The first table below looks at the demand for OFDM skills in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited OFDM 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
Orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM)
Rank 830 - 847
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing OFDM 32 0 34
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.030% - 0.027%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.153% - 0.173%
Number of salaries quoted 20 0 1
Average salary £50,000 - £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £50,000 - £50,000
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%

OFDM
Jobs Demand Trend

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

OFDM Jobs Demand Trend

OFDM
Salary Trend

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

OFDM Salary Trend

OFDM
Salary Histogram

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

OFDM Salary Histogram

OFDM
Top 13 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing OFDM 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 - 32 £50,000 -
South East - 22 £37,500 -
West Sussex - 13 £37,500 -
Cambridge - 5 £50,000 -
Cambridgeshire - 5 £50,000 -
East of England - 5 £50,000 -
Dartford - 4 £30,000 -
South West - 4 £55,000 -
Kent - 4 £30,000 -
Hampshire - 1 £47,500 -
London - 1 £37,500 -
East Grinstead - 1 - -
Basingstoke - 1 £47,500 -

OFDM
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 25 (67.57%) Wireless
1 25 (67.57%) MIMO
2 18 (48.65%) LTE
2 18 (48.65%) 802.11
3 15 (40.54%) Wi-Fi
3 15 (40.54%) C
3 15 (40.54%) Linux
4 14 (37.84%) LAN
4 14 (37.84%) WAN
5 12 (32.43%) AirMagnet
5 12 (32.43%) Signal Processing
6 11 (29.73%) Digital Signal Processing
6 11 (29.73%) VLAN
6 11 (29.73%) Windows
6 11 (29.73%) 3G
6 11 (29.73%) MATLAB
6 11 (29.73%) 3GPP
6 11 (29.73%) DHCP
6 11 (29.73%) TCP/IP
6 11 (29.73%) VPN
6 11 (29.73%) DNS
7 9 (24.32%) Embedded C
7 9 (24.32%) UMTS
7 9 (24.32%) PhD
7 9 (24.32%) Back Office
7 9 (24.32%) WiMAX
8 8 (21.62%) CWNA
8 8 (21.62%) WCDMA
8 8 (21.62%) CCNA
8 8 (21.62%) Cisco Certification

OFDM
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Communications & Networking
1 25 (67.57%) Wireless
1 25 (67.57%) MIMO
2 18 (48.65%) LTE
2 18 (48.65%) 802.11
3 15 (40.54%) Wi-Fi
4 14 (37.84%) LAN
4 14 (37.84%) WAN
5 11 (29.73%) VLAN
5 11 (29.73%) 3G
5 11 (29.73%) 3GPP
5 11 (29.73%) DHCP
5 11 (29.73%) TCP/IP
5 11 (29.73%) VPN
5 11 (29.73%) DNS
6 9 (24.32%) UMTS
6 9 (24.32%) WiMAX
7 8 (21.62%) WCDMA
8 6 (16.22%) WLAN
8 6 (16.22%) UTRAN
9 4 (10.81%) DSL
Development Applications
1 1 (2.703%) Rational DOORS
General
1 9 (24.32%) Back Office
2 6 (16.22%) Telecoms
3 1 (2.703%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 15 (40.54%) DSP Engineer
2 12 (32.43%) Principal Engineer
3 2 (5.405%) RF Design Engineer
3 2 (5.405%) Wireless Architect
3 2 (5.405%) RF Engineer
3 2 (5.405%) Embedded Software Developer
3 2 (5.405%) Principal Architect
3 2 (5.405%) Design Engineer
3 2 (5.405%) Software Developer
3 2 (5.405%) Architect
3 2 (5.405%) Software Engineer
3 2 (5.405%) Developer
3 2 (5.405%) Network Engineer
4 1 (2.703%) Senior Design Engineer
4 1 (2.703%) Senior RF Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (16.22%) Firmware
1 6 (16.22%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
1 6 (16.22%) Mathematics
1 6 (16.22%) Physics
2 3 (8.108%) Verilog
3 2 (5.405%) SystemC
3 2 (5.405%) ASIC
3 2 (5.405%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 15 (40.54%) Linux
2 11 (29.73%) Windows
3 4 (10.81%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (32.43%) Signal Processing
2 11 (29.73%) Digital Signal Processing
3 3 (8.108%) Software Engineering
4 1 (2.703%) Requirements Analysis
Programming Languages
1 15 (40.54%) C
2 11 (29.73%) MATLAB
3 9 (24.32%) Embedded C
4 6 (16.22%) C++
Qualifications
1 9 (24.32%) PhD
2 8 (21.62%) CWNA
2 8 (21.62%) CCNA
2 8 (21.62%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (2.703%) SC Cleared
3 1 (2.703%) Security Cleared
3 1 (2.703%) Degree
Vendors
1 12 (32.43%) AirMagnet
2 8 (21.62%) Cisco
3 1 (2.703%) Cadence
Dartford, Kent, South East
We are looking to recruit a C++ Embedded Software Engineer to work on an embedded Linux project. The applications are mainly written in C / C++ and so experience...
1st Choice Jobs
Salary: £25,000 - £35,000 per year
Posted: 18 May 2013
Hampshire, South East
Desirable: Experience in bring-up and verification of chipsets for GSM/ WCDMA for a commercial handsetExperience or knowledge in development of TDMA, CDAMA, OFDM(A) based ASIC/DSP...
Computer Futures
Salary: £25000 - £35000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
Guildford, South East
These attributes are desirable:Background in communication theory and digital signal processing with a good understanding of GSM/GPRS/EDGE and/or WCDMA physical layer. Experience in development...
Computer Futures
Salary: £45000 - £60000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013