The first table below looks at the demand for 3G skills in IT jobs advertised for the South West region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited 3G over the 3 months to 18 June 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 West region.

Location
3 months to
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
3G
Rank 193 198 181
Rank change year-on-year
+5 -17
Permanent jobs citing 3G 22 19 44
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West 0.413% 0.338% 0.704%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.535% 2.045% 3.915%
Number of salaries quoted 22 19 19
Average salary £48,750 £40,000 £20,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+21.87% +95.12%
UK excluding London average salary £47,500 £40,000 £44,000
% change year-on-year
+18.75% -9.09%
All Communications & Networking
South West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
868 929 1124
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West 16.29% 16.54% 17.99%
Number of salaries quoted 746 772 924
Average salary £38,500 £36,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.47% +4.28%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £25,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
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England

3G
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South West 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 West region.

South West 3G Salary Trend

3G
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing 3G across the South West region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

South West 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 West region over the 3 months to 18 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Bristol -3 8 £45,000 -10.00%
Somerset - 8 £55,500 -
Gloucestershire - 2 £22,500 -
Wiltshire +6 1 £60,000 +50.00%
Dorset -11 1 £19,000 -36.66%
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England

3G
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the South West 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 33 (49.25%) VPN
2 32 (47.76%) MPLS
2 32 (47.76%) IPsec
3 31 (46.27%) Cisco
4 27 (40.30%) WAN
4 27 (40.30%) ISDN
5 26 (38.81%) Ethernet
6 25 (37.31%) Cisco Certification
7 24 (35.82%) Internet
8 23 (34.33%) Wireless
9 21 (31.34%) OSPF
10 20 (29.85%) BGP
10 20 (29.85%) Firewall
10 20 (29.85%) SDH
11 19 (28.36%) ADSL
11 19 (28.36%) Windows
11 19 (28.36%) CCNA
12 18 (26.87%) ITIL
12 18 (26.87%) LAN
12 18 (26.87%) Telecoms
12 18 (26.87%) LTE
13 17 (25.37%) xDSL
13 17 (25.37%) DNS
14 16 (23.88%) Performance Management
15 15 (22.39%) 4G
15 15 (22.39%) Linux
15 15 (22.39%) Change Management
16 14 (20.90%) Ericsson
16 14 (20.90%) Redback
17 13 (19.40%) SHDSL

3G
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the South West 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 5 (7.463%) WSH
2 3 (4.478%) Middleware
Application Platforms
1 5 (7.463%) IIS
2 3 (4.478%) NetWeaver
3 1 (1.493%) SharePoint 2010
3 1 (1.493%) SharePoint
Applications
1 8 (11.94%) MS Office
2 1 (1.493%) MS Excel
2 1 (1.493%) Simulink
Communications & Networking
1 33 (49.25%) VPN
2 32 (47.76%) MPLS
2 32 (47.76%) IPsec
3 27 (40.30%) ISDN
3 27 (40.30%) WAN
4 26 (38.81%) Ethernet
5 24 (35.82%) Internet
6 23 (34.33%) Wireless
7 21 (31.34%) OSPF
8 20 (29.85%) BGP
8 20 (29.85%) SDH
8 20 (29.85%) Firewall
9 19 (28.36%) ADSL
10 18 (26.87%) LAN
10 18 (26.87%) LTE
11 17 (25.37%) xDSL
11 17 (25.37%) DNS
12 15 (22.39%) 4G
13 13 (19.40%) SHDSL
13 13 (19.40%) EIGRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (10.45%) SQL Server
2 2 (2.985%) Microsoft Analysis Services
2 2 (2.985%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 4 (5.970%) Subversion
2 1 (1.493%) Rational DOORS
2 1 (1.493%) LabVIEW
General
1 18 (26.87%) Telecoms
2 7 (10.45%) Electronics
3 2 (2.985%) Back Office
4 1 (1.493%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 9 (13.43%) Architect
1 9 (13.43%) Software Engineer
1 9 (13.43%) Test Engineer
2 8 (11.94%) Systems Engineer
2 8 (11.94%) DSP Engineer
3 7 (10.45%) Systems Test Engineer
4 6 (8.955%) Cisco Engineer
4 6 (8.955%) Principal Engineer
5 5 (7.463%) Senior Software Engineer
5 5 (7.463%) Systems Administrator
5 5 (7.463%) Administrator
6 4 (5.970%) Network Engineer
6 4 (5.970%) Team Leader
7 3 (4.478%) Technical Engineer
7 3 (4.478%) Change Manager
7 3 (4.478%) Enterprise Architect
7 3 (4.478%) Solutions Architect
7 3 (4.478%) IT Support
7 3 (4.478%) Implementation Engineer
7 3 (4.478%) Operations Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 10 (14.93%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
2 9 (13.43%) Device Driver
3 7 (10.45%) Mathematics
3 7 (10.45%) Physics
4 6 (8.955%) Verilog
5 5 (7.463%) Clustering
6 4 (5.970%) Blackberry
6 4 (5.970%) Management Information System
6 4 (5.970%) iPhone
7 3 (4.478%) Mobile App
8 1 (1.493%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (1.493%) iPad
8 1 (1.493%) Embedded Systems
8 1 (1.493%) Video Conferencing
8 1 (1.493%) Handset
8 1 (1.493%) Streaming Video
8 1 (1.493%) Firmware
8 1 (1.493%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 19 (28.36%) Windows
2 15 (22.39%) Linux
3 8 (11.94%) Windows XP
4 7 (10.45%) Windows Server 2003
4 7 (10.45%) Windows Server 2008
5 6 (8.955%) Windows 7
6 5 (7.463%) UNIX
7 4 (5.970%) Android
7 4 (5.970%) Embedded Linux
8 2 (2.985%) Windows 8
9 1 (1.493%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (26.87%) ITIL
2 16 (23.88%) Performance Management
3 15 (22.39%) Change Management
4 10 (14.93%) Validation
4 10 (14.93%) Problem Management
5 9 (13.43%) Fault Management
6 7 (10.45%) Signal Processing
7 6 (8.955%) Digital Signal Processing
8 5 (7.463%) Load Balancing
8 5 (7.463%) Software Engineering
9 4 (5.970%) Incident Management
9 4 (5.970%) Network Architecture
9 4 (5.970%) Network Management
10 3 (4.478%) Mobile Device Management
10 3 (4.478%) Waterfall
10 3 (4.478%) Test Automation
10 3 (4.478%) Process Management
10 3 (4.478%) Data Analysis
10 3 (4.478%) PRINCE2
10 3 (4.478%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 12 (17.91%) C
2 10 (14.93%) Perl
3 7 (10.45%) MATLAB
4 6 (8.955%) Python
5 5 (7.463%) Embedded C
5 5 (7.463%) PowerShell
5 5 (7.463%) SQL
6 1 (1.493%) Assembly Language
6 1 (1.493%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 25 (37.31%) Cisco Certification
2 19 (28.36%) CCNA
3 9 (13.43%) CCIP
4 8 (11.94%) CCNP
5 7 (10.45%) ITIL Certification
6 6 (8.955%) PhD
6 6 (8.955%) Degree
7 4 (5.970%) CCDP
8 3 (4.478%) PMP
8 3 (4.478%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (13.43%) SLA
2 1 (1.493%) QA
2 1 (1.493%) JTAG
System Software
1 8 (11.94%) Active Directory
2 5 (7.463%) Xen
2 5 (7.463%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (7.463%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 1 (1.493%) Norton AntiVirus
Vendors
1 31 (46.27%) Cisco
2 14 (20.90%) Ericsson
2 14 (20.90%) Redback
3 12 (17.91%) Juniper
4 8 (11.94%) Microsoft
5 7 (10.45%) CheckPoint
6 5 (7.463%) Siemens
6 5 (7.463%) Huawei
6 5 (7.463%) ZTE
6 5 (7.463%) Nokia Siemens Networks
6 5 (7.463%) Nortel
6 5 (7.463%) Alcatel-Lucent
6 5 (7.463%) VMware
7 3 (4.478%) Sybase
7 3 (4.478%) SAP
7 3 (4.478%) Foundry
7 3 (4.478%) Syclo
8 2 (2.985%) Citrix
9 1 (1.493%) Apple
9 1 (1.493%) Symantec
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