The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Telecoms in IT jobs advertised for the Luton region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Telecoms over the 3 months to 18 June 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all terms in our General category for the Luton region.

Location
3 months to
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Telecommunications (Telecoms)
Rank 23 29 32
Rank change year-on-year
+6 +3
Permanent jobs citing Telecoms 23 20 5
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Luton 6.516% 5.602% 1.773%
As % of the General category 24.47% 14.60% 6.173%
Number of salaries quoted 22 14 5
Average salary £50,000 £40,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+25.00% +23.07%
90% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £27,500 £28,000
10% offered a salary of more than £64,500 £47,000 £40,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £42,500 £42,000
% change year-on-year
-5.88% +1.19%
All of the General Category
Luton
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
General category
94 137 81
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Luton 26.63% 38.38% 28.72%
Number of salaries quoted 77 112 60
Average salary £50,000 £40,000 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+25.00% -11.11%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £24,750 £28,000
10% offered a salary of more than £64,250 £64,500 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £42,500 £40,500
% change year-on-year
- +4.93%
Telecoms
Bedfordshire

Telecoms
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Luton Telecoms Jobs Demand Trend

Telecoms
Salary Trend

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

Luton Telecoms Salary Trend

Telecoms
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Telecoms across the Luton region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

Luton Telecoms Salary Histogram

Telecoms
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Luton region citing Telecoms 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 Telecoms.

1 12 (41.38%) Degree
2 10 (34.48%) Wireless
3 9 (31.03%) LAN
3 9 (31.03%) VoIP
3 9 (31.03%) WAN
3 9 (31.03%) Unified Communications
3 9 (31.03%) Capacity Management
4 6 (20.69%) Agile Software Development
4 6 (20.69%) TDD
4 6 (20.69%) SLA
5 5 (17.24%) C
6 4 (13.79%) Cocoa
6 4 (13.79%) Xcode
6 4 (13.79%) Objective-C
6 4 (13.79%) 3G
6 4 (13.79%) Apple
6 4 (13.79%) OOP
6 4 (13.79%) Apple iOS
6 4 (13.79%) iOS SDK
6 4 (13.79%) Digital Media
6 4 (13.79%) iPad
6 4 (13.79%) iPhone
7 3 (10.34%) Business Development
7 3 (10.34%) IP Telephony
7 3 (10.34%) CMS
7 3 (10.34%) Time Management
7 3 (10.34%) Cisco ASA
7 3 (10.34%) Windows
7 3 (10.34%) .NET
7 3 (10.34%) Cisco

Telecoms
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Luton region citing Telecoms 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 Telecoms. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 4 (13.79%) Cocoa
1 4 (13.79%) iOS SDK
2 3 (10.34%) .NET
3 1 (3.448%) XML
Application Platforms
1 3 (10.34%) CMS
Applications
1 1 (3.448%) MS Visio
1 1 (3.448%) FrameMaker
1 1 (3.448%) XMetaL
Communications & Networking
1 10 (34.48%) Wireless
2 9 (31.03%) Unified Communications
2 9 (31.03%) VoIP
2 9 (31.03%) WAN
2 9 (31.03%) LAN
3 4 (13.79%) 3G
4 3 (10.34%) DEFINITY
4 3 (10.34%) IP Telephony
4 3 (10.34%) Cisco ASA
5 2 (6.897%) 2G
5 2 (6.897%) 4G
5 2 (6.897%) 3GPP
6 1 (3.448%) UMTS
6 1 (3.448%) GSM
6 1 (3.448%) Internet
6 1 (3.448%) LTE
Development Applications
1 4 (13.79%) Xcode
2 1 (3.448%) XMLSpy
General
1 2 (6.897%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 9 (31.03%) Network Manager
2 5 (17.24%) Development Manager
3 4 (13.79%) Developer
3 4 (13.79%) iOS Developer
4 3 (10.34%) Communications Engineer
4 3 (10.34%) Avaya Engineer
5 2 (6.897%) Senior Architect
5 2 (6.897%) Business Manager
5 2 (6.897%) Sales Manager
5 2 (6.897%) Architect
5 2 (6.897%) Business Development Manager
6 1 (3.448%) Team Leader
6 1 (3.448%) Technical Writer
6 1 (3.448%) Author
6 1 (3.448%) Technical Author
6 1 (3.448%) IT Manager
6 1 (3.448%) Sales Director
Miscellaneous
1 4 (13.79%) iPhone
1 4 (13.79%) iPad
1 4 (13.79%) Digital Media
2 1 (3.448%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 4 (13.79%) Apple iOS
2 3 (10.34%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (31.03%) Capacity Management
2 6 (20.69%) Agile Software Development
2 6 (20.69%) TDD
3 4 (13.79%) OOP
4 3 (10.34%) Business Development
4 3 (10.34%) Time Management
5 1 (3.448%) OpenUP
5 1 (3.448%) Network Management
5 1 (3.448%) OO
5 1 (3.448%) CRM
5 1 (3.448%) Service Delivery
5 1 (3.448%) Content Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (17.24%) C
2 4 (13.79%) Objective-C
3 2 (6.897%) C#
4 1 (3.448%) C++
Qualifications
1 12 (41.38%) Degree
2 3 (10.34%) CCNA
2 3 (10.34%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (3.448%) HNC
3 1 (3.448%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (20.69%) SLA
2 1 (3.448%) ISO 9001
Vendors
1 4 (13.79%) Apple
2 3 (10.34%) Cisco
2 3 (10.34%) Microsoft
2 3 (10.34%) Avaya