Berkshire 2G Jobs

This section looks at the demand for 2G skills within the Berkshire region with a comparison to our Communications & Networking category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited 2G over the 3 months to 24 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Basingstoke Berkshire Bracknell Bristol Cambridge Cambridgeshire City of London Coventry East of England England Hampshire Harrow London Manchester Newbury North West Reading Sheffield Slough Solihull Somerset South East South West South Yorkshire UK West Midlands Wiltshire Yorkshire	3 months to 24 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	247	273
Rank change on same period last year	+26
Matching permanent IT job ads	19	26
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled	0.010 %	0.011 %
As % of the category below	0.732 %	0.772 %
Salaries quoted	11	14
Average minimum salary	£36,000	£44,500
Average salary	£40,773	£49,607
% change on same period last year	-17.80 %
Average maximum salary	£45,545	£54,714
UK excluding London average salary	£41,084	£43,535
% change on same period last year	-5.62 %
Communications & Networking Berkshire
Matching permanent IT job ads	2596	3366
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled	1.367 %	1.381 %
Salaries quoted	2211	2665
Average minimum salary	£38,303	£40,032
Average salary	£41,577	£43,396
% change on same period last year	-4.19 %
Average maximum salary	£44,850	£46,761
UK excluding London average salary	£37,394	£39,723
% change on same period last year	-5.86 %
2G South East

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Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing 2G across the Berkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

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Salary Trend

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

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Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing 2G across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 24 July 2008.

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Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing 2G within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 24 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Permanent IT Job Ads	Average Salary Last 3 Months	Average Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year
Newbury	+5	9	£33,000	-35.83 %
Slough	-	5	£43,900	-
Reading	-	2	£33,000	-
Bracknell	-	1	£70,000	-

2G South East

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 July 2008, IT jobs across the Berkshire 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 44 (95.65 %) 3G 2 21 (45.65 %) GPRS 3 19 (41.30 %) GSM 3 19 (41.30 %) Handset 3 19 (41.30 %) Degree 4 17 (36.96 %) UMTS 5 15 (32.61 %) 2.5G 6 13 (28.26 %) Korean Language 6 13 (28.26 %) MS PowerPoint 6 13 (28.26 %) Validation 6 13 (28.26 %) MS Excel 6 13 (28.26 %) HNC 7 7 (15.22 %) Telecoms 8 6 (13.04 %) Risk Analysis 8 6 (13.04 %) PBX

8 6 (13.04 %) Ericsson 8 6 (13.04 %) VoIP 9 5 (10.87 %) WAP 9 5 (10.87 %) Java 9 5 (10.87 %) J2ME 9 5 (10.87 %) PDA 9 5 (10.87 %) Marketing 10 4 (8.696 %) HSDPA 10 4 (8.696 %) 3GPP 11 3 (6.522 %) Nokia 11 3 (6.522 %) SLA 11 3 (6.522 %) Nortel 11 3 (6.522 %) Anite 11 3 (6.522 %) RNC 11 3 (6.522 %) Statistics

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 July 2008, IT jobs across the Berkshire 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 5 (10.87 %) J2ME 1 5 (10.87 %) WAP	Applications 1 13 (28.26 %) MS Excel 1 13 (28.26 %) MS PowerPoint
Communications & Networking 1 44 (95.65 %) 3G 2 21 (45.65 %) GPRS 3 19 (41.30 %) GSM 4 17 (36.96 %) UMTS 5 15 (32.61 %) 2.5G 6 6 (13.04 %) VoIP 6 6 (13.04 %) PBX 7 4 (8.696 %) HSDPA 7 4 (8.696 %) 3GPP 8 3 (6.522 %) RNC 9 2 (4.348 %) BSS 9 2 (4.348 %) Wireless 9 2 (4.348 %) INAP 10 1 (2.174 %) Wi-Fi 10 1 (2.174 %) SDH 10 1 (2.174 %) UTRAN	General 1 7 (15.22 %) Telecoms 2 5 (10.87 %) Marketing 3 2 (4.348 %) Electronics 4 1 (2.174 %) Pensions
Job Titles 1 14 (30.43 %) Test Engineer 2 6 (13.04 %) Applications Manager 3 5 (10.87 %) Architect 4 3 (6.522 %) Technical Manager 4 3 (6.522 %) Product Manager 4 3 (6.522 %) Technical Product Manager 5 2 (4.348 %) Radio Access Network Engineer 5 2 (4.348 %) Support Engineer 5 2 (4.348 %) Tester 5 2 (4.348 %) Senior Support Engineer 5 2 (4.348 %) Business Manager 6 1 (2.174 %) Junior 6 1 (2.174 %) Junior Tester 6 1 (2.174 %) Principal Engineer 6 1 (2.174 %) 3G Engineer	Miscellaneous 1 19 (41.30 %) Handset 2 13 (28.26 %) Korean Language 3 5 (10.87 %) PDA 4 3 (6.522 %) Statistics 5 2 (4.348 %) Blackberry 6 1 (2.174 %) Computer Science 6 1 (2.174 %) IVR
Operating Systems 1 1 (2.174 %) UNIX	Processes & Methodologies 1 13 (28.26 %) Validation 2 6 (13.04 %) Risk Analysis 3 2 (4.348 %) Migration 3 2 (4.348 %) Problem Management 4 1 (2.174 %) Automated Testing 4 1 (2.174 %) Test Scripting 4 1 (2.174 %) System Testing 4 1 (2.174 %) Time Management
Programming Languages 1 5 (10.87 %) Java	Qualifications 1 19 (41.30 %) Degree 2 13 (28.26 %) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 3 (6.522 %) SLA 2 1 (2.174 %) QA	Vendors 1 6 (13.04 %) Ericsson 2 3 (6.522 %) Nortel 2 3 (6.522 %) Nokia 2 3 (6.522 %) Anite 3 2 (4.348 %) Sony 3 2 (4.348 %) Motorola 4 1 (2.174 %) Progress 4 1 (2.174 %) Cramer 4 1 (2.174 %) Agilent