The first table below looks at the demand for UMTS 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 UMTS over the 3 months to 21 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 West region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS)
Rank 212 205 195
Rank change year-on-year
-7 -10
Permanent jobs citing UMTS 4 10 10
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West 0.076% 0.180% 0.172%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.442% 1.076% 0.983%
Number of salaries quoted 3 9 5
Average salary £52,500 £45,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+16.66% +12.50%
UK excluding London average salary £41,250 £40,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
+3.12% -
All Communications & Networking
South West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
906 929 1017
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West 17.15% 16.77% 17.48%
Number of salaries quoted 774 758 838
Average salary £40,000 £37,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.66% +7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £24,041 £22,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
UMTS
England

UMTS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South West UMTS Jobs Demand Trend

UMTS
Salary Trend

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

South West UMTS Salary Trend

UMTS
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing UMTS within the South West region over the 3 months to 21 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
Bristol -13 3 £52,500 +31.25%
Wiltshire - 1 £60,000 -
UMTS
England

UMTS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the South West region citing UMTS 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 UMTS.

1 8 (72.73%) LTE
2 7 (63.64%) Wireless
2 7 (63.64%) GSM
2 7 (63.64%) 3G
3 5 (45.45%) GPRS
3 5 (45.45%) WCDMA
3 5 (45.45%) Degree
4 4 (36.36%) Software Engineering
4 4 (36.36%) 2G
4 4 (36.36%) C
5 3 (27.27%) Device Driver
5 3 (27.27%) WiMAX
6 2 (18.18%) Performance Management
6 2 (18.18%) 4G
6 2 (18.18%) LLU
6 2 (18.18%) VLAN
6 2 (18.18%) Problem Management
6 2 (18.18%) Quality Management
6 2 (18.18%) Change Management
6 2 (18.18%) Frame Relay
6 2 (18.18%) IPsec
6 2 (18.18%) Telecoms
6 2 (18.18%) ITIL
6 2 (18.18%) PRINCE2
6 2 (18.18%) ADSL
6 2 (18.18%) ATM
6 2 (18.18%) SDH
6 2 (18.18%) VoIP
6 2 (18.18%) Ethernet
6 2 (18.18%) PPP

UMTS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the South West region citing UMTS 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 UMTS. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking
1 8 (72.73%) LTE
2 7 (63.64%) Wireless
2 7 (63.64%) GSM
2 7 (63.64%) 3G
3 5 (45.45%) GPRS
3 5 (45.45%) WCDMA
4 4 (36.36%) 2G
5 3 (27.27%) WiMAX
6 2 (18.18%) 4G
6 2 (18.18%) LLU
6 2 (18.18%) VLAN
6 2 (18.18%) Frame Relay
6 2 (18.18%) IPsec
6 2 (18.18%) ADSL
6 2 (18.18%) ATM
6 2 (18.18%) SDH
6 2 (18.18%) VoIP
6 2 (18.18%) Ethernet
6 2 (18.18%) PPP
6 2 (18.18%) VPN
General
1 2 (18.18%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 5 (45.45%) Software Engineer
2 1 (9.091%) Consultant
2 1 (9.091%) Sales Consultant
2 1 (9.091%) 3rd Line Support
2 1 (9.091%) Technical Consultant
2 1 (9.091%) Technical Pre Sales Consultant
2 1 (9.091%) DSP Software Engineer
2 1 (9.091%) Test Engineer
2 1 (9.091%) Senior Software Engineer
2 1 (9.091%) Software Test Engineer
2 1 (9.091%) Team Leader
2 1 (9.091%) Pre Sales Consultant
2 1 (9.091%) DSP Engineer
2 1 (9.091%) Testing Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (27.27%) Device Driver
2 1 (9.091%) Computer Science
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (36.36%) Software Engineering
2 2 (18.18%) Performance Management
2 2 (18.18%) Problem Management
2 2 (18.18%) Quality Management
2 2 (18.18%) Change Management
2 2 (18.18%) ITIL
2 2 (18.18%) PRINCE2
3 1 (9.091%) System Testing
3 1 (9.091%) Network Architecture
Programming Languages
1 4 (36.36%) C
2 1 (9.091%) Assembly Language
2 1 (9.091%) Erlang
Qualifications
1 5 (45.45%) Degree
2 2 (18.18%) PMP
2 2 (18.18%) PMI Certification
3 1 (9.091%) CCNP
3 1 (9.091%) CCIP
3 1 (9.091%) CCNA
3 1 (9.091%) CCDP
3 1 (9.091%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (9.091%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (18.18%) SLA
Vendors
1 2 (18.18%) Cisco
2 1 (9.091%) Ericsson
2 1 (9.091%) Redback
2 1 (9.091%) Agilent
Bristol, Avon
Good understanding of wireless communication protocols such as Bluetooth, UWB, Wi-Fi, GSM or UMTS... Keywords: Test, Engineer, Software, WLAN PHY, DSP, Bluetooth, UWB, Wi-Fi, GSM, UMTS.
MJH Personnel Associates
Salary: Excellent + bens
Posted: 16 May 2013
Somerset, South West
This includes MPLS VPN, IP Access and associated overlay services, such as Application Performance Management (APM), and IPSec VPN, delivered over xDSL, EFM (copper and fibre), Leased Line,...
Questor Resourcing
Salary: to £62k + 5% bonus
Posted: 21 May 2013