The first table below looks at the demand for 3GPP 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 3GPP over the 3 months to 20 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP)
Rank 410 385 403
Rank change year-on-year
-25 +18
Permanent jobs citing 3GPP 16 51 19
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South East 0.073% 0.215% 0.085%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.309% 0.977% 0.455%
Number of salaries quoted 12 29 17
Average salary £55,000 £47,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+15.78% +26.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £37,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £55,000 £53,250
UK excluding London average salary £55,000 £45,000 £51,500
% change year-on-year
+22.22% -12.62%
All Communications & Networking
South East
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
5185 5218 4176
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South East 23.64% 21.96% 18.60%
Number of salaries quoted 4165 4423 3496
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 £39,750 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-0.62% +6.66%
3GPP
England

3GPP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East 3GPP Jobs Demand Trend

3GPP
Salary Trend

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

South East 3GPP Salary Trend

3GPP
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing 3GPP across the South East region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

South East 3GPP Salary Histogram

3GPP
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing 3GPP within the South East region over the 3 months to 20 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 +11 10 £50,000 +8.69%
Surrey -1 1 £50,000 -2.91%
3GPP
England

3GPP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the South East region citing 3GPP 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 3GPP.

1 54 (84.38%) Telecoms
2 34 (53.13%) UMTS
3 33 (51.56%) Degree
4 28 (43.75%) Wireless
5 27 (42.19%) LTE
6 25 (39.06%) GSM
7 23 (35.94%) Oracle
7 23 (35.94%) Computer Science
8 20 (31.25%) C#
8 20 (31.25%) .NET
9 19 (29.69%) Nokia Siemens Networks
10 18 (28.13%) WCDMA
11 14 (21.88%) Silverlight
11 14 (21.88%) Network Planning
12 13 (20.31%) C++
13 12 (18.75%) SOAP
13 12 (18.75%) XML
13 12 (18.75%) UML
13 12 (18.75%) CORBA
13 12 (18.75%) SOA
13 12 (18.75%) Rational Rose
13 12 (18.75%) Data Modelling
13 12 (18.75%) SNMP
13 12 (18.75%) Telelogic
13 12 (18.75%) Telelogic TAU
13 12 (18.75%) Scrum
13 12 (18.75%) Use Case
13 12 (18.75%) Product Management
13 12 (18.75%) Mathematics
13 12 (18.75%) Physics

3GPP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 20 (31.25%) .NET
2 14 (21.88%) Silverlight
3 12 (18.75%) SOAP
3 12 (18.75%) XML
3 12 (18.75%) CORBA
4 8 (12.50%) .NET Framework
5 6 (9.375%) WCF
5 6 (9.375%) REST
5 6 (9.375%) WSDL
5 6 (9.375%) XML Schema
5 6 (9.375%) Middleware
5 6 (9.375%) XSLT
5 6 (9.375%) Web Services
6 4 (6.250%) WPF
7 3 (4.688%) X-Windows
Application Platforms
1 6 (9.375%) IIS
1 6 (9.375%) ESB
Applications
1 2 (3.125%) Simulink
Communications & Networking
1 34 (53.13%) UMTS
2 28 (43.75%) Wireless
3 27 (42.19%) LTE
4 25 (39.06%) GSM
5 18 (28.13%) WCDMA
6 12 (18.75%) SNMP
7 11 (17.19%) 3G
8 10 (15.63%) UTRAN
8 10 (15.63%) MGW
8 10 (15.63%) GPRS
8 10 (15.63%) GGSN
8 10 (15.63%) SGSN
9 9 (14.06%) Radio Access Network
10 7 (10.94%) ATM
11 6 (9.375%) OFDM
11 6 (9.375%) HSPA
12 3 (4.688%) LAN
12 3 (4.688%) RTP
12 3 (4.688%) SS7
12 3 (4.688%) Megaco
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (4.688%) Oracle 8/8i
1 3 (4.688%) GIS
Development Applications
1 12 (18.75%) Rational Rose
1 12 (18.75%) Telelogic TAU
2 7 (10.94%) ClearCase
3 3 (4.688%) Selenium
General
1 54 (84.38%) Telecoms
2 7 (10.94%) Finance
3 3 (4.688%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 12 (18.75%) Developer
2 11 (17.19%) Senior Software Engineer
2 11 (17.19%) Software Engineer
3 8 (12.50%) Graduate
4 7 (10.94%) Network Engineer
4 7 (10.94%) Support Engineer
4 7 (10.94%) Network Support Engineer
4 7 (10.94%) Network Support
4 7 (10.94%) Core Network Engineer
4 7 (10.94%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
4 7 (10.94%) 3G Engineer
4 7 (10.94%) Senior 3G Engineer
5 6 (9.375%) DSP Engineer
5 6 (9.375%) Middleware Developer
5 6 (9.375%) Principal Engineer
5 6 (9.375%) Analyst
5 6 (9.375%) Systems Analyst
6 5 (7.813%) Silverlight Developer
7 4 (6.250%) Development Engineer
7 4 (6.250%) Senior Development Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 23 (35.94%) Computer Science
2 12 (18.75%) Mathematics
2 12 (18.75%) Physics
3 6 (9.375%) Firmware
4 3 (4.688%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.563%) Handset
Operating Systems
1 10 (15.63%) Windows
2 5 (7.813%) Linux
3 3 (4.688%) UNIX
3 3 (4.688%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (21.88%) Network Planning
2 12 (18.75%) UML
2 12 (18.75%) Data Modelling
2 12 (18.75%) SOA
2 12 (18.75%) Scrum
2 12 (18.75%) Use Case
2 12 (18.75%) Performance Management
2 12 (18.75%) Product Management
3 7 (10.94%) Configuration Management
3 7 (10.94%) Project Management
3 7 (10.94%) OOD
4 6 (9.375%) Network Architecture
4 6 (9.375%) Data Management
4 6 (9.375%) User Stories
5 3 (4.688%) Test Automation
5 3 (4.688%) MVVM
5 3 (4.688%) Network Management
6 1 (1.563%) Network Design
6 1 (1.563%) Systems Analysis
6 1 (1.563%) Requirements Management
Programming Languages
1 20 (31.25%) C#
2 13 (20.31%) C++
3 10 (15.63%) Java
4 8 (12.50%) SQL
5 6 (9.375%) Embedded C
5 6 (9.375%) XPath
5 6 (9.375%) C
6 4 (6.250%) TTCN
6 4 (6.250%) Perl
7 2 (3.125%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 33 (51.56%) Degree
2 1 (1.563%) ISEB
Vendors
1 23 (35.94%) Oracle
2 19 (29.69%) Nokia Siemens Networks
3 12 (18.75%) Telelogic
4 9 (14.06%) Huawei
5 8 (12.50%) Microsoft
6 6 (9.375%) Cisco
6 6 (9.375%) WSO2
7 3 (4.688%) Veritas
8 1 (1.563%) NetHawk
8 1 (1.563%) Ericsson
Fleet, Hampshire
LTE Layer2 protocol development, Embedded C/C++, Real Time OS, Knowledge of telecommunications protocols... C.Analysis of LTE/3G/2G specifications... 3.Ability to program in C/C++.
Connectus
Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013
Fleet, Hampshire
A key business critical role working with the team involved in the development of UTRAN and LTE signalling test cases for Anite's protocol conformance test product... The...
Anite Telecoms Limited
Salary: Competitive + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 24 April 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
The Handset Testing product range is built upon a common set of platform hardware and software providing support for the 2G, 3G, LTE and LTE-A protocols and...
Anite Telecoms Limited
Salary: Competitive + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 24 April 2013
Fleet, Hampshire
The successful applicant will be technically leading the team responsible for the development of LTE and UTRAN 37.901 Performance test cases for Anite's new Performance test...
Anite Telecoms Limited
Salary: Competitive + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 24 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
Guildford, South East
Developing integration tests plans, replicating over the air scenarios using scripted (TTCN, C, C++) driven test systems and generate regular quality reports for the development team and management.
Computer Futures
Salary: £35000 - £50000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013