.50 £68.75 -
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - -
75th Percentile £63.75 £70.00 -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £62.50 £67.50 -
% change year-on-year -7.41% - -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

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 with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 5,388 7,085 9,546
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 12.66% 12.44% 10.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,213 4,577 6,232
10th Percentile £205 £235 £234
25th Percentile £350 £400 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £520 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.68% +3.90% +11.11%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £611
90th Percentile £694 £725 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £475 £450
% change year-on-year - +5.56% +12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 417 464 367
10th Percentile £13.50 £9.80 £15.25
25th Percentile £16.30 £10.63 £17.00
Median hourly rate £40.00 £18.50 £28.41
Median % change year-on-year +116.22% -34.88% +7.21%
75th Percentile £63.75 £59.85 £50.89
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £65.72
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.88 £17.75 £21.50
% change year-on-year +158.48% -17.44% -8.51%

Radio Access Network
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Radio Access Network in the UK

Radio Access Network
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Radio Access Network in the UK

Radio Access Network
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Radio Access Network over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Radio Access Network in the UK

Radio Access Network
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Radio Access Network in the UK

Radio Access Network
Top 13 Contract Locations

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 UK over the 6 months to 16 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 +160 121 £453 +0.56% 13
UK excluding London +110 104 £425 +23.19% 9
South East +23 52 £350 +15.70% 5
Work from Home +128 38 £490 +11.36% 7
South West - 27 - - 2
East of England - 20 £430 -
London +97 15 £490 +0.51% 3
Midlands +28 2 £425 - 2
West Midlands +27 2 £425 - 2
North of England +24 2 £365 -24.90%
Scotland +35 1 £365 -
North West +16 1 £365 -24.90%
North East - 1 - -

Radio Access Network
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 10 (7.94%) Apache
1 10 (7.94%) Apache Airflow
2 5 (3.97%) ArcGIS
Applications
1 10 (7.94%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 6 (4.76%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (4.76%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 6 (4.76%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 52 (41.27%) 4G
2 51 (40.48%) 5G
3 30 (23.81%) LTE
4 24 (19.05%) Wireshark
5 22 (17.46%) 3G
6 18 (14.29%) 3GPP
7 14 (11.11%) Wireless
8 12 (9.52%) BGP
9 10 (7.94%) DNS
9 10 (7.94%) Ethernet VPN
9 10 (7.94%) MPLS
9 10 (7.94%) VPN
10 7 (5.56%) Software-Defined Radio
11 6 (4.76%) 5G NR
11 6 (4.76%) Diameter Protocol
11 6 (4.76%) GGSN
11 6 (4.76%) RANAP
11 6 (4.76%) SGSN
11 6 (4.76%) VoLTE
12 5 (3.97%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (16.67%) QGIS
2 10 (7.94%) MongoDB
2 10 (7.94%) NoSQL
2 10 (7.94%) PostgreSQL
3 8 (6.35%) GIS
4 6 (4.76%) Power BI
4 6 (4.76%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 14 (11.11%) JIRA
2 10 (7.94%) GitLab
2 10 (7.94%) Robot Framework
2 10 (7.94%) TestRail
3 4 (3.17%) gcov
3 4 (3.17%) GDB
3 4 (3.17%) Git
3 4 (3.17%) Gradle
3 4 (3.17%) Subversion
General
1 60 (47.62%) Telecoms
2 19 (15.08%) Social Skills
3 11 (8.73%) Multimedia
4 10 (7.94%) Presentation Skills
5 5 (3.97%) Analytical Skills
6 4 (3.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 3 (2.38%) Finance
8 2 (1.59%) Influencing Skills
8 2 (1.59%) Manufacturing
9 1 (0.79%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 23 (18.25%) RAN Engineer
2 16 (12.70%) Consultant
3 12 (9.52%) Network Engineer
4 9 (7.14%) C++ Developer
4 9 (7.14%) Developer
5 8 (6.35%) Python Developer
5 8 (6.35%) Test Engineer
6 7 (5.56%) Architect
6 7 (5.56%) Performance Specialist
6 7 (5.56%) Software Architect
7 6 (4.76%) Analyst
7 6 (4.76%) Business Analyst
7 6 (4.76%) Business Consultant
7 6 (4.76%) Design Engineer
7 6 (4.76%) Telecoms Manager
8 5 (3.97%) Associate Business Consultant
8 5 (3.97%) Associate Consultant
8 5 (3.97%) Senior
8 5 (3.97%) Senior Consultant
8 5 (3.97%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (9.52%) NETCONF
2 10 (7.94%) REST
2 10 (7.94%) RESTCONF
2 10 (7.94%) SOAP
2 10 (7.94%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 5 (3.97%) IoT
1 5 (3.97%) NB-IoT
2 4 (3.17%) Driving Licence
3 2 (1.59%) Data Centre
3 2 (1.59%) Linux Command Line
4 1 (0.79%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (0.79%) PACS
Operating Systems
1 7 (5.56%) Linux
2 2 (1.59%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (15.08%) Agile
1 19 (15.08%) Customer Experience
2 18 (14.29%) Project Management
3 15 (11.90%) Network Design
4 13 (10.32%) Roadmaps
5 12 (9.52%) High Availability
5 12 (9.52%) Integration Testing
5 12 (9.52%) Network Architecture
6 11 (8.73%) Capacity Planning
7 10 (7.94%) CI/CD
7 10 (7.94%) Containerisation
7 10 (7.94%) Performance Testing
7 10 (7.94%) Regression Testing
7 10 (7.94%) Scrum
7 10 (7.94%) Security Testing
7 10 (7.94%) Test Automation
7 10 (7.94%) Unit Testing
7 10 (7.94%) Workflow
8 9 (7.14%) Performance Management
9 8 (6.35%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 30 (23.81%) Python
2 13 (10.32%) C++
3 10 (7.94%) SQL
4 4 (3.17%) C
Qualifications
1 7 (5.56%) Degree
2 6 (4.76%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (1.59%) CCNA
3 2 (1.59%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (1.59%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (4.76%) SLA
2 3 (2.38%) QA
System Software
1 10 (7.94%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (1.59%) Ansible
1 2 (1.59%) Nmap
1 2 (1.59%) OpenNMS
Vendors
1 16 (12.70%) Ericsson
2 15 (11.90%) Nokia
3 13 (10.32%) Huawei
4 12 (9.52%) Actix
5 6 (4.76%) Empirix
5 6 (4.76%) NetScout
6 4 (3.17%) Klocwork
6 4 (3.17%) Microsoft
6 4 (3.17%) Perforce
7 3 (2.38%) BT
8 2 (1.59%) Cisco
8 2 (1.59%) Palo Alto
8 2 (1.59%) Remedy
9 1 (0.79%) ESRI
9 1 (0.79%) Greenplum
9 1 (0.79%) Mapinfo
9 1 (0.79%) Pega