The first table below looks at the demand for 3G skills in IT jobs advertised for the Cambridge region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited 3G over the 3 months to 19 June 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
3G
Rank 112 96 80
Rank change year-on-year
-16 -16
Permanent jobs citing 3G 7 30 45
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cambridge 0.411% 1.480% 2.145%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.373% 8.646% 10.87%
Number of salaries quoted 0 28 44
Average salary - £40,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +6.66%
UK excluding London average salary £47,500 £40,000 £43,250
% change year-on-year
+18.75% -7.51%
All Communications & Networking
Cambridge
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
295 347 414
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cambridge 17.30% 17.12% 19.73%
Number of salaries quoted 239 301 361
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £30,000 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £55,000 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
3G
Cambridgeshire

3G
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cambridge 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 Cambridge region.

Cambridge 3G Salary Trend

3G
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Cambridge 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 19 (86.36%) C
2 14 (63.64%) LTE
3 13 (59.09%) WCDMA
3 13 (59.09%) Wireless
4 12 (54.55%) 2G
5 10 (45.45%) Embedded C
6 9 (40.91%) MATLAB
6 9 (40.91%) Degree
7 8 (36.36%) Validation
7 8 (36.36%) 3GPP
7 8 (36.36%) UMTS
8 7 (31.82%) GSM
8 7 (31.82%) Python
8 7 (31.82%) 4G
9 6 (27.27%) System Testing
9 6 (27.27%) Unit Testing
9 6 (27.27%) C++
9 6 (27.27%) Perl
9 6 (27.27%) HSPA
10 5 (22.73%) Assembly Language
10 5 (22.73%) OFDM
10 5 (22.73%) MIMO
10 5 (22.73%) Digital Signal Processing
10 5 (22.73%) Signal Processing
11 4 (18.18%) Embedded Systems
11 4 (18.18%) Embedded Software Development
11 4 (18.18%) JTAG
11 4 (18.18%) TETRA
11 4 (18.18%) Software Engineering
11 4 (18.18%) Simulink

3G
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Cambridge 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 Development
1 1 (4.545%) .NET
1 1 (4.545%) .NET Compact Framework
1 1 (4.545%) .NET Framework
Applications
1 4 (18.18%) Simulink
2 1 (4.545%) Spreadsheet
Communications & Networking
1 14 (63.64%) LTE
2 13 (59.09%) WCDMA
2 13 (59.09%) Wireless
3 12 (54.55%) 2G
4 8 (36.36%) 3GPP
4 8 (36.36%) UMTS
5 7 (31.82%) GSM
5 7 (31.82%) 4G
6 6 (27.27%) HSPA
7 5 (22.73%) OFDM
7 5 (22.73%) MIMO
8 4 (18.18%) TETRA
8 4 (18.18%) DECT
9 3 (13.64%) WiMAX
10 2 (9.091%) GPRS
11 1 (4.545%) Ethernet
11 1 (4.545%) WLAN
General
1 3 (13.64%) Manufacturing
2 1 (4.545%) Electronics
2 1 (4.545%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 8 (36.36%) DSP Engineer
2 6 (27.27%) Development Engineer
2 6 (27.27%) Senior Development Engineer
3 4 (18.18%) Software Engineer
4 3 (13.64%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 2 (9.091%) Wireless Architect
5 2 (9.091%) Principal Architect
5 2 (9.091%) Architect
6 1 (4.545%) Developer
6 1 (4.545%) Systems Engineer
6 1 (4.545%) Test Engineer
6 1 (4.545%) Senior Software Engineer
6 1 (4.545%) Systems Test Engineer
6 1 (4.545%) Technical Manager
6 1 (4.545%) DSP Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (18.18%) Embedded Systems
2 2 (9.091%) Computer Science
2 2 (9.091%) SystemC
2 2 (9.091%) VHDL
2 2 (9.091%) Verilog
2 2 (9.091%) ASIC
3 1 (4.545%) Handset
Operating Systems
1 4 (18.18%) Linux
2 1 (4.545%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (36.36%) Validation
2 6 (27.27%) System Testing
2 6 (27.27%) Unit Testing
3 5 (22.73%) Digital Signal Processing
3 5 (22.73%) Signal Processing
4 4 (18.18%) Embedded Software Development
4 4 (18.18%) Software Engineering
5 2 (9.091%) Project Management
6 1 (4.545%) Test Strategy
6 1 (4.545%) Automation Testing
6 1 (4.545%) Waterfall
6 1 (4.545%) Test Automation
6 1 (4.545%) Fault Management
6 1 (4.545%) Manual Testing
Programming Languages
1 19 (86.36%) C
2 10 (45.45%) Embedded C
3 9 (40.91%) MATLAB
4 7 (31.82%) Python
5 6 (27.27%) C++
5 6 (27.27%) Perl
6 5 (22.73%) Assembly Language
7 3 (13.64%) Embedded C++
7 3 (13.64%) PowerHouse
Qualifications
1 9 (40.91%) Degree
2 3 (13.64%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (18.18%) JTAG
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
You… As a triumphant Software Engineer you'll be expected to have worked on 2G, 3G and LTE systems... Technical Skills… * Embedded C/C * C++ Programming * Real Time...
Jam Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £30000.00 - £60000.00 per annum + Excellebt Benefits
Posted: 17 June 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Technical Skills… *Embedded C *C++ Programming *Real Time System Design *Wireless communication *2G - 3G - LTE The new role of Software Engineer offers a great deal of diversity working...
Jam Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £30000.00 - £60000.00 per annum + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 17 June 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
You will play a key part developing and optimising DSP algorithms in applications such as video and audio codecs, 3G, LTE and VoIP; with the chance to become...
Technical Futures
Salary: From £35,000 to £50,000 per annum Excellent Package with Shares
Posted: 18 June 2013
Cambridge, East Anglia
Summary: DSP algorithms, C, Assembler, 3G, wireless, VoIP, multimedia, Cambridge, to £60k + benefits.Global company with UK based design centres focussed on developing IC cores. This is a...
ECM Selection Ltd
Salary: to £55k
Posted: 22 May 2013