The first table below looks at the demand for 4G skills in IT jobs advertised for the London region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited 4G over the 3 months to 22 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 London region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
4G
Rank 591 636 588
Rank change year-on-year
+45 -48
Permanent jobs citing 4G 10 13 42
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in London 0.023% 0.024% 0.074%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.125% 0.144% 0.536%
Number of salaries quoted 7 13 16
Average salary £60,000 £42,500 £62,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+41.17% -32.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £40,000 £40,000 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £72,000 £49,000 £140,000
UK excluding London average salary £50,000 £44,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year
+13.63% -41.33%
All Communications & Networking
London
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
8004 9031 7842
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in London 18.19% 16.58% 13.73%
Number of salaries quoted 6569 7655 6620
Average salary £50,000 £47,500 £47,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.26% -
90% offered a salary of more than £31,500 £30,000 £28,000
10% offered a salary of more than £70,000 £72,500 £70,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
4G
England

4G
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing 4G across the London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

London 4G Jobs Demand Trend

4G
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing 4G across the London region.

London 4G Salary Trend

4G
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing 4G across the London region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

London 4G Salary Histogram

4G
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing 4G within the London region over the 3 months to 22 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
City of London - 1 £70,000 -
4G
England

4G
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the London region citing 4G 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 4G.

1 17 (58.62%) 3G
2 9 (31.03%) Linux
3 8 (27.59%) Cisco
3 8 (27.59%) Wireless
3 8 (27.59%) Telecoms
3 8 (27.59%) 2G
4 7 (24.14%) Perl
4 7 (24.14%) C++
5 6 (20.69%) SQL
5 6 (20.69%) UNIX
5 6 (20.69%) GSM
6 5 (17.24%) Windows
6 5 (17.24%) Web Services
6 5 (17.24%) 802.11
6 5 (17.24%) Finance
6 5 (17.24%) Unified Communications
7 4 (13.79%) Nokia Siemens Networks
7 4 (13.79%) Aruba
7 4 (13.79%) LTE
7 4 (13.79%) Banking
7 4 (13.79%) Investment Banking
7 4 (13.79%) Huawei
7 4 (13.79%) Korn
7 4 (13.79%) FIX Protocol
7 4 (13.79%) MPLS
7 4 (13.79%) SDH
7 4 (13.79%) UMTS
7 4 (13.79%) Configuration Management
7 4 (13.79%) Internet
7 4 (13.79%) XML

4G
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the London region citing 4G 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 4G. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 5 (17.24%) Web Services
2 4 (13.79%) FIX Protocol
2 4 (13.79%) XML
2 4 (13.79%) SOAP
3 3 (10.34%) STL
3 3 (10.34%) CORBA
3 3 (10.34%) XMPP
4 2 (6.897%) soapUI
4 2 (6.897%) REST
Application Platforms
1 3 (10.34%) Lync
2 2 (6.897%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (6.897%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (6.897%) Oracle CRM
Communications & Networking
1 17 (58.62%) 3G
2 8 (27.59%) Wireless
2 8 (27.59%) 2G
3 6 (20.69%) GSM
4 5 (17.24%) 802.11
4 5 (17.24%) Unified Communications
5 4 (13.79%) LTE
5 4 (13.79%) MPLS
5 4 (13.79%) SDH
5 4 (13.79%) UMTS
5 4 (13.79%) Internet
5 4 (13.79%) ATM
5 4 (13.79%) WLAN
6 3 (10.34%) WAN
6 3 (10.34%) VPN
7 2 (6.897%) M3UA
7 2 (6.897%) MGW
7 2 (6.897%) SCTP
7 2 (6.897%) XCAP
7 2 (6.897%) Radio Access Network
Development Applications
1 2 (6.897%) WebDriver
1 2 (6.897%) Selenium
1 2 (6.897%) JIRA
General
1 8 (27.59%) Telecoms
2 5 (17.24%) Finance
3 4 (13.79%) Banking
3 4 (13.79%) Investment Banking
4 3 (10.34%) French Language
4 3 (10.34%) Spanish Language
5 2 (6.897%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 8 (27.59%) Consultant
2 4 (13.79%) Trainer
3 3 (10.34%) Developer
3 3 (10.34%) Analyst
3 3 (10.34%) Architect
3 3 (10.34%) Senior Solutions Architect
3 3 (10.34%) C++ Developer
3 3 (10.34%) Solutions Architect
3 3 (10.34%) Senior Architect
4 2 (6.897%) Test Leader
4 2 (6.897%) Project Manager
4 2 (6.897%) Test Manager
4 2 (6.897%) Programme Manager
4 2 (6.897%) Customer Engineer
5 1 (3.448%) Technical Consultant
5 1 (3.448%) Software Engineer
5 1 (3.448%) Software Developer
5 1 (3.448%) Telecoms Project Manager
5 1 (3.448%) Wireless Engineer
5 1 (3.448%) C++ Software Developer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (10.34%) MPEG
1 3 (10.34%) IaaS
2 2 (6.897%) Mobile App
2 2 (6.897%) SaaS
2 2 (6.897%) iPad
2 2 (6.897%) iPhone
2 2 (6.897%) Derivative
2 2 (6.897%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 2 (6.897%) Blackberry
3 1 (3.448%) CCTV
Operating Systems
1 9 (31.03%) Linux
2 6 (20.69%) UNIX
3 5 (17.24%) Windows
4 2 (6.897%) Apple iOS
4 2 (6.897%) Android
4 2 (6.897%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 2 (6.897%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (13.79%) Configuration Management
2 3 (10.34%) OO
2 3 (10.34%) ITIL
2 3 (10.34%) SOA
2 3 (10.34%) B2B
2 3 (10.34%) Technical Architecture
2 3 (10.34%) Network Planning
2 3 (10.34%) Multithreading
2 3 (10.34%) Performance Management
2 3 (10.34%) WAN Optimisation
3 2 (6.897%) Business Transformation
3 2 (6.897%) Waterfall
3 2 (6.897%) Portfolio Management
3 2 (6.897%) Scrum
3 2 (6.897%) Network Design
3 2 (6.897%) Change Management
3 2 (6.897%) Business Intelligence
3 2 (6.897%) PRINCE2
3 2 (6.897%) RAD
3 2 (6.897%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 7 (24.14%) Perl
1 7 (24.14%) C++
2 6 (20.69%) SQL
3 4 (13.79%) Korn
3 4 (13.79%) Java
4 1 (3.448%) C
Qualifications
1 3 (10.34%) Degree
1 3 (10.34%) Chartered Engineer
2 2 (6.897%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
2 2 (6.897%) APMP
3 1 (3.448%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (6.897%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (3.448%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (6.897%) HP Quality Center
1 2 (6.897%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 8 (27.59%) Cisco
2 4 (13.79%) Nokia Siemens Networks
2 4 (13.79%) Aruba
2 4 (13.79%) Huawei
3 2 (6.897%) Red Hat
3 2 (6.897%) Microsoft
3 2 (6.897%) Siebel
3 2 (6.897%) Oracle
3 2 (6.897%) SAP
City, London
Cisco devices including Routers (who knows how they connect to the MPLS network or internet based VPN) Multisite (50+) architectures ideally internationally and not just UK based. Experience...
Sanderson
Salary: £60000 - £70000 per annum + 25% bonus and benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013