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

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
2G
Rank 139 130 142
Rank change year-on-year
-9 +12
Permanent jobs citing 2G 6 14 13
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire 0.226% 0.493% 0.429%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.274% 2.697% 1.973%
Number of salaries quoted 3 11 13
Average salary £33,500 £40,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-16.25% +6.66%
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year
-5.55% -
All Communications & Networking
Cambridgeshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
471 519 659
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire 17.73% 18.29% 21.75%
Number of salaries quoted 369 434 571
Average salary £37,500 £40,000 £36,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.25% +9.58%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £30,000 £29,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £57,500 £54,000
UK excluding London average salary £39,750 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-0.62% +6.66%
2G
East of England

2G
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cambridgeshire 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 Cambridgeshire region.

Cambridgeshire 2G Salary Trend

2G
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing 2G within the Cambridgeshire region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Cambridge -11 2 - -
Peterborough - 2 £33,500 -
2G
East of England

2G
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cambridgeshire 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 15 (100.00%) 3G
2 14 (93.33%) C
2 14 (93.33%) Degree
3 13 (86.67%) Validation
4 12 (80.00%) Python
4 12 (80.00%) GSM
4 12 (80.00%) WCDMA
5 11 (73.33%) Unit Testing
5 11 (73.33%) System Testing
5 11 (73.33%) HSPA
6 10 (66.67%) Perl
7 4 (26.67%) Embedded C
8 3 (20.00%) GPRS
8 3 (20.00%) UMTS
9 2 (13.33%) Regression Testing
9 2 (13.33%) LabVIEW
9 2 (13.33%) Anite
9 2 (13.33%) Software Testing
9 2 (13.33%) Windows XP
9 2 (13.33%) Windows
9 2 (13.33%) C++
9 2 (13.33%) Microsoft
9 2 (13.33%) Project Management
9 2 (13.33%) Mobile App
9 2 (13.33%) Test Automation
9 2 (13.33%) Windows 7
9 2 (13.33%) Test Management
9 2 (13.33%) Marketing
9 2 (13.33%) ZigBee
10 1 (6.667%) LTE

2G
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cambridgeshire 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 15 (100.00%) 3G
2 12 (80.00%) GSM
2 12 (80.00%) WCDMA
3 11 (73.33%) HSPA
4 3 (20.00%) UMTS
4 3 (20.00%) GPRS
5 2 (13.33%) ZigBee
6 1 (6.667%) Wireless
6 1 (6.667%) WiMAX
6 1 (6.667%) TCP/IP
6 1 (6.667%) LTE
Development Applications
1 2 (13.33%) LabVIEW
General
1 2 (13.33%) Marketing
2 1 (6.667%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 11 (73.33%) Development Engineer
1 11 (73.33%) Senior Development Engineer
2 3 (20.00%) Software Engineer
3 2 (13.33%) Test Engineer
3 2 (13.33%) Software Test Engineer
4 1 (6.667%) Network Support
4 1 (6.667%) DSP Engineer
4 1 (6.667%) DSP Software Engineer
4 1 (6.667%) Senior Software Engineer
4 1 (6.667%) Network Support Engineer
4 1 (6.667%) Network Engineer
4 1 (6.667%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (13.33%) Mobile App
2 1 (6.667%) CCTV
2 1 (6.667%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 2 (13.33%) Windows
1 2 (13.33%) Windows XP
1 2 (13.33%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (86.67%) Validation
2 11 (73.33%) Unit Testing
2 11 (73.33%) System Testing
3 2 (13.33%) Test Automation
3 2 (13.33%) Test Management
3 2 (13.33%) Project Management
3 2 (13.33%) Regression Testing
3 2 (13.33%) Software Testing
4 1 (6.667%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 14 (93.33%) C
2 12 (80.00%) Python
3 10 (66.67%) Perl
4 4 (26.67%) Embedded C
5 2 (13.33%) C++
6 1 (6.667%) Assembly Language
Qualifications
1 14 (93.33%) Degree
Vendors
1 2 (13.33%) Microsoft
1 2 (13.33%) Anite
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