The first table below looks at the demand for LTE skills in IT jobs advertised for the Cambridge region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited LTE over the 3 months to 17 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
3GPP Long Term Evolution (LTE)
Rank 107 116 113
Rank change year-on-year
+9 -3
Permanent jobs citing LTE 20 9 11
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cambridge 1.063% 0.455% 0.504%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 5.747% 2.459% 2.321%
Number of salaries quoted 6 6 11
Average salary £51,250 £45,000 £55,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+13.88% -18.18%
90% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £44,500 £42,500
10% offered a salary of more than £57,500 £45,000 £57,500
UK excluding London average salary £52,500 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year
+16.66% -
All Communications & Networking
Cambridge
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
348 366 474
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cambridge 18.49% 18.49% 21.73%
Number of salaries quoted 264 298 420
Average salary £39,750 £40,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-0.62% +6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,500 £32,000 £30,000
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%
LTE
Cambridgeshire

LTE
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cambridge LTE Jobs Demand Trend

LTE
Salary Trend

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

Cambridge LTE Salary Trend

LTE
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cambridge region citing LTE 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 LTE.

1 33 (86.84%) 3GPP
2 29 (76.32%) Degree
3 18 (47.37%) WCDMA
4 16 (42.11%) GPRS
4 16 (42.11%) GSM
4 16 (42.11%) Software Engineering
5 14 (36.84%) Telecoms
6 12 (31.58%) Wireless
6 12 (31.58%) Validation
6 12 (31.58%) Anite
7 10 (26.32%) Business Development
8 9 (23.68%) C
8 9 (23.68%) 3G
9 8 (21.05%) C++
10 7 (18.42%) UMTS
11 6 (15.79%) Embedded C
12 5 (13.16%) MATLAB
12 5 (13.16%) VHDL
12 5 (13.16%) Verilog
12 5 (13.16%) Digital Signal Processing
12 5 (13.16%) Signal Processing
12 5 (13.16%) SystemC
12 5 (13.16%) OFDM
12 5 (13.16%) MIMO
13 4 (10.53%) Competitor Analysis
13 4 (10.53%) 4G
14 3 (7.895%) WiMAX
14 3 (7.895%) Electronics
14 3 (7.895%) PowerHouse
14 3 (7.895%) Manufacturing

LTE
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cambridge region citing LTE 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 LTE. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking
1 33 (86.84%) 3GPP
2 18 (47.37%) WCDMA
3 16 (42.11%) GPRS
3 16 (42.11%) GSM
4 12 (31.58%) Wireless
5 9 (23.68%) 3G
6 7 (18.42%) UMTS
7 5 (13.16%) OFDM
7 5 (13.16%) MIMO
8 4 (10.53%) 4G
9 3 (7.895%) WiMAX
10 2 (5.263%) NGN
10 2 (5.263%) GGSN
10 2 (5.263%) SGSN
10 2 (5.263%) HSDPA
11 1 (2.632%) 2G
General
1 14 (36.84%) Telecoms
2 3 (7.895%) Manufacturing
2 3 (7.895%) Electronics
3 1 (2.632%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 16 (42.11%) Software Engineer
2 12 (31.58%) Verification Engineer
3 10 (26.32%) Business Manager
3 10 (26.32%) Development Manager
3 10 (26.32%) Business Development Manager
4 9 (23.68%) Senior Manager
4 9 (23.68%) Senior Business Development Manager
4 9 (23.68%) Senior Business Manager
4 9 (23.68%) Senior Development Manager
5 4 (10.53%) DSP Engineer
6 3 (7.895%) Embedded Software Engineer
6 3 (7.895%) Design Engineer
6 3 (7.895%) FPGA Engineer
6 3 (7.895%) Senior FPGA Engineer
6 3 (7.895%) Senior Design Engineer
6 3 (7.895%) FPGA Design Engineer
7 2 (5.263%) Wireless Architect
7 2 (5.263%) Principal Architect
7 2 (5.263%) Architect
8 1 (2.632%) Senior Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (13.16%) VHDL
1 5 (13.16%) Verilog
1 5 (13.16%) SystemC
2 3 (7.895%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
3 2 (5.263%) ASIC
Operating Systems
1 3 (7.895%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (42.11%) Software Engineering
2 12 (31.58%) Validation
3 10 (26.32%) Business Development
4 5 (13.16%) Digital Signal Processing
4 5 (13.16%) Signal Processing
5 4 (10.53%) Competitor Analysis
6 3 (7.895%) Embedded Software Development
7 1 (2.632%) Product Marketing
Programming Languages
1 9 (23.68%) C
2 8 (21.05%) C++
3 6 (15.79%) Embedded C
4 5 (13.16%) MATLAB
5 3 (7.895%) PowerHouse
5 3 (7.895%) Embedded C++
6 1 (2.632%) Assembly Language
Qualifications
1 29 (76.32%) Degree
2 3 (7.895%) PhD
Vendors
1 12 (31.58%) Anite
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Embedded software development is predominantly in C and Assembly programming with scripting using Python, Perl and Tcl... Desirables include processors, CPUs, real-time performance, cache memory systems, device...
ENTERPRISE RECRUITMENT LTD
Salary: From £30,000 to £70,000 per annum excellent benefits
Posted: 13 May 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Wireless embedded systems development and debugging. - C / C++ programming in a real-time environment. - Linux / Unix development... Desirables include processors, CPUs, real-time performance, cache memory systems, device...
ENTERPRISE RECRUITMENT LTD
Salary: £48000 to £65000 per annum - excellent package
Posted: 13 May 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Any of EUTRA/LTE/GRPS/EDGE/UMTS/HSPA, WIMAX, Wifi, DECT, BT, CDMA, ISDN, TCP/UDP/RCP/IP, Ethernet, ADSL, etc. - Experience of programming in C/C++/C#... -...
Blackberry
Salary: Competitive + Comprehensive Bonus + Benefits
Posted: 22 April 2013