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The table below looks at the demand for 3G skills within the South East region with a comparison to our Communications & Networking category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited 3G over the 3 months to 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Link3G
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank253180
Rank change on same period last yearDown-73
Matching permanent IT job ads221442
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.128 %0.190 %
As % of the category below3.066 %4.610 %
Salaries quoted137260
Average minimum salary£41,781£43,884
Average salary£45,484£46,940
% change on same period last year-3.10 %
Average maximum salary£49,186£49,996
UK excluding London average salary£44,335£43,610
% change on same period last year+1.66 %
South East IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
South East
Matching permanent IT job ads72089587
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled4.173 %4.126 %
Salaries quoted61117677
Average minimum salary£37,257£38,405
Average salary£40,433£41,324
% change on same period last year-2.15 %
Average maximum salary£43,608£44,243
UK excluding London average salary£37,928£38,940
% change on same period last year-2.59 %
3G England3G
England

3G
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 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 Demand Trend

3G
Salary Trend

The 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

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing 3G across the South East region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008.

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 10 October 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
BerkshireDown-61101£50,677+4.50 %
HampshireDown-3679£40,702-7.41 %
SurreyUp+3010£37,600+16.34 %
BuckinghamshireUp+207£30,500-7.57 %
OxfordshireNew entry-2£17,250-
MiddlesexUp+191£75,000+36.36 %
Thames ValleyUp+281£47,500-8.30 %
3G England3G
England

3G
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, 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.

1174 (40.28 %)Telecoms
2117 (27.08 %)GPRS
3111 (25.69 %)Handset
487 (20.14 %)GSM
575 (17.36 %)C
674 (17.13 %)Wireless
772 (16.67 %)Degree
870 (16.20 %)2G
962 (14.35 %)Windows
1059 (13.66 %)Project Management
1154 (12.50 %)Ericsson
1252 (12.04 %)SQL
1348 (11.11 %)Java
1348 (11.11 %)WebLogic
1445 (10.42 %)UMTS
1445 (10.42 %)TCP/IP
1542 (9.722 %)Internet
1641 (9.491 %)Marketing
1734 (7.870 %)MPLS
1734 (7.870 %)Configuration Management
1734 (7.870 %)BusinessObjects
1734 (7.870 %)Business Objects
1734 (7.870 %)C++
1831 (7.176 %)VPN
1930 (6.944 %)WAP
2029 (6.713 %)3GPP
2029 (6.713 %)Oracle
2029 (6.713 %)Billing
2128 (6.481 %)J2EE
2128 (6.481 %)MIDP

3G
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, 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.

South East IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
130 (6.944 %)WAP
228 (6.481 %)J2EE
228 (6.481 %)MIDP
322 (5.093 %)BREW
411 (2.546 %)XML
510 (2.315 %)AJAX
68 (1.852 %)UIQ
77 (1.620 %)JMS
77 (1.620 %)XHTML
77 (1.620 %)J2ME
77 (1.620 %)SOAP
77 (1.620 %)WebServices
86 (1.389 %).NET
94 (0.926 %)XSLT
94 (0.926 %)J2SE
94 (0.926 %)WML
94 (0.926 %)MFC
94 (0.926 %)ATL
94 (0.926 %)COM
94 (0.926 %)CSS
South East IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
148 (11.11 %)WebLogic
226 (6.019 %)SAS
322 (5.093 %)WebLogic Portal
412 (2.778 %)MS Exchange
55 (1.157 %)SharePoint
64 (0.926 %)Exchange Server 2003
64 (0.926 %)Movable Type
64 (0.926 %)Mambo
73 (0.694 %)SharePoint Server 2007
73 (0.694 %)IIS
82 (0.463 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
91 (0.231 %)Site Server
91 (0.231 %)Tomcat
South East IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
121 (4.861 %)MS Excel
218 (4.167 %)MS Project
37 (1.620 %)MS Office
46 (1.389 %)Pro/ENGINEER
53 (0.694 %)MS PowerPoint
62 (0.463 %)MATLAB
71 (0.231 %)MS Visio
South East IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
12 (0.463 %)Singl.eView
South East IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
1117 (27.08 %)GPRS
287 (20.14 %)GSM
374 (17.13 %)Wireless
470 (16.20 %)2G
545 (10.42 %)UMTS
545 (10.42 %)TCP/IP
642 (9.722 %)Internet
734 (7.870 %)MPLS
831 (7.176 %)VPN
929 (6.713 %)3GPP
1027 (6.250 %)Firewall
1124 (5.556 %)BSS
1124 (5.556 %)WCDMA
1222 (5.093 %)VoIP
1320 (4.630 %)HTTP
1320 (4.630 %)2.5G
1320 (4.630 %)GGSN
1320 (4.630 %)HSPA
1320 (4.630 %)LTE
1419 (4.398 %)Broadband
South East IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
134 (7.870 %)BusinessObjects
212 (2.778 %)SQL Server
311 (2.546 %)SQL Server 2000
49 (2.083 %)SQL Server 2005
55 (1.157 %)Oracle 8/8i
64 (0.926 %)MySQL
73 (0.694 %)MS Access
81 (0.231 %)RDBMS
81 (0.231 %)Crystal Reports
81 (0.231 %)Oracle Reports
81 (0.231 %)GIS
South East IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
119 (4.398 %)ClearCase
27 (1.620 %)Flash
34 (0.926 %)Ant
42 (0.463 %)LabVIEW
51 (0.231 %)Visual Studio
South East IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1174 (40.28 %)Telecoms
241 (9.491 %)Marketing
329 (6.713 %)Billing
417 (3.935 %)Electronics
512 (2.778 %)Finance
611 (2.546 %)Government
611 (2.546 %)Multimedia
710 (2.315 %)Pensions
89 (2.083 %)Health
89 (2.083 %)Manufacturing
98 (1.852 %)Advertising
106 (1.389 %)FMCG
115 (1.157 %)Electric
115 (1.157 %)Retail
124 (0.926 %)Education
124 (0.926 %)Pharmaceutical
124 (0.926 %)Graphic Design
131 (0.231 %)Insurance
South East IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
152 (12.04 %)Software Engineer
249 (11.34 %)Analyst
334 (7.870 %)Test Engineer
431 (7.176 %)Architect
525 (5.787 %)Project Manager
525 (5.787 %)Support Engineer
622 (5.093 %)SAS Analyst
719 (4.398 %)Design Engineer
818 (4.167 %)Technical Support
917 (3.935 %)Field Engineer
1016 (3.704 %)Consultant
1115 (3.472 %)Network Architect
1115 (3.472 %)Customer Analyst
1214 (3.241 %)RF Engineer
1214 (3.241 %)Senior Software Engineer
1313 (3.009 %)Systems Engineer
1313 (3.009 %)Product Manager
1412 (2.778 %)Technical Support Engineer
1412 (2.778 %)Applications Manager
1412 (2.778 %)Technical Engineer
South East IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
1111 (25.69 %)Handset
223 (5.324 %)ASIC
319 (4.398 %)PMI
414 (3.241 %)PDA
511 (2.546 %)Field-Programmable Gate Array
511 (2.546 %)Streaming Video
610 (2.315 %)iPhone
79 (2.083 %)Firmware
88 (1.852 %)Statistics
88 (1.852 %)Device Driver
97 (1.620 %)Blackberry
97 (1.620 %)N-Tier
105 (1.157 %)Clustering
105 (1.157 %)VHDL
105 (1.157 %)Verilog
114 (0.926 %)W3C
123 (0.694 %)Web 2.0
123 (0.694 %)Korean Language
132 (0.463 %)Computer Science
141 (0.231 %)French Language
South East IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
162 (14.35 %)Windows
225 (5.787 %)UNIX
321 (4.861 %)Windows Server 2003
411 (2.546 %)Linux
55 (1.157 %)Windows XP
64 (0.926 %)Windows Mobile
73 (0.694 %)Windows Vista
73 (0.694 %)Android
73 (0.694 %)Windows 2000
82 (0.463 %)Solaris
82 (0.463 %)OpenVMS
91 (0.231 %)Windows 2000 Server
South East IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
159 (13.66 %)Project Management
234 (7.870 %)Configuration Management
321 (4.861 %)PRINCE2
420 (4.630 %)SOA
518 (4.167 %)Risk Management
614 (3.241 %)Validation
614 (3.241 %)Migration
713 (3.009 %)CAD
811 (2.546 %)Network Design
910 (2.315 %)Software Engineering
910 (2.315 %)Software Testing
109 (2.083 %)Test Scripting
118 (1.852 %)Performance Management
127 (1.620 %)Statistical Analysis
127 (1.620 %)Supplier Management
136 (1.389 %)Vulnerability Assessment
136 (1.389 %)Process Management
136 (1.389 %)Service Delivery
136 (1.389 %)Data Protection
145 (1.157 %)Network Load Balancing
South East IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
175 (17.36 %)C
252 (12.04 %)SQL
348 (11.11 %)Java
434 (7.870 %)C++
513 (3.009 %)Embedded C
612 (2.778 %)Perl
77 (1.620 %)JavaScript
86 (1.389 %)PHP
86 (1.389 %)AWK
95 (1.157 %)VB
104 (0.926 %)ActionScript
104 (0.926 %)Tcl
112 (0.463 %)Pascal
112 (0.463 %)C#
121 (0.231 %)VBA
121 (0.231 %)VC++
121 (0.231 %)PL/SQL
121 (0.231 %)Assembly Language
South East IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
172 (16.67 %)Degree
218 (4.167 %)PMI Certification
36 (1.389 %)Microsoft Certification
36 (1.389 %)CISSP
45 (1.157 %)Cisco Certification
45 (1.157 %)CCNA
54 (0.926 %)HNC
63 (0.694 %)MCP
72 (0.463 %)CCNP
72 (0.463 %)MCSE
81 (0.231 %)MCSA
81 (0.231 %)PhD
81 (0.231 %)HND
81 (0.231 %)ISEB
81 (0.231 %)CCA
81 (0.231 %)Citrix Certification
81 (0.231 %)PRINCE2 Certification
81 (0.231 %)MCDST
South East IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
114 (3.241 %)SLA
114 (3.241 %)QA
23 (0.694 %)ISO9001
South East IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
14 (0.926 %)Active Directory
22 (0.463 %)VMware Infrastructure
South East IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
110 (2.315 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
27 (1.620 %)OpenView
South East IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
154 (12.50 %)Ericsson
234 (7.870 %)Business Objects
329 (6.713 %)Oracle
426 (6.019 %)BEA
523 (5.324 %)Microsoft
622 (5.093 %)Symbian
622 (5.093 %)TIBCO
721 (4.861 %)Yahoo!
721 (4.861 %)Google
816 (3.704 %)Nokia
915 (3.472 %)HP
1010 (2.315 %)Apple
117 (1.620 %)Nortel
126 (1.389 %)Motorola
126 (1.389 %)CheckPoint
126 (1.389 %)Anite
135 (1.157 %)Cisco
144 (0.926 %)Adobe
144 (0.926 %)Sony
144 (0.926 %)FatWire