The first table below looks at the demand for 2G skills in IT jobs advertised for the Berkshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited 2G 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 Berkshire region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
2G
Rank 193 192 182
Rank change year-on-year
-1 -10
Permanent jobs citing 2G 22 31 14
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Berkshire 0.428% 0.505% 0.272%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.355% 1.854% 1.449%
Number of salaries quoted 6 21 5
Average salary £48,000 £50,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-4.00% +25.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £40,750 £26,000 £35,500
10% offered a salary of more than £72,500 £60,000 £49,000
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year
-5.55% -
All Communications & Networking
Berkshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
1624 1672 966
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Berkshire 31.56% 27.26% 18.76%
Number of salaries quoted 1240 1352 754
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 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £39,750 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-0.62% +6.66%
2G
South East

2G
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Berkshire 2G Jobs Demand Trend

2G
Salary Trend

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

Berkshire 2G Salary Trend

2G
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing 2G across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Berkshire 2G Salary Histogram

2G
Job Locations

The table below 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 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
Reading +1 4 £43,250 -27.91%
Newbury +2 3 - -
Slough -4 3 £51,750 -1.42%
2G
South East

2G
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, 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 53 (100.00%) 3G
2 47 (88.68%) Telecoms
3 34 (64.15%) LTE
4 28 (52.83%) 4G
5 26 (49.06%) GSM
6 20 (37.74%) UNIX
7 17 (32.08%) Ericsson
7 17 (32.08%) Radio Access Network
8 12 (22.64%) Linux
9 11 (20.75%) Cisco
10 10 (18.87%) HP
10 10 (18.87%) WCDMA
10 10 (18.87%) Huawei
10 10 (18.87%) Degree
11 9 (16.98%) Performance Management
11 9 (16.98%) Network Design
11 9 (16.98%) SLA
12 8 (15.09%) Red Hat
12 8 (15.09%) SMPP
12 8 (15.09%) HTTP
12 8 (15.09%) Solaris
12 8 (15.09%) Network Planning
12 8 (15.09%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 8 (15.09%) SIGTRAN
12 8 (15.09%) XCAP
13 7 (13.21%) Resource Management
13 7 (13.21%) CDMA
13 7 (13.21%) VoIP
14 6 (11.32%) SMS
14 6 (11.32%) ISO 9001

2G
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, 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 1 (1.887%) SOAP
Applications
1 2 (3.774%) MS Excel
1 2 (3.774%) MS PowerPoint
2 1 (1.887%) MS Project
2 1 (1.887%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 1 (1.887%) Metrica
Communications & Networking
1 53 (100.00%) 3G
2 34 (64.15%) LTE
3 28 (52.83%) 4G
4 26 (49.06%) GSM
5 17 (32.08%) Radio Access Network
6 10 (18.87%) WCDMA
7 8 (15.09%) SMPP
7 8 (15.09%) HTTP
7 8 (15.09%) XCAP
7 8 (15.09%) SIGTRAN
8 7 (13.21%) VoIP
8 7 (13.21%) CDMA
9 6 (11.32%) SMS
9 6 (11.32%) Ethernet
9 6 (11.32%) NGN
10 4 (7.547%) Wireless
10 4 (7.547%) ATM
10 4 (7.547%) SDH
10 4 (7.547%) UMTS
10 4 (7.547%) 2.5G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.887%) GIS
General
1 47 (88.68%) Telecoms
2 4 (7.547%) Legal
3 2 (3.774%) Back Office
4 1 (1.887%) Electronics
4 1 (1.887%) Finance
4 1 (1.887%) Czech Language
Job Titles
1 13 (24.53%) Customer Engineer
2 7 (13.21%) Performance Engineer
3 5 (9.434%) RAN Engineer
4 4 (7.547%) Radio Engineer
4 4 (7.547%) Transmission Engineer
4 4 (7.547%) Transmission Planning Engineer
4 4 (7.547%) Analyst
4 4 (7.547%) Test Analyst
5 3 (5.660%) Project Manager
5 3 (5.660%) RAN Performance Engineer
5 3 (5.660%) Test Leader
6 2 (3.774%) Consultant
6 2 (3.774%) Telecoms Engineer
6 2 (3.774%) Test Engineer
7 1 (1.887%) Senior Network Engineer
7 1 (1.887%) Network Manager
7 1 (1.887%) QA Tester
7 1 (1.887%) Integration Engineer
7 1 (1.887%) Support Engineer
7 1 (1.887%) Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (11.32%) Clustering
2 2 (3.774%) Management Information System
3 1 (1.887%) Statistics
3 1 (1.887%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 20 (37.74%) UNIX
2 12 (22.64%) Linux
3 8 (15.09%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 8 (15.09%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (16.98%) Network Design
1 9 (16.98%) Performance Management
2 8 (15.09%) Network Planning
3 7 (13.21%) Resource Management
4 6 (11.32%) Time Management
5 5 (9.434%) Capacity Planning
5 5 (9.434%) Network Management
5 5 (9.434%) Service Delivery
6 4 (7.547%) Stakeholder Management
7 3 (5.660%) Project Management
8 2 (3.774%) Configuration Management
8 2 (3.774%) B2B
8 2 (3.774%) Information Security
8 2 (3.774%) Risk Management
8 2 (3.774%) Continuous Improvement
8 2 (3.774%) Integration Testing
8 2 (3.774%) Network Architecture
8 2 (3.774%) Test Management
9 1 (1.887%) Test Scripting
9 1 (1.887%) Software Architecture
Programming Languages
1 3 (5.660%) SQL
2 1 (1.887%) VBA
2 1 (1.887%) Java
2 1 (1.887%) Perl
Qualifications
1 10 (18.87%) Degree
2 5 (9.434%) ISEB
3 2 (3.774%) CISSP
3 2 (3.774%) SC Cleared
3 2 (3.774%) Security Cleared
3 2 (3.774%) CISM
4 1 (1.887%) PMP
4 1 (1.887%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (16.98%) SLA
2 6 (11.32%) ISO 9001
3 2 (3.774%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (1.887%) QA
Systems Management
1 4 (7.547%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 17 (32.08%) Ericsson
2 11 (20.75%) Cisco
3 10 (18.87%) HP
3 10 (18.87%) Huawei
4 8 (15.09%) Red Hat
5 6 (11.32%) Sun
6 5 (9.434%) Nokia Siemens Networks
6 5 (9.434%) BT
7 4 (7.547%) Cramer
7 4 (7.547%) Oracle
8 3 (5.660%) Mapinfo
9 2 (3.774%) Business Objects
9 2 (3.774%) Nokia
10 1 (1.887%) Siemens
10 1 (1.887%) Alcatel-Lucent
10 1 (1.887%) IBM
10 1 (1.887%) NetHawk
10 1 (1.887%) Actix
10 1 (1.887%) Tektronix
10 1 (1.887%) ZTE