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The table below looks at the demand for 2.5G skills within the Cambridge region with a comparison to our Communications & Networking category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited 2.5G over the 3 months to 13 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Link2.5G
Location
3 months to
13 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank129125
Rank change on same period last yearDown-4
Matching permanent IT job ads19
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.001 %0.004 %
As % of the category below0.156 %1.304 %
Salaries quoted15
Average minimum salary£40,000£36,600
Average salary£45,000£40,300
% change on same period last year+11.66 %
Average maximum salary£50,000£44,000
UK excluding London average salary£42,786£43,097
% change on same period last year-0.72 %
Cambridge IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
Cambridge
Matching permanent IT job ads640690
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.372 %0.297 %
Salaries quoted522568
Average minimum salary£35,373£32,791
Average salary£38,539£36,870
% change on same period last year+4.52 %
Average maximum salary£41,706£40,949
UK excluding London average salary£37,899£38,913
% change on same period last year-2.60 %
2.5G Cambridgeshire2.5G
Cambridgeshire

2.5G
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing 2.5G across the Cambridge region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

Cambridge 2.5G Demand Trend

2.5G
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing 2.5G across the Cambridge region.

Cambridge 2.5G Salary Trend

2.5G
Top 10 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT jobs across the Cambridge region citing 2.5G 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 2.5G.

11 (100.00 %)C
11 (100.00 %)C++
11 (100.00 %)Linux
11 (100.00 %)GPRS
11 (100.00 %)GSM
11 (100.00 %)TCP/IP
11 (100.00 %)VxWorks
11 (100.00 %)pSOS
11 (100.00 %)Wireless
11 (100.00 %)2G

2.5G
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT jobs across the Cambridge region citing 2.5G 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 2.5G. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Cambridge IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (100.00 %)GPRS
11 (100.00 %)GSM
11 (100.00 %)TCP/IP
11 (100.00 %)Wireless
11 (100.00 %)2G
Cambridge IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
11 (100.00 %)Developer
11 (100.00 %)C++ Developer
11 (100.00 %)C Developer
Cambridge IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (100.00 %)Linux
11 (100.00 %)VxWorks
11 (100.00 %)pSOS
Cambridge IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (100.00 %)C
11 (100.00 %)C++