The first table below looks at the demand for 3G skills in IT jobs advertised for the Bedfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited 3G over the 3 months to 21 May 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
3G
Rank 91 71 69
Rank change year-on-year
-20 -2
Permanent jobs citing 3G 6 10 6
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bedfordshire 0.547% 1.022% 0.712%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.198% 4.149% 5.607%
Number of salaries quoted 6 10 6
Average salary £55,000 £40,000 £45,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
+37.50% -12.56%
90% offered a salary of more than £37,500 £27,500 £35,750
10% offered a salary of more than £57,500 £50,500 £56,750
UK excluding London average salary £47,500 £42,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year
+11.76% -
All Communications & Networking
Bedfordshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
273 241 107
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bedfordshire 24.91% 24.64% 12.69%
Number of salaries quoted 247 194 100
Average salary £50,000 £45,000 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+11.11% -
90% offered a salary of more than £29,800 £32,500 £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%
3G
East of England

3G
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bedfordshire 3G Jobs Demand Trend

3G
Salary Trend

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

Bedfordshire 3G Salary Trend

3G
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing 3G across the Bedfordshire region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Bedfordshire 3G Salary Histogram

3G
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bedfordshire region citing 3G 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 3G.

1 10 (100.00%) Telecoms
2 8 (80.00%) 2G
3 6 (60.00%) 3GPP
3 6 (60.00%) Degree
3 6 (60.00%) Computer Science
4 5 (50.00%) C++
5 4 (40.00%) Windows
5 4 (40.00%) OO
5 4 (40.00%) Postgraduate
5 4 (40.00%) GPRS
5 4 (40.00%) GSM
5 4 (40.00%) 2.5G
5 4 (40.00%) Change Management
5 4 (40.00%) Wireless
5 4 (40.00%) ISO 9000
5 4 (40.00%) UTRAN
5 4 (40.00%) Performance Management
5 4 (40.00%) LTE
5 4 (40.00%) Requirements Analysis
6 3 (30.00%) C
7 2 (20.00%) HNC
7 2 (20.00%) MS Excel
7 2 (20.00%) MS Visio
7 2 (20.00%) HTML
7 2 (20.00%) ISO 9001
7 2 (20.00%) Electronics
7 2 (20.00%) FrameMaker
7 2 (20.00%) XMetaL
7 2 (20.00%) Agile Software Development
7 2 (20.00%) TDD

3G
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bedfordshire region citing 3G 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 3G. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (20.00%) HTML
Applications
1 2 (20.00%) MS Excel
1 2 (20.00%) MS Visio
1 2 (20.00%) FrameMaker
1 2 (20.00%) XMetaL
Communications & Networking
1 8 (80.00%) 2G
2 6 (60.00%) 3GPP
3 4 (40.00%) GPRS
3 4 (40.00%) GSM
3 4 (40.00%) 2.5G
3 4 (40.00%) Wireless
3 4 (40.00%) UTRAN
3 4 (40.00%) LTE
4 2 (20.00%) 4G
5 1 (10.00%) Ethernet
5 1 (10.00%) TCP/IP
5 1 (10.00%) LAN
5 1 (10.00%) WAN
Development Applications
1 2 (20.00%) XMLSpy
General
1 10 (100.00%) Telecoms
2 2 (20.00%) Electronics
2 2 (20.00%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 3 (30.00%) Software Team Leader
1 3 (30.00%) Team Leader
1 3 (30.00%) C++ Team Leader
2 2 (20.00%) Architect
2 2 (20.00%) Author
2 2 (20.00%) Technical Author
2 2 (20.00%) Senior Technical Author
2 2 (20.00%) Senior Technical Writer
2 2 (20.00%) Technical Writer
2 2 (20.00%) Senior Architect
3 1 (10.00%) Test Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Senior Software Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (60.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (10.00%) Handset
Operating Systems
1 4 (40.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (40.00%) OO
1 4 (40.00%) Change Management
1 4 (40.00%) Performance Management
1 4 (40.00%) Requirements Analysis
2 2 (20.00%) Agile Software Development
2 2 (20.00%) TDD
2 2 (20.00%) Content Management
2 2 (20.00%) Manual Testing
Programming Languages
1 5 (50.00%) C++
2 3 (30.00%) C
3 1 (10.00%) Ruby
3 1 (10.00%) Java
3 1 (10.00%) Perl
3 1 (10.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 6 (60.00%) Degree
2 4 (40.00%) Postgraduate
3 2 (20.00%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (40.00%) ISO 9000
2 2 (20.00%) ISO 9001