The first table below looks at the demand for 2G skills in IT jobs advertised for the Newbury region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited 2G 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 Newbury region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
2G
Rank 52 51 48
Rank change year-on-year
-1 -3
Permanent jobs citing 2G 3 13 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Newbury 0.870% 2.500% 0.293%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 3.896% 7.831% 2.083%
Number of salaries quoted 0 11 1
Average salary - £40,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +23.07%
UK excluding London average salary £44,500 £45,000 £51,500
% change year-on-year
-1.11% -12.62%
All Communications & Networking
Newbury
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
77 166 48
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Newbury 22.32% 31.92% 14.08%
Number of salaries quoted 67 153 35
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -5.88%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £30,000 £28,500
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £50,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
2G
Berkshire

2G
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing 2G across the Newbury region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

Newbury 2G Jobs Demand Trend

2G
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing 2G across the Newbury region.

Newbury 2G Salary Trend

2G
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Newbury region citing 2G 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 2G.

1 5 (100.00%) 3G
1 5 (100.00%) Telecoms
2 4 (80.00%) 4G
3 3 (60.00%) Network Management
4 2 (40.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (40.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (40.00%) Degree
4 2 (40.00%) Network Security
4 2 (40.00%) SC Cleared
4 2 (40.00%) Security Cleared
4 2 (40.00%) Legal
4 2 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (40.00%) Information Security
4 2 (40.00%) CISM
4 2 (40.00%) Management Information System
4 2 (40.00%) Risk Management
4 2 (40.00%) IP Telephony
4 2 (40.00%) MPLS
4 2 (40.00%) SS7
4 2 (40.00%) SMS
4 2 (40.00%) UMTS
4 2 (40.00%) WCDMA
4 2 (40.00%) CISSP
5 1 (20.00%) Network Design
5 1 (20.00%) Network Planning
5 1 (20.00%) LTE
5 1 (20.00%) Capacity Planning
5 1 (20.00%) QA
5 1 (20.00%) Web Testing
5 1 (20.00%) Radio Access Network

2G
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Newbury region citing 2G 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 2G. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking
1 5 (100.00%) 3G
2 4 (80.00%) 4G
3 2 (40.00%) Network Security
3 2 (40.00%) IP Telephony
3 2 (40.00%) MPLS
3 2 (40.00%) SS7
3 2 (40.00%) SMS
3 2 (40.00%) UMTS
3 2 (40.00%) WCDMA
4 1 (20.00%) LTE
4 1 (20.00%) Radio Access Network
4 1 (20.00%) GSM
General
1 5 (100.00%) Telecoms
2 2 (40.00%) Legal
Job Titles
1 1 (20.00%) Tester
1 1 (20.00%) Network Manager
1 1 (20.00%) QA Tester
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (20.00%) Enterprise Software
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Network Management
2 2 (40.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (40.00%) Information Security
2 2 (40.00%) Risk Management
3 1 (20.00%) Network Design
3 1 (20.00%) Network Planning
3 1 (20.00%) Capacity Planning
3 1 (20.00%) Web Testing
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) Degree
1 2 (40.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (40.00%) Security Cleared
1 2 (40.00%) CISM
1 2 (40.00%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (40.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (20.00%) QA