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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Wireless
Rank 83 81 98
Rank change year-on-year
-2 +17
Permanent jobs citing Wireless 50 51 23
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Reading 2.305% 2.253% 1.220%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 6.353% 8.748% 6.069%
Number of salaries quoted 40 50 20
Average salary £56,250 £37,500 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+50.00% +15.38%
90% offered a salary of more than £31,600 £25,000 £22,350
10% offered a salary of more than £75,000 £60,000 £57,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year
- -5.88%
All Communications & Networking
Reading
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
787 583 379
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Reading 36.28% 25.75% 20.11%
Number of salaries quoted 623 463 310
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 £31,500 £26,000 £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%
Wireless
Berkshire

Wireless
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Reading Wireless Jobs Demand Trend

Wireless
Salary Trend

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

Reading Wireless Salary Trend

Wireless
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Wireless across the Reading region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Reading Wireless Salary Histogram

Wireless
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Reading region citing Wireless 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 Wireless.

1 49 (44.55%) Telecoms
2 40 (36.36%) Cisco
3 38 (34.55%) Cisco Certification
4 36 (32.73%) Degree
5 29 (26.36%) GSM
6 26 (23.64%) 3G
7 25 (22.73%) LAN
8 24 (21.82%) CCNP
9 22 (20.00%) VPN
10 21 (19.09%) Juniper
11 20 (18.18%) CCIE
11 20 (18.18%) Handset
12 19 (17.27%) WAN
13 17 (15.45%) UMTS
13 17 (15.45%) Service Delivery
13 17 (15.45%) Firewall
14 16 (14.55%) HSPA
15 15 (13.64%) Smartphone
15 15 (13.64%) WLAN
15 15 (13.64%) Cisco Nexus
16 14 (12.73%) Wi-Fi
16 14 (12.73%) Electronics
17 13 (11.82%) MPLS
17 13 (11.82%) CheckPoint
17 13 (11.82%) HP
17 13 (11.82%) LTE
17 13 (11.82%) Cisco ASA
17 13 (11.82%) 4G
18 12 (10.91%) Performance Testing
18 12 (10.91%) Project Management

Wireless
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 2 (1.818%) XMPP
2 1 (0.909%) HTML5
Application Platforms
1 8 (7.273%) MS Exchange
2 7 (6.364%) Exchange Server 2007
3 6 (5.455%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
4 4 (3.636%) Lync
5 3 (2.727%) SharePoint
6 1 (0.909%) IIS
6 1 (0.909%) SharePoint 2010
6 1 (0.909%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 11 (10.00%) MS Excel
2 7 (6.364%) MS Office
3 1 (0.909%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.909%) Office 365
Business Applications
1 1 (0.909%) Sage 200
Communications & Networking
1 29 (26.36%) GSM
2 26 (23.64%) 3G
3 25 (22.73%) LAN
4 22 (20.00%) VPN
5 19 (17.27%) WAN
6 17 (15.45%) UMTS
6 17 (15.45%) Firewall
7 16 (14.55%) HSPA
8 15 (13.64%) WLAN
8 15 (13.64%) Cisco Nexus
9 14 (12.73%) Wi-Fi
10 13 (11.82%) MPLS
10 13 (11.82%) LTE
10 13 (11.82%) Cisco ASA
10 13 (11.82%) 4G
11 11 (10.00%) Network Security
12 10 (9.091%) VLAN
12 10 (9.091%) BGP
13 9 (8.182%) EIGRP
13 9 (8.182%) Cisco PIX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.909%) SQL Server
1 1 (0.909%) GIS
General
1 49 (44.55%) Telecoms
2 14 (12.73%) Electronics
3 7 (6.364%) Finance
3 7 (6.364%) Marketing
4 4 (3.636%) Multimedia
5 2 (1.818%) French Language
5 2 (1.818%) Financial Institution
6 1 (0.909%) Publishing
6 1 (0.909%) Billing
6 1 (0.909%) Danish Language
6 1 (0.909%) Dutch Language
Job Titles
1 20 (18.18%) Network Engineer
2 15 (13.64%) Consultant
3 12 (10.91%) Support Engineer
3 12 (10.91%) Project Engineer
4 8 (7.273%) Network Support
4 8 (7.273%) Junior
4 8 (7.273%) Architect
5 7 (6.364%) Network Support Engineer
5 7 (6.364%) Technical Manager
5 7 (6.364%) Technical Design Authority
5 7 (6.364%) Core Network Engineer
6 6 (5.455%) Desktop Support Administrator
6 6 (5.455%) Desktop Administrator
6 6 (5.455%) Test Engineer
6 6 (5.455%) Network Consultant
6 6 (5.455%) Desktop Support
6 6 (5.455%) Security Consultant
6 6 (5.455%) Administrator
6 6 (5.455%) Field Engineer
7 5 (4.545%) Cisco Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 20 (18.18%) Handset
2 15 (13.64%) Smartphone
3 6 (5.455%) iPhone
3 6 (5.455%) SaaS
3 6 (5.455%) Blackberry
3 6 (5.455%) Mobile Computing
4 3 (2.727%) Cloud Computing
4 3 (2.727%) Computer Science
4 3 (2.727%) Mobile App
5 2 (1.818%) Digital Media
5 2 (1.818%) Fat Client
5 2 (1.818%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 10 (9.091%) Windows
2 8 (7.273%) Linux
3 6 (5.455%) Windows 7
4 3 (2.727%) Windows Server 2008
5 2 (1.818%) Windows Vista
5 2 (1.818%) Windows Server 2003
6 1 (0.909%) Windows XP
6 1 (0.909%) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (15.45%) Service Delivery
2 12 (10.91%) Performance Testing
2 12 (10.91%) Project Management
3 7 (6.364%) Business Development
4 6 (5.455%) Network Management
4 6 (5.455%) Load Balancing
4 6 (5.455%) Logistics
4 6 (5.455%) ITIL
5 5 (4.545%) Network Design
6 4 (3.636%) Penetration Testing
6 4 (3.636%) Data Analysis
6 4 (3.636%) Signal Processing
6 4 (3.636%) Product Management
6 4 (3.636%) Validation
7 3 (2.727%) Digital Signal Processing
8 2 (1.818%) Technical Architecture
8 2 (1.818%) Software Engineering
8 2 (1.818%) Root Cause Analysis
8 2 (1.818%) Change Control
8 2 (1.818%) Software Architecture
Programming Languages
1 10 (9.091%) C
2 2 (1.818%) Scala
3 1 (0.909%) Embedded C
3 1 (0.909%) Embedded C++
3 1 (0.909%) Python
3 1 (0.909%) C++
3 1 (0.909%) PHP
3 1 (0.909%) SQL
3 1 (0.909%) VBScript
3 1 (0.909%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 38 (34.55%) Cisco Certification
2 36 (32.73%) Degree
3 24 (21.82%) CCNP
4 20 (18.18%) CCIE
5 9 (8.182%) CCNA
6 8 (7.273%) CCDP
7 4 (3.636%) CCDA
8 3 (2.727%) CCSP
8 3 (2.727%) Security Cleared
8 3 (2.727%) SC Cleared
9 2 (1.818%) MCTS
9 2 (1.818%) MCITP
9 2 (1.818%) DV Cleared
10 1 (0.909%) CISSP
10 1 (0.909%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (0.909%) Check Point Certification
10 1 (0.909%) CCIP
10 1 (0.909%) MCP
10 1 (0.909%) CCVP
10 1 (0.909%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (0.909%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 8 (7.273%) Active Directory
2 7 (6.364%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.909%) Terminal Server
3 1 (0.909%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 3 (2.727%) Cisco UCCX
1 3 (2.727%) Cisco CUCM
2 1 (0.909%) Cisco UCCE
Vendors
1 40 (36.36%) Cisco
2 21 (19.09%) Juniper
3 13 (11.82%) CheckPoint
3 13 (11.82%) HP
4 10 (9.091%) Microsoft
5 9 (8.182%) Symantec
6 8 (7.273%) Aruba
6 8 (7.273%) Citrix
7 7 (6.364%) VMware
7 7 (6.364%) F5
8 6 (5.455%) Brocade
9 5 (4.545%) Twitter
9 5 (4.545%) Blue Coat
9 5 (4.545%) Fortinet
10 4 (3.636%) Trapeze
11 3 (2.727%) ProCurve
12 2 (1.818%) AirMagnet
12 2 (1.818%) Polycom
13 1 (0.909%) Mapinfo
13 1 (0.909%) Sage
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