Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for High Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA) 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 HSDPA over the 3 months to 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkHigh Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA)
Location
3 months to
21 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank229-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching permanent IT job ads110
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.007 %0.000 %
As % of the category below0.515 %0.000 %
Salaries quoted90
Average minimum salary£28,667-
Average salary£29,833-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum salary£31,000-
UK excluding London average salary£36,324£43,026
% change on same period last year-15.57 %
Berkshire IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
Berkshire
Matching permanent IT job ads21342962
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled1.377 %1.326 %
Salaries quoted17502330
Average minimum salary£38,859£39,456
Average salary£42,329£42,800
% change on same period last year-1.10 %
Average maximum salary£45,799£46,144
UK excluding London average salary£37,824£38,320
% change on same period last year-1.29 %
HSDPA South EastHSDPA
South East

HSDPA
Demand Trend

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

Berkshire HSDPA Demand Trend

HSDPA
Salary Trend

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

Berkshire HSDPA Salary Trend

HSDPA
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing HSDPA across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 21 November 2008.

Berkshire HSDPA Salary Histogram

HSDPA
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing HSDPA within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 21 November 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.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
SloughNew entry-9£29,833-
NewburyNew entry-2--
HSDPA South EastHSDPA
South East

HSDPA
Top 29 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT jobs across the Berkshire region citing HSDPA 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 HSDPA.

122 (100.00 %)GPRS
218 (81.82 %)GSM
218 (81.82 %)CDMA
218 (81.82 %)Wireless
312 (54.55 %)Handset
312 (54.55 %)Wi-Fi
312 (54.55 %)UMTS
49 (40.91 %)Software Engineering
56 (27.27 %)HSUPA
56 (27.27 %)OFDM
56 (27.27 %)Device Driver
56 (27.27 %)LTE
56 (27.27 %)WCDMA
56 (27.27 %)Embedded C
56 (27.27 %)C
56 (27.27 %)PhD
56 (27.27 %)802.11
64 (18.18 %)Nortel
64 (18.18 %)Ericsson
64 (18.18 %)3G
64 (18.18 %)Statistics
64 (18.18 %)2G
73 (13.64 %)Degree
73 (13.64 %)Software Testing
73 (13.64 %)HSPA
81 (4.545 %)Client/Server
81 (4.545 %)MS Office
81 (4.545 %)Blackberry
81 (4.545 %)3GPP

HSDPA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT jobs across the Berkshire region citing HSDPA 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 HSDPA. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Berkshire IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (4.545 %)MS Office
Berkshire IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
122 (100.00 %)GPRS
218 (81.82 %)GSM
218 (81.82 %)CDMA
218 (81.82 %)Wireless
312 (54.55 %)UMTS
312 (54.55 %)Wi-Fi
46 (27.27 %)LTE
46 (27.27 %)HSUPA
46 (27.27 %)OFDM
46 (27.27 %)WCDMA
46 (27.27 %)802.11
54 (18.18 %)2G
54 (18.18 %)3G
63 (13.64 %)HSPA
71 (4.545 %)3GPP
Berkshire IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
16 (27.27 %)Developer
25 (22.73 %)Tester
31 (4.545 %)Test Specialist
Berkshire IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
112 (54.55 %)Handset
26 (27.27 %)Device Driver
34 (18.18 %)Statistics
41 (4.545 %)Client/Server
41 (4.545 %)Blackberry
Berkshire IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
19 (40.91 %)Software Engineering
23 (13.64 %)Software Testing
Berkshire IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
16 (27.27 %)C
16 (27.27 %)Embedded C
Berkshire IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
16 (27.27 %)PhD
23 (13.64 %)Degree
Berkshire IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
14 (18.18 %)Nortel
14 (18.18 %)Ericsson