The first table below looks at the demand for HSPA skills in IT jobs advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited HSPA over the 3 months to 17 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 England region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
High Speed Packet Access (HSPA)
Rank 803 771 807
Rank change year-on-year
-32 +36
Permanent jobs citing HSPA 27 92 52
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 0.027% 0.081% 0.044%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.137% 0.460% 0.281%
Number of salaries quoted 11 52 39
Average salary £40,000 £52,500 £55,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-23.80% -4.54%
90% offered a salary of more than £21,500 £40,250 £37,500
10% offered a salary of more than £42,500 £55,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year
-20.00% -9.09%
All Communications & Networking
England
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
19754 20019 18514
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 19.59% 17.62% 15.84%
Number of salaries quoted 16094 16857 15453
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +6.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,000 £27,500 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £62,500 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £39,750 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-0.62% +6.66%
HSPA
UK

HSPA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England HSPA Jobs Demand Trend

HSPA
Salary Trend

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

England HSPA Salary Trend

HSPA
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing HSPA across the England region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

England HSPA Salary Histogram

HSPA
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing HSPA within the England region over the 3 months to 17 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
London +2 14 £40,000 -23.80%
South East -15 8 £32,000 -35.02%
East of England -3 5 £42,500 -24.44%
HSPA
UK

HSPA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the England region citing HSPA 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 HSPA.

1 50 (84.75%) GSM
2 46 (77.97%) Degree
3 43 (72.88%) Telecoms
4 41 (69.49%) Wireless
5 33 (55.93%) 3G
6 30 (50.85%) LTE
7 29 (49.15%) Electronics
8 27 (45.76%) GPRS
9 25 (42.37%) UMTS
10 24 (40.68%) 3GPP
11 18 (30.51%) WCDMA
12 17 (28.81%) OO
12 17 (28.81%) Computer Science
13 16 (27.12%) Continuous Improvement
13 16 (27.12%) CDMA
13 16 (27.12%) C++
13 16 (27.12%) Windows
13 16 (27.12%) Handset
14 15 (25.42%) 2G
14 15 (25.42%) Smartphone
15 14 (23.73%) Validation
16 13 (22.03%) Perl
16 13 (22.03%) Python
17 12 (20.34%) Performance Testing
18 11 (18.64%) Unit Testing
18 11 (18.64%) System Testing
18 11 (18.64%) C
19 10 (16.95%) MS Excel
19 10 (16.95%) Product Management
20 9 (15.25%) Linux

HSPA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the England region citing HSPA 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 HSPA. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (3.390%) COM+
2 1 (1.695%) WPF
2 1 (1.695%) .NET
Applications
1 10 (16.95%) MS Excel
2 1 (1.695%) Simulink
2 1 (1.695%) MS PowerPoint
Communications & Networking
1 50 (84.75%) GSM
2 41 (69.49%) Wireless
3 33 (55.93%) 3G
4 30 (50.85%) LTE
5 27 (45.76%) GPRS
6 25 (42.37%) UMTS
7 24 (40.68%) 3GPP
8 18 (30.51%) WCDMA
9 16 (27.12%) CDMA
10 15 (25.42%) 2G
11 8 (13.56%) Radio Access Network
12 7 (11.86%) Bluetooth
13 6 (10.17%) Broadband
13 6 (10.17%) 4G
14 2 (3.390%) NAS
14 2 (3.390%) SS7
15 1 (1.695%) TELNET
15 1 (1.695%) Wi-Fi
15 1 (1.695%) DVB
15 1 (1.695%) RTP
Development Applications
1 2 (3.390%) ClearCase
2 1 (1.695%) ClearQuest
2 1 (1.695%) LabVIEW
2 1 (1.695%) Rational DOORS
2 1 (1.695%) Visual Studio
General
1 43 (72.88%) Telecoms
2 29 (49.15%) Electronics
3 2 (3.390%) Billing
3 2 (3.390%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 16 (27.12%) Developer
1 16 (27.12%) C++ Developer
2 12 (20.34%) Project Engineer
3 11 (18.64%) Development Engineer
3 11 (18.64%) Senior Development Engineer
4 8 (13.56%) Software Engineer
4 8 (13.56%) Test Engineer
5 7 (11.86%) C++ Software Engineer
5 7 (11.86%) Field Engineer
6 5 (8.475%) Junior
7 3 (5.085%) Project Leader
7 3 (5.085%) Technical Project Leader
8 2 (3.390%) Performance Engineer
9 1 (1.695%) Senior Test Engineer
9 1 (1.695%) C++ Software Developer
9 1 (1.695%) Senior Network Engineer
9 1 (1.695%) Software Developer
9 1 (1.695%) Network Engineer
9 1 (1.695%) Systems Engineer
9 1 (1.695%) Senior Systems Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 17 (28.81%) Computer Science
2 16 (27.12%) Handset
3 15 (25.42%) Smartphone
4 5 (8.475%) Mobile Computing
5 1 (1.695%) Mathematics
5 1 (1.695%) Physics
5 1 (1.695%) Streaming Video
Operating Systems
1 16 (27.12%) Windows
2 9 (15.25%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (28.81%) OO
2 16 (27.12%) Continuous Improvement
3 14 (23.73%) Validation
4 12 (20.34%) Performance Testing
5 11 (18.64%) Unit Testing
5 11 (18.64%) System Testing
6 10 (16.95%) Product Management
7 7 (11.86%) Logistics
8 6 (10.17%) Network Planning
8 6 (10.17%) Network Architecture
9 5 (8.475%) Project Management
9 5 (8.475%) Service Delivery
10 2 (3.390%) Software Engineering
10 2 (3.390%) Resource Management
11 1 (1.695%) Network Management
11 1 (1.695%) Time Management
11 1 (1.695%) Performance Management
11 1 (1.695%) Test Automation
11 1 (1.695%) Requirements Analysis
11 1 (1.695%) Business Development
Programming Languages
1 16 (27.12%) C++
2 13 (22.03%) Perl
2 13 (22.03%) Python
3 11 (18.64%) C
4 3 (5.085%) MATLAB
5 2 (3.390%) Embedded C
6 1 (1.695%) Tcl
6 1 (1.695%) C#
Qualifications
1 46 (77.97%) Degree
Vendors
1 9 (15.25%) Microsoft
2 8 (13.56%) Nokia Siemens Networks
3 6 (10.17%) Cisco
4 3 (5.085%) Anite
5 2 (3.390%) Huawei
5 2 (3.390%) Ericsson
6 1 (1.695%) Mapinfo
6 1 (1.695%) Business Objects
Fleet, Hampshire
LTE Layer2 protocol development, Embedded C/C++, Real Time OS, Knowledge of telecommunications protocols... C.Analysis of LTE/3G/2G specifications... 3.Ability to program in C/C++.
Connectus
Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013
Fleet, Hampshire
The Handset Testing product range is built upon a common set of platform hardware and software providing support for the 2G, 3G, LTE and LTE-A protocols and...
Anite Telecoms Limited
Salary: Competitive + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 24 April 2013
Reading, Berkshire
Junior Project Engineer - Handsets / Devices / Quality of Service / Drive Test / Field Test - Telecoms... Key Skills: Previous experience in field test / drive test / mobile handset testing would be advantageous.....
Prosper Consulting
Salary: From £18,000 to £25,000 per annum DOE + Excellent Corporate Package
Posted: 17 May 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: 14 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
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 April 2013
Hertfordshire, South East
The PC applications software group use the latest Windows development tools to contribute to the development of the GUI, control and measurement features in innovative, high performance, powerful...
Questor Resourcing
Salary: Competitive upon experience
Posted: 14 May 2013