The first table below looks at the demand for UMTS 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 UMTS over the 3 months to 17 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS)
Rank 199 - 169
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing UMTS 8 0 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.161% - 0.024%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.926% - 0.134%
Number of salaries quoted 7 0 1
Average salary £27,000 - £31,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
All Communications & Networking
West Midlands
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
864 703 749
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 17.40% 15.61% 18.04%
Number of salaries quoted 716 569 590
Average salary £37,500 £34,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+10.29% -9.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £24,500 £22,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £39,750 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-0.62% +6.66%
UMTS
England

UMTS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Midlands UMTS Jobs Demand Trend

UMTS
Salary Trend

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

West Midlands UMTS Salary Trend

UMTS
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 West Midlands region over the 3 months to 17 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 - 7 £27,000 -
Sutton Coldfield - 7 £27,000 -
Warwickshire - 7 £27,000 -
UMTS
England

UMTS
Top 21 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands region 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 7 (87.50%) ISDN
1 7 (87.50%) LAN
1 7 (87.50%) WAN
1 7 (87.50%) TCP/IP
1 7 (87.50%) VPN
1 7 (87.50%) CCIE
1 7 (87.50%) CCNP
1 7 (87.50%) CCNA
1 7 (87.50%) Citrix
1 7 (87.50%) Cisco Certification
1 7 (87.50%) Internet
1 7 (87.50%) MPLS
1 7 (87.50%) Firewall
1 7 (87.50%) Network Security
1 7 (87.50%) GPRS
1 7 (87.50%) xDSL
2 1 (12.50%) C
2 1 (12.50%) GSM
2 1 (12.50%) LTE
2 1 (12.50%) Telecoms
2 1 (12.50%) Legal

UMTS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands region 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.

Communications & Networking
1 7 (87.50%) ISDN
1 7 (87.50%) LAN
1 7 (87.50%) WAN
1 7 (87.50%) TCP/IP
1 7 (87.50%) VPN
1 7 (87.50%) Internet
1 7 (87.50%) MPLS
1 7 (87.50%) Firewall
1 7 (87.50%) Network Security
1 7 (87.50%) GPRS
1 7 (87.50%) xDSL
2 1 (12.50%) GSM
2 1 (12.50%) LTE
General
1 1 (12.50%) Telecoms
1 1 (12.50%) Legal
Job Titles
1 7 (87.50%) Systems Administrator
1 7 (87.50%) Administrator
1 7 (87.50%) Network Administrator
1 7 (87.50%) IT Administrator
Programming Languages
1 1 (12.50%) C
Qualifications
1 7 (87.50%) CCIE
1 7 (87.50%) CCNP
1 7 (87.50%) CCNA
1 7 (87.50%) Cisco Certification
Vendors
1 7 (87.50%) Citrix