The first table below looks at the demand for 3GPP 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 3GPP over the 3 months to 21 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP)
Rank 237 209 212
Rank change year-on-year
-28 +3
Permanent jobs citing 3GPP 25 61 58
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the East of England 0.301% 0.696% 0.618%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.399% 3.798% 3.122%
Number of salaries quoted 13 42 58
Average salary £55,000 £45,000 £55,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+22.22% -18.18%
90% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £37,750 £35,000
10% offered a salary of more than £59,500 £54,750 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £55,000 £45,000 £51,500
% change year-on-year
+22.22% -12.62%
All Communications & Networking
East of England
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
1787 1606 1858
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the East of England 21.54% 18.32% 19.81%
Number of salaries quoted 1442 1281 1502
Average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
90% offered a salary of more than £28,000 £27,581 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £55,000 £54,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
3GPP
England

3GPP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East of England 3GPP Jobs Demand Trend

3GPP
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing 3GPP across the East of England region.

East of England 3GPP Salary Trend

3GPP
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing 3GPP within the East of England region over the 3 months to 21 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
Cambridgeshire +17 16 £50,000 +25.00%
Bedfordshire -32 8 £55,000 +10.00%
3GPP
England

3GPP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the East of England region citing 3GPP 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 3GPP.

1 40 (76.92%) LTE
2 33 (63.46%) Degree
3 25 (48.08%) Telecoms
4 21 (40.38%) Wireless
5 19 (36.54%) GPRS
5 19 (36.54%) GSM
6 16 (30.77%) Software Engineering
7 15 (28.85%) C++
8 14 (26.92%) 3G
8 14 (26.92%) WCDMA
9 13 (25.00%) C
10 11 (21.15%) Validation
10 11 (21.15%) Anite
11 10 (19.23%) MATLAB
12 9 (17.31%) Requirements Analysis
12 9 (17.31%) Business Development
13 8 (15.38%) Performance Management
13 8 (15.38%) Change Management
13 8 (15.38%) 2.5G
13 8 (15.38%) UTRAN
13 8 (15.38%) ISO 9000
13 8 (15.38%) Embedded C
13 8 (15.38%) OO
13 8 (15.38%) Windows
14 7 (13.46%) UMTS
15 6 (11.54%) OFDM
15 6 (11.54%) Signal Processing
15 6 (11.54%) Python
15 6 (11.54%) Perl
16 5 (9.615%) ClearCase

3GPP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the East of England region citing 3GPP 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 3GPP. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 1 (1.923%) Apache
Communications & Networking
1 40 (76.92%) LTE
2 21 (40.38%) Wireless
3 19 (36.54%) GPRS
3 19 (36.54%) GSM
4 14 (26.92%) 3G
4 14 (26.92%) WCDMA
5 8 (15.38%) 2.5G
5 8 (15.38%) UTRAN
6 7 (13.46%) UMTS
7 6 (11.54%) OFDM
8 5 (9.615%) 4G
8 5 (9.615%) MIMO
9 4 (7.692%) 2G
10 2 (3.846%) GGSN
10 2 (3.846%) SGSN
10 2 (3.846%) NGN
10 2 (3.846%) HSDPA
10 2 (3.846%) WiMAX
11 1 (1.923%) Internet
11 1 (1.923%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.923%) MySQL
1 1 (1.923%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 5 (9.615%) ClearCase
2 3 (5.769%) ClearQuest
General
1 25 (48.08%) Telecoms
2 3 (5.769%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 15 (28.85%) Software Engineer
2 11 (21.15%) Verification Engineer
3 9 (17.31%) Development Manager
3 9 (17.31%) Senior Manager
3 9 (17.31%) Business Development Manager
3 9 (17.31%) Business Manager
3 9 (17.31%) Senior Business Manager
3 9 (17.31%) Senior Business Development Manager
3 9 (17.31%) Senior Development Manager
4 7 (13.46%) Team Leader
4 7 (13.46%) C++ Team Leader
5 6 (11.54%) Test Engineer
6 5 (9.615%) Architect
7 4 (7.692%) Development Team Leader
7 4 (7.692%) DSP Engineer
8 3 (5.769%) Embedded Software Engineer
8 3 (5.769%) Software Team Leader
8 3 (5.769%) Senior Architect
9 2 (3.846%) Principal Architect
9 2 (3.846%) Wireless Architect
Miscellaneous
1 5 (9.615%) Handset
1 5 (9.615%) Computer Science
2 3 (5.769%) VHDL
3 2 (3.846%) SystemC
3 2 (3.846%) Verilog
3 2 (3.846%) ASIC
Operating Systems
1 8 (15.38%) Windows
2 4 (7.692%) Linux
3 1 (1.923%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (30.77%) Software Engineering
2 11 (21.15%) Validation
3 9 (17.31%) Requirements Analysis
3 9 (17.31%) Business Development
4 8 (15.38%) Performance Management
4 8 (15.38%) Change Management
4 8 (15.38%) OO
5 6 (11.54%) Signal Processing
6 5 (9.615%) TDD
6 5 (9.615%) Digital Signal Processing
7 4 (7.692%) Competitor Analysis
7 4 (7.692%) Embedded Software Development
8 2 (3.846%) Agile Software Development
9 1 (1.923%) Network Design
9 1 (1.923%) Matrix Management
9 1 (1.923%) Network Management
9 1 (1.923%) Integration Testing
9 1 (1.923%) Multithreading
Programming Languages
1 15 (28.85%) C++
2 13 (25.00%) C
3 10 (19.23%) MATLAB
4 8 (15.38%) Embedded C
5 6 (11.54%) Python
5 6 (11.54%) Perl
6 4 (7.692%) Embedded C++
7 3 (5.769%) PowerHouse
8 1 (1.923%) Assembly Language
8 1 (1.923%) Java
8 1 (1.923%) PHP
8 1 (1.923%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 33 (63.46%) Degree
2 4 (7.692%) Postgraduate
3 3 (5.769%) PhD
4 1 (1.923%) CCNA
4 1 (1.923%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (15.38%) ISO 9000
Vendors
1 11 (21.15%) Anite
2 1 (1.923%) Cisco
2 1 (1.923%) Oracle
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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
Hertfordshire, South East
You will have the opportunity to work on market leading wireless, cellular and connectivity standards (WLAN, 80211AC, LTE, LTE-Advanced, HSPA+) on the company's innovative and technically...
Questor Resourcing
Salary: Competitive upon experience
Posted: 21 May 2013
Stevenage, Hertfordshire
You will have the opportunity to work on market leading wireless, cellular and connectivity standards (WLAN, 80211AC, LTE, LTE-Advanced, and HSPA+) on our client's innovative and...
Connectus
Salary: £45000 - £65000 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013
Bedfordshire
Mandatory technical skills for this role are: C++, UMTS, Layer 2 & 3 Exp... Use of configuration and change management methods... Software design and development using C++ (> 5 yrs)...
Firway Consulting
Salary: Up to £55,000 per annum Circa £55k + Substantial Large Company Bens
Posted: 16 May 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
We will consider candidates with experience of telecommunications networks (LTE, VoLTE) for a Telecoms Senior Business Development Manager to become part of our thriving and talented team based...
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Posted: 19 May 2013