2G Jobs
 
Demand Trend Salary Trend Salary Histogram Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for 2G skills in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited 2G over the 3 months to 24 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
24 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
2G
Rank 790 740 706
Rank change year-on-year
-50 -34
Permanent jobs citing 2G 72 159 175
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.067% 0.132% 0.141%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.345% 0.751% 0.890%
Number of salaries quoted 37 118 89
Average salary £44,500 £47,500 £47,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.31% -
90% offered a salary of more than £33,200 £35,000 £35,300
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £62,500 £77,500
UK excluding London average salary £44,500 £45,000 £51,500
% change year-on-year
-1.11% -12.62%
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All Communications & Networking
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category		 20871 21174 19668
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 19.31% 17.54% 15.81%
Number of salaries quoted 16834 17640 16289
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +6.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,127 £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%

2G
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing 2G within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

2G Jobs Demand Trend

2G
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing 2G within the UK.

2G Salary Trend

2G
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing 2G over the 3 months to 24 May 2013 within the UK.

2G Salary Histogram

2G
Top 29 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing 2G within the UK over the 3 months to 24 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 -60 69 £44,500 -6.31%
South East -47 41 £45,500 -4.21%
Berkshire -6 23 £50,000 -
Surrey +5 13 £25,000 -47.36%
East of England -17 11 £46,250 +2.77%
South West -3 8 £42,500 -15.00%
Bristol -6 8 £42,500 -17.07%
Guildford - 7 £25,000 -
London +41 6 £32,500 -38.09%
Bedfordshire -11 6 £55,000 +10.00%
Cambridgeshire +3 5 £33,500 -16.25%
Reading -1 5 £50,000 -16.66%
Amersham +7 4 £45,250 -4.73%
Buckinghamshire -37 4 £45,250 +0.55%
Newbury -1 3 - -
Slough -6 3 £51,750 -1.42%
Cambridge -10 2 - -
Peterborough - 2 £33,500 -
Leatherhead 0 1 - -
Hampshire -16 1 £40,000 -
Northern Ireland - 1 £41,500 -
West Midlands - 1 £41,500 -
Tyne and Wear - 1 £41,500 -
North East - 1 £41,500 -
City of London - 1 £75,000 -
Newcastle upon Tyne - 1 £41,500 -
Birmingham - 1 £41,500 -
Belfast - 1 £41,500 -
County Antrim - 1 £41,500 -

2G
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK citing 2G 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 2G.

1 153 (100.00%) 3G
2 108 (70.59%) Telecoms
3 73 (47.71%) GSM
4 72 (47.06%) LTE
5 61 (39.87%) 4G
6 50 (32.68%) Radio Access Network
6 50 (32.68%) Degree
7 38 (24.84%) WCDMA
8 31 (20.26%) Network Design
9 30 (19.61%) UNIX
10 26 (16.99%) Ethernet
11 24 (15.69%) C
12 23 (15.03%) Linux
12 23 (15.03%) Cisco
12 23 (15.03%) Huawei
13 22 (14.38%) ATM
14 21 (13.73%) UMTS
15 19 (12.42%) SDH
15 19 (12.42%) Windows
15 19 (12.42%) Ericsson
15 19 (12.42%) Wireless
15 19 (12.42%) Nokia Siemens Networks
16 18 (11.76%) GPRS
17 17 (11.11%) Python
17 17 (11.11%) Perl
18 16 (10.46%) SQL
18 16 (10.46%) SLA
18 16 (10.46%) Capacity Planning
19 15 (9.804%) HSPA
20 14 (9.150%) VoIP

2G
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK citing 2G 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 2G. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 9 (5.882%) SOAP
2 5 (3.268%) Web Services
2 5 (3.268%) WSH
2 5 (3.268%) REST
2 5 (3.268%) soapUI
3 4 (2.614%) HTML
4 2 (1.307%) Boost C++ Libraries
4 2 (1.307%) STL
4 2 (1.307%) XML
5 1 (0.654%) ASP.NET
5 1 (0.654%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 5 (3.268%) IIS
Applications
1 5 (3.268%) MS Excel
2 4 (2.614%) XMetaL
2 4 (2.614%) FrameMaker
2 4 (2.614%) MS Visio
3 3 (1.961%) MS PowerPoint
4 2 (1.307%) MS Office
5 1 (0.654%) Simulink
5 1 (0.654%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 1 (0.654%) Metrica
Communications & Networking
1 153 (100.00%) 3G
2 73 (47.71%) GSM
3 72 (47.06%) LTE
4 61 (39.87%) 4G
5 50 (32.68%) Radio Access Network
6 38 (24.84%) WCDMA
7 26 (16.99%) Ethernet
8 22 (14.38%) ATM
9 21 (13.73%) UMTS
10 19 (12.42%) SDH
10 19 (12.42%) Wireless
11 18 (11.76%) GPRS
12 15 (9.804%) HSPA
13 14 (9.150%) VoIP
14 13 (8.497%) MPLS
15 12 (7.843%) HTTP
15 12 (7.843%) 2.5G
16 11 (7.190%) NGN
16 11 (7.190%) VPN
16 11 (7.190%) SMPP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (3.268%) SQL Server
2 2 (1.307%) GIS
3 1 (0.654%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (0.654%) NoSQL
3 1 (0.654%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 5 (3.268%) Selenium
1 5 (3.268%) JIRA
1 5 (3.268%) WebDriver
2 4 (2.614%) XMLSpy
3 3 (1.961%) LabVIEW
4 2 (1.307%) Trac
4 2 (1.307%) GCC
4 2 (1.307%) GDB
4 2 (1.307%) Subversion
5 1 (0.654%) Rational DOORS
General
1 108 (70.59%) Telecoms
2 9 (5.882%) Electronics
3 7 (4.575%) Finance
4 6 (3.922%) Spanish Language
5 5 (3.268%) Marketing
6 4 (2.614%) French Language
6 4 (2.614%) Legal
6 4 (2.614%) Multimedia
7 2 (1.307%) Military
8 1 (0.654%) Billing
8 1 (0.654%) Back Office
8 1 (0.654%) Czech Language
Job Titles
1 17 (11.11%) RAN Engineer
2 16 (10.46%) Customer Engineer
3 13 (8.497%) Software Engineer
4 10 (6.536%) Transmission Engineer
4 10 (6.536%) Development Engineer
5 9 (5.882%) Test Engineer
5 9 (5.882%) Radio Engineer
5 9 (5.882%) Senior Development Engineer
6 8 (5.229%) Transmission Planning Engineer
6 8 (5.229%) Performance Engineer
7 6 (3.922%) Test Leader
7 6 (3.922%) Technical Leader
7 6 (3.922%) Project Manager
7 6 (3.922%) Systems Engineer
8 5 (3.268%) Systems Administrator
8 5 (3.268%) Trainer
8 5 (3.268%) Systems Test Engineer
8 5 (3.268%) Cisco Engineer
8 5 (3.268%) Administrator
9 4 (2.614%) Technical Writer
Miscellaneous
1 11 (7.190%) Clustering
2 7 (4.575%) Computer Science
2 7 (4.575%) Mobile App
3 5 (3.268%) Blackberry
3 5 (3.268%) Device Driver
3 5 (3.268%) iPad
3 5 (3.268%) iPhone
4 4 (2.614%) Handset
5 2 (1.307%) Management Information System
5 2 (1.307%) VHDL
6 1 (0.654%) Firmware
6 1 (0.654%) Streaming Video
6 1 (0.654%) Mathematics
6 1 (0.654%) Physics
6 1 (0.654%) Statistics
6 1 (0.654%) CCTV
6 1 (0.654%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (0.654%) Embedded Systems
6 1 (0.654%) Open Source
Operating Systems
1 30 (19.61%) UNIX
2 23 (15.03%) Linux
3 19 (12.42%) Windows
4 13 (8.497%) Solaris
5 11 (7.190%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 7 (4.575%) Windows XP
6 7 (4.575%) Windows 7
7 5 (3.268%) Windows Server 2003
7 5 (3.268%) Apple iOS
7 5 (3.268%) Android
7 5 (3.268%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (20.26%) Network Design
2 16 (10.46%) Capacity Planning
3 14 (9.150%) Network Planning
4 13 (8.497%) Validation
5 12 (7.843%) Performance Management
6 11 (7.190%) Project Management
7 9 (5.882%) System Testing
7 9 (5.882%) Unit Testing
8 8 (5.229%) Network Management
9 7 (4.575%) Resource Management
9 7 (4.575%) Time Management
9 7 (4.575%) Software Engineering
10 6 (3.922%) Change Management
10 6 (3.922%) Programme Management
10 6 (3.922%) OO
11 5 (3.268%) Scrum
11 5 (3.268%) Stakeholder Management
11 5 (3.268%) Load Balancing
11 5 (3.268%) Requirements Analysis
11 5 (3.268%) Network Architecture
Programming Languages
1 24 (15.69%) C
2 17 (11.11%) Python
2 17 (11.11%) Perl
3 16 (10.46%) SQL
4 11 (7.190%) C++
5 5 (3.268%) PowerShell
6 4 (2.614%) Java
7 3 (1.961%) Embedded C
8 2 (1.307%) Assembly Language
9 1 (0.654%) MATLAB
9 1 (0.654%) Tcl
9 1 (0.654%) VBA
9 1 (0.654%) Ruby
9 1 (0.654%) R
Qualifications
1 50 (32.68%) Degree
2 10 (6.536%) Cisco Certification
3 6 (3.922%) ISEB
4 5 (3.268%) CCNA
5 4 (2.614%) HNC
5 4 (2.614%) Postgraduate
5 4 (2.614%) PMP
5 4 (2.614%) PMI Certification
5 4 (2.614%) CCNP
6 3 (1.961%) PgMP
7 2 (1.307%) SC Cleared
7 2 (1.307%) Security Cleared
7 2 (1.307%) CISM
7 2 (1.307%) CISSP
8 1 (0.654%) Chartered Engineer
8 1 (0.654%) ISEB Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (10.46%) SLA
2 10 (6.536%) ISO 9001
3 4 (2.614%) ISO 9000
4 2 (1.307%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.654%) QA
5 1 (0.654%) JTAG
System Software
1 5 (3.268%) Active Directory
1 5 (3.268%) Xen
1 5 (3.268%) Hyper-V
1 5 (3.268%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 10 (6.536%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 23 (15.03%) Cisco
1 23 (15.03%) Huawei
2 19 (12.42%) Ericsson
2 19 (12.42%) Nokia Siemens Networks
3 11 (7.190%) Red Hat
3 11 (7.190%) HP
4 9 (5.882%) Cramer
5 8 (5.229%) Siemens
6 7 (4.575%) Alcatel-Lucent
7 6 (3.922%) ZTE
7 6 (3.922%) Oracle
7 6 (3.922%) Sun
7 6 (3.922%) Nortel
8 5 (3.268%) Juniper
8 5 (3.268%) VMware
8 5 (3.268%) BT
9 4 (2.614%) Nokia
9 4 (2.614%) Mapinfo
10 3 (1.961%) Business Objects
11 2 (1.307%) Anite
Transmission Planner
Amersham, Thames Valley
My client is leading the UK in network management and delivery of 4G technologies.As a Transmission Planner you will be responsible for auditing the transmission design and...
Fulcrum Telecom
Salary: £40000.00 - £45000.00 per annum
Posted: 2 May 2013
LTE Test Engineer - 2G, 3G and LTE test knowledge, growing Co., South Cambridgeshire, to £highly competitive + benefits
South Cambridgeshire, East Anglia
Summary: LTE Test Engineer, 2G/3G/LTE experience needed, growing company, South Cambs, to £highly competitive + benefits... With a good degree in Electronics or Communications Engineering, Computing, Physics,...
ECM Selection Ltd
Salary: to £highly competitive + benefits
Posted: 26 April 2013
Digital FPGA Engineer
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
We are part of the larger BlackBerry Cellular Technologies group, which provides support across the whole range of current and future wireless standards (2G, 2.5G, EDGE, evolved...
Blackberry
Salary: Competitive Salary + Bonus + Benefits
Posted: 22 May 2013
Customer Support Engineer - Client-facing; Ethernet / Network; On-call; Travel, Cambridge, £DOE + Benefits
Cambridge
Customer Support Engineer - Client-facing; Ethernet / Network / Wireless; Communications; On-call; International Travel... Requirements: - Degree qualified in a relevant subject (Computer Science / Electronics or similar). - Experience in setting...
ECM Selection Ltd
Salary: £0 - £50,000 per year
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DSP Engineer for New Wireless Modems
Bristol, Avon
This requires an excellent understanding of embedded C coding, assembler, and low-level implementation... Provide Layer 1 expertise, you will ideally have experience with mobile communications such as...
Optimus Search Ltd
Salary: Negotiable
Posted: 24 May 2013
Graduate Conformance Test Engineer
Fleet, Hampshire
Anite Telecoms provides specialist handset and system solutions to customers within the telecoms sector... Working at Anite... An exciting and challenging role working in the team involved in...
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Salary: Competitive + Excellent Benefits
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Graduate Conformance Software Engineer
Fleet, Hampshire
Working at Anite... Gain practical C/C++ programming experience. Design and develop of Windows applications in C / C++ to support test case execution... Participate in the design of...
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Salary: Competitive + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 29 April 2013
Graduate Embedded Software Developer
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Any of EUTRA/LTE/GRPS/EDGE/UMTS/HSPA, WIMAX, Wifi, DECT, BT, CDMA, ISDN, TCP/UDP/RCP/IP, Ethernet, ADSL, etc. - Experience of programming in C/C++/C#... -...
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Salary: Competitive + Comprehensive Bonus + Benefits
Posted: 22 May 2013
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