The first table below looks at the demand for UMTS skills in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited UMTS over the 3 months to 23 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS)
Rank 753 598 637
Rank change year-on-year
-155 +39
Permanent jobs citing UMTS 109 317 241
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.101% 0.263% 0.191%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.525% 1.497% 1.209%
Number of salaries quoted 76 239 177
Average salary £40,000 £42,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-4.76% +5.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,000 £30,000 £31,500
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £40,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
+6.25% -
All Communications & Networking
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
20772 21181 19930
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 19.31% 17.55% 15.81%
Number of salaries quoted 16767 17637 16513
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%

UMTS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

UMTS Jobs Demand Trend

UMTS
Salary Trend

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

UMTS Salary Trend

UMTS
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing UMTS over the 3 months to 23 May 2013 within the UK.

UMTS Salary Histogram

UMTS
Top 30 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing UMTS within the UK over the 3 months to 23 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 -160 108 £40,000 -0.62%
South East -131 52 £52,500 +31.25%
Berkshire -70 28 £50,000 +42.85%
London +6 22 £40,000 -23.80%
East of England -17 20 £53,750 +22.85%
Surrey +6 17 £52,500 +6.06%
Reading -3 12 £57,500 +76.92%
Guildford - 10 £52,500 -
Cambridgeshire +9 8 £50,000 +25.00%
Hertfordshire -3 8 £75,000 +66.66%
West Midlands - 8 £27,000 -
Bracknell -13 7 - -
Warwickshire - 7 £27,000 -
Derbyshire - 7 £27,000 -
Leicestershire - 7 £27,000 -
Rugby - 7 £27,000 -
East Midlands - 7 £27,000 -
Sutton Coldfield - 7 £27,000 -
Leicester - 7 £27,000 -
Derby - 7 £27,000 -
Coventry - 7 £27,000 -
Cambridge +12 6 £50,000 +66.66%
City of London +12 5 £57,500 +4.54%
South West -2 5 £52,500 +10.52%
Hammersmith - 5 £40,000 -
Leatherhead -3 4 - -
Bristol -11 4 £52,500 +31.25%
Newbury -29 4 £32,500 -4.41%
Bedfordshire -35 4 £55,000 +37.50%
Hampshire -24 3 £40,000 -5.88%

UMTS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK citing UMTS 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 UMTS.

1 177 (76.96%) GSM
2 156 (67.83%) Telecoms
3 109 (47.39%) LTE
4 94 (40.87%) Wireless
5 82 (35.65%) GPRS
6 75 (32.61%) Windows
7 59 (25.65%) C++
7 59 (25.65%) Degree
8 55 (23.91%) 3GPP
9 52 (22.61%) 3G
10 45 (19.57%) Linux
11 36 (15.65%) Cisco
12 35 (15.22%) C
13 34 (14.78%) UNIX
13 34 (14.78%) Electronics
14 33 (14.35%) WCDMA
15 32 (13.91%) VoIP
15 32 (13.91%) OO
16 30 (13.04%) Computer Science
17 29 (12.61%) HSPA
17 29 (12.61%) Nokia Siemens Networks
18 28 (12.17%) SS7
19 27 (11.74%) Network Planning
20 26 (11.30%) CDMA
21 24 (10.43%) Microsoft
21 24 (10.43%) VPN
22 23 (10.00%) SQL
23 22 (9.565%) Oracle
24 21 (9.130%) 2G
25 20 (8.696%) Network Management

UMTS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK citing UMTS 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 UMTS. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 12 (5.217%) .NET
1 12 (5.217%) STL
1 12 (5.217%) Boost C++ Libraries
2 5 (2.174%) Qt
2 5 (2.174%) OpenAL
2 5 (2.174%) BREW
2 5 (2.174%) Middleware
2 5 (2.174%) OpenGL
2 5 (2.174%) SVG
2 5 (2.174%) Flash
2 5 (2.174%) J2ME
3 4 (1.739%) HTML
4 3 (1.304%) WCF
4 3 (1.304%) X-Windows
4 3 (1.304%) Ajax
4 3 (1.304%) XML
5 2 (0.870%) COM+
6 1 (0.435%) soapUI
6 1 (0.435%) Google Maps API
6 1 (0.435%) Silverlight
Application Platforms
1 2 (0.870%) ActiveMQ
2 1 (0.435%) WebLogic
2 1 (0.435%) Apache
Applications
1 15 (6.522%) MS Excel
2 3 (1.304%) MS Project
2 3 (1.304%) MS Office
3 2 (0.870%) MS PowerPoint
4 1 (0.435%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 177 (76.96%) GSM
2 109 (47.39%) LTE
3 94 (40.87%) Wireless
4 82 (35.65%) GPRS
5 55 (23.91%) 3GPP
6 52 (22.61%) 3G
7 33 (14.35%) WCDMA
8 32 (13.91%) VoIP
9 29 (12.61%) HSPA
10 28 (12.17%) SS7
11 26 (11.30%) CDMA
12 24 (10.43%) VPN
13 21 (9.130%) 2G
14 19 (8.261%) ATM
14 19 (8.261%) WAN
14 19 (8.261%) TCP/IP
15 18 (7.826%) MPLS
15 18 (7.826%) Radio Access Network
16 16 (6.957%) Firewall
16 16 (6.957%) GGSN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (5.217%) GIS
2 3 (1.304%) Oracle 8/8i
3 2 (0.870%) Oracle 11g
4 1 (0.435%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 1 (0.435%) Microsoft Analysis Services
4 1 (0.435%) Oracle 10g
4 1 (0.435%) RDBMS
4 1 (0.435%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.435%) MySQL
4 1 (0.435%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 12 (5.217%) Subversion
1 12 (5.217%) GCC
1 12 (5.217%) GDB
1 12 (5.217%) Trac
2 7 (3.043%) Team Foundation Server
2 7 (3.043%) ClearCase
3 2 (0.870%) LabVIEW
4 1 (0.435%) Selenium
4 1 (0.435%) JIRA
4 1 (0.435%) SilkTest
4 1 (0.435%) ClearQuest
General
1 156 (67.83%) Telecoms
2 34 (14.78%) Electronics
3 18 (7.826%) Finance
4 7 (3.043%) Billing
5 5 (2.174%) Marketing
5 5 (2.174%) Multimedia
6 4 (1.739%) Military
6 4 (1.739%) Spanish Language
7 3 (1.304%) French Language
8 1 (0.435%) Portuguese Language
8 1 (0.435%) Interactive Media
8 1 (0.435%) Legal
8 1 (0.435%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 45 (19.57%) Software Engineer
2 27 (11.74%) Developer
3 21 (9.130%) Support Engineer
4 20 (8.696%) C++ Software Engineer
5 17 (7.391%) Consultant
6 16 (6.957%) C++ Developer
7 15 (6.522%) Network Engineer
8 13 (5.652%) Senior Consultant
9 12 (5.217%) Software Developer
10 11 (4.783%) DSP Engineer
10 11 (4.783%) QA Engineer
11 10 (4.348%) Network Support
11 10 (4.348%) Senior Software Engineer
11 10 (4.348%) Network Support Engineer
12 9 (3.913%) Team Leader
13 8 (3.478%) Test Engineer
13 8 (3.478%) C++ Team Leader
14 7 (3.043%) Core Network Engineer
14 7 (3.043%) Radio Engineer
14 7 (3.043%) Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 30 (13.04%) Computer Science
2 12 (5.217%) Statistics
3 9 (3.913%) Firmware
4 8 (3.478%) Device Driver
5 5 (2.174%) iPhone
5 5 (2.174%) Mathematics
5 5 (2.174%) Speech Recognition
5 5 (2.174%) MPEG
6 4 (1.739%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
6 4 (1.739%) Handset
7 3 (1.304%) Physics
7 3 (1.304%) SystemC
7 3 (1.304%) Management Information System
7 3 (1.304%) VHDL
7 3 (1.304%) Verilog
8 2 (0.870%) Client/Server
8 2 (0.870%) PMI
8 2 (0.870%) Mobile App
8 2 (0.870%) Enterprise Software
8 2 (0.870%) Applied Mathematics
Operating Systems
1 75 (32.61%) Windows
2 45 (19.57%) Linux
3 34 (14.78%) UNIX
4 7 (3.043%) Windows 7
4 7 (3.043%) Solaris
5 6 (2.609%) Windows Mobile
5 6 (2.609%) Android
6 5 (2.174%) Windows Phone 7
6 5 (2.174%) Nucleus RTOS
6 5 (2.174%) Windows Phone
6 5 (2.174%) Windows 8
6 5 (2.174%) Windows Phone 8
6 5 (2.174%) Windows XP
7 4 (1.739%) VxWorks
7 4 (1.739%) Windows Vista
8 1 (0.435%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (13.91%) OO
2 27 (11.74%) Network Planning
3 20 (8.696%) Network Management
4 19 (8.261%) Continuous Improvement
5 18 (7.826%) Business Development
6 17 (7.391%) Agile Software Development
7 16 (6.957%) Project Management
7 16 (6.957%) Network Architecture
8 15 (6.522%) Network Design
8 15 (6.522%) OOD
9 14 (6.087%) Service Delivery
10 13 (5.652%) Regression Testing
11 12 (5.217%) Benchmarking
11 12 (5.217%) Performance Improvement
12 11 (4.783%) Performance Management
12 11 (4.783%) Software Engineering
12 11 (4.783%) Change Management
12 11 (4.783%) Scrum
13 9 (3.913%) Load Balancing
13 9 (3.913%) Manual Testing
Programming Languages
1 59 (25.65%) C++
2 35 (15.22%) C
3 23 (10.00%) SQL
4 15 (6.522%) Embedded C
4 15 (6.522%) Java
5 13 (5.652%) C#
6 8 (3.478%) Python
6 8 (3.478%) Perl
7 6 (2.609%) Assembly Language
8 4 (1.739%) MATLAB
9 3 (1.304%) Embedded C++
10 2 (0.870%) JavaScript
10 2 (0.870%) Shell Script
10 2 (0.870%) Bash shell
10 2 (0.870%) TTCN
11 1 (0.435%) Erlang
11 1 (0.435%) Tcl
11 1 (0.435%) PHP
11 1 (0.435%) PL/SQL
11 1 (0.435%) VB
Qualifications
1 59 (25.65%) Degree
2 19 (8.261%) Cisco Certification
3 15 (6.522%) CCIE
4 13 (5.652%) ISEB
5 10 (4.348%) CCNP
5 10 (4.348%) CCNA
5 10 (4.348%) ISTQB
6 4 (1.739%) PhD
6 4 (1.739%) PMP
6 4 (1.739%) PMI Certification
7 3 (1.304%) CCIP
7 3 (1.304%) HNC
7 3 (1.304%) HND
8 2 (0.870%) CCDP
8 2 (0.870%) CCA
8 2 (0.870%) ITIL Certification
8 2 (0.870%) CCDE
9 1 (0.435%) ISEB Practitioner
9 1 (0.435%) CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (6.957%) QA
2 4 (1.739%) ISO 9000
3 3 (1.304%) JTAG
3 3 (1.304%) SLA
4 2 (0.870%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (0.870%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 11 (4.783%) NDS
Systems Management
1 5 (2.174%) Cisco UCCE
2 3 (1.304%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 36 (15.65%) Cisco
2 29 (12.61%) Nokia Siemens Networks
3 24 (10.43%) Microsoft
4 22 (9.565%) Oracle
5 19 (8.261%) Alcatel-Lucent
6 17 (7.391%) Nokia
7 15 (6.522%) Huawei
8 12 (5.217%) Ericsson
8 12 (5.217%) Mapinfo
9 11 (4.783%) TIBCO
10 7 (3.043%) Siemens
10 7 (3.043%) Citrix
11 5 (2.174%) Tektronix
11 5 (2.174%) Agilent
11 5 (2.174%) Verint
12 4 (1.739%) HP
12 4 (1.739%) Juniper
12 4 (1.739%) ZTE
13 3 (1.304%) Atmel
13 3 (1.304%) Veritas
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