The first table below looks at the demand for 2.5G skills in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited 2.5G 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.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
2.5G
Rank 852 873 864
Rank change year-on-year
+21 -9
Permanent jobs citing 2.5G 8 14 7
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.007% 0.012% 0.006%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.038% 0.066% 0.037%
Number of salaries quoted 8 5 1
Average salary £55,000 £42,500 £55,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+29.41% -22.72%
UK excluding London average salary £55,000 - £55,000
All Communications & Networking
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
21033 21229 19145
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 19.36% 17.52% 15.69%
Number of salaries quoted 17006 17692 15862
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +6.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,000 £27,500 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £65,000 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%

2.5G
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing 2.5G within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

2.5G Jobs Demand Trend

2.5G
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing 2.5G within the UK.

2.5G Salary Trend

2.5G
Top 3 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing 2.5G within the UK 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
England +3 8 £55,000 +29.41%
East of England - 8 £55,000 -
Bedfordshire - 8 £55,000 -

2.5G
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK citing 2.5G 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 2.5G.

1 12 (75.00%) 3G
1 12 (75.00%) 2G
2 11 (68.75%) Telecoms
3 9 (56.25%) Requirements Analysis
3 9 (56.25%) Performance Management
3 9 (56.25%) Wireless
3 9 (56.25%) 3GPP
4 8 (50.00%) ISO 9000
4 8 (50.00%) GPRS
4 8 (50.00%) GSM
4 8 (50.00%) C++
4 8 (50.00%) Windows
4 8 (50.00%) OO
4 8 (50.00%) Change Management
4 8 (50.00%) UTRAN
5 7 (43.75%) Ethernet
5 7 (43.75%) LTE
5 7 (43.75%) Network Planning
6 6 (37.50%) Cramer
6 6 (37.50%) Degree
6 6 (37.50%) 4G
6 6 (37.50%) SDH
7 4 (25.00%) UMTS
7 4 (25.00%) Postgraduate
7 4 (25.00%) Computer Science
8 2 (12.50%) C
8 2 (12.50%) ATM
8 2 (12.50%) B2B
8 2 (12.50%) BT
9 1 (6.250%) Electronics

2.5G
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK citing 2.5G 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 2.5G. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications
1 1 (6.250%) Simulink
Communications & Networking
1 12 (75.00%) 3G
1 12 (75.00%) 2G
2 9 (56.25%) Wireless
2 9 (56.25%) 3GPP
3 8 (50.00%) GPRS
3 8 (50.00%) GSM
3 8 (50.00%) UTRAN
4 7 (43.75%) Ethernet
4 7 (43.75%) LTE
5 6 (37.50%) 4G
5 6 (37.50%) SDH
6 4 (25.00%) UMTS
7 2 (12.50%) ATM
8 1 (6.250%) Wi-Fi
8 1 (6.250%) FTP
8 1 (6.250%) DVB
8 1 (6.250%) RTP
8 1 (6.250%) TELNET
8 1 (6.250%) VoIP
8 1 (6.250%) DHCP
Development Applications
1 1 (6.250%) LabVIEW
1 1 (6.250%) Rational DOORS
General
1 11 (68.75%) Telecoms
2 1 (6.250%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 7 (43.75%) C++ Team Leader
1 7 (43.75%) Team Leader
2 4 (25.00%) Transmission Engineer
2 4 (25.00%) Transmission Planning Engineer
2 4 (25.00%) Development Team Leader
3 3 (18.75%) Software Team Leader
4 2 (12.50%) Technical Leader
5 1 (6.250%) Software Engineer
5 1 (6.250%) Network Consultant
5 1 (6.250%) Consultant
5 1 (6.250%) Systems Engineer
5 1 (6.250%) Senior Systems Engineer
5 1 (6.250%) Senior Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (25.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (6.250%) Statistics
2 1 (6.250%) Streaming Video
2 1 (6.250%) Mathematics
2 1 (6.250%) Physics
Operating Systems
1 8 (50.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (56.25%) Requirements Analysis
1 9 (56.25%) Performance Management
2 8 (50.00%) OO
2 8 (50.00%) Change Management
3 7 (43.75%) Network Planning
4 2 (12.50%) B2B
5 1 (6.250%) Project Management
5 1 (6.250%) OOD
5 1 (6.250%) UML
5 1 (6.250%) Software Engineering
5 1 (6.250%) Business Development
5 1 (6.250%) Validation
5 1 (6.250%) Programme Management
5 1 (6.250%) Fault Management
5 1 (6.250%) Test Automation
5 1 (6.250%) Network Performance Management
Programming Languages
1 8 (50.00%) C++
2 2 (12.50%) C
3 1 (6.250%) Tcl
3 1 (6.250%) MATLAB
3 1 (6.250%) Python
3 1 (6.250%) Perl
Qualifications
1 6 (37.50%) Degree
2 4 (25.00%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (50.00%) ISO 9000
Vendors
1 6 (37.50%) Cramer
2 2 (12.50%) BT
3 1 (6.250%) Ericsson
3 1 (6.250%) Huawei
3 1 (6.250%) ZTE
3 1 (6.250%) Nokia Siemens Networks
Bedfordshire
Mandatory technical skills for this role are: C++, UMTS, Layer 2 & 3 Exp... Use of configuration and change management methods... Software design and development using C++ (> 5 yrs)...
Firway Consulting
Salary: Up to £55,000 per annum Circa £55k + Substantial Large Company Bens
Posted: 16 May 2013