Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for Wideband Code Division Multiple Access (W-CDMA) skills within the Cambridgeshire region with a comparison to our Communications & Networking category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited WCDMA over the 3 months to 8 January 2009 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkWideband Code Division Multiple Access (W-CDMA)
Location
3 months to
8 Jan 2009
Same period last year
Rank122117
Rank change on same period last yearDown-5
Matching permanent IT job ads640
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.005 %0.020 %
As % of the category below1.031 %5.063 %
Salaries quoted624
Average minimum salary£43,333£38,542
Average salary£50,833£43,750
% change on same period last year+16.19 %
Average maximum salary£58,333£48,958
UK excluding London average salary£43,542£36,287
% change on same period last year+19.99 %
Cambridgeshire IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
Cambridgeshire
Matching permanent IT job ads582790
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.503 %0.403 %
Salaries quoted501657
Average minimum salary£36,993£33,574
Average salary£40,591£38,130
% change on same period last year+6.45 %
Average maximum salary£44,190£42,687
UK excluding London average salary£37,509£37,921
% change on same period last year-1.08 %
WCDMA East of EnglandWCDMA
East of England

WCDMA
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing WCDMA across the Cambridgeshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

Cambridgeshire WCDMA Demand Trend

WCDMA
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing WCDMA across the Cambridgeshire region.

Cambridgeshire WCDMA Salary Trend

WCDMA
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing WCDMA across the Cambridgeshire region over the 3 months to 8 January 2009.

Cambridgeshire WCDMA Salary Histogram

WCDMA
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing WCDMA within the Cambridgeshire region over the 3 months to 8 January 2009. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
CambridgeDown-21£42,500-3.77 %
WCDMA East of EnglandWCDMA
East of England

WCDMA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 8 January 2009, IT jobs across the Cambridgeshire region citing WCDMA 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 WCDMA.

111 (73.33 %)C
111 (73.33 %)MIMO
210 (66.67 %)OFDM
210 (66.67 %)LTE
210 (66.67 %)C++
210 (66.67 %)3GPP
210 (66.67 %)Wireless
210 (66.67 %)WiMAX
38 (53.33 %)Wi-Fi
47 (46.67 %)MATLAB
47 (46.67 %)UMTS
47 (46.67 %)UTRAN
54 (26.67 %)GSM
54 (26.67 %)Degree
63 (20.00 %)Field-Programmable Gate Array
63 (20.00 %)HSPA
63 (20.00 %)Linux
63 (20.00 %)Telecoms
72 (13.33 %)PhD
72 (13.33 %)Perl
72 (13.33 %)Windows
72 (13.33 %)Configuration Management
81 (6.667 %)VoIP
81 (6.667 %)CCNA
81 (6.667 %)Cisco Certification
81 (6.667 %)3G
81 (6.667 %)HNC
81 (6.667 %)HND
81 (6.667 %)UNIX
81 (6.667 %)Bluetooth

WCDMA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 8 January 2009, IT jobs across the Cambridgeshire region citing WCDMA 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 WCDMA. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Cambridgeshire IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
17 (46.67 %)MATLAB
Cambridgeshire IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
111 (73.33 %)MIMO
210 (66.67 %)LTE
210 (66.67 %)Wireless
210 (66.67 %)WiMAX
210 (66.67 %)OFDM
210 (66.67 %)3GPP
38 (53.33 %)Wi-Fi
47 (46.67 %)UMTS
47 (46.67 %)UTRAN
54 (26.67 %)GSM
63 (20.00 %)HSPA
71 (6.667 %)2G
71 (6.667 %)Bluetooth
71 (6.667 %)CDMA
71 (6.667 %)GPRS
71 (6.667 %)VoIP
71 (6.667 %)3G
Cambridgeshire IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
13 (20.00 %)Telecoms
21 (6.667 %)Electronics
Cambridgeshire IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
15 (33.33 %)Team Leader
23 (20.00 %)DSP Engineer
31 (6.667 %)Communications Engineer
31 (6.667 %)DSP Software Engineer
31 (6.667 %)GSM Engineer
31 (6.667 %)FPGA Engineer
31 (6.667 %)Principal Engineer
31 (6.667 %)RF Engineer
31 (6.667 %)Software Engineer
31 (6.667 %)Systems Engineer
31 (6.667 %)Technical Support
Cambridgeshire IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
13 (20.00 %)Field-Programmable Gate Array
21 (6.667 %)VHDL
Cambridgeshire IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
13 (20.00 %)Linux
22 (13.33 %)Windows
31 (6.667 %)UNIX
Cambridgeshire IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (13.33 %)Configuration Management
21 (6.667 %)Network Planning
21 (6.667 %)Software Engineering
Cambridgeshire IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
111 (73.33 %)C
210 (66.67 %)C++
32 (13.33 %)Perl
Cambridgeshire IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
14 (26.67 %)Degree
22 (13.33 %)PhD
31 (6.667 %)CCNA
31 (6.667 %)Cisco Certification
31 (6.667 %)HNC
31 (6.667 %)HND
Cambridgeshire IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (6.667 %)JTAG