The first table below looks at the demand for 3GPP skills in IT jobs advertised for the Cambridge region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited 3GPP 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
3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP)
Rank 106 119 119
Rank change year-on-year
+13 0
Permanent jobs citing 3GPP 16 9 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cambridge 0.866% 0.450% 0.140%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 4.692% 2.446% 0.641%
Number of salaries quoted 4 9 3
Average salary £50,000 £40,000 £51,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+25.00% -22.33%
UK excluding London average salary £55,000 £45,000 £51,500
% change year-on-year
+22.22% -12.62%
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%
3GPP
Cambridgeshire

3GPP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cambridge 3GPP Jobs Demand Trend

3GPP
Salary Trend

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

Cambridge 3GPP Salary Trend

3GPP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cambridge region citing 3GPP 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 3GPP.

1 33 (100.00%) LTE
2 25 (75.76%) Degree
3 15 (45.45%) Software Engineering
4 14 (42.42%) WCDMA
5 13 (39.39%) Telecoms
6 12 (36.36%) Validation
6 12 (36.36%) Anite
6 12 (36.36%) GPRS
6 12 (36.36%) GSM
7 9 (27.27%) Business Development
8 8 (24.24%) Wireless
8 8 (24.24%) 3G
8 8 (24.24%) C
9 6 (18.18%) Embedded C
10 5 (15.15%) C++
10 5 (15.15%) MATLAB
10 5 (15.15%) OFDM
10 5 (15.15%) MIMO
10 5 (15.15%) Digital Signal Processing
10 5 (15.15%) Signal Processing
11 4 (12.12%) Competitor Analysis
12 3 (9.091%) Linux
12 3 (9.091%) PhD
12 3 (9.091%) Embedded C++
12 3 (9.091%) PowerHouse
12 3 (9.091%) UMTS
12 3 (9.091%) 4G
12 3 (9.091%) Manufacturing
12 3 (9.091%) Embedded Software Development
13 2 (6.061%) SystemC

3GPP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Communications & Networking
1 33 (100.00%) LTE
2 14 (42.42%) WCDMA
3 12 (36.36%) GPRS
3 12 (36.36%) GSM
4 8 (24.24%) 3G
4 8 (24.24%) Wireless
5 5 (15.15%) OFDM
5 5 (15.15%) MIMO
6 3 (9.091%) UMTS
6 3 (9.091%) 4G
7 2 (6.061%) HSDPA
7 2 (6.061%) WiMAX
7 2 (6.061%) NGN
7 2 (6.061%) GGSN
7 2 (6.061%) SGSN
General
1 13 (39.39%) Telecoms
2 3 (9.091%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 15 (45.45%) Software Engineer
2 12 (36.36%) Verification Engineer
3 9 (27.27%) Senior Development Manager
3 9 (27.27%) Development Manager
3 9 (27.27%) Senior Manager
3 9 (27.27%) Business Development Manager
3 9 (27.27%) Business Manager
3 9 (27.27%) Senior Business Development Manager
3 9 (27.27%) Senior Business Manager
4 3 (9.091%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 3 (9.091%) DSP Engineer
5 2 (6.061%) Principal Architect
5 2 (6.061%) Wireless Architect
5 2 (6.061%) Architect
Miscellaneous
1 2 (6.061%) ASIC
1 2 (6.061%) VHDL
1 2 (6.061%) Verilog
1 2 (6.061%) SystemC
Operating Systems
1 3 (9.091%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (45.45%) Software Engineering
2 12 (36.36%) Validation
3 9 (27.27%) Business Development
4 5 (15.15%) Digital Signal Processing
4 5 (15.15%) Signal Processing
5 4 (12.12%) Competitor Analysis
6 3 (9.091%) Embedded Software Development
Programming Languages
1 8 (24.24%) C
2 6 (18.18%) Embedded C
3 5 (15.15%) C++
3 5 (15.15%) MATLAB
4 3 (9.091%) Embedded C++
4 3 (9.091%) PowerHouse
Qualifications
1 25 (75.76%) Degree
2 3 (9.091%) PhD
Vendors
1 12 (36.36%) Anite
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