The first table below looks at the demand for HSPA skills in IT jobs advertised for the Reading region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited HSPA over the 3 months to 17 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
High Speed Packet Access (HSPA)
Rank 126 131 -
Rank change year-on-year
+5 -
Permanent jobs citing HSPA 6 2 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Reading 0.285% 0.089% -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.782% 0.349% -
Number of salaries quoted 4 1 0
Average salary £32,000 £45,000 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
-28.88% -
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year
-20.00% -9.09%
All Communications & Networking
Reading
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
767 573 364
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Reading 36.42% 25.37% 19.55%
Number of salaries quoted 617 462 298
Average salary £40,000 £45,000 £43,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-11.11% +4.65%
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 £39,750 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-0.62% +6.66%
HSPA
Berkshire

HSPA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Reading HSPA Jobs Demand Trend

HSPA
Salary Trend

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

Reading HSPA Salary Trend

HSPA
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing HSPA across the Reading region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Reading HSPA Salary Histogram

HSPA
Top 22 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Reading region citing HSPA 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 HSPA.

1 16 (100.00%) 3G
1 16 (100.00%) Wireless
1 16 (100.00%) Telecoms
1 16 (100.00%) Handset
1 16 (100.00%) Degree
2 15 (93.75%) Smartphone
3 12 (75.00%) Performance Testing
3 12 (75.00%) Electronics
3 12 (75.00%) GSM
4 7 (43.75%) Bluetooth
4 7 (43.75%) Logistics
5 6 (37.50%) Broadband
6 5 (31.25%) Mobile Computing
7 4 (25.00%) LTE
7 4 (25.00%) Product Management
7 4 (25.00%) 4G
7 4 (25.00%) Service Delivery
7 4 (25.00%) Project Management
8 1 (6.250%) Internet
8 1 (6.250%) NGN
8 1 (6.250%) Security Testing
8 1 (6.250%) Wireless Security

HSPA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Reading region citing HSPA 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 HSPA. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking
1 16 (100.00%) 3G
1 16 (100.00%) Wireless
2 12 (75.00%) GSM
3 7 (43.75%) Bluetooth
4 6 (37.50%) Broadband
5 4 (25.00%) LTE
5 4 (25.00%) 4G
6 1 (6.250%) Internet
6 1 (6.250%) NGN
6 1 (6.250%) Wireless Security
General
1 16 (100.00%) Telecoms
2 12 (75.00%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 12 (75.00%) Project Engineer
2 7 (43.75%) Field Engineer
2 7 (43.75%) Test Engineer
3 5 (31.25%) Junior
4 3 (18.75%) Project Leader
4 3 (18.75%) Technical Project Leader
5 1 (6.250%) Technical Leader
Miscellaneous
1 16 (100.00%) Handset
2 15 (93.75%) Smartphone
3 5 (31.25%) Mobile Computing
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (75.00%) Performance Testing
2 7 (43.75%) Logistics
3 4 (25.00%) Product Management
3 4 (25.00%) Project Management
3 4 (25.00%) Service Delivery
4 1 (6.250%) Security Testing
Qualifications
1 16 (100.00%) Degree
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