The first table below looks at the demand for LTE skills in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited LTE 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
3GPP Long Term Evolution (LTE)
Rank 663 643 580
Rank change year-on-year
-20 -63
Permanent jobs citing LTE 200 262 313
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.185% 0.217% 0.252%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.958% 1.237% 1.591%
Number of salaries quoted 111 190 240
Average salary £50,000 £47,000 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.38% +4.44%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £39,000 £32,450
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £52,500 £45,000 £44,000
% change year-on-year
+16.66% +2.27%
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%

LTE
Jobs Demand Trend

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

LTE Jobs Demand Trend

LTE
Salary Trend

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

LTE Salary Trend

LTE
Salary Histogram

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

LTE Salary Histogram

LTE
Top 30 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing LTE 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 -43 183 £50,000 +6.38%
South East +27 116 £52,500 +10.52%
Berkshire +52 73 £50,000 -9.09%
East of England -46 29 £50,000 +11.11%
Reading +13 28 £50,000 -
Surrey +16 22 £55,000 +15.78%
London +19 20 £40,000 -23.80%
Cambridgeshire +20 18 £51,250 +13.88%
Cambridge +10 18 £51,250 +13.88%
South West -9 13 £53,750 +7.50%
Hampshire -33 13 £25,000 -41.17%
Guildford - 12 £55,000 -
Bristol -12 8 £50,000 +2.56%
Hertfordshire -18 8 £42,500 -5.55%
Leatherhead +7 7 £55,000 +29.41%
Stevenage -6 7 £42,500 -5.55%
Basingstoke -10 5 £27,000 -50.90%
Fareham - 5 £21,500 -
Hammersmith - 5 £40,000 -
Bracknell -23 4 - -
Bedfordshire -43 2 £37,500 -6.25%
West Midlands - 2 £32,500 -
Wiltshire +8 1 £60,000 -47.82%
Swindon +3 1 £60,000 -47.82%
Slough -7 1 - -
Buckinghamshire -8 1 £46,000 +2.22%
Tyne and Wear - 1 £41,500 -
North East - 1 £41,500 -
Oxfordshire - 1 £85,000 -
Newcastle upon Tyne - 1 £41,500 -

LTE
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 232 (65.35%) Telecoms
2 163 (45.92%) GSM
3 155 (43.66%) 3G
4 118 (33.24%) Degree
5 111 (31.27%) UMTS
6 103 (29.01%) Wireless
7 91 (25.63%) 3GPP
8 82 (23.10%) 4G
9 72 (20.28%) 2G
10 63 (17.75%) WCDMA
11 60 (16.90%) C
11 60 (16.90%) C++
12 55 (15.49%) GPRS
13 52 (14.65%) Linux
14 48 (13.52%) VoIP
15 46 (12.96%) Electronics
16 42 (11.83%) Validation
17 39 (10.99%) Computer Science
18 37 (10.42%) Radio Access Network
19 35 (9.859%) HSPA
20 34 (9.577%) Huawei
21 33 (9.296%) CDMA
22 31 (8.732%) OO
22 31 (8.732%) Cisco
22 31 (8.732%) Project Management
23 29 (8.169%) Wi-Fi
24 28 (7.887%) Handset
24 28 (7.887%) UNIX
24 28 (7.887%) Windows
25 27 (7.606%) Network Design

LTE
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 13 (3.662%) Boost C++ Libraries
1 13 (3.662%) .NET
1 13 (3.662%) STL
2 9 (2.535%) CGI
2 9 (2.535%) Silverlight
3 8 (2.254%) .NET Framework
4 4 (1.127%) Qt
4 4 (1.127%) XML
4 4 (1.127%) HTML
5 3 (0.845%) SOAP
6 2 (0.563%) WPF
6 2 (0.563%) MFC
6 2 (0.563%) ASP.NET
6 2 (0.563%) COM+
7 1 (0.282%) CSS
7 1 (0.282%) Web Services
7 1 (0.282%) WCF
7 1 (0.282%) jQuery
7 1 (0.282%) Google Maps API
7 1 (0.282%) HTML5
Application Platforms
1 1 (0.282%) SharePoint
1 1 (0.282%) ESB
Applications
1 15 (4.225%) MS Excel
2 6 (1.690%) MS Office
3 4 (1.127%) MS Visio
3 4 (1.127%) XMetaL
3 4 (1.127%) FrameMaker
4 3 (0.845%) Simulink
5 2 (0.563%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.282%) Remedy ITSM
Communications & Networking
1 163 (45.92%) GSM
2 155 (43.66%) 3G
3 111 (31.27%) UMTS
4 103 (29.01%) Wireless
5 91 (25.63%) 3GPP
6 82 (23.10%) 4G
7 72 (20.28%) 2G
8 63 (17.75%) WCDMA
9 55 (15.49%) GPRS
10 48 (13.52%) VoIP
11 37 (10.42%) Radio Access Network
12 35 (9.859%) HSPA
13 33 (9.296%) CDMA
14 29 (8.169%) Wi-Fi
15 25 (7.042%) SIGTRAN
16 24 (6.761%) INAP
16 24 (6.761%) Broadband
17 18 (5.070%) OFDM
18 17 (4.789%) WiMAX
18 17 (4.789%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (0.845%) SQL Server
2 2 (0.563%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 2 (0.563%) Microsoft Analysis Services
3 1 (0.282%) GIS
3 1 (0.282%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (0.282%) Data Mining
3 1 (0.282%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (0.282%) Oracle 11g
3 1 (0.282%) SQL Server 2008
3 1 (0.282%) NoSQL
3 1 (0.282%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 15 (4.225%) GCC
2 13 (3.662%) GDB
2 13 (3.662%) Trac
2 13 (3.662%) Subversion
3 11 (3.099%) ClearCase
4 6 (1.690%) ClearQuest
5 4 (1.127%) XMLSpy
5 4 (1.127%) Visual Studio
6 2 (0.563%) Eclipse
7 1 (0.282%) LabVIEW
7 1 (0.282%) SilkTest
7 1 (0.282%) JIRA
7 1 (0.282%) Selenium
7 1 (0.282%) Rational DOORS
General
1 232 (65.35%) Telecoms
2 46 (12.96%) Electronics
3 14 (3.944%) Finance
4 13 (3.662%) Legal
5 10 (2.817%) Marketing
6 8 (2.254%) Spanish Language
7 5 (1.408%) Manufacturing
8 4 (1.127%) French Language
8 4 (1.127%) Military
9 3 (0.845%) Billing
10 1 (0.282%) Back Office
10 1 (0.282%) Banking
10 1 (0.282%) Retail
10 1 (0.282%) Advertising
10 1 (0.282%) Games
10 1 (0.282%) Retail Banking
10 1 (0.282%) Portuguese Language
10 1 (0.282%) Czech Language
Job Titles
1 58 (16.34%) Software Engineer
2 28 (7.887%) Design Engineer
3 27 (7.606%) Customer Engineer
4 25 (7.042%) Principal Engineer
5 23 (6.479%) Developer
5 23 (6.479%) DSP Engineer
6 22 (6.197%) C++ Software Engineer
7 16 (4.507%) Graduate
7 16 (4.507%) Network Engineer
7 16 (4.507%) C++ Developer
8 15 (4.225%) Radio Engineer
8 15 (4.225%) Consultant
9 14 (3.944%) Test Engineer
9 14 (3.944%) Voice Engineer
10 12 (3.380%) Development Manager
11 11 (3.099%) Senior Manager
11 11 (3.099%) Business Development Manager
11 11 (3.099%) Business Manager
12 10 (2.817%) Senior Development Manager
12 10 (2.817%) Verification Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 39 (10.99%) Computer Science
2 28 (7.887%) Handset
3 14 (3.944%) Mathematics
4 13 (3.662%) Physics
5 11 (3.099%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
6 7 (1.972%) VHDL
6 7 (1.972%) Device Driver
6 7 (1.972%) Smartphone
7 6 (1.690%) Firmware
7 6 (1.690%) Clustering
7 6 (1.690%) Verilog
8 5 (1.408%) SystemC
8 5 (1.408%) Mobile App
9 3 (0.845%) Wiki
10 2 (0.563%) Embedded Systems
10 2 (0.563%) Enterprise Software
10 2 (0.563%) ASIC
10 2 (0.563%) MPEG
11 1 (0.282%) Management Information System
11 1 (0.282%) Streaming Video
Operating Systems
1 52 (14.65%) Linux
2 28 (7.887%) UNIX
2 28 (7.887%) Windows
3 11 (3.099%) Solaris
4 10 (2.817%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 5 (1.408%) VxWorks
6 2 (0.563%) Android
6 2 (0.563%) Windows 7
6 2 (0.563%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (11.83%) Validation
2 31 (8.732%) OO
2 31 (8.732%) Project Management
3 27 (7.606%) Network Design
4 22 (6.197%) Service Delivery
4 22 (6.197%) Network Planning
5 20 (5.634%) Capacity Management
5 20 (5.634%) Software Engineering
6 17 (4.789%) Continuous Improvement
7 16 (4.507%) Network Architecture
8 14 (3.944%) Business Development
8 14 (3.944%) Signal Processing
9 11 (3.099%) OOD
9 11 (3.099%) Digital Signal Processing
10 10 (2.817%) Embedded Software Development
10 10 (2.817%) Performance Management
11 9 (2.535%) Resource Management
11 9 (2.535%) Monte Carlo Method
11 9 (2.535%) Network Management
12 7 (1.972%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 60 (16.90%) C
1 60 (16.90%) C++
2 23 (6.479%) MATLAB
3 20 (5.634%) Perl
4 18 (5.070%) SQL
4 18 (5.070%) Python
4 18 (5.070%) Embedded C
5 14 (3.944%) Java
6 11 (3.099%) C#
7 6 (1.690%) TTCN
8 4 (1.127%) Tcl
8 4 (1.127%) Embedded C++
9 3 (0.845%) PowerHouse
10 2 (0.563%) Bash shell
10 2 (0.563%) Shell Script
10 2 (0.563%) Assembly Language
10 2 (0.563%) VC++
11 1 (0.282%) JavaScript
11 1 (0.282%) PHP
11 1 (0.282%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 118 (33.24%) Degree
2 12 (3.380%) PhD
3 9 (2.535%) SC Cleared
3 9 (2.535%) Security Cleared
4 8 (2.254%) HNC
5 7 (1.972%) Cisco Certification
6 5 (1.408%) HND
7 4 (1.127%) CCIE
8 2 (0.563%) CCDE
8 2 (0.563%) PMP
8 2 (0.563%) PMI Certification
8 2 (0.563%) CCIP
8 2 (0.563%) CCNA
8 2 (0.563%) CCA
8 2 (0.563%) ISEB
9 1 (0.282%) MBA
9 1 (0.282%) CNE
9 1 (0.282%) Novell Certification
9 1 (0.282%) CCDP
9 1 (0.282%) CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (6.761%) SLA
2 10 (2.817%) ISO 9001
3 6 (1.690%) QA
Systems Management
1 2 (0.563%) HP Quality Center
2 1 (0.282%) OpenView
2 1 (0.282%) Netcool
Vendors
1 34 (9.577%) Huawei
2 31 (8.732%) Cisco
3 24 (6.761%) Microsoft
4 21 (5.915%) Nokia Siemens Networks
5 18 (5.070%) Ericsson
6 17 (4.789%) Oracle
7 13 (3.662%) Nokia
8 11 (3.099%) Anite
9 9 (2.535%) HP
9 9 (2.535%) Red Hat
10 7 (1.972%) Cramer
10 7 (1.972%) Business Objects
10 7 (1.972%) Alcatel-Lucent
11 6 (1.690%) Sun
12 5 (1.408%) Siemens
12 5 (1.408%) Juniper
12 5 (1.408%) Agilent
12 5 (1.408%) Tektronix
13 4 (1.127%) ZTE
14 3 (0.845%) Mapinfo
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Salary: to £highly competitive + benefits
Posted: 26 April 2013
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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...
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Posted: 2 May 2013
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Posted: 29 April 2013
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Posted: 22 May 2013
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Posted: 21 May 2013
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