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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
2G
Rank 253 236 250
Rank change year-on-year
-17 +14
Permanent jobs citing 2G 11 31 28
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the East of England 0.133% 0.356% 0.293%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.628% 1.936% 1.514%
Number of salaries quoted 8 24 27
Average salary £46,250 £45,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.77% +12.50%
90% offered a salary of more than £33,500 £37,500 £35,000
10% offered a salary of more than £57,500 £50,000 £52,900
UK excluding London average salary £44,500 £45,000 £51,500
% change year-on-year
-1.11% -12.62%
All Communications & Networking
East of England
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
1752 1601 1849
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the East of England 21.20% 18.40% 19.38%
Number of salaries quoted 1404 1286 1483
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
90% offered a salary of more than £28,000 £27,616 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £55,000 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
2G
England

2G
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East of England 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 East of England region.

East of England 2G Salary Trend

2G
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing 2G across the East of England region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

East of England 2G Salary Histogram

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 East of England 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
Bedfordshire -11 6 £55,000 +10.00%
Cambridgeshire +3 5 £33,500 -16.25%
2G
England

2G
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the East of England 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 27 (100.00%) 3G
2 18 (66.67%) Degree
3 15 (55.56%) C
4 14 (51.85%) GSM
4 14 (51.85%) Telecoms
5 11 (40.74%) Validation
5 11 (40.74%) Python
6 10 (37.04%) WCDMA
7 9 (33.33%) Perl
7 9 (33.33%) Unit Testing
7 9 (33.33%) HSPA
7 9 (33.33%) System Testing
8 7 (25.93%) C++
8 7 (25.93%) GPRS
8 7 (25.93%) Computer Science
9 6 (22.22%) Windows
9 6 (22.22%) LTE
10 5 (18.52%) Ethernet
10 5 (18.52%) 2.5G
10 5 (18.52%) Wireless
11 4 (14.81%) Change Management
11 4 (14.81%) Requirements Analysis
11 4 (14.81%) ISO 9000
11 4 (14.81%) UTRAN
11 4 (14.81%) OO
11 4 (14.81%) Postgraduate
11 4 (14.81%) 3GPP
11 4 (14.81%) Performance Management
12 3 (11.11%) 4G
12 3 (11.11%) UMTS

2G
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the East of England 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.

Application Development
1 2 (7.407%) HTML
Applications
1 2 (7.407%) XMetaL
1 2 (7.407%) FrameMaker
1 2 (7.407%) MS Excel
1 2 (7.407%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 27 (100.00%) 3G
2 14 (51.85%) GSM
3 10 (37.04%) WCDMA
4 9 (33.33%) HSPA
5 7 (25.93%) GPRS
6 6 (22.22%) LTE
7 5 (18.52%) Ethernet
7 5 (18.52%) 2.5G
7 5 (18.52%) Wireless
8 4 (14.81%) UTRAN
8 4 (14.81%) 3GPP
9 3 (11.11%) 4G
9 3 (11.11%) UMTS
10 2 (7.407%) ZigBee
10 2 (7.407%) TCP/IP
10 2 (7.407%) Radio Access Network
11 1 (3.704%) WAN
11 1 (3.704%) LAN
11 1 (3.704%) SDH
11 1 (3.704%) WiMAX
Development Applications
1 2 (7.407%) LabVIEW
1 2 (7.407%) XMLSpy
General
1 14 (51.85%) Telecoms
2 3 (11.11%) Marketing
3 2 (7.407%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 9 (33.33%) Development Engineer
1 9 (33.33%) Senior Development Engineer
2 4 (14.81%) Software Engineer
3 3 (11.11%) Software Team Leader
3 3 (11.11%) Team Leader
3 3 (11.11%) Technical Leader
3 3 (11.11%) C++ Team Leader
3 3 (11.11%) Test Engineer
4 2 (7.407%) Senior Software Engineer
4 2 (7.407%) Software Test Engineer
4 2 (7.407%) Technical Writer
4 2 (7.407%) Senior Technical Author
4 2 (7.407%) Senior Technical Writer
4 2 (7.407%) Author
4 2 (7.407%) Technical Author
5 1 (3.704%) Network Engineer
5 1 (3.704%) Support Engineer
5 1 (3.704%) Network Support
5 1 (3.704%) DSP Engineer
5 1 (3.704%) DSP Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 7 (25.93%) Computer Science
2 2 (7.407%) Mobile App
3 1 (3.704%) CCTV
3 1 (3.704%) Handset
Operating Systems
1 6 (22.22%) Windows
2 2 (7.407%) Windows XP
2 2 (7.407%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (40.74%) Validation
2 9 (33.33%) Unit Testing
2 9 (33.33%) System Testing
3 4 (14.81%) Change Management
3 4 (14.81%) Requirements Analysis
3 4 (14.81%) OO
3 4 (14.81%) Performance Management
4 2 (7.407%) Regression Testing
4 2 (7.407%) Content Management
4 2 (7.407%) Software Testing
4 2 (7.407%) Project Management
4 2 (7.407%) Test Management
4 2 (7.407%) Manual Testing
4 2 (7.407%) Test Automation
4 2 (7.407%) Change Control
5 1 (3.704%) User Acceptance Testing
5 1 (3.704%) Network Planning
5 1 (3.704%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 15 (55.56%) C
2 11 (40.74%) Python
3 9 (33.33%) Perl
4 7 (25.93%) C++
5 3 (11.11%) Embedded C
6 1 (3.704%) Java
6 1 (3.704%) Assembly Language
6 1 (3.704%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 18 (66.67%) Degree
2 4 (14.81%) Postgraduate
3 2 (7.407%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (14.81%) ISO 9000
2 3 (11.11%) SLA
3 2 (7.407%) ISO 9001
Vendors
1 3 (11.11%) Cramer
2 2 (7.407%) Microsoft
2 2 (7.407%) Nokia
2 2 (7.407%) Siemens
2 2 (7.407%) Nokia Siemens Networks
3 1 (3.704%) Anite
South Cambridgeshire, East Anglia
Summary: LTE Test Engineer, 2G/3G/LTE experience needed, growing company, South Cambs, to £highly competitive + benefits... With a good degree in Electronics or Communications Engineering, Computing, Physics,...
ECM Selection Ltd
Salary: to £highly competitive + benefits
Posted: 26 April 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
We are part of the larger BlackBerry Cellular Technologies group, which provides support across the whole range of current and future wireless standards (2G, 2.5G, EDGE, evolved...
Blackberry
Salary: Competitive Salary + Bonus + Benefits
Posted: 22 May 2013
Cambridge
Customer Support Engineer - Client-facing; Ethernet / Network / Wireless; Communications; On-call; International Travel... Requirements: - Degree qualified in a relevant subject (Computer Science / Electronics or similar). - Experience in setting...
ECM Selection Ltd
Salary: £0 - £50,000 per year
Posted: 26 April 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 May 2013