The first table below looks at the demand for WCDMA skills in IT jobs advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited WCDMA over the 3 months to 24 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Wideband Code Division Multiple Access (W-CDMA)
Rank 792 795 754
Rank change year-on-year
+3 -41
Permanent jobs citing WCDMA 49 71 96
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 0.048% 0.063% 0.081%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.248% 0.355% 0.510%
Number of salaries quoted 21 60 90
Average salary £52,500 £45,000 £40,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+16.66% +11.11%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £40,500 £40,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £55,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £52,500 £45,000 £40,500
% change year-on-year
+16.66% +11.11%
All Communications & Networking
England
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
19732 19973 18837
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 19.51% 17.62% 15.99%
Number of salaries quoted 16042 16804 15735
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 £65,000 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
WCDMA
UK

WCDMA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England WCDMA Jobs Demand Trend

WCDMA
Salary Trend

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

England WCDMA Salary Trend

WCDMA
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing WCDMA across the England region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

England WCDMA Salary Histogram

WCDMA
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing WCDMA within the England region over the 3 months to 24 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 +2 26 £55,000 +33.33%
East of England -16 14 £52,500 +16.66%
South West -1 5 £52,500 +5.00%
London +52 3 - -
North East - 1 £41,500 -
WCDMA
UK

WCDMA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the England region citing WCDMA 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 WCDMA.

1 66 (74.16%) GSM
2 56 (62.92%) LTE
3 50 (56.18%) Degree
4 47 (52.81%) 3G
5 38 (42.70%) Telecoms
6 36 (40.45%) 2G
7 30 (33.71%) UMTS
8 29 (32.58%) C
9 28 (31.46%) 3GPP
10 27 (30.34%) GPRS
11 26 (29.21%) Wireless
12 23 (25.84%) Validation
13 21 (23.60%) Radio Access Network
14 18 (20.22%) Network Design
15 17 (19.10%) HSPA
16 16 (17.98%) Capacity Planning
17 15 (16.85%) Software Engineering
17 15 (16.85%) C++
18 13 (14.61%) Computer Science
19 12 (13.48%) Perl
19 12 (13.48%) Python
19 12 (13.48%) Embedded C
20 11 (12.36%) Configuration Management
20 11 (12.36%) Anite
21 10 (11.24%) Electronics
21 10 (11.24%) System Testing
22 9 (10.11%) Unit Testing
22 9 (10.11%) ClearCase
23 8 (8.989%) OFDM
24 7 (7.865%) Resource Management

WCDMA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the England region citing WCDMA 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 WCDMA. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications
1 2 (2.247%) MS Excel
1 2 (2.247%) MS PowerPoint
Communications & Networking
1 66 (74.16%) GSM
2 56 (62.92%) LTE
3 47 (52.81%) 3G
4 36 (40.45%) 2G
5 30 (33.71%) UMTS
6 28 (31.46%) 3GPP
7 27 (30.34%) GPRS
8 26 (29.21%) Wireless
9 21 (23.60%) Radio Access Network
10 17 (19.10%) HSPA
11 8 (8.989%) OFDM
12 6 (6.742%) UTRAN
13 4 (4.494%) WiMAX
14 3 (3.371%) NAS
14 3 (3.371%) 4G
14 3 (3.371%) RFID
14 3 (3.371%) TCP/IP
14 3 (3.371%) Bluetooth
14 3 (3.371%) WLAN
15 2 (2.247%) SS7
Development Applications
1 9 (10.11%) ClearCase
2 2 (2.247%) ClearQuest
General
1 38 (42.70%) Telecoms
2 10 (11.24%) Electronics
3 6 (6.742%) Finance
4 2 (2.247%) Billing
5 1 (1.124%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 26 (29.21%) Software Engineer
2 14 (15.73%) RAN Engineer
3 10 (11.24%) Development Engineer
3 10 (11.24%) Verification Engineer
4 9 (10.11%) Senior Development Engineer
4 9 (10.11%) Radio Engineer
5 8 (8.989%) Senior Software Engineer
5 8 (8.989%) Performance Engineer
5 8 (8.989%) DSP Engineer
5 8 (8.989%) 3G Engineer
6 6 (6.742%) Senior 3G Engineer
6 6 (6.742%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
6 6 (6.742%) Principal Engineer
7 5 (5.618%) Test Engineer
8 3 (3.371%) RAN Performance Engineer
8 3 (3.371%) Senior FPGA Engineer
8 3 (3.371%) Senior Design Engineer
8 3 (3.371%) FPGA Design Engineer
8 3 (3.371%) FPGA Engineer
8 3 (3.371%) Team Leader
Miscellaneous
1 13 (14.61%) Computer Science
2 6 (6.742%) Firmware
3 5 (5.618%) SystemC
3 5 (5.618%) VHDL
3 5 (5.618%) Verilog
4 3 (3.371%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
4 3 (3.371%) Device Driver
5 2 (2.247%) ASIC
5 2 (2.247%) Wiki
6 1 (1.124%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (1.124%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 6 (6.742%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (25.84%) Validation
2 18 (20.22%) Network Design
3 16 (17.98%) Capacity Planning
4 15 (16.85%) Software Engineering
5 11 (12.36%) Configuration Management
6 10 (11.24%) System Testing
7 9 (10.11%) Unit Testing
8 7 (7.865%) Resource Management
9 6 (6.742%) OOD
9 6 (6.742%) Project Management
9 6 (6.742%) Performance Management
10 5 (5.618%) Network Management
11 2 (2.247%) Service Delivery
11 2 (2.247%) Digital Signal Processing
11 2 (2.247%) Signal Processing
11 2 (2.247%) Network Architecture
11 2 (2.247%) Software Architecture
12 1 (1.124%) Performance Improvement
12 1 (1.124%) Web Testing
12 1 (1.124%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 29 (32.58%) C
2 15 (16.85%) C++
3 12 (13.48%) Perl
3 12 (13.48%) Python
3 12 (13.48%) Embedded C
4 5 (5.618%) MATLAB
5 2 (2.247%) Assembly Language
6 1 (1.124%) Erlang
6 1 (1.124%) Embedded C++
6 1 (1.124%) C#
6 1 (1.124%) VC++
Qualifications
1 50 (56.18%) Degree
2 5 (5.618%) HNC
2 5 (5.618%) HND
3 2 (2.247%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.124%) QA
Vendors
1 11 (12.36%) Anite
2 7 (7.865%) Huawei
2 7 (7.865%) Ericsson
3 4 (4.494%) Nokia Siemens Networks
4 2 (2.247%) Business Objects
4 2 (2.247%) Mapinfo
4 2 (2.247%) Agilent
5 1 (1.124%) NetHawk
Bristol, Avon
This requires an excellent understanding of embedded C coding, assembler, and low-level implementation... Provide Layer 1 expertise, you will ideally have experience with mobile communications such as...
Optimus Search Ltd
Salary: Negotiable
Posted: 24 May 2013
Hampshire, South East
Desirable: Experience in bring-up and verification of chipsets for GSM/ WCDMA for a commercial handsetExperience or knowledge in development of TDMA, CDAMA, OFDM(A) based ASIC/DSP...
Computer Futures
Salary: £25000 - £35000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
Guildford, South East
These attributes are desirable:Background in communication theory and digital signal processing with a good understanding of GSM/GPRS/EDGE and/or WCDMA physical layer. Experience in development...
Computer Futures
Salary: £45000 - £60000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013