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The table below looks at the demand for 3G skills within the Birmingham region with a comparison to our Communications & Networking category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited 3G over the 3 months to 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Link3G
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank121133
Rank change on same period last yearUp+12
Matching permanent IT job ads11
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.001 %0.000 %
As % of the category below0.254 %0.257 %
Salaries quoted11
Average minimum salary£35,000£31,000
Average salary£35,000£31,000
% change on same period last year+12.90 %
Average maximum salary£35,000£31,000
UK excluding London average salary£44,335£43,610
% change on same period last year+1.66 %
Birmingham IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
Birmingham
Matching permanent IT job ads394389
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.228 %0.167 %
Salaries quoted334291
Average minimum salary£36,108£33,347
Average salary£38,633£35,729
% change on same period last year+8.12 %
Average maximum salary£41,159£38,110
UK excluding London average salary£37,928£38,940
% change on same period last year-2.59 %
3G West Midlands3G
West Midlands

3G
Demand Trend

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

Birmingham 3G Demand Trend

3G
Salary Trend

The 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
Top 21 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, 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.

13 (75.00 %)C
13 (75.00 %)UMTS
22 (50.00 %)GPRS
22 (50.00 %)GSM
22 (50.00 %)C++
22 (50.00 %)Wireless
31 (25.00 %)Telecoms
31 (25.00 %)ASN.1
31 (25.00 %)TETRA
31 (25.00 %)Degree
31 (25.00 %)Computer Science
31 (25.00 %)yacc
31 (25.00 %)HTML
31 (25.00 %)Java
31 (25.00 %)Perl
31 (25.00 %)XML
31 (25.00 %)Windows
31 (25.00 %)Linux
31 (25.00 %)UML
31 (25.00 %)Embedded C
31 (25.00 %)Tcl

3G
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, 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.

Birmingham IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (25.00 %)HTML
11 (25.00 %)XML
Birmingham IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
13 (75.00 %)UMTS
22 (50.00 %)Wireless
22 (50.00 %)GPRS
22 (50.00 %)GSM
31 (25.00 %)ASN.1
31 (25.00 %)TETRA
Birmingham IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (25.00 %)yacc
Birmingham IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (25.00 %)Telecoms
Birmingham IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
12 (50.00 %)Software Engineer
21 (25.00 %)Developer
21 (25.00 %)Software Tester
21 (25.00 %)Test Engineer
21 (25.00 %)Software Test Engineer
21 (25.00 %)Test Development Engineer
21 (25.00 %)Software Development Engineer
21 (25.00 %)UMTS Developer
21 (25.00 %)Tester
Birmingham IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (25.00 %)Computer Science
Birmingham IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (25.00 %)Windows
11 (25.00 %)Linux
Birmingham IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (25.00 %)UML
Birmingham IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
13 (75.00 %)C
22 (50.00 %)C++
31 (25.00 %)Java
31 (25.00 %)Perl
31 (25.00 %)Embedded C
31 (25.00 %)Tcl
Birmingham IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (25.00 %)Degree