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This section looks at the demand for High Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA) skills within the South West region with a comparison to our Communications & Networking category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited HSDPA over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkHigh Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA)
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank246244
Rank change on same period last yearDown-2
Matching permanent IT job ads1211
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.006 %0.005 %
As % of the category below0.611 %0.634 %
Salaries quoted1210
Average minimum salary£50,833£36,500
Average salary£55,417£42,000
% change on same period last year+31.94 %
Average maximum salary£60,000£47,500
UK excluding London average salary£48,321£40,722
% change on same period last year+18.66 %
South West IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
South West
Matching permanent IT job ads19651734
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled1.037 %0.710 %
Salaries quoted17271349
Average minimum salary£31,939£31,801
Average salary£35,101£34,839
% change on same period last year+0.75 %
Average maximum salary£38,264£37,878
UK excluding London average salary£37,397£39,734
% change on same period last year-5.88 %
HSDPA EnglandHSDPA
England

HSDPA
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing HSDPA across the South West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

South West HSDPA Demand Trend

HSDPA
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing HSDPA across the South West region.

South West HSDPA Salary Trend

HSDPA
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing HSDPA across the South West region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

South West HSDPA Salary Histogram

HSDPA
Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing HSDPA within the South West region over the 3 months to 25 July 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
SomersetNew entry-12£55,417-
HSDPA EnglandHSDPA
England

HSDPA
Top 21 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT jobs across the South West region citing HSDPA 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 HSDPA.

117 (100.00 %)UMTS
212 (70.59 %)Wireless
212 (70.59 %)HSUPA
212 (70.59 %)3GPP
37 (41.18 %)MATLAB
37 (41.18 %)Simulink
37 (41.18 %)WCDMA
45 (29.41 %)Assembly Language
45 (29.41 %)Nokia
45 (29.41 %)3G
45 (29.41 %)C
45 (29.41 %)C++
45 (29.41 %)PhD
45 (29.41 %)GPRS
45 (29.41 %)GSM
45 (29.41 %)Field-Programmable Gate Array
45 (29.41 %)MS PowerPoint
45 (29.41 %)Degree
45 (29.41 %)Validation
45 (29.41 %)Handset
45 (29.41 %)VHDL

HSDPA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT jobs across the South West region citing HSDPA 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 HSDPA. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

South West IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
17 (41.18 %)MATLAB
17 (41.18 %)Simulink
25 (29.41 %)MS PowerPoint
South West IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
117 (100.00 %)UMTS
212 (70.59 %)Wireless
212 (70.59 %)HSUPA
212 (70.59 %)3GPP
37 (41.18 %)WCDMA
45 (29.41 %)3G
45 (29.41 %)GPRS
45 (29.41 %)GSM
South West IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
112 (70.59 %)Systems Engineer
112 (70.59 %)Wireless Engineer
27 (41.18 %)Principal Engineer
27 (41.18 %)Principal Systems Engineer
35 (29.41 %)Radio Engineer
35 (29.41 %)Hardware Engineer
35 (29.41 %)UMTS Engineer
South West IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
15 (29.41 %)Handset
15 (29.41 %)VHDL
15 (29.41 %)Field-Programmable Gate Array
South West IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
15 (29.41 %)Validation
South West IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
15 (29.41 %)C
15 (29.41 %)C++
15 (29.41 %)Assembly Language
South West IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
15 (29.41 %)PhD
15 (29.41 %)Degree
South West IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
15 (29.41 %)Nokia
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