The first table below looks at the demand for LTE skills in IT jobs advertised for the Berkshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited LTE over the 3 months to 21 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
3GPP Long Term Evolution (LTE)
Rank 142 205 188
Rank change year-on-year
+63 -17
Permanent jobs citing LTE 75 22 9
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Berkshire 1.438% 0.358% 0.176%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 4.596% 1.317% 0.942%
Number of salaries quoted 25 22 7
Average salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-9.09% +8.91%
90% offered a salary of more than £40,000 £32,500 £44,500
10% offered a salary of more than £57,500 £64,500 £79,000
UK excluding London average salary £52,500 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year
+16.66% -
All Communications & Networking
Berkshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
1632 1671 955
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Berkshire 31.29% 27.23% 18.70%
Number of salaries quoted 1248 1354 747
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 £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
LTE
South East

LTE
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Berkshire LTE Jobs Demand Trend

LTE
Salary Trend

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

Berkshire LTE Salary Trend

LTE
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing LTE across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Berkshire LTE Salary Histogram

LTE
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing LTE within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 21 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 +16 29 £50,000 -4.76%
Bracknell -22 4 - -
Slough +3 1 - -
Newbury - 1 £43,000 -
LTE
South East

LTE
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Berkshire region citing LTE 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 LTE.

1 87 (79.82%) Telecoms
2 80 (73.39%) 3G
3 48 (44.04%) GSM
4 39 (35.78%) 4G
5 33 (30.28%) 2G
6 26 (23.85%) Validation
7 25 (22.94%) SIGTRAN
8 24 (22.02%) Radio Access Network
9 23 (21.10%) Project Management
10 22 (20.18%) Wireless
11 21 (19.27%) INAP
11 21 (19.27%) Network Design
12 20 (18.35%) UNIX
12 20 (18.35%) UMTS
13 19 (17.43%) Capacity Management
14 18 (16.51%) Degree
15 17 (15.60%) VoIP
16 15 (13.76%) CDMA
16 15 (13.76%) Service Delivery
17 13 (11.93%) Huawei
17 13 (11.93%) Broadband
17 13 (11.93%) Linux
18 12 (11.01%) Ericsson
19 11 (10.09%) WCDMA
20 10 (9.174%) Cisco
20 10 (9.174%) Wi-Fi
21 9 (8.257%) HTTP
21 9 (8.257%) C
22 8 (7.339%) Solaris
22 8 (7.339%) Red Hat

LTE
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Berkshire region citing LTE 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 LTE. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (1.835%) MFC
1 2 (1.835%) Qt
2 1 (0.917%) SOAP
2 1 (0.917%) .NET
Applications
1 4 (3.670%) MS Office
2 2 (1.835%) MS Excel
2 2 (1.835%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.917%) Remedy ITSM
Communications & Networking
1 80 (73.39%) 3G
2 48 (44.04%) GSM
3 39 (35.78%) 4G
4 33 (30.28%) 2G
5 25 (22.94%) SIGTRAN
6 24 (22.02%) Radio Access Network
7 22 (20.18%) Wireless
8 21 (19.27%) INAP
9 20 (18.35%) UMTS
10 17 (15.60%) VoIP
11 15 (13.76%) CDMA
12 13 (11.93%) Broadband
13 11 (10.09%) WCDMA
14 10 (9.174%) Wi-Fi
15 9 (8.257%) HTTP
16 8 (7.339%) SMPP
16 8 (7.339%) XCAP
17 7 (6.422%) MGW
17 7 (6.422%) NGN
17 7 (6.422%) BSS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.917%) GIS
Development Applications
1 2 (1.835%) Visual Studio
1 2 (1.835%) ClearCase
General
1 87 (79.82%) Telecoms
2 8 (7.339%) Electronics
3 5 (4.587%) Legal
4 2 (1.835%) Finance
5 1 (0.917%) Marketing
5 1 (0.917%) Czech Language
5 1 (0.917%) Back Office
5 1 (0.917%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 24 (22.02%) Design Engineer
2 14 (12.84%) Voice Engineer
3 13 (11.93%) Principal Engineer
3 13 (11.93%) Customer Engineer
4 7 (6.422%) Performance Engineer
4 7 (6.422%) Software Engineer
5 6 (5.505%) Network Engineer
6 5 (4.587%) Radio Engineer
6 5 (4.587%) Senior Design Engineer
6 5 (4.587%) Project Manager
7 4 (3.670%) Consultant
7 4 (3.670%) Technical Project Manager
7 4 (3.670%) Technical Manager
7 4 (3.670%) DSP Software Engineer
7 4 (3.670%) C Software Engineer
7 4 (3.670%) DSP Engineer
7 4 (3.670%) Core Network Engineer
8 3 (2.752%) RAN Engineer
8 3 (2.752%) Technical Project Leader
8 3 (2.752%) Network Operator
Miscellaneous
1 8 (7.339%) Handset
2 7 (6.422%) Smartphone
3 6 (5.505%) Clustering
3 6 (5.505%) Computer Science
4 4 (3.670%) Mobile App
5 1 (0.917%) CMDB
5 1 (0.917%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 20 (18.35%) UNIX
2 13 (11.93%) Linux
3 8 (7.339%) Solaris
3 8 (7.339%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 3 (2.752%) Windows
5 2 (1.835%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (23.85%) Validation
2 23 (21.10%) Project Management
3 21 (19.27%) Network Design
4 19 (17.43%) Capacity Management
5 15 (13.76%) Service Delivery
6 8 (7.339%) Resource Management
6 8 (7.339%) Performance Management
7 6 (5.505%) Stakeholder Management
7 6 (5.505%) Network Planning
7 6 (5.505%) Time Management
7 6 (5.505%) Matrix Management
8 5 (4.587%) Network Architecture
8 5 (4.587%) Network Management
9 4 (3.670%) Capacity Planning
9 4 (3.670%) Embedded Software Development
9 4 (3.670%) Product Management
9 4 (3.670%) Problem Management
10 3 (2.752%) Load Balancing
10 3 (2.752%) Migration
11 2 (1.835%) B2B
Programming Languages
1 9 (8.257%) C
2 6 (5.505%) C++
3 5 (4.587%) SQL
4 2 (1.835%) VC++
5 1 (0.917%) Java
5 1 (0.917%) Perl
5 1 (0.917%) Python
Qualifications
1 18 (16.51%) Degree
2 3 (2.752%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (2.752%) CCIE
3 2 (1.835%) CCIP
3 2 (1.835%) CCA
3 2 (1.835%) CCDE
4 1 (0.917%) SC Cleared
4 1 (0.917%) Security Cleared
4 1 (0.917%) ISEB
4 1 (0.917%) CCDP
4 1 (0.917%) CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (7.339%) SLA
2 6 (5.505%) ISO 9001
3 5 (4.587%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (0.917%) HP Quality Center
1 1 (0.917%) Netcool
1 1 (0.917%) OpenView
Vendors
1 13 (11.93%) Huawei
2 12 (11.01%) Ericsson
3 10 (9.174%) Cisco
4 8 (7.339%) Red Hat
4 8 (7.339%) HP
4 8 (7.339%) Nokia Siemens Networks
5 7 (6.422%) Nokia
6 6 (5.505%) Sun
6 6 (5.505%) Oracle
6 6 (5.505%) Business Objects
7 5 (4.587%) Tektronix
8 4 (3.670%) Cramer
9 3 (2.752%) Mapinfo
10 2 (1.835%) CheckPoint
10 2 (1.835%) BT
11 1 (0.917%) Actix
11 1 (0.917%) Redback
11 1 (0.917%) Amdocs
11 1 (0.917%) Remedy
11 1 (0.917%) Radware