The first table below looks at the demand for Broadband skills in IT jobs advertised for the Reading region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Broadband 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
Broadband
Rank 111 118 113
Rank change year-on-year
+7 -5
Permanent jobs citing Broadband 21 15 6
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Reading 0.979% 0.659% 0.322%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.699% 2.591% 1.630%
Number of salaries quoted 6 14 6
Average salary £40,000 £50,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-20.00% +53.84%
UK excluding London average salary £35,500 £35,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year
+1.42% -
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%
Broadband
Berkshire

Broadband
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Reading Broadband Jobs Demand Trend

Broadband
Salary Trend

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

Reading Broadband Salary Trend

Broadband
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Broadband across the Reading region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Reading Broadband Salary Histogram

Broadband
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 34 (85.00%) Telecoms
2 20 (50.00%) Degree
3 18 (45.00%) Cisco
3 18 (45.00%) 3G
4 12 (30.00%) Cisco Certification
4 12 (30.00%) CCNP
5 11 (27.50%) Internet
5 11 (27.50%) Smartphone
6 10 (25.00%) Billing
6 10 (25.00%) Retail
6 10 (25.00%) Back Office
6 10 (25.00%) Firewall
6 10 (25.00%) DNS
6 10 (25.00%) CRM
6 10 (25.00%) SMTP
6 10 (25.00%) DHCP
6 10 (25.00%) SNMP
6 10 (25.00%) Radio Access Network
7 9 (22.50%) Network Security
7 9 (22.50%) GSM
7 9 (22.50%) Electronics
8 8 (20.00%) OSPF
9 7 (17.50%) LTE
9 7 (17.50%) Cisco Nexus
10 6 (15.00%) Cisco PIX
10 6 (15.00%) Cisco ASA
10 6 (15.00%) HSPA
10 6 (15.00%) F5
10 6 (15.00%) FWSM
10 6 (15.00%) CheckPoint

Broadband
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Communications & Networking
1 18 (45.00%) 3G
2 11 (27.50%) Internet
3 10 (25.00%) Firewall
3 10 (25.00%) DNS
3 10 (25.00%) SMTP
3 10 (25.00%) DHCP
3 10 (25.00%) SNMP
3 10 (25.00%) Radio Access Network
4 9 (22.50%) Network Security
4 9 (22.50%) GSM
5 8 (20.00%) OSPF
6 7 (17.50%) LTE
6 7 (17.50%) Cisco Nexus
7 6 (15.00%) Cisco PIX
7 6 (15.00%) Cisco ASA
7 6 (15.00%) HSPA
7 6 (15.00%) FWSM
7 6 (15.00%) TCP/IP
7 6 (15.00%) Wireless
7 6 (15.00%) BIG-IP
General
1 34 (85.00%) Telecoms
2 10 (25.00%) Billing
2 10 (25.00%) Retail
2 10 (25.00%) Back Office
3 9 (22.50%) Electronics
4 3 (7.500%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 14 (35.00%) IP Engineer
2 10 (25.00%) Security Engineer
3 6 (15.00%) Consultant
3 6 (15.00%) Principal Consultant
4 5 (12.50%) Design Engineer
4 5 (12.50%) Project Engineer
4 5 (12.50%) Junior
5 4 (10.00%) Software Engineer
5 4 (10.00%) Network Engineer
5 4 (10.00%) Network Support
5 4 (10.00%) DSP Engineer
5 4 (10.00%) DSP Software Engineer
5 4 (10.00%) C Software Engineer
6 2 (5.000%) Designer
6 2 (5.000%) Marketing Manager
6 2 (5.000%) Network Manager
6 2 (5.000%) Solutions Designer
7 1 (2.500%) Technical Leader
7 1 (2.500%) Programme Manager
7 1 (2.500%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 11 (27.50%) Smartphone
2 6 (15.00%) Handset
3 5 (12.50%) Mobile Computing
4 4 (10.00%) Computer Science
5 1 (2.500%) Video on Demand
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (25.00%) CRM
2 5 (12.50%) Performance Testing
3 4 (10.00%) Embedded Software Development
3 4 (10.00%) Migration
4 3 (7.500%) Network Planning
4 3 (7.500%) Product Management
5 2 (5.000%) Project Management
6 1 (2.500%) Service Delivery
6 1 (2.500%) Network Design
6 1 (2.500%) Network Architecture
6 1 (2.500%) Security Testing
Programming Languages
1 4 (10.00%) C
1 4 (10.00%) C++
Qualifications
1 20 (50.00%) Degree
2 12 (30.00%) Cisco Certification
2 12 (30.00%) CCNP
3 4 (10.00%) CCIE
3 4 (10.00%) CCIP
3 4 (10.00%) CCNA
3 4 (10.00%) CCDP
3 4 (10.00%) CCSA
3 4 (10.00%) CCSE
4 2 (5.000%) MBA
5 1 (2.500%) HNC
System Software
1 6 (15.00%) ProxySG
Systems Management
1 4 (10.00%) OpenView
1 4 (10.00%) CiscoWorks
1 4 (10.00%) HP NNM
Vendors
1 18 (45.00%) Cisco
2 6 (15.00%) F5
2 6 (15.00%) CheckPoint
2 6 (15.00%) Blue Coat
3 4 (10.00%) Juniper
3 4 (10.00%) HP
3 4 (10.00%) Redback
4 1 (2.500%) Twitter
Reading, Berkshire
Junior Project Engineer - Handsets / Devices / Quality of Service / Drive Test / Field Test - Telecoms... Key Skills: Previous experience in field test / drive test / mobile handset testing would be advantageous.....
Prosper Consulting
Salary: From £18,000 to £25,000 per annum DOE + Excellent Corporate Package
Posted: 17 May 2013