Manchester 3G Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for 3G skills within the Manchester region with a comparison to our Communications & Networking category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited 3G over the 3 months to 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Avon Basingstoke Bath Bedfordshire Berkshire Birmingham Bolton Bristol Buckinghamshire Cambridge Cambridgeshire Chippenham City of London Clapham Coventry East Midlands East of England Edinburgh England Farnborough Fife Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Guildford Hampshire Hertfordshire Leeds London Luton Maidenhead Manchester Middlesex Milton Keynes Newbury Norfolk North West Norwich Nottinghamshire Oxfordshire Reading Scotland Slough Solihull Somerset South East South West Southampton Stevenage Surrey Swindon Thames Valley UK Watford West Midlands West Yorkshire Wiltshire Witney Yorkshire	3 months to 10 Oct 2008	Same period last year
Rank	169	204
Rank change on same period last year	+35
Matching permanent IT job ads	7	8
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled	0.004 %	0.003 %
As % of the category below	0.915 %	0.771 %
Salaries quoted	7	6
Average minimum salary	£39,286	£29,167
Average salary	£45,714	£31,750
% change on same period last year	+43.98 %
Average maximum salary	£52,143	£34,333
UK excluding London average salary	£44,335	£43,610
% change on same period last year	+1.66 %
Communications & Networking Manchester
Matching permanent IT job ads	765	1038
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled	0.443 %	0.447 %
Salaries quoted	674	908
Average minimum salary	£31,071	£37,693
Average salary	£33,675	£40,571
% change on same period last year	-16.99 %
Average maximum salary	£36,279	£43,449
UK excluding London average salary	£37,928	£38,940
% change on same period last year	-2.59 %
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Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing 3G across the Manchester region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

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Salary Trend

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

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Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing 3G across the Manchester region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008.

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Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing 3G within the Manchester region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Permanent IT Job Ads	Average Salary Last 3 Months	Average Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year
Bolton	-	1	£35,000	-

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT jobs across the Manchester 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 7 (87.50 %) Telecoms 1 7 (87.50 %) Degree 2 6 (75.00 %) Service Management 2 6 (75.00 %) Wireless 2 6 (75.00 %) Project Management 2 6 (75.00 %) 2G 2 6 (75.00 %) Java 2 6 (75.00 %) Oracle 2 6 (75.00 %) UNIX 3 2 (25.00 %) Windows 4 1 (12.50 %) Linux 4 1 (12.50 %) Lotus Notes 4 1 (12.50 %) MCSE 4 1 (12.50 %) Broadband 4 1 (12.50 %) Symbian

4 1 (12.50 %) TCP/IP 4 1 (12.50 %) Cisco 4 1 (12.50 %) CCNA 4 1 (12.50 %) Active Directory 4 1 (12.50 %) Cisco Certification 4 1 (12.50 %) Microsoft Certification 4 1 (12.50 %) Lotus 4 1 (12.50 %) Windows CE 4 1 (12.50 %) Windows Server 2003 4 1 (12.50 %) CAD 4 1 (12.50 %) Health 4 1 (12.50 %) Handset 4 1 (12.50 %) UIQ 4 1 (12.50 %) Software Engineering 4 1 (12.50 %) BREW

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT jobs across the Manchester 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.

Application Development 1 1 (12.50 %) UIQ 1 1 (12.50 %) BREW	Application Platforms 1 1 (12.50 %) Lotus Notes
Communications & Networking 1 6 (75.00 %) Wireless 1 6 (75.00 %) 2G 2 1 (12.50 %) Broadband 2 1 (12.50 %) TCP/IP	General 1 7 (87.50 %) Telecoms 2 1 (12.50 %) Health 2 1 (12.50 %) Pensions
Job Titles 1 6 (75.00 %) Senior Consultant 1 6 (75.00 %) Consultant 1 6 (75.00 %) OSS Consultant 2 1 (12.50 %) Software Engineer 2 1 (12.50 %) Technical Consultant 2 1 (12.50 %) Infrastructure Engineer 2 1 (12.50 %) C++ Software Engineer 2 1 (12.50 %) Senior Technical Consultant 2 1 (12.50 %) Senior Infrastructure Engineer	Miscellaneous 1 1 (12.50 %) Handset 1 1 (12.50 %) Smartphone 1 1 (12.50 %) Pocket PC
Operating Systems 1 6 (75.00 %) UNIX 2 2 (25.00 %) Windows 3 1 (12.50 %) Linux 3 1 (12.50 %) Windows CE 3 1 (12.50 %) Windows Server 2003 3 1 (12.50 %) Windows Mobile	Processes & Methodologies 1 6 (75.00 %) Project Management 1 6 (75.00 %) Service Management 2 1 (12.50 %) Software Engineering 2 1 (12.50 %) CAD
Programming Languages 1 6 (75.00 %) Java 2 1 (12.50 %) C++	Qualifications 1 7 (87.50 %) Degree 2 1 (12.50 %) MCSE 2 1 (12.50 %) CCNA 2 1 (12.50 %) Cisco Certification 2 1 (12.50 %) Microsoft Certification
System Software 1 1 (12.50 %) Active Directory	Vendors 1 6 (75.00 %) Oracle 2 1 (12.50 %) Symbian 2 1 (12.50 %) Cisco 2 1 (12.50 %) Lotus