The first table below looks at the demand for WiMAX 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 WiMAX over the 3 months to 22 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
WiMAX
Rank 205 210 174
Rank change year-on-year
+5 -36
Permanent jobs citing WiMAX 5 1 40
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West 0.095% 0.018% 0.677%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.551% 0.105% 3.842%
Number of salaries quoted 5 1 3
Average salary £55,000 £52,500 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+4.76% +16.66%
UK excluding London average salary £55,000 £47,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year
+15.78% -17.39%
All Communications & Networking
South West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
907 953 1041
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West 17.17% 16.90% 17.61%
Number of salaries quoted 775 781 860
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 £24,000 £21,375
10% offered a salary of more than £54,750 £50,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
WiMAX
England

WiMAX
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South West WiMAX Jobs Demand Trend

WiMAX
Salary Trend

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

South West WiMAX Salary Trend

WiMAX
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing WiMAX within the South West region over the 3 months to 22 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 -4 1 £60,000 +14.28%
WiMAX
England

WiMAX
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the South West region citing WiMAX 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 WiMAX.

1 10 (90.91%) Wireless
1 10 (90.91%) LTE
2 9 (81.82%) 3G
3 7 (63.64%) Mathematics
3 7 (63.64%) Physics
3 7 (63.64%) Signal Processing
3 7 (63.64%) MATLAB
4 6 (54.55%) 802.11
4 6 (54.55%) PhD
4 6 (54.55%) WLAN
4 6 (54.55%) Digital Signal Processing
4 6 (54.55%) OFDM
4 6 (54.55%) MIMO
4 6 (54.55%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
5 4 (36.36%) 4G
6 3 (27.27%) UMTS
6 3 (27.27%) 2G
7 2 (18.18%) Quality Management
7 2 (18.18%) PMP
7 2 (18.18%) PMI Certification
7 2 (18.18%) C
7 2 (18.18%) PRINCE2
7 2 (18.18%) UML
7 2 (18.18%) Telecoms
7 2 (18.18%) Degree
7 2 (18.18%) Software Engineering
7 2 (18.18%) TETRA
8 1 (9.091%) Programme Management
8 1 (9.091%) Electronics
8 1 (9.091%) Requirements Analysis

WiMAX
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the South West region citing WiMAX 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 WiMAX. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications
1 1 (9.091%) Simulink
Communications & Networking
1 10 (90.91%) Wireless
1 10 (90.91%) LTE
2 9 (81.82%) 3G
3 6 (54.55%) 802.11
3 6 (54.55%) WLAN
3 6 (54.55%) OFDM
3 6 (54.55%) MIMO
4 4 (36.36%) 4G
5 3 (27.27%) UMTS
5 3 (27.27%) 2G
6 2 (18.18%) TETRA
7 1 (9.091%) HSPA
7 1 (9.091%) GPRS
7 1 (9.091%) GSM
7 1 (9.091%) 3GPP
7 1 (9.091%) WCDMA
7 1 (9.091%) DHCP
7 1 (9.091%) Ethernet
7 1 (9.091%) FTP
7 1 (9.091%) Wi-Fi
Development Applications
1 1 (9.091%) Rational DOORS
1 1 (9.091%) LabVIEW
General
1 2 (18.18%) Telecoms
2 1 (9.091%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 8 (72.73%) DSP Engineer
2 6 (54.55%) Principal Engineer
3 2 (18.18%) Software Engineer
3 2 (18.18%) DSP Software Engineer
4 1 (9.091%) Senior Software Engineer
4 1 (9.091%) Systems Engineer
4 1 (9.091%) Senior Systems Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 7 (63.64%) Mathematics
1 7 (63.64%) Physics
2 6 (54.55%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
3 1 (9.091%) Embedded Systems
3 1 (9.091%) Firmware
3 1 (9.091%) Handset
3 1 (9.091%) Streaming Video
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (63.64%) Signal Processing
2 6 (54.55%) Digital Signal Processing
3 2 (18.18%) Quality Management
3 2 (18.18%) PRINCE2
3 2 (18.18%) UML
3 2 (18.18%) Software Engineering
4 1 (9.091%) Programme Management
4 1 (9.091%) Requirements Analysis
4 1 (9.091%) Business Development
4 1 (9.091%) Integration Testing
4 1 (9.091%) Test Automation
4 1 (9.091%) OOD
4 1 (9.091%) Regression Testing
4 1 (9.091%) Validation
4 1 (9.091%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (63.64%) MATLAB
2 2 (18.18%) C
3 1 (9.091%) Python
3 1 (9.091%) Perl
3 1 (9.091%) Assembly Language
3 1 (9.091%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 6 (54.55%) PhD
2 2 (18.18%) PMP
2 2 (18.18%) PMI Certification
2 2 (18.18%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (9.091%) JTAG
Bristol, Avon
Qualifications/Experience: - C for embedded systems (assembly for DSP processors desirable) - Full software development lifecycle: software design, implementation and testing - HW/SW interface debugging (JTAG, logic analyser, oscilloscope) -...
Optimus Search Ltd
Salary: Up to £60,000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013