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The table looks at the demand for Wireless skills in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Wireless over the 3 months to 3 July 2009 with a comparison to the same period last year. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Communications & Networking category.

LinkWireless
Location
3 months to
3 Jul 2009
Same period last year
Rank203178
Rank change on the same period last yearDown-25
Matching permanent IT job ads6382125
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK0.937 %1.065 %
As % of the Communications & Networking category5.612 %6.161 %
Salaries quoted5101786
Average salary£40,000£40,000
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£27,500£25,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£60,000£57,500
UK excluding London average salary£40,000£40,000
IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingAll Communications & Networking
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
1136834491
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK16.70 %17.29 %
Salaries quoted936129130
Average salary£37,500£38,000
Average salary % change on the same period last year-1.310 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£25,000£24,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£60,000£60,000
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£35,000

Wireless
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Wireless within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

Wireless Demand Trend

Wireless
Salary Trend

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

Wireless Salary Trend

Wireless
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Wireless over the 3 months to 3 July 2009 within the UK.

Wireless Salary Histogram

Wireless
Top 30 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Wireless within the UK over the 3 months to 3 July 2009. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
EnglandDown-26611£40,000-
East of EnglandUp+24174£42,000+5.00 %
South EastDown-40151£43,000+1.77 %
LondonUp+34150£38,000-10.58 %
CambridgeshireUp+28136£42,000+5.00 %
CambridgeUp+24128£42,000+5.00 %
HampshireUp+5448£57,500+38.55 %
BerkshireDown-3247£38,250-4.37 %
North WestUp+7742£28,500-24.00 %
South WestDown-3638£37,500-6.25 %
ManchesterUp+6827£31,500-21.25 %
HertfordshireUp+2124£31,250-26.47 %
YorkshireUp+5519£22,000-37.14 %
SurreyUp+1619£32,500-16.66 %
BristolDown-418£35,000-6.66 %
City of LondonUp+6217£42,500+10.38 %
West YorkshireUp+5716£22,000-45.00 %
ReadingUp+914£31,250-21.87 %
North EastUp+4113£60,000+37.93 %
West MidlandsUp+2313£30,000-30.23 %
EssexUp+2512£21,500-28.33 %
West SussexDown-2212£35,000-30.00 %
OxfordshireUp+5411£60,000+26.31 %
LeedsUp+4711£60,000+96.72 %
Tyne and WearUp+3511£60,000+200.00 %
BasingstokeUp+2511£55,000+41.02 %
DorsetUp+4010£40,000-
SunderlandNew entry-10£60,000-
East MidlandsUp+529£35,000+27.27 %
WalesUp+119£35,000-26.31 %

Wireless
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 3 July 2009, IT jobs within the UK citing Wireless 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 Wireless.

1473 (29.67 %)Windows
2317 (19.89 %)Cisco
3304 (19.07 %)Telecoms
4288 (18.07 %)LAN
5287 (18.01 %)Degree
6243 (15.24 %)Cisco Certification
7234 (14.68 %)C
8222 (13.93 %)TCP/IP
8222 (13.93 %)Microsoft
9212 (13.30 %)WAN
10177 (11.10 %)Windows XP
11175 (10.98 %)MS Exchange
12162 (10.16 %)C++
13158 (9.912 %)Firewall
14148 (9.285 %)Windows Server 2003
15147 (9.222 %)MS Excel
16146 (9.159 %)MS Office
16146 (9.159 %)CCNP
17141 (8.846 %)CCNA
18137 (8.595 %)Active Directory
18137 (8.595 %)VPN
18137 (8.595 %)Education
18137 (8.595 %)Security Cleared
19136 (8.532 %)Linux
20127 (7.967 %)VoIP
21112 (7.026 %)Electronics
22110 (6.901 %)GSM
23105 (6.587 %)C#
24104 (6.524 %)Windows Vista
25102 (6.399 %)UMTS

Wireless
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 3 July 2009, IT jobs within the UK citing Wireless 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 Wireless. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
195 (5.960 %).NET
258 (3.639 %).NET Framework
258 (3.639 %)HTML
349 (3.074 %)XML
437 (2.321 %)WebServices
535 (2.196 %)CSS
630 (1.882 %)ASP.NET
723 (1.443 %)AJAX
723 (1.443 %)SOAP
818 (1.129 %)WAP
916 (1.004 %)J2EE
1013 (0.816 %)MFC
1110 (0.627 %)Middleware
127 (0.439 %)STL
136 (0.376 %)XSLT
136 (0.376 %)Flash
136 (0.376 %)Java ME
145 (0.314 %)Series 60
145 (0.314 %)WinForms
145 (0.314 %)ASP
IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
1175 (10.98 %)MS Exchange
264 (4.015 %)Exchange Server 2003
337 (2.321 %)Exchange Server 2007
422 (1.380 %)Lotus Notes
422 (1.380 %)IIS
518 (1.129 %)SharePoint
518 (1.129 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
617 (1.066 %)Lotus Domino
75 (0.314 %)Apache
84 (0.251 %)BizTalk Server
93 (0.188 %)Exchange Server 2000
102 (0.125 %)WebLogic
102 (0.125 %)LiveLink
102 (0.125 %)PegaRULES
111 (0.063 %)SharePoint Server 2007
111 (0.063 %)SharePoint Portal Server
111 (0.063 %)Exchange Server 5.5
IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
1147 (9.222 %)MS Excel
2146 (9.159 %)MS Office
351 (3.199 %)MATLAB
428 (1.757 %)MS PowerPoint
521 (1.317 %)Photoshop
610 (0.627 %)MS Visio
77 (0.439 %)MS Project
86 (0.376 %)Acrobat
95 (0.314 %)Simulink
95 (0.314 %)Adobe Illustrator
102 (0.125 %)CINEMA 4D
111 (0.063 %)Spreadsheet
111 (0.063 %)FrameMaker
111 (0.063 %)InDesign
111 (0.063 %)Quicktime
IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
17 (0.439 %)Navision
25 (0.314 %)Dynamics CRM
34 (0.251 %)Exchequer
34 (0.251 %)Microsoft CRM
34 (0.251 %)Great Plains
34 (0.251 %)Pegasus Opera
34 (0.251 %)GoldMine
34 (0.251 %)SAP Business One
43 (0.188 %)Remedy ITSM
52 (0.125 %)Line 500
61 (0.063 %)RMDS
61 (0.063 %)Metrica
IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
1288 (18.07 %)LAN
2222 (13.93 %)TCP/IP
3212 (13.30 %)WAN
4158 (9.912 %)Firewall
5137 (8.595 %)VPN
6127 (7.967 %)VoIP
7110 (6.901 %)GSM
8102 (6.399 %)UMTS
8102 (6.399 %)DNS
993 (5.834 %)WLAN
1086 (5.395 %)MPLS
1181 (5.082 %)Internet
1276 (4.768 %)Network Security
1366 (4.141 %)GPRS
1459 (3.701 %)LTE
1558 (3.639 %)Cisco PIX
1656 (3.513 %)Ethernet
1754 (3.388 %)802.11
1851 (3.199 %)DHCP
1950 (3.137 %)Wi-Fi
IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
185 (5.332 %)SQL Server
222 (1.380 %)MS Access
316 (1.004 %)MySQL
412 (0.753 %)SQL Server 2005
59 (0.565 %)RDBMS
64 (0.251 %)SQL Server 2000
64 (0.251 %)Oracle 8/8i
64 (0.251 %)SQL Server 2008
72 (0.125 %)Oracle 10g
72 (0.125 %)Data Cleansing
72 (0.125 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
81 (0.063 %)Oracle 11g
81 (0.063 %)GIS
81 (0.063 %)Datawarehouse
81 (0.063 %)Informix
IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
151 (3.199 %)Visual Studio
217 (1.066 %)ClearCase
310 (0.627 %)WinRunner
310 (0.627 %)LoadRunner
49 (0.565 %)Subversion
55 (0.314 %)ClearQuest
55 (0.314 %)Dreamweaver
64 (0.251 %)LabVIEW
64 (0.251 %)Telelogic Rhapsody
73 (0.188 %)Rational Rose
82 (0.125 %)CppUnit
82 (0.125 %)NUnit
91 (0.063 %)Eclipse
91 (0.063 %)JUnit
91 (0.063 %)ARTiSAN
IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1304 (19.07 %)Telecoms
2137 (8.595 %)Education
3112 (7.026 %)Electronics
474 (4.642 %)Government
572 (4.517 %)Automotive
670 (4.391 %)Military
762 (3.890 %)Multimedia
852 (3.262 %)Marketing
943 (2.698 %)Finance
1042 (2.635 %)Construction
1141 (2.572 %)Health
1228 (1.757 %)Pensions
1326 (1.631 %)Electric
1424 (1.506 %)Publishing
1424 (1.506 %)Retail
1521 (1.317 %)Graphic Design
1615 (0.941 %)Local Government
1615 (0.941 %)Law
1714 (0.878 %)Manufacturing
1811 (0.690 %)Games
IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1133 (8.344 %)Developer
2116 (7.277 %)Network Engineer
3114 (7.152 %)Architect
4109 (6.838 %)Support Engineer
5107 (6.713 %)Analyst
6103 (6.462 %)Software Engineer
7102 (6.399 %)Consultant
886 (5.395 %)Administrator
960 (3.764 %)Design Engineer
1059 (3.701 %)Hardware Engineer
1158 (3.639 %)Support Analyst
1251 (3.199 %)Project Manager
1347 (2.949 %)Test Engineer
1445 (2.823 %)Infrastructure Architect
1541 (2.572 %)Network Support
1639 (2.447 %)Software Developer
1735 (2.196 %)DSP Engineer
1834 (2.133 %)Technical Support
1932 (2.008 %)Programme Manager
1932 (2.008 %)Systems Engineer
IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
197 (6.085 %)Computer Science
278 (4.893 %)Blackberry
339 (2.447 %)Pocket PC
437 (2.321 %)Handset
536 (2.258 %)Mathematics
635 (2.196 %)Field-Programmable Gate Array
729 (1.819 %)Physics
828 (1.757 %)Device Driver
927 (1.694 %)Biometrics
1024 (1.506 %)VHDL
1024 (1.506 %)Vehicle Telematics
1122 (1.380 %)Firmware
1220 (1.255 %)French Language
1319 (1.192 %)Wiki
1319 (1.192 %)IVR
1417 (1.066 %)N-Tier
1513 (0.816 %)Statistics
1612 (0.753 %)Spanish Language
1711 (0.690 %)ASIC
1711 (0.690 %)MPEG
IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1473 (29.67 %)Windows
2177 (11.10 %)Windows XP
3148 (9.285 %)Windows Server 2003
4136 (8.532 %)Linux
5104 (6.524 %)Windows Vista
695 (5.960 %)UNIX
770 (4.391 %)Windows Mobile
863 (3.952 %)Windows 2000
941 (2.572 %)Windows 2000 Server
1039 (2.447 %)Windows Server 2008
1127 (1.694 %)Solaris
1223 (1.443 %)Windows CE
1318 (1.129 %)Windows NT
1416 (1.004 %)Mac OS X
1416 (1.004 %)Mac OS X Server
1515 (0.941 %)Embedded Linux
168 (0.502 %)Mac OS
175 (0.314 %)Android
184 (0.251 %)VxWorks
193 (0.188 %)Red Hat Linux
IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
180 (5.019 %)Network Design
262 (3.890 %)Project Management
359 (3.701 %)ITIL
444 (2.760 %)PRINCE2
537 (2.321 %)Software Testing
636 (2.258 %)UML
732 (2.008 %)E-Commerce
831 (1.945 %)Software Engineering
926 (1.631 %)Configuration Management
926 (1.631 %)Time Management
926 (1.631 %)Test Scripting
1022 (1.380 %)Logistics
1121 (1.317 %)Network Planning
1121 (1.317 %)Validation
1121 (1.317 %)Service Delivery
1220 (1.255 %)Product Management
1318 (1.129 %)Integration Testing
1417 (1.066 %)OOD
1516 (1.004 %)Service Management
1516 (1.004 %)Business Development
IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1234 (14.68 %)C
2162 (10.16 %)C++
3105 (6.587 %)C#
487 (5.458 %)SQL
549 (3.074 %)Java
645 (2.823 %)Perl
740 (2.509 %)Embedded C
838 (2.384 %)VB.NET
935 (2.196 %)Python
1034 (2.133 %)JavaScript
1125 (1.568 %)Embedded C++
1220 (1.255 %)Assembly Language
1317 (1.066 %)PHP
1414 (0.878 %)VB
1512 (0.753 %)Tcl
1512 (0.753 %)Shell Script
169 (0.565 %)AWK
176 (0.376 %)VB6
184 (0.251 %)VBScript
193 (0.188 %)TTCN
IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1287 (18.01 %)Degree
2243 (15.24 %)Cisco Certification
3146 (9.159 %)CCNP
4141 (8.846 %)CCNA
5137 (8.595 %)Security Cleared
683 (5.207 %)Microsoft Certification
770 (4.391 %)MCSE
860 (3.764 %)SC Cleared
933 (2.070 %)MCP
1029 (1.819 %)CCIE
1126 (1.631 %)PhD
1214 (0.878 %)ISEB
1214 (0.878 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
1311 (0.690 %)CCDP
1311 (0.690 %)PRINCE2 Certification
1410 (0.627 %)HNC
1410 (0.627 %)CCDA
159 (0.565 %)CCIP
168 (0.502 %)CCVP
177 (0.439 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
134 (2.133 %)SLA
213 (0.816 %)QA
39 (0.565 %)PCI DSS
42 (0.125 %)BS7799
42 (0.125 %)ISO9000
IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
1137 (8.595 %)Active Directory
235 (2.196 %)VMware Infrastructure
321 (1.317 %)Backup Exec
418 (1.129 %)VMware ESX
59 (0.565 %)Citrix Presentation Server
59 (0.565 %)NetBackup
67 (0.439 %)ISA Server
75 (0.314 %)Terminal Services
84 (0.251 %)MSMQ
93 (0.188 %)Xen
93 (0.188 %)NFS
102 (0.125 %)MetaFrame
102 (0.125 %)Terminal Server
102 (0.125 %)Samba
102 (0.125 %)Hyper-V
102 (0.125 %)Intellisync
111 (0.063 %)Nmap
111 (0.063 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
111 (0.063 %)Postfix
111 (0.063 %)Sendmail
IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
117 (1.066 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
213 (0.816 %)CiscoWorks
39 (0.565 %)Norton AntiVirus
46 (0.376 %)Cisco IPCC
46 (0.376 %)WSUS
55 (0.314 %)MOM
64 (0.251 %)OpenView
64 (0.251 %)BMC PATROL
64 (0.251 %)SolarWinds Orion
72 (0.125 %)Netcool
72 (0.125 %)OpenView Configuration Management
72 (0.125 %)SCCM
81 (0.063 %)Nessus
81 (0.063 %)EMC NetWorker
81 (0.063 %)Tivoli
81 (0.063 %)ARCserve
IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
1317 (19.89 %)Cisco
2222 (13.93 %)Microsoft
360 (3.764 %)VMware
456 (3.513 %)Citrix
553 (3.325 %)HP
633 (2.070 %)Oracle
732 (2.008 %)EMC
732 (2.008 %)BT
831 (1.945 %)CheckPoint
929 (1.819 %)McAfee Security
1028 (1.757 %)Apple
1126 (1.631 %)Adobe
1225 (1.568 %)Symantec
1323 (1.443 %)Lotus
1323 (1.443 %)Avaya
1323 (1.443 %)Nortel
1418 (1.129 %)Juniper
1517 (1.066 %)Nokia
1616 (1.004 %)Xilinx
1714 (0.878 %)Veritas