The first table below looks at the demand for 3G skills in IT jobs advertised for the South East region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited 3G 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 South East region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
3G
Rank 275 259 322
Rank change year-on-year
-16 +63
Permanent jobs citing 3G 160 195 102
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South East 0.723% 0.820% 0.445%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 3.055% 3.751% 2.347%
Number of salaries quoted 44 149 63
Average salary £50,000 £45,000 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+11.11% -
90% offered a salary of more than £25,922 £33,000 £32,500
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £60,000 £64,000
UK excluding London average salary £47,500 £42,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year
+11.76% -
All Communications & Networking
South East
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
5238 5199 4346
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South East 23.67% 21.86% 18.94%
Number of salaries quoted 4207 4409 3625
Average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £27,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
3G
England

3G
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East 3G Jobs Demand Trend

3G
Salary Trend

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

South East 3G Salary Trend

3G
Salary Histogram

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

South East 3G Salary Histogram

3G
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing 3G within the South East region over the 3 months to 24 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
Berkshire +33 131 £50,000 +25.00%
Surrey -8 19 £25,000 -47.36%
Buckinghamshire -39 4 £45,250 +0.55%
Oxfordshire -17 2 £56,537 +156.98%
Hampshire -28 2 £47,500 +18.01%
West Sussex - 1 - -
3G
England

3G
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the South East region citing 3G 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 3G.

1 195 (72.22%) Telecoms
2 94 (34.81%) LTE
3 91 (33.70%) Radio Access Network
4 83 (30.74%) Degree
5 78 (28.89%) 2G
6 72 (26.67%) GSM
7 71 (26.30%) 4G
8 55 (20.37%) Project Management
9 54 (20.00%) Broadband
10 49 (18.15%) Cisco
11 47 (17.41%) Wireless
12 46 (17.04%) Network Design
13 40 (14.81%) SIGTRAN
14 39 (14.44%) Validation
15 38 (14.07%) Internet
16 36 (13.33%) INAP
17 35 (12.96%) TCP/IP
18 34 (12.59%) DNS
18 34 (12.59%) UNIX
19 33 (12.22%) DHCP
19 33 (12.22%) SNMP
20 32 (11.85%) Windows
21 31 (11.48%) Capacity Management
21 31 (11.48%) Smartphone
22 29 (10.74%) SMTP
22 29 (10.74%) VoIP
22 29 (10.74%) Back Office
23 28 (10.37%) Billing
24 27 (10.00%) WCDMA
25 26 (9.630%) Nokia Siemens Networks

3G
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the South East region citing 3G 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 3G. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 10 (3.704%) HTML
1 10 (3.704%) XHTML
2 6 (2.222%) Web Services
3 4 (1.481%) Qt
3 4 (1.481%) .NET
4 3 (1.111%) CGI
4 3 (1.111%) STL
4 3 (1.111%) Boost C++ Libraries
5 2 (0.741%) MFC
6 1 (0.370%) SOAP
6 1 (0.370%) WAP
Application Platforms
1 13 (4.815%) Apache
2 10 (3.704%) WebLogic
3 3 (1.111%) Site Server
3 3 (1.111%) Lync
4 1 (0.370%) WebLogic Portal
Applications
1 5 (1.852%) MS Excel
1 5 (1.852%) MS Office
2 4 (1.481%) MS PowerPoint
3 1 (0.370%) Simulink
3 1 (0.370%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 1 (0.370%) Metrica
Communications & Networking
1 94 (34.81%) LTE
2 91 (33.70%) Radio Access Network
3 78 (28.89%) 2G
4 72 (26.67%) GSM
5 71 (26.30%) 4G
6 54 (20.00%) Broadband
7 47 (17.41%) Wireless
8 40 (14.81%) SIGTRAN
9 38 (14.07%) Internet
10 36 (13.33%) INAP
11 35 (12.96%) TCP/IP
12 34 (12.59%) DNS
13 33 (12.22%) DHCP
13 33 (12.22%) SNMP
14 29 (10.74%) SMTP
14 29 (10.74%) VoIP
15 27 (10.00%) WCDMA
16 25 (9.259%) UMTS
17 23 (8.519%) Firewall
18 21 (7.778%) MGW
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (3.704%) MySQL
2 7 (2.593%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.370%) GIS
Development Applications
1 8 (2.963%) ClearCase
2 6 (2.222%) GCC
2 6 (2.222%) Visual Studio
3 4 (1.481%) Subversion
4 3 (1.111%) Eclipse
4 3 (1.111%) GDB
4 3 (1.111%) Trac
General
1 195 (72.22%) Telecoms
2 29 (10.74%) Back Office
3 28 (10.37%) Billing
4 20 (7.407%) Electronics
5 18 (6.667%) Finance
6 17 (6.296%) Retail
7 7 (2.593%) Military
8 5 (1.852%) Legal
8 5 (1.852%) Marketing
9 4 (1.481%) Advertising
9 4 (1.481%) Aerospace
9 4 (1.481%) Pharmaceutical
10 1 (0.370%) Czech Language
Job Titles
1 37 (13.70%) Design Engineer
2 33 (12.22%) IP Engineer
3 27 (10.00%) Voice Engineer
4 22 (8.148%) Principal Engineer
5 17 (6.296%) Security Engineer
6 16 (5.926%) 3G Engineer
6 16 (5.926%) RAN Engineer
7 15 (5.556%) Software Engineer
8 14 (5.185%) Network Engineer
8 14 (5.185%) Test Engineer
9 13 (4.815%) Customer Engineer
9 13 (4.815%) Support Engineer
10 12 (4.444%) Analyst
10 12 (4.444%) Project Engineer
11 11 (4.074%) Junior
12 10 (3.704%) Architect
12 10 (3.704%) Project Manager
13 9 (3.333%) Solutions Architect
13 9 (3.333%) Senior 3G Engineer
14 8 (2.963%) Senior Design Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 31 (11.48%) Smartphone
2 24 (8.889%) Handset
3 9 (3.333%) Embedded Systems
4 8 (2.963%) Computer Science
5 6 (2.222%) Mobile Computing
5 6 (2.222%) Management Information System
5 6 (2.222%) Clustering
6 4 (1.481%) Mobile App
6 4 (1.481%) Video Conferencing
7 3 (1.111%) Chip and PIN
7 3 (1.111%) Blackberry
7 3 (1.111%) Open Source
8 2 (0.741%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
8 2 (0.741%) Device Driver
8 2 (0.741%) MPEG
9 1 (0.370%) Economics
9 1 (0.370%) Statistics
9 1 (0.370%) Enterprise Software
9 1 (0.370%) Mobile Payment
Operating Systems
1 34 (12.59%) UNIX
2 32 (11.85%) Windows
3 25 (9.259%) Linux
4 9 (3.333%) Solaris
5 8 (2.963%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 4 (1.481%) Android
7 3 (1.111%) Windows 2000
7 3 (1.111%) Windows XP
7 3 (1.111%) Debian
8 2 (0.741%) Windows 7
8 2 (0.741%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 55 (20.37%) Project Management
2 46 (17.04%) Network Design
3 39 (14.44%) Validation
4 31 (11.48%) Capacity Management
5 23 (8.519%) Service Delivery
6 17 (6.296%) CRM
7 15 (5.556%) Capacity Planning
8 12 (4.444%) Performance Testing
8 12 (4.444%) Performance Management
9 11 (4.074%) Resource Management
9 11 (4.074%) Network Architecture
9 11 (4.074%) Network Planning
10 9 (3.333%) Network Management
11 8 (2.963%) Root Cause Analysis
11 8 (2.963%) Configuration Management
12 7 (2.593%) PRINCE2
12 7 (2.593%) Logistics
12 7 (2.593%) Test Management
13 6 (2.222%) Time Management
13 6 (2.222%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 18 (6.667%) SQL
2 16 (5.926%) C++
3 15 (5.556%) Perl
4 13 (4.815%) Java
5 11 (4.074%) PHP
6 10 (3.704%) JavaScript
6 10 (3.704%) C
7 3 (1.111%) C#
8 2 (0.741%) R
8 2 (0.741%) VC++
8 2 (0.741%) Python
8 2 (0.741%) Embedded C
8 2 (0.741%) Embedded C++
9 1 (0.370%) Assembly Language
9 1 (0.370%) MATLAB
9 1 (0.370%) VBA
Qualifications
1 83 (30.74%) Degree
2 18 (6.667%) Cisco Certification
3 13 (4.815%) CCNP
4 11 (4.074%) ISEB
5 10 (3.704%) CCIE
6 9 (3.333%) CCIP
7 8 (2.963%) CCSA
8 7 (2.593%) CCSE
9 6 (2.222%) CCDP
10 5 (1.852%) SC Cleared
10 5 (1.852%) Security Cleared
11 4 (1.481%) PMP
11 4 (1.481%) PMI Certification
12 3 (1.111%) CISSP
12 3 (1.111%) PgMP
13 2 (0.741%) JNCIE
13 2 (0.741%) CISM
13 2 (0.741%) PhD
14 1 (0.370%) CCNA
14 1 (0.370%) CEH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (7.778%) SLA
2 13 (4.815%) ISO 9001
3 5 (1.852%) QA
3 5 (1.852%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (1.111%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 17 (6.296%) ProxySG
2 3 (1.111%) FreeRADIUS
3 1 (0.370%) NFS
Systems Management
1 12 (4.444%) CiscoWorks
1 12 (4.444%) OpenView
1 12 (4.444%) HP NNM
2 6 (2.222%) HP Quality Center
3 3 (1.111%) NetBackup
3 3 (1.111%) Backup Exec
3 3 (1.111%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 49 (18.15%) Cisco
2 26 (9.630%) Nokia Siemens Networks
3 24 (8.889%) HP
4 21 (7.778%) Ericsson
5 20 (7.407%) Nokia
6 17 (6.296%) F5
6 17 (6.296%) Blue Coat
7 16 (5.926%) Oracle
7 16 (5.926%) CheckPoint
8 14 (5.185%) Huawei
9 13 (4.815%) Juniper
10 12 (4.444%) Redback
11 8 (2.963%) BT
11 8 (2.963%) Red Hat
12 7 (2.593%) Microsoft
13 6 (2.222%) Sun
14 5 (1.852%) Cramer
14 5 (1.852%) T-Plan
15 3 (1.111%) Mapinfo
15 3 (1.111%) Altiris
Amersham, Thames Valley
My client is leading the UK in network management and delivery of 4G technologies.As a Transmission Planner you will be responsible for auditing the transmission design and...
Fulcrum Telecom
Salary: £40000.00 - £45000.00 per annum
Posted: 2 May 2013
Fleet, Hampshire
Anite Telecoms provides specialist handset and system solutions to customers within the telecoms sector... Working at Anite... An exciting and challenging role working in the team involved in...
Anite Telecoms Limited
Salary: Competitive + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 29 April 2013
Fleet, Hampshire
Working at Anite... Gain practical C/C++ programming experience. Design and develop of Windows applications in C / C++ to support test case execution... Participate in the design of...
Anite Telecoms Limited
Salary: Competitive + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 29 April 2013
Reading, Berkshire
Principal Voice CS Core Design Lead / Architect ideally who has managed small teams but is also a technical specialist in the Circuit Switched Core / CS Core particularly ideally...
Opus Resourcing Ltd
Salary: £55000 - £60000 per annum + £6k Car Allow + Bonus to 20%
Posted: 21 May 2013
Maidenhead, Berkshire
Key skills required include some of two or more of the following *3G Mobile Packet Core architecture *3G Circuit Switched Core architecture *CS Voice, messaging or popular internet...
Opus Resourcing Ltd
Salary: £55000 - £62000 per annum + £6k Car Allow + Bonus to 20%
Posted: 21 May 2013