The first table below looks at the demand for 3GPP 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 3GPP over the 3 months to 20 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
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP)
Rank 210 210 208
Rank change year-on-year
0 -2
Permanent jobs citing 3GPP 4 2 4
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West 0.075% 0.036% 0.064%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.461% 0.223% 0.353%
Number of salaries quoted 4 2 4
Average salary £45,000 £78,750 £60,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-42.85% +31.25%
UK excluding London average salary £55,000 £45,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year
+22.22% -18.18%
All Communications & Networking
South West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
867 897 1132
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West 16.18% 16.34% 18.05%
Number of salaries quoted 746 750 945
Average salary £38,500 £35,000 £34,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+10.00% +1.44%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £25,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £54,000 £50,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +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 West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

South West 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 West region.

South West 3GPP Salary Trend

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 West region over the 3 months to 20 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 -2 4 £45,000 +5.88%
3GPP
England

3GPP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the South West 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 6 (75.00%) 3G
1 6 (75.00%) LTE
2 5 (62.50%) Test Automation
2 5 (62.50%) Linux
2 5 (62.50%) C
3 4 (50.00%) Network Architecture
3 4 (50.00%) Wireless
3 4 (50.00%) Degree
4 3 (37.50%) Software Engineering
4 3 (37.50%) Tcl
4 3 (37.50%) Electronics
4 3 (37.50%) Mathematics
4 3 (37.50%) Physics
4 3 (37.50%) Business Development
4 3 (37.50%) Perl
4 3 (37.50%) Ethernet
4 3 (37.50%) Embedded C
4 3 (37.50%) UML
4 3 (37.50%) Python
4 3 (37.50%) OOD
4 3 (37.50%) MATLAB
4 3 (37.50%) Simulink
4 3 (37.50%) Project Management
4 3 (37.50%) LabVIEW
5 2 (25.00%) Device Driver
5 2 (25.00%) Embedded C++
5 2 (25.00%) SQL Server
5 2 (25.00%) Windows
5 2 (25.00%) C++
5 2 (25.00%) Signal Processing

3GPP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the South West 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.

Applications
1 3 (37.50%) Simulink
Communications & Networking
1 6 (75.00%) 3G
1 6 (75.00%) LTE
2 4 (50.00%) Wireless
3 3 (37.50%) Ethernet
4 1 (12.50%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (12.50%) WiMAX
4 1 (12.50%) 2G
4 1 (12.50%) 2.5G
4 1 (12.50%) HSPA
4 1 (12.50%) 4G
4 1 (12.50%) FTP
4 1 (12.50%) Broadband
4 1 (12.50%) UMTS
4 1 (12.50%) VoIP
4 1 (12.50%) DHCP
4 1 (12.50%) TETRA
4 1 (12.50%) DVB
4 1 (12.50%) RTP
4 1 (12.50%) TELNET
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (25.00%) SQL Server
1 2 (25.00%) SQL Server Analysis Services
1 2 (25.00%) Microsoft Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 3 (37.50%) LabVIEW
2 1 (12.50%) Rational DOORS
General
1 3 (37.50%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 4 (50.00%) Test Engineer
2 3 (37.50%) Systems Engineer
3 2 (25.00%) Development Engineer
3 2 (25.00%) Systems Test Engineer
3 2 (25.00%) Test Development Engineer
3 2 (25.00%) Integration Engineer
3 2 (25.00%) Systems Integration Engineer
3 2 (25.00%) Test and Integration Engineer
4 1 (12.50%) Senior Systems Engineer
4 1 (12.50%) DSP Engineer
4 1 (12.50%) Integration Manager
4 1 (12.50%) Systems Integration Manager
4 1 (12.50%) Systems Manager
4 1 (12.50%) Architect
4 1 (12.50%) Technical Architect
Miscellaneous
1 3 (37.50%) Mathematics
1 3 (37.50%) Physics
2 2 (25.00%) Device Driver
3 1 (12.50%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (12.50%) Streaming Video
Operating Systems
1 5 (62.50%) Linux
2 2 (25.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (62.50%) Test Automation
2 4 (50.00%) Network Architecture
3 3 (37.50%) Software Engineering
3 3 (37.50%) Business Development
3 3 (37.50%) UML
3 3 (37.50%) OOD
3 3 (37.50%) Project Management
4 2 (25.00%) Signal Processing
5 1 (12.50%) Requirements Analysis
5 1 (12.50%) Technical Architecture
5 1 (12.50%) Validation
5 1 (12.50%) Programme Management
5 1 (12.50%) Configuration Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (62.50%) C
2 3 (37.50%) Tcl
2 3 (37.50%) Perl
2 3 (37.50%) Embedded C
2 3 (37.50%) Python
2 3 (37.50%) MATLAB
3 2 (25.00%) Embedded C++
3 2 (25.00%) C++
Qualifications
1 4 (50.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (25.00%) JTAG
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