The first table below looks at the demand for 3GPP skills in IT jobs advertised for the Reading region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited 3GPP over the 3 months to 21 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 Reading region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP)
Rank 128 130 -
Rank change year-on-year
+2 -
Permanent jobs citing 3GPP 4 3 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Reading 0.186% 0.132% -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.514% 0.518% -
Number of salaries quoted 4 3 0
Average salary £47,500 £55,000 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
-13.63% -
UK excluding London average salary £55,000 £45,000 £51,500
% change year-on-year
+22.22% -12.62%
All Communications & Networking
Reading
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
778 579 368
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Reading 36.25% 25.45% 19.75%
Number of salaries quoted 621 464 302
Average salary £40,000 £45,000 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-11.11% +5.88%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £27,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £60,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
3GPP
Berkshire

3GPP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Reading 3GPP Jobs Demand Trend

3GPP
Salary Trend

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

Reading 3GPP Salary Trend

3GPP
Top 26 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Reading region citing 3GPP 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 3GPP.

1 11 (100.00%) Telecoms
2 10 (90.91%) UMTS
3 7 (63.64%) ATM
3 7 (63.64%) GSM
3 7 (63.64%) Wireless
3 7 (63.64%) MGW
3 7 (63.64%) GGSN
3 7 (63.64%) SGSN
4 4 (36.36%) 3G
5 3 (27.27%) Configuration Management
5 3 (27.27%) Project Management
5 3 (27.27%) Finance
5 3 (27.27%) WCDMA
5 3 (27.27%) C++
5 3 (27.27%) Windows
5 3 (27.27%) ClearCase
5 3 (27.27%) OOD
5 3 (27.27%) Degree
5 3 (27.27%) Computer Science
6 1 (9.091%) Resource Management
6 1 (9.091%) Huawei
6 1 (9.091%) LTE
6 1 (9.091%) Nokia Siemens Networks
6 1 (9.091%) Radio Access Network
6 1 (9.091%) Ericsson
6 1 (9.091%) UTRAN

3GPP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Reading region citing 3GPP 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 3GPP. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking
1 10 (90.91%) UMTS
2 7 (63.64%) ATM
2 7 (63.64%) GSM
2 7 (63.64%) Wireless
2 7 (63.64%) MGW
2 7 (63.64%) GGSN
2 7 (63.64%) SGSN
3 4 (36.36%) 3G
4 3 (27.27%) WCDMA
5 1 (9.091%) LTE
5 1 (9.091%) Radio Access Network
5 1 (9.091%) UTRAN
Development Applications
1 3 (27.27%) ClearCase
General
1 11 (100.00%) Telecoms
2 3 (27.27%) Finance
Job Titles
1 7 (63.64%) Network Engineer
1 7 (63.64%) Support Engineer
1 7 (63.64%) Network Support Engineer
1 7 (63.64%) Network Support
1 7 (63.64%) Core Network Engineer
2 3 (27.27%) Software Engineer
2 3 (27.27%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
2 3 (27.27%) 3G Engineer
2 3 (27.27%) Senior 3G Engineer
2 3 (27.27%) Senior Software Engineer
3 1 (9.091%) Radio Engineer
3 1 (9.091%) Platform Engineer
3 1 (9.091%) Design Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (27.27%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 3 (27.27%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (27.27%) Configuration Management
1 3 (27.27%) Project Management
1 3 (27.27%) OOD
2 1 (9.091%) Resource Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (27.27%) C++
Qualifications
1 3 (27.27%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (9.091%) Huawei
1 1 (9.091%) Nokia Siemens Networks
1 1 (9.091%) Ericsson