The first table below looks at the demand for 4G skills in IT jobs advertised for the West Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited 4G 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 for the West Midlands region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
4G
Rank 203 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing 4G 1 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.020% - -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.115% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
Average salary £55,000 - -
UK excluding London average salary £50,000 £44,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year
+13.63% -41.33%
All Communications & Networking
West Midlands
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
868 715 756
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 17.33% 15.75% 17.90%
Number of salaries quoted 711 586 597
Average salary £37,500 £33,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+11.94% -4.28%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,500 £25,000 £22,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
4G
England

4G
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing 4G across the West Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

West Midlands 4G Jobs Demand Trend

4G
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing 4G across the West Midlands region.

West Midlands 4G Salary Trend

4G
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing 4G within the West Midlands region 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
Coventry - 1 £55,000 -
4G
England

4G
Top 28 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands region citing 4G 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 4G.

1 2 (100.00%) 3G
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
2 1 (50.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (50.00%) jQuery
2 1 (50.00%) LTE
2 1 (50.00%) Cloud Computing
2 1 (50.00%) HTML5
2 1 (50.00%) Rational DOORS
2 1 (50.00%) Rational Rhapsody
2 1 (50.00%) Radio Access Network
2 1 (50.00%) Mobile App
2 1 (50.00%) ClearQuest
2 1 (50.00%) Telecoms
2 1 (50.00%) 2G
2 1 (50.00%) Validation
2 1 (50.00%) Cadence
2 1 (50.00%) Agile Software Development
2 1 (50.00%) Ajax
2 1 (50.00%) Web Development
2 1 (50.00%) HTML
2 1 (50.00%) JavaScript
2 1 (50.00%) PHP
2 1 (50.00%) ClearCase
2 1 (50.00%) ATM
2 1 (50.00%) GSM
2 1 (50.00%) SDH
2 1 (50.00%) Ethernet
2 1 (50.00%) IBM

4G
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands region citing 4G 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 4G. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (50.00%) jQuery
1 1 (50.00%) HTML5
1 1 (50.00%) Ajax
1 1 (50.00%) HTML
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) 3G
2 1 (50.00%) LTE
2 1 (50.00%) Radio Access Network
2 1 (50.00%) 2G
2 1 (50.00%) ATM
2 1 (50.00%) GSM
2 1 (50.00%) SDH
2 1 (50.00%) Ethernet
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Rational DOORS
1 1 (50.00%) Rational Rhapsody
1 1 (50.00%) ClearQuest
1 1 (50.00%) ClearCase
General
1 1 (50.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) RAN Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Transmission Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Junior
1 1 (50.00%) Delivery Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (50.00%) Cloud Computing
1 1 (50.00%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Validation
1 1 (50.00%) Agile Software Development
1 1 (50.00%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (50.00%) PHP
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Cadence
1 1 (50.00%) IBM