The first table below looks at the demand for LTE skills in IT jobs advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited LTE over the 3 months to 23 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
3GPP Long Term Evolution (LTE)
Rank 656 608 587
Rank change year-on-year
-48 -21
Permanent jobs citing LTE 180 259 295
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 0.179% 0.228% 0.247%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.916% 1.296% 1.546%
Number of salaries quoted 98 186 230
Average salary £50,000 £47,000 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.38% +10.58%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £38,850 £31,950
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £52,500 £45,000 £43,250
% change year-on-year
+16.66% +4.04%
All Communications & Networking
England
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
19648 19988 19081
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 19.52% 17.63% 15.99%
Number of salaries quoted 15983 16808 15943
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +6.25%
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%
LTE
UK

LTE
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England LTE Jobs Demand Trend

LTE
Salary Trend

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

England LTE Salary Trend

LTE
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing LTE across the England region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

England LTE Salary Histogram

LTE
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing LTE within the England region over the 3 months to 23 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
South East +15 115 £52,500 +10.52%
East of England -41 27 £50,000 +11.11%
London +5 20 £40,000 -23.80%
South West -4 13 £53,750 +7.50%
West Midlands - 2 £32,500 -
North East - 1 £41,500 -
LTE
UK

LTE
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the England region citing LTE 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 LTE.

1 218 (69.21%) Telecoms
2 149 (47.30%) 3G
3 135 (42.86%) GSM
4 112 (35.56%) Degree
5 100 (31.75%) UMTS
6 93 (29.52%) Wireless
7 85 (26.98%) 3GPP
8 69 (21.90%) 2G
9 64 (20.32%) 4G
10 56 (17.78%) C++
11 55 (17.46%) C
11 55 (17.46%) WCDMA
12 50 (15.87%) Linux
13 48 (15.24%) GPRS
14 44 (13.97%) Electronics
15 41 (13.02%) Validation
16 38 (12.06%) Computer Science
17 35 (11.11%) Radio Access Network
18 34 (10.79%) VoIP
19 33 (10.48%) CDMA
20 31 (9.841%) Project Management
21 30 (9.524%) OO
21 30 (9.524%) Cisco
21 30 (9.524%) HSPA
22 29 (9.206%) Huawei
22 29 (9.206%) UNIX
23 28 (8.889%) Wi-Fi
24 26 (8.254%) Network Design
24 26 (8.254%) SIGTRAN
25 24 (7.619%) Windows

LTE
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the England region citing LTE 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 LTE. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 12 (3.810%) .NET
1 12 (3.810%) STL
1 12 (3.810%) Boost C++ Libraries
2 9 (2.857%) Silverlight
2 9 (2.857%) CGI
3 8 (2.540%) .NET Framework
4 4 (1.270%) HTML
4 4 (1.270%) XML
4 4 (1.270%) Qt
5 3 (0.952%) SOAP
6 2 (0.635%) MFC
6 2 (0.635%) COM+
6 2 (0.635%) WPF
7 1 (0.317%) WCF
7 1 (0.317%) jQuery
7 1 (0.317%) Google Maps API
7 1 (0.317%) HTML5
7 1 (0.317%) Bing Maps
7 1 (0.317%) soapUI
7 1 (0.317%) CSS
Application Platforms
1 1 (0.317%) ESB
1 1 (0.317%) SharePoint
Applications
1 15 (4.762%) MS Excel
2 6 (1.905%) MS Office
3 4 (1.270%) MS Visio
3 4 (1.270%) XMetaL
3 4 (1.270%) FrameMaker
4 3 (0.952%) Simulink
5 2 (0.635%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.317%) Remedy ITSM
Communications & Networking
1 149 (47.30%) 3G
2 135 (42.86%) GSM
3 100 (31.75%) UMTS
4 93 (29.52%) Wireless
5 85 (26.98%) 3GPP
6 69 (21.90%) 2G
7 64 (20.32%) 4G
8 55 (17.46%) WCDMA
9 48 (15.24%) GPRS
10 35 (11.11%) Radio Access Network
11 34 (10.79%) VoIP
12 33 (10.48%) CDMA
13 30 (9.524%) HSPA
14 28 (8.889%) Wi-Fi
15 26 (8.254%) SIGTRAN
16 23 (7.302%) INAP
17 22 (6.984%) Broadband
18 17 (5.397%) OFDM
19 16 (5.079%) Ethernet
20 14 (4.444%) SDH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (0.952%) SQL Server
2 2 (0.635%) Microsoft Analysis Services
2 2 (0.635%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 1 (0.317%) SQL Server 2008
3 1 (0.317%) Oracle 11g
3 1 (0.317%) GIS
3 1 (0.317%) Data Mining
3 1 (0.317%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 14 (4.444%) GCC
2 12 (3.810%) Subversion
2 12 (3.810%) Trac
2 12 (3.810%) GDB
3 10 (3.175%) ClearCase
4 5 (1.587%) ClearQuest
5 4 (1.270%) XMLSpy
5 4 (1.270%) Visual Studio
6 2 (0.635%) Eclipse
7 1 (0.317%) Selenium
7 1 (0.317%) JIRA
7 1 (0.317%) SilkTest
7 1 (0.317%) Rational DOORS
7 1 (0.317%) LabVIEW
General
1 218 (69.21%) Telecoms
2 44 (13.97%) Electronics
3 14 (4.444%) Finance
4 13 (4.127%) Legal
5 8 (2.540%) Spanish Language
6 7 (2.222%) Marketing
7 4 (1.270%) Manufacturing
7 4 (1.270%) Military
7 4 (1.270%) French Language
8 3 (0.952%) Billing
9 1 (0.317%) Retail Banking
9 1 (0.317%) Portuguese Language
9 1 (0.317%) Czech Language
9 1 (0.317%) Banking
9 1 (0.317%) Retail
9 1 (0.317%) Games
9 1 (0.317%) Back Office
9 1 (0.317%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 54 (17.14%) Software Engineer
2 27 (8.571%) Design Engineer
3 25 (7.937%) Principal Engineer
4 23 (7.302%) DSP Engineer
4 23 (7.302%) Developer
5 21 (6.667%) C++ Software Engineer
6 16 (5.079%) Graduate
6 16 (5.079%) C++ Developer
7 15 (4.762%) Customer Engineer
8 14 (4.444%) Consultant
8 14 (4.444%) Voice Engineer
9 12 (3.810%) Development Manager
9 12 (3.810%) Test Engineer
10 11 (3.492%) Business Manager
10 11 (3.492%) Business Development Manager
10 11 (3.492%) Senior Manager
11 10 (3.175%) Network Engineer
11 10 (3.175%) Analyst
11 10 (3.175%) Senior Business Development Manager
11 10 (3.175%) Radio Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 38 (12.06%) Computer Science
2 20 (6.349%) Handset
3 14 (4.444%) Mathematics
4 13 (4.127%) Physics
5 11 (3.492%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
6 7 (2.222%) Smartphone
7 6 (1.905%) Firmware
7 6 (1.905%) Clustering
8 5 (1.587%) SystemC
8 5 (1.587%) Mobile App
8 5 (1.587%) Device Driver
8 5 (1.587%) VHDL
8 5 (1.587%) Verilog
9 3 (0.952%) Wiki
10 2 (0.635%) MPEG
10 2 (0.635%) ASIC
10 2 (0.635%) Embedded Systems
10 2 (0.635%) Enterprise Software
11 1 (0.317%) Video Conferencing
11 1 (0.317%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 50 (15.87%) Linux
2 29 (9.206%) UNIX
3 24 (7.619%) Windows
4 12 (3.810%) Solaris
5 11 (3.492%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 4 (1.270%) VxWorks
7 2 (0.635%) Windows 7
7 2 (0.635%) Embedded Linux
7 2 (0.635%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (13.02%) Validation
2 31 (9.841%) Project Management
3 30 (9.524%) OO
4 26 (8.254%) Network Design
5 22 (6.984%) Service Delivery
6 21 (6.667%) Network Planning
6 21 (6.667%) Software Engineering
7 20 (6.349%) Capacity Management
8 16 (5.079%) Continuous Improvement
9 14 (4.444%) Business Development
10 13 (4.127%) Signal Processing
11 12 (3.810%) Network Architecture
12 11 (3.492%) Digital Signal Processing
13 10 (3.175%) OOD
13 10 (3.175%) Performance Management
14 9 (2.857%) Resource Management
14 9 (2.857%) Monte Carlo Method
15 8 (2.540%) Embedded Software Development
15 8 (2.540%) Network Management
16 7 (2.222%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 56 (17.78%) C++
2 55 (17.46%) C
3 22 (6.984%) MATLAB
4 18 (5.714%) Embedded C
5 17 (5.397%) SQL
6 16 (5.079%) Perl
7 14 (4.444%) Python
7 14 (4.444%) Java
8 11 (3.492%) C#
9 4 (1.270%) Embedded C++
10 3 (0.952%) PowerHouse
11 2 (0.635%) Assembly Language
11 2 (0.635%) Shell Script
11 2 (0.635%) VC++
11 2 (0.635%) Bash shell
11 2 (0.635%) Ruby
11 2 (0.635%) TTCN
12 1 (0.317%) Erlang
12 1 (0.317%) R
12 1 (0.317%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 112 (35.56%) Degree
2 12 (3.810%) PhD
3 9 (2.857%) SC Cleared
3 9 (2.857%) Security Cleared
4 8 (2.540%) HNC
5 5 (1.587%) Cisco Certification
6 4 (1.270%) CCIE
6 4 (1.270%) HND
7 2 (0.635%) CCIP
7 2 (0.635%) PMP
7 2 (0.635%) PMI Certification
7 2 (0.635%) ISEB
7 2 (0.635%) CCA
7 2 (0.635%) CCDE
8 1 (0.317%) Chartered Engineer
8 1 (0.317%) JNCIE
8 1 (0.317%) ISEB Practitioner
8 1 (0.317%) CCNA
8 1 (0.317%) CCDP
8 1 (0.317%) CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (3.175%) SLA
1 10 (3.175%) ISO 9001
2 6 (1.905%) QA
Systems Management
1 2 (0.635%) HP Quality Center
2 1 (0.317%) Netcool
2 1 (0.317%) OpenView
Vendors
1 30 (9.524%) Cisco
2 29 (9.206%) Huawei
3 23 (7.302%) Microsoft
4 16 (5.079%) Oracle
5 14 (4.444%) Nokia Siemens Networks
6 13 (4.127%) Ericsson
7 11 (3.492%) Anite
8 10 (3.175%) Red Hat
9 9 (2.857%) HP
10 8 (2.540%) Nokia
11 7 (2.222%) Cramer
12 6 (1.905%) Sun
12 6 (1.905%) Business Objects
13 5 (1.587%) Tektronix
13 5 (1.587%) Juniper
14 3 (0.952%) Mapinfo
14 3 (0.952%) Alcatel-Lucent
15 2 (0.635%) CheckPoint
15 2 (0.635%) SAP
15 2 (0.635%) BT
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
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
Amersham, Thames Valley
My client is leading the UK in network management and delivery of 4G technologies.As a Transmission Planner you will be responsible for auditing the transmission design and...
Fulcrum Telecom
Salary: £40000.00 - £45000.00 per annum
Posted: 2 May 2013
Fleet, Hampshire
Anite Telecoms provides specialist handset and system solutions to customers within the telecoms sector... Working at Anite... An exciting and challenging role working in the team involved in...
Anite Telecoms Limited
Salary: Competitive + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 29 April 2013
Stevenage, Hertfordshire
Rewarding opportunity for a Degree qualified Senior Engineer with a solid background of working on Protocol development ( LTE / UMTS ) and with good experience of real-time embedded application...
Technical Futures
Salary: From £40,000 to £50,000 per annum Dep on Experience
Posted: 17 May 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, Cambridgeshire
You will play a key part developing and optimising DSP algorithms in applications such as video and audio codecs, 3G, LTE and VoIP; with the chance to become...
Technical Futures
Salary: From £35,000 to £50,000 per annum Excellent Package with Shares
Posted: 22 May 2013
Fleet, Hampshire
Working at Anite... Gain practical C/C++ programming experience. Design and develop of Windows applications in C / C++ to support test case execution... Participate in the design of...
Anite Telecoms Limited
Salary: Competitive + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 29 April 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Embedded software development is predominantly in C and Assembly programming with scripting using Python, Perl and Tcl... Desirables include processors, CPUs, real-time performance, cache memory systems, device...
ENTERPRISE RECRUITMENT LTD
Salary: From £30,000 to £70,000 per annum excellent benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Wireless embedded systems development and debugging. - C / C++ programming in a real-time environment. - Linux / Unix development... Desirables include processors, CPUs, real-time performance, cache memory systems, device...
ENTERPRISE RECRUITMENT LTD
Salary: £48000 to £65000 per annum - excellent package
Posted: 20 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 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: 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
Guildford, Surrey
Keywords:- Technical Lead, Software Engineer, Innovation, Telecoms, Datacoms, C++, Linux, STL, GCC, Make, GDB, GSM, UMTS, LTE, System Design, RANAP, GTP, S1, MAP, CAMEL, Radius, SMNP, SIP, VOIP,...
Spectrum IT Recruitment (South) Ltd
Salary: £55000 - £65000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 22 May 2013
Guildford, Surrey
Keywords:- Software Engineer, Senior Software Engineer, Development Team Lead, Team Lead, Mentor, C++, Linux, STL, GCC, Make, GDB, Telecoms, Datacoms, GSM, UMTS, LTE, RANAP, GTP, S1, MAP, CAMEL,...
Spectrum IT Recruitment (South) Ltd
Salary: £55000 - £60000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 21 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...
Understanding Recruitment
Posted: 19 May 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: 21 May 2013