England 3G Jobs

This section looks at the demand for 3G skills within the England region with a comparison to our Communications & Networking category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited 3G over the 3 months to 24 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Basingstoke Berkshire Birmingham Bracknell Bristol Bromley Buckinghamshire Cambridge Cambridgeshire Cheltenham Cheshire Chippenham City of London Coventry Croydon Dunfermline East Midlands East of England Edinburgh England Essex Farnborough Fife Gloucestershire Guildford Hampshire Harlow Harrow Hemel Hempstead Herefordshire Hertfordshire High Wycombe Horsham Ipswich Kent Knutsford Leeds Liverpool London Manchester Merseyside Middlesex Milton Keynes Newbury North West Nottinghamshire Reading Scotland Slough Solihull Somerset South East South West Suffolk Surrey Thames Valley UK Warrington Warwickshire West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Wiltshire Wolverhampton Yorkshire	3 months to 24 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	496	349
Rank change on same period last year	-147
Matching permanent IT job ads	509	1068
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled	0.268 %	0.438 %
As % of the category below	1.622 %	2.829 %
Salaries quoted	372	778
Average minimum salary	£38,710	£42,189
Average salary	£41,795	£46,016
% change on same period last year	-9.17 %
Average maximum salary	£44,881	£49,842
UK excluding London average salary	£43,518	£46,982
% change on same period last year	-7.37 %
Communications & Networking England
Matching permanent IT job ads	31375	37752
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled	16.52 %	15.48 %
Salaries quoted	26810	30601
Average minimum salary	£37,512	£39,254
Average salary	£40,394	£42,242
% change on same period last year	-4.37 %
Average maximum salary	£43,277	£45,230
UK excluding London average salary	£37,394	£39,723
% change on same period last year	-5.86 %
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Demand Trend

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

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Salary Trend

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

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Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing 3G across the England region over the 3 months to 24 July 2008.

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Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing 3G within the England region over the 3 months to 24 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Permanent IT Job Ads	Average Salary Last 3 Months	Average Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year
South East	-126	216	£45,328	-6.17 %
London	+7	122	£37,978	-14.19 %
East of England	-58	77	£45,864	+10.02 %
South West	+13	59	£42,533	+0.07 %
West Midlands	-6	15	£35,531	-27.88 %
North West	-12	11	£35,900	-30.09 %
Yorkshire	+12	6	£33,833	+40.38 %
East Midlands	+18	4	£31,500	+24.92 %

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 July 2008, IT jobs across the England 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.

1 417 (39.41 %) Telecoms 2 241 (22.78 %) GSM 3 223 (21.08 %) Windows 4 213 (20.13 %) 2G 5 206 (19.47 %) UMTS 6 201 (19.00 %) C 7 200 (18.90 %) GPRS 8 170 (16.07 %) C++ 9 160 (15.12 %) Wireless 10 144 (13.61 %) TCP/IP 11 136 (12.85 %) Handset 12 133 (12.57 %) 3GPP 13 131 (12.38 %) SQL 14 129 (12.19 %) Degree 15 112 (10.59 %) Linux

16 99 (9.357 %) Project Management 17 85 (8.034 %) UTRAN 17 85 (8.034 %) Java 18 83 (7.845 %) UNIX 19 81 (7.656 %) Microsoft 20 78 (7.372 %) RANAP 21 76 (7.183 %) Oracle 22 73 (6.900 %) RNC 23 67 (6.333 %) VoIP 24 65 (6.144 %) Blackberry 25 64 (6.049 %) MS Excel 25 64 (6.049 %) Marketing 26 63 (5.955 %) Windows 2000 26 63 (5.955 %) Validation 27 60 (5.671 %) ATM

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 July 2008, IT jobs across the England 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 38 (3.592 %) .NET 2 35 (3.308 %) WAP 2 35 (3.308 %) Middleware 3 27 (2.552 %) XML 4 25 (2.363 %) J2EE 5 21 (1.985 %) MFC 6 20 (1.890 %) ATL 6 20 (1.890 %) COM 7 14 (1.323 %) WebServices 8 13 (1.229 %) ASP.NET 9 12 (1.134 %) ASP 10 11 (1.040 %) HTML 10 11 (1.040 %) BREW 11 10 (0.945 %) WML 11 10 (0.945 %) SOAP 12 8 (0.756 %) MIDP 12 8 (0.756 %) JMS 12 8 (0.756 %) Series 60 13 7 (0.662 %) ODBC 14 6 (0.567 %) XSLT	Application Platforms 1 37 (3.497 %) SAS 2 30 (2.836 %) WebLogic 3 27 (2.552 %) MS Exchange 4 26 (2.457 %) Lotus Notes 5 12 (1.134 %) WebLogic Portal 6 9 (0.851 %) Exchange Server 2003 7 7 (0.662 %) Exchange Server 2000 7 7 (0.662 %) SharePoint 8 4 (0.378 %) IIS 9 3 (0.284 %) Blackberry Enterprise Server 9 3 (0.284 %) Exchange Server 5.5 9 3 (0.284 %) SharePoint Server 2007 9 3 (0.284 %) Exchange Server 2007 10 2 (0.189 %) Portal Infranet 11 1 (0.095 %) Office Project Server 11 1 (0.095 %) CMS 11 1 (0.095 %) Site Server
Applications 1 64 (6.049 %) MS Excel 2 31 (2.930 %) MS Office 3 16 (1.512 %) MS Project 4 14 (1.323 %) MS PowerPoint 5 13 (1.229 %) Pro/ENGINEER 6 12 (1.134 %) MS Visio 7 4 (0.378 %) MATLAB 8 2 (0.189 %) Simulink 8 2 (0.189 %) AutoCAD 8 2 (0.189 %) FrameMaker 9 1 (0.095 %) Spreadsheet 9 1 (0.095 %) S-PLUS 9 1 (0.095 %) Acrobat 9 1 (0.095 %) Photoshop	Business Applications 1 10 (0.945 %) Singl.eView
Communications & Networking 1 241 (22.78 %) GSM 2 213 (20.13 %) 2G 3 206 (19.47 %) UMTS 4 200 (18.90 %) GPRS 5 160 (15.12 %) Wireless 6 144 (13.61 %) TCP/IP 7 133 (12.57 %) 3GPP 8 85 (8.034 %) UTRAN 9 78 (7.372 %) RANAP 10 73 (6.900 %) RNC 11 67 (6.333 %) VoIP 12 60 (5.671 %) ATM 13 58 (5.482 %) Internet 14 55 (5.198 %) WCDMA 15 52 (4.915 %) VPN 15 52 (4.915 %) Firewall 15 52 (4.915 %) NBAP 16 48 (4.537 %) Wi-Fi 16 48 (4.537 %) MPLS 17 46 (4.348 %) Broadband	Database & Business Intelligence 1 59 (5.577 %) BusinessObjects 2 36 (3.403 %) SQL Server 3 22 (2.079 %) SQL Server 2000 4 15 (1.418 %) MySQL 5 14 (1.323 %) Oracle 8/8i 6 9 (0.851 %) MS Access 6 9 (0.851 %) SQL Server 2005 7 4 (0.378 %) RDBMS 8 3 (0.284 %) Oracle Reports 8 3 (0.284 %) SQL Server 7 9 2 (0.189 %) Crystal Reports 10 1 (0.095 %) Oracle 10g 10 1 (0.095 %) GIS
Development Applications 1 11 (1.040 %) Visual Studio 2 9 (0.851 %) ClearCase 3 5 (0.473 %) ClearQuest 4 4 (0.378 %) Flash 5 2 (0.189 %) JUnit 5 2 (0.189 %) PVCS 5 2 (0.189 %) Eclipse 6 1 (0.095 %) TestDirector 6 1 (0.095 %) PowerBuilder 6 1 (0.095 %) yacc	General 1 417 (39.41 %) Telecoms 2 64 (6.049 %) Marketing 3 54 (5.104 %) Electronics 4 37 (3.497 %) Billing 5 30 (2.836 %) Multimedia 6 28 (2.647 %) Finance 6 28 (2.647 %) Manufacturing 7 20 (1.890 %) Pensions 8 19 (1.796 %) Government 9 15 (1.418 %) Education 9 15 (1.418 %) Retail 10 14 (1.323 %) Games 11 13 (1.229 %) Health 12 10 (0.945 %) Banking 13 8 (0.756 %) Music 13 8 (0.756 %) Insurance 14 6 (0.567 %) Military 14 6 (0.567 %) Advertising 15 5 (0.473 %) Construction 15 5 (0.473 %) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles 1 133 (12.57 %) Software Engineer 2 117 (11.06 %) Analyst 3 99 (9.357 %) Test Engineer 4 71 (6.711 %) Support Engineer 5 62 (5.860 %) Architect 6 58 (5.482 %) 3G Engineer 7 56 (5.293 %) Senior Software Engineer 8 53 (5.009 %) Design Engineer 9 52 (4.915 %) Consultant 10 46 (4.348 %) Developer 11 44 (4.159 %) Team Leader 12 37 (3.497 %) Technical Support 13 36 (3.403 %) Radio Access Network Engineer 14 33 (3.119 %) SAS Analyst 15 32 (3.025 %) Support Analyst 16 30 (2.836 %) Solutions Architect 17 28 (2.647 %) Project Manager 17 28 (2.647 %) Senior 3G Engineer 17 28 (2.647 %) RNC Engineer 18 26 (2.457 %) Systems Engineer	Miscellaneous 1 136 (12.85 %) Handset 2 65 (6.144 %) Blackberry 3 33 (3.119 %) PDA 4 24 (2.268 %) Smartphone 5 18 (1.701 %) Social Network 5 18 (1.701 %) Firmware 6 17 (1.607 %) PMI 6 17 (1.607 %) Statistics 7 15 (1.418 %) Field-Programmable Gate Array 8 14 (1.323 %) Streaming Video 8 14 (1.323 %) ASIC 9 13 (1.229 %) Korean Language 10 11 (1.040 %) Clustering 11 10 (0.945 %) Video Conferencing 12 9 (0.851 %) IPTV 12 9 (0.851 %) MPEG 13 8 (0.756 %) N-Tier 13 8 (0.756 %) Device Driver 13 8 (0.756 %) Computer Science 14 6 (0.567 %) Multithreading
Operating Systems 1 223 (21.08 %) Windows 2 112 (10.59 %) Linux 3 83 (7.845 %) UNIX 4 63 (5.955 %) Windows 2000 5 45 (4.253 %) Windows Mobile 6 35 (3.308 %) Windows XP 7 23 (2.174 %) Windows NT 8 13 (1.229 %) Solaris 9 10 (0.945 %) Windows Server 2003 10 7 (0.662 %) Embedded Linux 11 5 (0.473 %) Windows CE 12 4 (0.378 %) Windows Vista 13 3 (0.284 %) Ubuntu 14 2 (0.189 %) Symbian OS 14 2 (0.189 %) OpenVMS 15 1 (0.095 %) VxWorks 15 1 (0.095 %) pSOS 15 1 (0.095 %) AIX 15 1 (0.095 %) VMS	Processes & Methodologies 1 99 (9.357 %) Project Management 2 63 (5.955 %) Validation 3 52 (4.915 %) Systems Analysis 3 52 (4.915 %) Resource Management 4 42 (3.970 %) UML 5 34 (3.214 %) PRINCE2 6 29 (2.741 %) Configuration Management 7 20 (1.890 %) Migration 7 20 (1.890 %) CAD 7 20 (1.890 %) Security Cleared 8 19 (1.796 %) Automated Testing 8 19 (1.796 %) Software Engineering 9 18 (1.701 %) System Testing 9 18 (1.701 %) Process Management 10 16 (1.512 %) ITIL 11 15 (1.418 %) OO 11 15 (1.418 %) Network Design 11 15 (1.418 %) Software Testing 12 14 (1.323 %) SOA 13 13 (1.229 %) Test Scripting
Programming Languages 1 201 (19.00 %) C 2 170 (16.07 %) C++ 3 131 (12.38 %) SQL 4 85 (8.034 %) Java 5 56 (5.293 %) Embedded C 6 53 (5.009 %) C# 7 26 (2.457 %) Perl 7 26 (2.457 %) VB 8 17 (1.607 %) Tcl 9 16 (1.512 %) Embedded C++ 10 14 (1.323 %) JavaScript 11 11 (1.040 %) Transact-SQL 12 7 (0.662 %) Assembly Language 12 7 (0.662 %) AWK 13 6 (0.567 %) VC++ 13 6 (0.567 %) VBScript 14 5 (0.473 %) PHP 15 4 (0.378 %) PL/SQL 15 4 (0.378 %) VBA 15 4 (0.378 %) Shell Script	Qualifications 1 129 (12.19 %) Degree 2 19 (1.796 %) CCNA 2 19 (1.796 %) Cisco Certification 3 16 (1.512 %) PMI Certification 4 15 (1.418 %) Microsoft Certification 5 13 (1.229 %) HNC 6 11 (1.040 %) MCSE 7 7 (0.662 %) CCNP 8 6 (0.567 %) ITIL Certification 9 5 (0.473 %) MCP 10 4 (0.378 %) PRINCE2 Certification 10 4 (0.378 %) ISEB 11 3 (0.284 %) MCSA 12 2 (0.189 %) PhD 12 2 (0.189 %) CISSP 12 2 (0.189 %) PRINCE2 Practitioner 12 2 (0.189 %) NVQ Level 3 13 1 (0.095 %) ISEB Practitioner 13 1 (0.095 %) MCDST 13 1 (0.095 %) CCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 53 (5.009 %) ISO9001 2 28 (2.647 %) QA 3 17 (1.607 %) SLA 4 2 (0.189 %) JTAG 5 1 (0.095 %) ISO9000	System Software 1 42 (3.970 %) Active Directory 2 7 (0.662 %) VMware ESX 3 3 (0.284 %) Backup Exec 4 2 (0.189 %) VMware Infrastructure 4 2 (0.189 %) Terminal Server 5 1 (0.095 %) NetBackup 5 1 (0.095 %) MetaFrame
Systems Management 1 12 (1.134 %) Systems Management Server (SMS) 2 7 (0.662 %) OpenView 3 5 (0.473 %) OpenView Configuration Management 4 3 (0.284 %) Tivoli Storage Manager 5 2 (0.189 %) Norton AntiVirus	Vendors 1 81 (7.656 %) Microsoft 2 76 (7.183 %) Oracle 3 59 (5.577 %) Business Objects 4 53 (5.009 %) Ericsson 5 43 (4.064 %) Nokia 6 42 (3.970 %) Cisco 7 30 (2.836 %) Symbian 8 26 (2.457 %) Lotus 9 24 (2.268 %) Citrix 10 22 (2.079 %) HP 11 19 (1.796 %) Nortel 12 17 (1.607 %) TIBCO 13 16 (1.512 %) Google 14 14 (1.323 %) Yahoo! 15 11 (1.040 %) MKS 15 11 (1.040 %) Alcatel 15 11 (1.040 %) Apple 16 10 (0.945 %) Mapinfo 16 10 (0.945 %) BT 16 10 (0.945 %) Remedy