The first table below looks at the demand for 3G skills in IT jobs advertised for the Birmingham region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited 3G 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 Birmingham region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
3G
Rank 115 98 90
Rank change year-on-year
-17 -8
Permanent jobs citing 3G 3 2 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Birmingham 0.176% 0.135% 0.074%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.946% 0.685% 0.408%
Number of salaries quoted 3 2 0
Average salary £24,000 £35,000 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
-31.42% -
UK excluding London average salary £47,500 £42,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year
+11.76% -
All Communications & Networking
Birmingham
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
317 292 245
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Birmingham 18.65% 19.70% 18.23%
Number of salaries quoted 255 255 222
Average salary £41,000 £35,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+17.14% -
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £24,500 £22,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £57,500 £59,750
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
3G
West Midlands

3G
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Birmingham 3G Jobs Demand Trend

3G
Salary Trend

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

Birmingham 3G Salary Trend

3G
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing 3G across the Birmingham region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Birmingham 3G Salary Histogram

3G
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 4 (80.00%) Windows XP
1 4 (80.00%) Windows
1 4 (80.00%) Blackberry
2 3 (60.00%) Active Directory
2 3 (60.00%) Microsoft
3 2 (40.00%) LANDesk
3 2 (40.00%) Finance
3 2 (40.00%) Law
3 2 (40.00%) Legal
3 2 (40.00%) Citrix
3 2 (40.00%) Management Information System
3 2 (40.00%) MS Office
3 2 (40.00%) VPN
4 1 (20.00%) SLA
4 1 (20.00%) Cisco
4 1 (20.00%) ITIL
4 1 (20.00%) Windows 2000
4 1 (20.00%) Lotus Notes
4 1 (20.00%) MS Access
4 1 (20.00%) MS Visio
4 1 (20.00%) MS Exchange
4 1 (20.00%) Broadband
4 1 (20.00%) GSM
4 1 (20.00%) LAN
4 1 (20.00%) VoIP
4 1 (20.00%) WAN
4 1 (20.00%) Wireless
4 1 (20.00%) Electronics
4 1 (20.00%) 2G
4 1 (20.00%) Workflow

3G
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Platforms
1 1 (20.00%) Lotus Notes
1 1 (20.00%) MS Exchange
1 1 (20.00%) Exchange Server 2000
1 1 (20.00%) WorkSite
Applications
1 2 (40.00%) MS Office
2 1 (20.00%) MS Visio
2 1 (20.00%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 1 (20.00%) assyst
Communications & Networking
1 2 (40.00%) VPN
2 1 (20.00%) Broadband
2 1 (20.00%) GSM
2 1 (20.00%) LAN
2 1 (20.00%) VoIP
2 1 (20.00%) WAN
2 1 (20.00%) Wireless
2 1 (20.00%) 2G
2 1 (20.00%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) MS Access
1 1 (20.00%) GIS
General
1 2 (40.00%) Finance
1 2 (40.00%) Law
1 2 (40.00%) Legal
2 1 (20.00%) Electronics
2 1 (20.00%) Banking
2 1 (20.00%) Mandarin Language
2 1 (20.00%) Cantonese Language
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) IT Support
1 2 (40.00%) Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Support Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Service Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Service Desk Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) IT Support Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Deskside Support
2 1 (20.00%) GSM Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) 3G Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Radio Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (80.00%) Blackberry
2 2 (40.00%) Management Information System
3 1 (20.00%) Computer Science
3 1 (20.00%) iPhone
3 1 (20.00%) iPad
Operating Systems
1 4 (80.00%) Windows XP
1 4 (80.00%) Windows
2 1 (20.00%) Windows 2000
2 1 (20.00%) Windows Server 2003
2 1 (20.00%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (20.00%) ITIL
1 1 (20.00%) Workflow
1 1 (20.00%) Document Management
1 1 (20.00%) Fault Management
1 1 (20.00%) Software Distribution
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (60.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (20.00%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (40.00%) LANDesk
2 2 (40.00%) Citrix
3 1 (20.00%) Cisco
3 1 (20.00%) Interwoven
3 1 (20.00%) Lotus
3 1 (20.00%) Mapinfo
3 1 (20.00%) Sophos
3 1 (20.00%) Adobe