The first table below looks at the demand for Wireless skills in IT jobs advertised for the Bedfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Wireless over the 3 months to 17 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Wireless
Rank 72 59 46
Rank change year-on-year
-13 -13
Permanent jobs citing Wireless 23 25 32
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bedfordshire 2.122% 2.533% 3.778%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 8.614% 10.29% 29.63%
Number of salaries quoted 19 23 32
Average salary £52,500 £40,000 £47,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+31.25% -15.78%
90% offered a salary of more than £43,500 £27,500 £40,000
10% offered a salary of more than £58,000 £65,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year
-2.43% -3.52%
All Communications & Networking
Bedfordshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
267 243 108
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bedfordshire 24.63% 24.62% 12.75%
Number of salaries quoted 241 196 100
Average salary £50,000 £45,000 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+11.11% +5.88%
90% offered a salary of more than £29,000 £31,500 £32,500
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £55,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £39,750 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-0.62% +6.66%
Wireless
East of England

Wireless
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bedfordshire Wireless Jobs Demand Trend

Wireless
Salary Trend

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

Bedfordshire Wireless Salary Trend

Wireless
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Wireless across the Bedfordshire region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Bedfordshire Wireless Salary Histogram

Wireless
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Wireless within the Bedfordshire region over the 3 months to 17 May 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
Luton -7 10 £50,000 +25.00%
Bedford - 1 - -
Leighton Buzzard - 1 £67,500 -
Wireless
East of England

Wireless
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bedfordshire region citing Wireless 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 Wireless.

1 23 (53.49%) Cisco Certification
2 22 (51.16%) Cisco
3 19 (44.19%) LAN
4 17 (39.53%) WAN
4 17 (39.53%) CCIE
5 15 (34.88%) CCNA
6 13 (30.23%) Degree
7 11 (25.58%) Telecoms
8 10 (23.26%) Windows
9 9 (20.93%) C++
9 9 (20.93%) 3GPP
9 9 (20.93%) Wi-Fi
10 8 (18.60%) CCNP
10 8 (18.60%) Active Directory
10 8 (18.60%) Unified Communications
11 7 (16.28%) UTRAN
11 7 (16.28%) GPRS
11 7 (16.28%) GSM
11 7 (16.28%) ISO 9000
11 7 (16.28%) VoIP
11 7 (16.28%) C
11 7 (16.28%) OO
11 7 (16.28%) 2.5G
11 7 (16.28%) Change Management
11 7 (16.28%) Firewall
11 7 (16.28%) Requirements Analysis
11 7 (16.28%) Computer Science
11 7 (16.28%) Performance Management
12 6 (13.95%) VPN
12 6 (13.95%) NetApp

Wireless
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bedfordshire region citing Wireless 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 Wireless. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (2.326%) HTML
Application Platforms
1 1 (2.326%) MS Exchange
1 1 (2.326%) Exchange Server 2003
1 1 (2.326%) Exchange Server 2007
1 1 (2.326%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 1 (2.326%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 19 (44.19%) LAN
2 17 (39.53%) WAN
3 9 (20.93%) 3GPP
3 9 (20.93%) Wi-Fi
4 8 (18.60%) Unified Communications
5 7 (16.28%) 2.5G
5 7 (16.28%) UTRAN
5 7 (16.28%) Firewall
5 7 (16.28%) GPRS
5 7 (16.28%) GSM
5 7 (16.28%) VoIP
6 6 (13.95%) VPN
7 5 (11.63%) BGP
8 4 (9.302%) 3G
8 4 (9.302%) OSPF
8 4 (9.302%) VLAN
8 4 (9.302%) Cisco ASA
8 4 (9.302%) 2G
8 4 (9.302%) Network Security
9 3 (6.977%) Wireless Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.326%) SQL Server
1 1 (2.326%) SQL Server 2005
1 1 (2.326%) SQL Server 2008
General
1 11 (25.58%) Telecoms
2 1 (2.326%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 8 (18.60%) Network Engineer
2 7 (16.28%) Network Manager
2 7 (16.28%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
3 6 (13.95%) C++ Team Leader
3 6 (13.95%) Team Leader
4 4 (9.302%) Consultant
5 3 (6.977%) Technical Support
5 3 (6.977%) Network Consultant
5 3 (6.977%) Development Team Leader
5 3 (6.977%) Support Engineer
5 3 (6.977%) Software Team Leader
6 2 (4.651%) Technical Engineer
6 2 (4.651%) Cisco Engineer
6 2 (4.651%) Network Support
6 2 (4.651%) Support Manager
6 2 (4.651%) Architect
6 2 (4.651%) Software Engineer
6 2 (4.651%) Systems Engineer
6 2 (4.651%) Senior Systems Engineer
6 2 (4.651%) Technical Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 7 (16.28%) Computer Science
2 1 (2.326%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 10 (23.26%) Windows
2 2 (4.651%) Windows XP
2 2 (4.651%) Windows Server 2003
2 2 (4.651%) Windows Server 2008
2 2 (4.651%) Windows 7
3 1 (2.326%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (16.28%) Change Management
1 7 (16.28%) OO
1 7 (16.28%) Requirements Analysis
1 7 (16.28%) Performance Management
2 5 (11.63%) Capacity Management
3 3 (6.977%) Network Design
4 2 (4.651%) Software Engineering
5 1 (2.326%) CRM
5 1 (2.326%) Disaster Recovery
5 1 (2.326%) Data Security
5 1 (2.326%) Security Management
5 1 (2.326%) Agile Software Development
5 1 (2.326%) TDD
5 1 (2.326%) Network Management
5 1 (2.326%) Load Balancing
5 1 (2.326%) Network Load Balancing
5 1 (2.326%) Matrix Management
Programming Languages
1 9 (20.93%) C++
2 7 (16.28%) C
3 2 (4.651%) Python
4 1 (2.326%) Ruby
4 1 (2.326%) Java
4 1 (2.326%) JavaScript
4 1 (2.326%) Perl
4 1 (2.326%) PHP
Qualifications
1 23 (53.49%) Cisco Certification
2 17 (39.53%) CCIE
3 15 (34.88%) CCNA
4 13 (30.23%) Degree
5 8 (18.60%) CCNP
6 4 (9.302%) Postgraduate
7 3 (6.977%) CCVP
8 2 (4.651%) CCDP
9 1 (2.326%) CCSA
9 1 (2.326%) CCIP
9 1 (2.326%) CCSP
9 1 (2.326%) CCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (16.28%) ISO 9000
2 4 (9.302%) SLA
System Software
1 8 (18.60%) Active Directory
2 2 (4.651%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (2.326%) XenApp
3 1 (2.326%) XenDesktop
3 1 (2.326%) Terminal Server
3 1 (2.326%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 3 (6.977%) CiscoWorks
2 1 (2.326%) Norton AntiVirus
2 1 (2.326%) Backup Exec
2 1 (2.326%) SolarWinds Orion
2 1 (2.326%) Cisco UCCX
2 1 (2.326%) Cisco CUCM
Vendors
1 22 (51.16%) Cisco
2 6 (13.95%) NetApp
3 5 (11.63%) CheckPoint
4 4 (9.302%) HP
4 4 (9.302%) Twitter
5 3 (6.977%) Juniper
5 3 (6.977%) Microsoft
5 3 (6.977%) SolarWinds
6 2 (4.651%) SonicWALL
6 2 (4.651%) VMware
6 2 (4.651%) Citrix
6 2 (4.651%) Symantec
7 1 (2.326%) Sophos
7 1 (2.326%) Mitel
7 1 (2.326%) Blue Coat
7 1 (2.326%) Brocade
7 1 (2.326%) Fortinet
7 1 (2.326%) AirMagnet
7 1 (2.326%) F5
Luton, Bedfordshire
Skills and Experience Required: - In-depth knowledge of CISCO technologies is essential. - Baseline SE skills and in at least one of the following area's of specialization: Security,...
Jam Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £55000 - £60000 per annum + CAR + BONUS
Posted: 15 May 2013
Luton
Responsibilities include the analysis of network components, upgrades/changes, security procedures, policies management, assessing the Universities current and future LAN/WAN/Wireless/VoIP/Mobile needs, overseeing the design,...
University of Bedfordshire
Salary: c£50,000
Posted: 18 May 2013
Luton, Bedfordshire
You'll have a good, relevant degree, extensive C++ software skills and experience of leading a development team. In particular the following technical skills are sought: - Expertise in...
ECM Selection Ltd
Salary: to £55k DOE
Posted: 13 May 2013
Bedfordshire
Mandatory technical skills for this role are: C++, UMTS, Layer 2 & 3 Exp... Use of configuration and change management methods... Software design and development using C++ (> 5 yrs)...
Firway Consulting
Salary: Up to £55,000 per annum Circa £55k + Substantial Large Company Bens
Posted: 16 May 2013