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

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Wideband Code Division Multiple Access (W-CDMA)
Rank 601 638 641
Rank change year-on-year
+37 +3
Permanent jobs citing WCDMA 3 3 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in London 0.007% 0.006% 0.002%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.038% 0.034% 0.012%
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 1
Average salary - - £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £52,500 £45,000 £40,500
% change year-on-year
+16.66% +11.11%
All Communications & Networking
London
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
7955 8872 8123
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in London 18.27% 16.55% 13.83%
Number of salaries quoted 6532 7510 6864
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%
WCDMA
England

WCDMA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

London 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 London region.

London WCDMA Salary Trend

WCDMA
Top 10 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the London 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 3 (100.00%) GPRS
1 3 (100.00%) GSM
1 3 (100.00%) UMTS
1 3 (100.00%) Telecoms
1 3 (100.00%) HSPA
1 3 (100.00%) LTE
2 2 (66.67%) Billing
2 2 (66.67%) 3G
2 2 (66.67%) SS7
3 1 (33.33%) IPX

WCDMA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the London 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.

Communications & Networking
1 3 (100.00%) GPRS
1 3 (100.00%) GSM
1 3 (100.00%) UMTS
1 3 (100.00%) HSPA
1 3 (100.00%) LTE
2 2 (66.67%) 3G
2 2 (66.67%) SS7
3 1 (33.33%) IPX
General
1 3 (100.00%) Telecoms
2 2 (66.67%) Billing