The first table below looks at the demand for 4G skills in IT jobs advertised for the Bedfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited 4G over the 3 months to 18 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
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
4G
Rank - 74 79
Permanent jobs citing 4G 0 4 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bedfordshire - 0.452% 0.107%
As % of the Communications & Networking category - 2.094% 0.971%
Number of salaries quoted 0 4 1
Average salary - £50,000 £55,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -9.09%
UK excluding London average salary £52,500 £45,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year
+16.66% -40.00%
All Communications & Networking
Bedfordshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
267 191 103
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bedfordshire 24.77% 21.61% 11.00%
Number of salaries quoted 243 161 99
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 £32,500 £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%
4G
East of England

4G
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing 4G across the Bedfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

Bedfordshire 4G Jobs Demand Trend

4G
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing 4G across the Bedfordshire region.

Bedfordshire 4G Salary Trend

4G
Top 5 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Bedfordshire region citing 4G 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 4G.

1 2 (100.00%) 3GPP
1 2 (100.00%) 3G
1 2 (100.00%) Telecoms
1 2 (100.00%) Agile Software Development
1 2 (100.00%) TDD

4G
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Bedfordshire region citing 4G 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 4G. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) 3GPP
1 2 (100.00%) 3G
General
1 2 (100.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Architect
1 2 (100.00%) Senior Architect
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile Software Development
1 2 (100.00%) TDD