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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
3G
Rank - 40 -
Permanent jobs citing 3G 0 6 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Luton - 1.600% -
As % of the Communications & Networking category - 7.143% -
Number of salaries quoted 0 6 0
Average salary - £40,000 -
UK excluding London average salary £47,500 £42,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year
+11.76% -
All Communications & Networking
Luton
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
82 84 29
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Luton 22.16% 22.40% 11.28%
Number of salaries quoted 71 64 26
Average salary £50,000 £42,500 £36,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+17.64% +18.05%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,000 £27,500 £32,500
10% offered a salary of more than £56,000 £45,000 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
3G
Bedfordshire

3G
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Luton 3G Jobs Demand Trend

3G
Salary Trend

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

Luton 3G Salary Trend

3G
Top 22 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Luton region citing 3G 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 3G.

1 4 (100.00%) Telecoms
2 2 (50.00%) 2G
2 2 (50.00%) Electronics
2 2 (50.00%) Agile Software Development
2 2 (50.00%) TDD
2 2 (50.00%) 3GPP
2 2 (50.00%) Degree
2 2 (50.00%) Computer Science
2 2 (50.00%) Manual Testing
2 2 (50.00%) LTE
2 2 (50.00%) 4G
3 1 (25.00%) WAN
3 1 (25.00%) Ethernet
3 1 (25.00%) TCP/IP
3 1 (25.00%) C
3 1 (25.00%) C++
3 1 (25.00%) Java
3 1 (25.00%) Perl
3 1 (25.00%) Python
3 1 (25.00%) LAN
3 1 (25.00%) Ruby
3 1 (25.00%) Handset

3G
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Luton region citing 3G 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 3G. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking
1 2 (50.00%) 2G
1 2 (50.00%) 3GPP
1 2 (50.00%) LTE
1 2 (50.00%) 4G
2 1 (25.00%) WAN
2 1 (25.00%) Ethernet
2 1 (25.00%) TCP/IP
2 1 (25.00%) LAN
General
1 4 (100.00%) Telecoms
2 2 (50.00%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Architect
1 2 (50.00%) Senior Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Test Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (25.00%) Handset
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Agile Software Development
1 2 (50.00%) TDD
1 2 (50.00%) Manual Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) C
1 1 (25.00%) C++
1 1 (25.00%) Java
1 1 (25.00%) Perl
1 1 (25.00%) Python
1 1 (25.00%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) Degree