The first table below looks at the demand for 2G skills in IT jobs advertised for the Bedfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited 2G over the 3 months to 19 June 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Communications & Networking category for the Bedfordshire region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
2G
Rank 82 78 -
Rank change year-on-year
-4 -
Permanent jobs citing 2G 8 4 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bedfordshire 0.750% 0.449% -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 3.113% 2.094% -
Number of salaries quoted 8 4 0
Average salary £55,000 £50,000 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
+10.00% -
UK excluding London average salary £50,000 £45,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year
+11.11% -10.00%
All Communications & Networking
Bedfordshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
257 191 103
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bedfordshire 24.09% 21.44% 11.11%
Number of salaries quoted 234 164 100
Average salary £50,000 £45,000 £50,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+11.11% -10.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £34,000 £36,000 £32,500
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £55,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
2G
East of England

2G
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing 2G across the Bedfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

Bedfordshire 2G Jobs Demand Trend

2G
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing 2G across the Bedfordshire region.

Bedfordshire 2G Salary Trend

2G
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing 2G across the Bedfordshire region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Bedfordshire 2G Salary Histogram

2G
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing 2G within the Bedfordshire region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Find
Job
Vacancies
Luton +3 2 £43,750 -37.05%
2G
East of England

2G
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Bedfordshire region citing 2G also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited 2G.

1 8 (100.00%) 3G
1 8 (100.00%) Telecoms
2 5 (62.50%) GSM
2 5 (62.50%) C++
2 5 (62.50%) OO
2 5 (62.50%) Postgraduate
2 5 (62.50%) Degree
2 5 (62.50%) Computer Science
3 4 (50.00%) Performance Management
3 4 (50.00%) Windows
3 4 (50.00%) UTRAN
3 4 (50.00%) ISO 9000
3 4 (50.00%) 3GPP
3 4 (50.00%) Change Management
3 4 (50.00%) 2.5G
3 4 (50.00%) GPRS
3 4 (50.00%) Wireless
3 4 (50.00%) Requirements Analysis
4 3 (37.50%) Marketing
4 3 (37.50%) Content Management
4 3 (37.50%) XMetaL
4 3 (37.50%) FrameMaker
4 3 (37.50%) ISO 9001
4 3 (37.50%) XMLSpy
4 3 (37.50%) MS Visio
4 3 (37.50%) HNC
4 3 (37.50%) LTE
5 2 (25.00%) C
5 2 (25.00%) HTML
5 2 (25.00%) MS Excel

2G
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Bedfordshire region citing 2G also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited 2G. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (25.00%) HTML
2 1 (12.50%) XML
Applications
1 3 (37.50%) XMetaL
1 3 (37.50%) FrameMaker
1 3 (37.50%) MS Visio
2 2 (25.00%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 8 (100.00%) 3G
2 5 (62.50%) GSM
3 4 (50.00%) UTRAN
3 4 (50.00%) 3GPP
3 4 (50.00%) 2.5G
3 4 (50.00%) GPRS
3 4 (50.00%) Wireless
4 3 (37.50%) LTE
5 1 (12.50%) UMTS
5 1 (12.50%) Internet
Development Applications
1 3 (37.50%) XMLSpy
General
1 8 (100.00%) Telecoms
2 3 (37.50%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 4 (50.00%) Team Leader
2 3 (37.50%) Technical Writer
2 3 (37.50%) C++ Team Leader
2 3 (37.50%) Author
2 3 (37.50%) Technical Author
2 3 (37.50%) Software Team Leader
3 2 (25.00%) Senior Technical Author
3 2 (25.00%) Senior Technical Writer
4 1 (12.50%) Senior Software Engineer
4 1 (12.50%) Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (62.50%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 4 (50.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (62.50%) OO
2 4 (50.00%) Performance Management
2 4 (50.00%) Change Management
2 4 (50.00%) Requirements Analysis
3 3 (37.50%) Content Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (62.50%) C++
2 2 (25.00%) C
Qualifications
1 5 (62.50%) Postgraduate
1 5 (62.50%) Degree
2 3 (37.50%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (50.00%) ISO 9000
2 3 (37.50%) ISO 9001