The first table below looks at the demand for 3GPP skills in IT jobs advertised for the Berkshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited 3GPP 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
3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP)
Rank 210 219 -
Rank change year-on-year
+9 -
Permanent jobs citing 3GPP 9 3 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Berkshire 0.173% 0.049% -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.549% 0.177% -
Number of salaries quoted 6 3 0
Average salary £52,500 £37,000 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
+41.89% -
UK excluding London average salary £55,000 £45,000 £51,500
% change year-on-year
+22.22% -12.62%
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%
3GPP
South East

3GPP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Berkshire 3GPP Jobs Demand Trend

3GPP
Salary Trend

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

Berkshire 3GPP Salary Trend

3GPP
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing 3GPP within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 24 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 0 3 £47,500 +8.57%
Bracknell - 3 - -
3GPP
South East

3GPP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Berkshire region citing 3GPP 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 3GPP.

1 18 (85.71%) Telecoms
2 16 (76.19%) UMTS
3 14 (66.67%) GSM
4 10 (47.62%) WCDMA
4 10 (47.62%) Wireless
4 10 (47.62%) GGSN
4 10 (47.62%) SGSN
4 10 (47.62%) MGW
5 9 (42.86%) Windows
6 8 (38.10%) 3G
7 7 (33.33%) ATM
8 6 (28.57%) Finance
8 6 (28.57%) Degree
8 6 (28.57%) Computer Science
8 6 (28.57%) C++
8 6 (28.57%) ClearCase
8 6 (28.57%) OOD
8 6 (28.57%) Project Management
8 6 (28.57%) Configuration Management
9 4 (19.05%) UTRAN
9 4 (19.05%) LTE
10 3 (14.29%) SAN
10 3 (14.29%) RTP
10 3 (14.29%) SS7
10 3 (14.29%) X-Windows
10 3 (14.29%) Veritas
10 3 (14.29%) Megaco
10 3 (14.29%) Electronics
10 3 (14.29%) Oracle
10 3 (14.29%) UNIX

3GPP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Berkshire region citing 3GPP 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 3GPP. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 3 (14.29%) X-Windows
Communications & Networking
1 16 (76.19%) UMTS
2 14 (66.67%) GSM
3 10 (47.62%) WCDMA
3 10 (47.62%) Wireless
3 10 (47.62%) GGSN
3 10 (47.62%) SGSN
3 10 (47.62%) MGW
4 8 (38.10%) 3G
5 7 (33.33%) ATM
6 4 (19.05%) UTRAN
6 4 (19.05%) LTE
7 3 (14.29%) SAN
7 3 (14.29%) RTP
7 3 (14.29%) SS7
7 3 (14.29%) Megaco
7 3 (14.29%) GPRS
7 3 (14.29%) LAN
7 3 (14.29%) VoIP
7 3 (14.29%) WAN
8 2 (9.524%) Radio Access Network
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (14.29%) Oracle 8/8i
Development Applications
1 6 (28.57%) ClearCase
General
1 18 (85.71%) Telecoms
2 6 (28.57%) Finance
3 3 (14.29%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 7 (33.33%) Network Engineer
1 7 (33.33%) Core Network Engineer
1 7 (33.33%) Network Support
1 7 (33.33%) Support Engineer
1 7 (33.33%) Network Support Engineer
2 6 (28.57%) Senior Software Engineer
2 6 (28.57%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
2 6 (28.57%) 3G Engineer
2 6 (28.57%) Senior 3G Engineer
2 6 (28.57%) Software Engineer
3 3 (14.29%) Team Leader
3 3 (14.29%) Systems Engineer
4 1 (4.762%) Platform Engineer
4 1 (4.762%) Design Engineer
4 1 (4.762%) Test Engineer
4 1 (4.762%) RAN Engineer
4 1 (4.762%) Radio Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (28.57%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 9 (42.86%) Windows
2 3 (14.29%) UNIX
2 3 (14.29%) Solaris
2 3 (14.29%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (28.57%) OOD
1 6 (28.57%) Project Management
1 6 (28.57%) Configuration Management
2 1 (4.762%) Resource Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (28.57%) C++
Qualifications
1 6 (28.57%) Degree
2 1 (4.762%) ISEB
Vendors
1 3 (14.29%) Veritas
1 3 (14.29%) Oracle
2 1 (4.762%) Nokia Siemens Networks
2 1 (4.762%) NetHawk
2 1 (4.762%) Huawei
2 1 (4.762%) Ericsson