The first table below looks at the demand for 2G skills in IT jobs advertised for the Cambridge region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited 2G over the 3 months to 20 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 Cambridge region.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
2G
Rank 120 117 110
Rank change year-on-year
-3 -7
Permanent jobs citing 2G 2 11 12
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cambridge 0.108% 0.550% 0.561%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.587% 2.989% 2.564%
Number of salaries quoted 0 8 12
Average salary - £40,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +6.66%
UK excluding London average salary £43,500 £46,250 £45,000
% change year-on-year
-5.94% +2.77%
All Communications & Networking
Cambridge
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
341 368 468
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cambridge 18.45% 18.41% 21.87%
Number of salaries quoted 259 302 415
Average salary £39,750 £40,000 £37,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-0.62% +8.10%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,300 £30,950 £29,800
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £57,500 £54,000
UK excluding London average salary £39,750 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-0.62% +6.66%
2G
Cambridgeshire

2G
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing 2G across the Cambridge region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

Cambridge 2G Jobs Demand Trend

2G
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing 2G across the Cambridge region.

Cambridge 2G Salary Trend

2G
Top 21 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cambridge region citing 2G 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 2G.

1 11 (100.00%) C
1 11 (100.00%) GSM
1 11 (100.00%) WCDMA
1 11 (100.00%) Degree
1 11 (100.00%) 3G
2 10 (90.91%) Unit Testing
2 10 (90.91%) System Testing
2 10 (90.91%) HSPA
2 10 (90.91%) Perl
2 10 (90.91%) Python
2 10 (90.91%) Validation
3 1 (9.091%) Anite
3 1 (9.091%) WiMAX
3 1 (9.091%) Software Engineering
3 1 (9.091%) Marketing
3 1 (9.091%) GPRS
3 1 (9.091%) Embedded C
3 1 (9.091%) Assembly Language
3 1 (9.091%) UMTS
3 1 (9.091%) LTE
3 1 (9.091%) Wireless

2G
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cambridge region citing 2G 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 2G. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking
1 11 (100.00%) WCDMA
1 11 (100.00%) 3G
1 11 (100.00%) GSM
2 10 (90.91%) HSPA
3 1 (9.091%) LTE
3 1 (9.091%) UMTS
3 1 (9.091%) Wireless
3 1 (9.091%) WiMAX
3 1 (9.091%) GPRS
General
1 1 (9.091%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 10 (90.91%) Development Engineer
1 10 (90.91%) Senior Development Engineer
2 1 (9.091%) Software Engineer
2 1 (9.091%) Senior Software Engineer
2 1 (9.091%) DSP Engineer
2 1 (9.091%) DSP Software Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (90.91%) Validation
1 10 (90.91%) Unit Testing
1 10 (90.91%) System Testing
2 1 (9.091%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 11 (100.00%) C
2 10 (90.91%) Perl
2 10 (90.91%) Python
3 1 (9.091%) Embedded C
3 1 (9.091%) Assembly Language
Qualifications
1 11 (100.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (9.091%) Anite
Cambridge
Customer Support Engineer - Client-facing; Ethernet / Network / Wireless; Communications; On-call; International Travel... Requirements: - Degree qualified in a relevant subject (Computer Science / Electronics or similar). - Experience in setting...
ECM Selection Ltd
Salary: £0 - £50,000 per year
Posted: 26 April 2013