The first table below looks at the demand for 2G skills in IT jobs advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited 2G over the 3 months to 20 June 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 England region.

Location
3 months to
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
2G
Rank 790 732 706
Rank change year-on-year
-58 -26
Permanent jobs citing 2G 61 132 155
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 0.059% 0.119% 0.127%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.307% 0.676% 0.776%
Number of salaries quoted 28 102 104
Average salary £50,000 £45,000 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+11.11% -
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £35,000 £35,000
10% offered a salary of more than £64,050 £72,250 £75,000
UK excluding London average salary £50,000 £45,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year
+11.11% -10.00%
All Communications & Networking
England
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
19840 19540 19976
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 19.22% 17.55% 16.37%
Number of salaries quoted 16142 16376 16729
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £40,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +4.93%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £27,500 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £64,000 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
2G
UK

2G
Jobs Demand Trend

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

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 England region.

England 2G Salary Trend

2G
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing 2G across the England region over the 3 months to 20 June 2013.

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 England region over the 3 months to 20 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
South East -35 34 £58,750 +38.23% 5
East of England -1 15 £55,000 +22.22% 3
London +9 7 £40,000 -36.00% 3
South West -1 2 £51,250 -2.38% 1
West Midlands - 1 £41,500 -
2G
UK

2G
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the 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.

1 136 (99.27%) 3G
2 97 (70.80%) Telecoms
3 63 (45.99%) GSM
4 60 (43.80%) LTE
5 54 (39.42%) 4G
6 46 (33.58%) Radio Access Network
7 45 (32.85%) Degree
8 38 (27.74%) WCDMA
9 25 (18.25%) Ethernet
10 24 (17.52%) UMTS
11 23 (16.79%) Network Design
12 22 (16.06%) C
12 22 (16.06%) Wireless
13 20 (14.60%) UNIX
13 20 (14.60%) Huawei
14 18 (13.14%) ATM
15 16 (11.68%) Cisco
15 16 (11.68%) Ericsson
15 16 (11.68%) Capacity Planning
16 15 (10.95%) Nokia Siemens Networks
16 15 (10.95%) SDH
16 15 (10.95%) GPRS
16 15 (10.95%) Linux
17 14 (10.22%) Python
18 13 (9.489%) Windows
18 13 (9.489%) Perl
18 13 (9.489%) VoIP
18 13 (9.489%) Performance Management
18 13 (9.489%) Network Planning
19 12 (8.759%) 2.5G

2G
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the 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 6 (4.380%) SOAP
2 5 (3.650%) WSH
3 4 (2.920%) HTML
4 3 (2.190%) XML
5 2 (1.460%) Web Services
5 2 (1.460%) soapUI
5 2 (1.460%) REST
6 1 (0.730%) STL
6 1 (0.730%) Boost C++ Libraries
Application Platforms
1 5 (3.650%) IIS
Applications
1 5 (3.650%) FrameMaker
1 5 (3.650%) Simulink
1 5 (3.650%) MS Excel
1 5 (3.650%) MS Visio
1 5 (3.650%) XMetaL
2 3 (2.190%) MS PowerPoint
3 2 (1.460%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.730%) Metrica
Communications & Networking
1 136 (99.27%) 3G
2 63 (45.99%) GSM
3 60 (43.80%) LTE
4 54 (39.42%) 4G
5 46 (33.58%) Radio Access Network
6 38 (27.74%) WCDMA
7 25 (18.25%) Ethernet
8 24 (17.52%) UMTS
9 22 (16.06%) Wireless
10 18 (13.14%) ATM
11 15 (10.95%) SDH
11 15 (10.95%) GPRS
12 13 (9.489%) VoIP
13 12 (8.759%) 2.5G
14 11 (8.029%) HSPA
15 10 (7.299%) NGN
16 9 (6.569%) Internet
16 9 (6.569%) MPLS
16 9 (6.569%) DNS
17 8 (5.839%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (3.650%) SQL Server
2 2 (1.460%) GIS
Development Applications
1 5 (3.650%) XMLSpy
2 3 (2.190%) LabVIEW
3 2 (1.460%) Selenium
3 2 (1.460%) JIRA
3 2 (1.460%) WebDriver
4 1 (0.730%) GCC
4 1 (0.730%) GDB
4 1 (0.730%) Rational DOORS
4 1 (0.730%) Trac
4 1 (0.730%) Subversion
General
1 97 (70.80%) Telecoms
2 7 (5.109%) Marketing
2 7 (5.109%) Finance
3 5 (3.650%) Electronics
4 4 (2.920%) Legal
4 4 (2.920%) Spanish Language
5 2 (1.460%) French Language
6 1 (0.730%) Back Office
6 1 (0.730%) Czech Language
6 1 (0.730%) Billing
6 1 (0.730%) Military
Job Titles
1 15 (10.95%) RAN Engineer
2 12 (8.759%) Customer Engineer
3 11 (8.029%) Software Engineer
4 9 (6.569%) Transmission Engineer
5 8 (5.839%) Test Engineer
5 8 (5.839%) Performance Engineer
5 8 (5.839%) Transmission Planning Engineer
5 8 (5.839%) Development Engineer
5 8 (5.839%) Radio Engineer
6 7 (5.109%) Project Manager
6 7 (5.109%) Senior Development Engineer
6 7 (5.109%) DSP Engineer
7 6 (4.380%) Technical Leader
7 6 (4.380%) Test Leader
7 6 (4.380%) Systems Engineer
8 5 (3.650%) Administrator
8 5 (3.650%) Author
8 5 (3.650%) Technical Author
8 5 (3.650%) Systems Administrator
8 5 (3.650%) Technical Writer
Miscellaneous
1 9 (6.569%) Clustering
2 7 (5.109%) Computer Science
3 5 (3.650%) Embedded Systems
4 4 (2.920%) Mobile App
5 3 (2.190%) Device Driver
6 2 (1.460%) Handset
6 2 (1.460%) iPhone
6 2 (1.460%) Management Information System
6 2 (1.460%) Blackberry
6 2 (1.460%) iPad
7 1 (0.730%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (0.730%) Firmware
7 1 (0.730%) Mathematics
7 1 (0.730%) Physics
7 1 (0.730%) CCTV
7 1 (0.730%) Statistics
7 1 (0.730%) Streaming Video
Operating Systems
1 20 (14.60%) UNIX
2 15 (10.95%) Linux
3 13 (9.489%) Windows
4 8 (5.839%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 8 (5.839%) Solaris
5 7 (5.109%) Windows XP
5 7 (5.109%) Windows 7
6 5 (3.650%) Windows Server 2003
6 5 (3.650%) Windows Server 2008
7 2 (1.460%) Android
7 2 (1.460%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (16.79%) Network Design
2 16 (11.68%) Capacity Planning
3 13 (9.489%) Performance Management
3 13 (9.489%) Network Planning
4 11 (8.029%) Validation
5 10 (7.299%) Project Management
6 8 (5.839%) Resource Management
7 7 (5.109%) Unit Testing
7 7 (5.109%) System Testing
7 7 (5.109%) Network Management
8 6 (4.380%) Software Engineering
8 6 (4.380%) OO
8 6 (4.380%) Change Management
9 5 (3.650%) Integration Testing
9 5 (3.650%) Load Balancing
9 5 (3.650%) Content Management
9 5 (3.650%) Requirements Analysis
9 5 (3.650%) Programme Management
9 5 (3.650%) Stakeholder Management
9 5 (3.650%) Network Architecture
Programming Languages
1 22 (16.06%) C
2 14 (10.22%) Python
3 13 (9.489%) Perl
4 12 (8.759%) SQL
5 9 (6.569%) C++
6 8 (5.839%) Embedded C
7 6 (4.380%) Assembly Language
8 5 (3.650%) MATLAB
8 5 (3.650%) PowerShell
9 2 (1.460%) Java
10 1 (0.730%) Tcl
10 1 (0.730%) VBA
Qualifications
1 45 (32.85%) Degree
2 6 (4.380%) ISEB
3 5 (3.650%) Cisco Certification
3 5 (3.650%) HNC
3 5 (3.650%) Postgraduate
4 4 (2.920%) PMP
4 4 (2.920%) PMI Certification
5 3 (2.190%) PgMP
6 2 (1.460%) SC Cleared
6 2 (1.460%) Security Cleared
6 2 (1.460%) CISSP
6 2 (1.460%) CISM
7 1 (0.730%) ISEB Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (8.029%) SLA
2 9 (6.569%) ISO 9001
3 5 (3.650%) JTAG
4 4 (2.920%) ISO 9000
5 2 (1.460%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.730%) QA
System Software
1 5 (3.650%) Active Directory
1 5 (3.650%) VMware Infrastructure
1 5 (3.650%) Hyper-V
1 5 (3.650%) Xen
Systems Management
1 7 (5.109%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 20 (14.60%) Huawei
2 16 (11.68%) Cisco
2 16 (11.68%) Ericsson
3 15 (10.95%) Nokia Siemens Networks
4 9 (6.569%) HP
4 9 (6.569%) Cramer
5 8 (5.839%) Siemens
5 8 (5.839%) Red Hat
6 7 (5.109%) Alcatel-Lucent
7 6 (4.380%) ZTE
7 6 (4.380%) Nortel
8 5 (3.650%) Juniper
8 5 (3.650%) BT
8 5 (3.650%) Oracle
8 5 (3.650%) VMware
9 4 (2.920%) Mapinfo
9 4 (2.920%) Sun
10 3 (2.190%) Nokia
11 2 (1.460%) Actix
11 2 (1.460%) Business Objects
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Salary: £30000.00 - £60000.00 per annum + Excellebt Benefits
Posted: 17 June 2013
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Technical Skills… *Embedded C *C++ Programming *Real Time System Design *Wireless communication *2G - 3G - LTE The new role of Software Engineer offers a great deal of diversity working...
Jam Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £30000.00 - £60000.00 per annum + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 17 June 2013
London
This leading mobile technology software developer boasting some fantastic clients and working on some of the most exciting and market leading projects in the industry seek a technically...
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Salary: Circa £65,000 + bonus + bens
Posted: 13 June 2013
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
Fleet, Hampshire
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Salary: £50000 - £60000 per annum
Posted: 18 June 2013
Fleet, Hampshire
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Salary: Competitive + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 6 June 2013
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