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

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
High Speed Packet Access (HSPA)
Rank 142 140 148
Rank change year-on-year
-2 +8
Permanent jobs citing HSPA 2 8 17
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 0.082% 0.319% 0.524%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.316% 1.413% 2.168%
Number of salaries quoted 1 3 17
Average salary £42,500 £50,000 £55,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-15.00% -9.09%
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year
-20.00% -9.09%
All Communications & Networking
Hertfordshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
633 566 784
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 26.07% 22.56% 24.17%
Number of salaries quoted 471 418 560
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £42,500
90% offered a salary of more than £27,000 £27,500 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £60,000 £57,500
UK excluding London average salary £39,750 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-0.62% +6.66%
HSPA
East of England

HSPA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire region.

Hertfordshire HSPA Salary Trend

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 Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 20 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
Stevenage +13 2 £42,500 -
HSPA
East of England

HSPA
Top 17 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Hertfordshire 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 3 (100.00%) LTE
2 2 (66.67%) NAS
2 2 (66.67%) MATLAB
2 2 (66.67%) Perl
2 2 (66.67%) Python
2 2 (66.67%) ClearCase
2 2 (66.67%) WCDMA
2 2 (66.67%) Wireless
3 1 (33.33%) Validation
3 1 (33.33%) Degree
3 1 (33.33%) WPF
3 1 (33.33%) Multithreading
3 1 (33.33%) ClearQuest
3 1 (33.33%) .NET
3 1 (33.33%) Visual Studio
3 1 (33.33%) OO
3 1 (33.33%) C#

HSPA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Hertfordshire 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 1 (33.33%) .NET
1 1 (33.33%) WPF
Communications & Networking
1 3 (100.00%) LTE
2 2 (66.67%) NAS
2 2 (66.67%) WCDMA
2 2 (66.67%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 2 (66.67%) ClearCase
2 1 (33.33%) ClearQuest
2 1 (33.33%) Visual Studio
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Software Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Test Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Senior Test Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) PC Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) OO
1 1 (33.33%) Validation
1 1 (33.33%) Multithreading
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) Perl
1 2 (66.67%) Python
1 2 (66.67%) MATLAB
2 1 (33.33%) C#
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
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
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