The first table below looks at the demand for 2.5G skills in IT jobs advertised for the Berkshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited 2.5G over the 3 months to 24 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 Berkshire region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
2.5G
Rank - - -
Permanent jobs citing 2.5G 0 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Berkshire - - -
As % of the Communications & Networking category - - -
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 0
Average salary - - -
UK excluding London average salary £55,000 - £53,750
All Communications & Networking
Berkshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
1638 1696 991
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Berkshire 31.44% 27.53% 19.05%
Number of salaries quoted 1248 1369 778
Average salary £40,000 £42,500 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.88% -
90% offered a salary of more than £30,500 £30,000 £26,500
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £60,000 £57,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
2.5G
South East

2.5G
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing 2.5G across the Berkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

Berkshire 2.5G Jobs Demand Trend

2.5G
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing 2.5G across the Berkshire region.

Berkshire 2.5G Salary Trend

2.5G
Top 21 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Berkshire region citing 2.5G 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 2.5G.

1 4 (100.00%) 3G
1 4 (100.00%) Network Planning
1 4 (100.00%) Telecoms
1 4 (100.00%) 2G
2 3 (75.00%) Cramer
2 3 (75.00%) LTE
2 3 (75.00%) SDH
2 3 (75.00%) Ethernet
3 2 (50.00%) B2B
3 2 (50.00%) ATM
3 2 (50.00%) BT
3 2 (50.00%) 4G
4 1 (25.00%) Network Performance Management
4 1 (25.00%) Ericsson
4 1 (25.00%) ZTE
4 1 (25.00%) Nokia Siemens Networks
4 1 (25.00%) Huawei
4 1 (25.00%) Statistics
4 1 (25.00%) Degree
4 1 (25.00%) Fault Management
4 1 (25.00%) Performance Management

2.5G
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Berkshire region citing 2.5G 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 2.5G. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking
1 4 (100.00%) 3G
1 4 (100.00%) 2G
2 3 (75.00%) LTE
2 3 (75.00%) SDH
2 3 (75.00%) Ethernet
3 2 (50.00%) ATM
3 2 (50.00%) 4G
General
1 4 (100.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Transmission Engineer
1 3 (75.00%) Transmission Planning Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Network Consultant
2 1 (25.00%) Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Statistics
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Network Planning
2 2 (50.00%) B2B
3 1 (25.00%) Network Performance Management
3 1 (25.00%) Fault Management
3 1 (25.00%) Performance Management
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Cramer
2 2 (50.00%) BT
3 1 (25.00%) Ericsson
3 1 (25.00%) ZTE
3 1 (25.00%) Nokia Siemens Networks
3 1 (25.00%) Huawei