The first table below looks at the demand for the Communications Engineer role in IT jobs advertised for the Scotland region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Communications Engineer in their job title 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 Job Titles advertised for the Scotland region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Comms Engineer
Rank 153 - 155
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs requiring a Communications Engineer 4 0 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Scotland 0.128% - 0.029%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.135% - 0.031%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
Average salary £40,000 - -
UK excluding London average salary £50,000 £35,000 £31,250
% change year-on-year
+42.85% +12.00%
All Job Titles
Scotland
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
2957 3263 3257
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Scotland 94.47% 94.88% 94.74%
Number of salaries quoted 1764 2393 2441
Average salary £40,000 £37,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.66% -6.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £25,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £57,500 £55,000 £57,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Communications Engineer
UK

Communications Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Communications Engineer across the Scotland region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Scotland Communications Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

Communications Engineer
Salary Trend

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

Scotland Communications Engineer Salary Trend

Communications Engineer
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Communications Engineer within the Scotland region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Edinburgh - 3 - -
Communications Engineer
UK

Communications Engineer
Top 19 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Scotland region that cited Communications Engineer in their job title 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 with Communications Engineer in their job title.

1 3 (75.00%) Wireless
1 3 (75.00%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
2 2 (50.00%) C
2 2 (50.00%) MATLAB
3 1 (25.00%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (25.00%) Bluetooth
3 1 (25.00%) EMC
3 1 (25.00%) Firmware
3 1 (25.00%) Electronics
3 1 (25.00%) Migration
3 1 (25.00%) Subversion
3 1 (25.00%) Software Engineering
3 1 (25.00%) Technical Architecture
3 1 (25.00%) ZigBee
3 1 (25.00%) xDSL
3 1 (25.00%) Unified Communications
3 1 (25.00%) Signal Processing
3 1 (25.00%) Capacity Management
3 1 (25.00%) CAN bus

Communications Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Scotland region that cited Communications Engineer in their job title 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 with Communications Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking
1 3 (75.00%) Wireless
2 1 (25.00%) ZigBee
2 1 (25.00%) xDSL
2 1 (25.00%) Unified Communications
2 1 (25.00%) Bluetooth
2 1 (25.00%) Wi-Fi
Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Subversion
General
1 1 (25.00%) Electronics
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
2 1 (25.00%) CAN bus
2 1 (25.00%) Firmware
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (25.00%) Migration
1 1 (25.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (25.00%) Technical Architecture
1 1 (25.00%) Signal Processing
1 1 (25.00%) Capacity Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (50.00%) C
1 2 (50.00%) MATLAB
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) EMC