The first table below looks at the demand for 3G skills in IT jobs advertised for the Cambridgeshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited 3G over the 3 months to 24 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
3G
Rank 128 117 85
Rank change year-on-year
-11 -32
Permanent jobs citing 3G 11 34 63
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire 0.428% 1.182% 2.103%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.461% 6.476% 10.02%
Number of salaries quoted 6 31 62
Average salary £50,000 £42,500 £41,250
Average salary % change year-on-year
+17.64% +3.03%
90% offered a salary of more than £33,500 £37,500 £33,500
10% offered a salary of more than £56,250 £45,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £47,500 £42,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year
+11.76% -
All Communications & Networking
Cambridgeshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
447 525 629
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire 17.41% 18.25% 20.99%
Number of salaries quoted 356 445 542
Average salary £37,500 £40,000 £37,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.25% +8.10%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £30,000 £29,500
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
East of England

3G
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cambridgeshire 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 Cambridgeshire region.

Cambridgeshire 3G Salary Trend

3G
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing 3G across the Cambridgeshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Cambridgeshire 3G Salary Histogram

3G
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing 3G within the Cambridgeshire region over the 3 months to 24 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 -20 8 £50,000 +17.64%
Peterborough - 2 £33,500 -
3G
East of England

3G
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cambridgeshire 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 20 (83.33%) C
2 13 (54.17%) 2G
2 13 (54.17%) Degree
3 12 (50.00%) Validation
3 12 (50.00%) WCDMA
4 11 (45.83%) GSM
4 11 (45.83%) Python
5 10 (41.67%) LTE
6 9 (37.50%) System Testing
6 9 (37.50%) HSPA
6 9 (37.50%) Embedded C
6 9 (37.50%) Wireless
6 9 (37.50%) Unit Testing
7 8 (33.33%) C++
7 8 (33.33%) Perl
7 8 (33.33%) 3GPP
8 6 (25.00%) UMTS
9 5 (20.83%) MATLAB
9 5 (20.83%) OFDM
9 5 (20.83%) MIMO
9 5 (20.83%) Digital Signal Processing
9 5 (20.83%) Signal Processing
10 4 (16.67%) Project Management
10 4 (16.67%) GPRS
10 4 (16.67%) Linux
10 4 (16.67%) Software Engineering
11 3 (12.50%) WiMAX
11 3 (12.50%) Manufacturing
11 3 (12.50%) PhD
11 3 (12.50%) Microsoft

3G
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cambridgeshire 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 (4.167%) .NET Framework
1 1 (4.167%) .NET
1 1 (4.167%) .NET Compact Framework
Application Platforms
1 1 (4.167%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (4.167%) MS Office
1 1 (4.167%) Spreadsheet
Communications & Networking
1 13 (54.17%) 2G
2 12 (50.00%) WCDMA
3 11 (45.83%) GSM
4 10 (41.67%) LTE
5 9 (37.50%) HSPA
5 9 (37.50%) Wireless
6 8 (33.33%) 3GPP
7 6 (25.00%) UMTS
8 5 (20.83%) OFDM
8 5 (20.83%) MIMO
9 4 (16.67%) GPRS
10 3 (12.50%) WiMAX
10 3 (12.50%) 4G
11 2 (8.333%) ZigBee
12 1 (4.167%) TETRA
12 1 (4.167%) WLAN
12 1 (4.167%) Ethernet
12 1 (4.167%) TCP/IP
12 1 (4.167%) Bluetooth
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.167%) SQL Server
1 1 (4.167%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 2 (8.333%) LabVIEW
General
1 3 (12.50%) Manufacturing
2 1 (4.167%) Portuguese Language
2 1 (4.167%) Spanish Language
2 1 (4.167%) Marketing
2 1 (4.167%) Electronics
2 1 (4.167%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 9 (37.50%) Development Engineer
1 9 (37.50%) Senior Development Engineer
2 6 (25.00%) Software Engineer
3 4 (16.67%) DSP Engineer
4 3 (12.50%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 3 (12.50%) Test Engineer
5 2 (8.333%) Architect
5 2 (8.333%) Support Engineer
5 2 (8.333%) Software Test Engineer
5 2 (8.333%) Wireless Architect
5 2 (8.333%) Principal Architect
6 1 (4.167%) DSP Software Engineer
6 1 (4.167%) Technical Engineer
6 1 (4.167%) Systems Test Engineer
6 1 (4.167%) Network Support
6 1 (4.167%) Senior Software Engineer
6 1 (4.167%) Network Support Engineer
6 1 (4.167%) Technical Support Engineer
6 1 (4.167%) Developer
6 1 (4.167%) Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (8.333%) Mobile App
1 2 (8.333%) SystemC
1 2 (8.333%) ASIC
1 2 (8.333%) VHDL
1 2 (8.333%) Verilog
1 2 (8.333%) Computer Science
2 1 (4.167%) CCTV
Operating Systems
1 4 (16.67%) Linux
2 2 (8.333%) Windows 7
2 2 (8.333%) Windows XP
2 2 (8.333%) Windows
3 1 (4.167%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (50.00%) Validation
2 9 (37.50%) System Testing
2 9 (37.50%) Unit Testing
3 5 (20.83%) Digital Signal Processing
3 5 (20.83%) Signal Processing
4 4 (16.67%) Project Management
4 4 (16.67%) Software Engineering
5 3 (12.50%) Embedded Software Development
5 3 (12.50%) Test Automation
6 2 (8.333%) Regression Testing
6 2 (8.333%) Software Testing
6 2 (8.333%) Test Management
7 1 (4.167%) Fault Management
7 1 (4.167%) Manual Testing
7 1 (4.167%) B2B
7 1 (4.167%) Test Strategy
7 1 (4.167%) Automation Testing
7 1 (4.167%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 20 (83.33%) C
2 11 (45.83%) Python
3 9 (37.50%) Embedded C
4 8 (33.33%) C++
4 8 (33.33%) Perl
5 5 (20.83%) MATLAB
6 3 (12.50%) Embedded C++
6 3 (12.50%) PowerHouse
7 1 (4.167%) Assembly Language
Qualifications
1 13 (54.17%) Degree
2 3 (12.50%) PhD
3 1 (4.167%) SC Cleared
3 1 (4.167%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 3 (12.50%) Microsoft
2 1 (4.167%) Anite
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