The first table below looks at the demand for LTE 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 LTE 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
3GPP Long Term Evolution (LTE)
Rank 308 330 353
Rank change year-on-year
+22 +23
Permanent jobs citing LTE 119 109 69
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South East 0.542% 0.459% 0.307%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.295% 2.089% 1.652%
Number of salaries quoted 61 86 52
Average salary £52,500 £47,500 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+10.52% +5.55%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £37,500 £32,900
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £58,250 £62,500
UK excluding London average salary £52,500 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year
+16.66% -
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%
LTE
England

LTE
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East LTE Jobs Demand Trend

LTE
Salary Trend

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

South East LTE Salary Trend

LTE
Salary Histogram

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

South East LTE Salary Histogram

LTE
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing LTE 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 +58 75 £50,000 -4.76%
Surrey +20 21 £55,000 +11.11%
Hampshire -29 14 £24,000 -45.45%
Oxfordshire - 2 £85,000 -
Buckinghamshire 0 1 £46,000 +11.51%
LTE
England

LTE
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 150 (78.53%) Telecoms
2 96 (50.26%) 3G
3 81 (42.41%) GSM
4 53 (27.75%) UMTS
5 49 (25.65%) Degree
6 48 (25.13%) 4G
7 44 (23.04%) Wireless
8 41 (21.47%) 2G
9 33 (17.28%) C
10 31 (16.23%) C++
10 31 (16.23%) Linux
10 31 (16.23%) VoIP
11 30 (15.71%) Radio Access Network
12 28 (14.66%) Project Management
13 27 (14.14%) 3GPP
13 27 (14.14%) WCDMA
14 26 (13.61%) Cisco
14 26 (13.61%) Validation
15 25 (13.09%) Network Design
15 25 (13.09%) SIGTRAN
16 23 (12.04%) Wi-Fi
17 22 (11.52%) Service Delivery
17 22 (11.52%) UNIX
18 21 (10.99%) INAP
18 21 (10.99%) Computer Science
18 21 (10.99%) Huawei
19 20 (10.47%) Capacity Management
20 18 (9.424%) Broadband
21 17 (8.901%) Electronics
22 16 (8.377%) SQL

LTE
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 12 (6.283%) STL
1 12 (6.283%) Boost C++ Libraries
2 9 (4.712%) .NET
2 9 (4.712%) CGI
2 9 (4.712%) Silverlight
3 8 (4.188%) .NET Framework
4 4 (2.094%) Qt
5 2 (1.047%) MFC
5 2 (1.047%) SOAP
5 2 (1.047%) XML
6 1 (0.524%) WCF
6 1 (0.524%) Google Maps API
6 1 (0.524%) soapUI
6 1 (0.524%) Bing Maps
Applications
1 5 (2.618%) MS Office
2 3 (1.571%) MS Excel
3 2 (1.047%) Simulink
3 2 (1.047%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.524%) Remedy ITSM
Communications & Networking
1 96 (50.26%) 3G
2 81 (42.41%) GSM
3 53 (27.75%) UMTS
4 48 (25.13%) 4G
5 44 (23.04%) Wireless
6 41 (21.47%) 2G
7 31 (16.23%) VoIP
8 30 (15.71%) Radio Access Network
9 27 (14.14%) WCDMA
9 27 (14.14%) 3GPP
10 25 (13.09%) SIGTRAN
11 23 (12.04%) Wi-Fi
12 21 (10.99%) INAP
13 18 (9.424%) Broadband
14 15 (7.853%) CDMA
15 13 (6.806%) PBX
16 12 (6.283%) Asterisk PBX
17 11 (5.759%) VPN
18 10 (5.236%) HTTP
18 10 (5.236%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.524%) Oracle Reports
1 1 (0.524%) GIS
1 1 (0.524%) Oracle 11g
Development Applications
1 14 (7.330%) GCC
2 12 (6.283%) GDB
2 12 (6.283%) Trac
2 12 (6.283%) Subversion
3 2 (1.047%) Visual Studio
3 2 (1.047%) ClearCase
3 2 (1.047%) Eclipse
4 1 (0.524%) SilkTest
4 1 (0.524%) JIRA
4 1 (0.524%) Selenium
General
1 150 (78.53%) Telecoms
2 17 (8.901%) Electronics
3 13 (6.806%) Finance
4 12 (6.283%) Legal
5 4 (2.094%) Military
6 1 (0.524%) Marketing
6 1 (0.524%) Czech Language
6 1 (0.524%) Back Office
6 1 (0.524%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 30 (15.71%) Software Engineer
2 24 (12.57%) Design Engineer
3 19 (9.948%) Principal Engineer
4 16 (8.377%) Graduate
5 14 (7.330%) C++ Software Engineer
5 14 (7.330%) Voice Engineer
6 13 (6.806%) Consultant
6 13 (6.806%) Customer Engineer
7 11 (5.759%) DSP Engineer
8 10 (5.236%) Radio Engineer
8 10 (5.236%) Analyst
9 8 (4.188%) Performance Engineer
10 7 (3.665%) Network Engineer
10 7 (3.665%) Team Leader
11 6 (3.141%) Systems Analyst
11 6 (3.141%) Developer
11 6 (3.141%) Software Developer
11 6 (3.141%) Project Manager
11 6 (3.141%) Graduate Developer
11 6 (3.141%) Graduate Software Developer
Miscellaneous
1 21 (10.99%) Computer Science
2 9 (4.712%) Handset
3 7 (3.665%) Smartphone
3 7 (3.665%) Mathematics
4 6 (3.141%) Physics
4 6 (3.141%) Clustering
4 6 (3.141%) Firmware
5 5 (2.618%) Mobile App
6 2 (1.047%) Embedded Systems
6 2 (1.047%) Device Driver
6 2 (1.047%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
6 2 (1.047%) MPEG
7 1 (0.524%) W3C
7 1 (0.524%) Client/Server
7 1 (0.524%) N-Tier
7 1 (0.524%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (0.524%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 31 (16.23%) Linux
2 22 (11.52%) UNIX
3 9 (4.712%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 9 (4.712%) Solaris
4 6 (3.141%) Windows
5 2 (1.047%) Embedded Linux
5 2 (1.047%) Android
5 2 (1.047%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (14.66%) Project Management
2 26 (13.61%) Validation
3 25 (13.09%) Network Design
4 22 (11.52%) Service Delivery
5 20 (10.47%) Capacity Management
6 15 (7.853%) Network Planning
7 12 (6.283%) OO
8 9 (4.712%) OOD
8 9 (4.712%) Performance Management
8 9 (4.712%) Monte Carlo Method
9 8 (4.188%) Resource Management
9 8 (4.188%) Network Management
10 7 (3.665%) Network Architecture
11 6 (3.141%) Time Management
11 6 (3.141%) Stakeholder Management
11 6 (3.141%) Matrix Management
12 5 (2.618%) Configuration Management
12 5 (2.618%) Capacity Planning
12 5 (2.618%) Embedded Software Development
12 5 (2.618%) Product Management
Programming Languages
1 33 (17.28%) C
2 31 (16.23%) C++
3 16 (8.377%) SQL
4 13 (6.806%) Java
5 11 (5.759%) Embedded C
6 9 (4.712%) C#
7 8 (4.188%) Perl
8 4 (2.094%) TTCN
8 4 (2.094%) Python
9 2 (1.047%) Bash shell
9 2 (1.047%) R
9 2 (1.047%) Shell Script
9 2 (1.047%) MATLAB
9 2 (1.047%) VC++
10 1 (0.524%) Embedded C++
Qualifications
1 49 (25.65%) Degree
2 8 (4.188%) SC Cleared
2 8 (4.188%) Security Cleared
3 6 (3.141%) Cisco Certification
4 5 (2.618%) HNC
4 5 (2.618%) HND
5 4 (2.094%) CCIE
6 2 (1.047%) PhD
6 2 (1.047%) CCIP
6 2 (1.047%) CCNA
6 2 (1.047%) Chartered Engineer
6 2 (1.047%) CCDE
6 2 (1.047%) CCA
7 1 (0.524%) JNCIE
7 1 (0.524%) CCDP
7 1 (0.524%) ISEB
7 1 (0.524%) CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (4.188%) SLA
2 6 (3.141%) QA
2 6 (3.141%) ISO 9001
Systems Management
1 1 (0.524%) OpenView
1 1 (0.524%) Netcool
1 1 (0.524%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 26 (13.61%) Cisco
2 21 (10.99%) Huawei
3 15 (7.853%) Oracle
4 12 (6.283%) Microsoft
4 12 (6.283%) Ericsson
5 8 (4.188%) Red Hat
5 8 (4.188%) HP
5 8 (4.188%) Nokia Siemens Networks
6 7 (3.665%) Nokia
7 6 (3.141%) Sun
7 6 (3.141%) Business Objects
8 5 (2.618%) Tektronix
9 4 (2.094%) Cramer
10 3 (1.571%) Mapinfo
11 2 (1.047%) BT
11 2 (1.047%) CheckPoint
11 2 (1.047%) SAP
11 2 (1.047%) EMC
11 2 (1.047%) Juniper
12 1 (0.524%) Alcatel-Lucent
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
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
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
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
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
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
Guildford, Surrey
Keywords:- Technical Lead, Software Engineer, Innovation, Telecoms, Datacoms, C++, Linux, STL, GCC, Make, GDB, GSM, UMTS, LTE, System Design, RANAP, GTP, S1, MAP, CAMEL, Radius, SMNP, SIP, VOIP,...
Spectrum IT Recruitment (South) Ltd
Salary: £55000 - £65000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
Guildford, Surrey
Keywords:- Software Engineer, Senior Software Engineer, Development Team Lead, Team Lead, Mentor, C++, Linux, STL, GCC, Make, GDB, Telecoms, Datacoms, GSM, UMTS, LTE, RANAP, GTP, S1, MAP, CAMEL,...
Spectrum IT Recruitment (South) Ltd
Salary: £50000 - £55000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013