The first table below looks at the demand for GSM skills in IT jobs advertised for the Bedfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited GSM over the 3 months to 20 June 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 Bedfordshire region.

Location
3 months to
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM)
Rank 81 73 54
Rank change year-on-year
-8 -19
Permanent jobs citing GSM 11 8 21
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bedfordshire 1.011% 0.914% 2.220%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 4.231% 4.278% 20.00%
Number of salaries quoted 11 8 21
Average salary £55,000 £38,750 £55,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+41.93% -29.54%
UK excluding London average salary £50,000 £40,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
+25.00% -
All Communications & Networking
Bedfordshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
260 187 105
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bedfordshire 23.90% 21.37% 11.10%
Number of salaries quoted 235 161 102
Average salary £50,000 £45,000 £50,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+11.11% -10.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £34,000 £36,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £55,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
GSM
East of England

GSM
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bedfordshire GSM Jobs Demand Trend

GSM
Salary Trend

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

Bedfordshire GSM Salary Trend

GSM
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing GSM within the Bedfordshire region over the 3 months to 20 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Luton -8 1 £55,000 +37.50%
GSM
East of England

GSM
Top 21 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the Bedfordshire region citing GSM 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 GSM.

1 11 (100.00%) C++
1 11 (100.00%) OO
2 10 (90.91%) Windows
2 10 (90.91%) GPRS
2 10 (90.91%) 3GPP
2 10 (90.91%) ISO 9000
2 10 (90.91%) UTRAN
2 10 (90.91%) Change Management
2 10 (90.91%) Wireless
2 10 (90.91%) 2.5G
2 10 (90.91%) Requirements Analysis
2 10 (90.91%) Performance Management
3 7 (63.64%) UMTS
4 5 (45.45%) Degree
4 5 (45.45%) Computer Science
4 5 (45.45%) Postgraduate
4 5 (45.45%) Telecoms
4 5 (45.45%) 2G
4 5 (45.45%) 3G
5 2 (18.18%) C
6 1 (9.091%) Internet

GSM
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the Bedfordshire region citing GSM 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 GSM. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking
1 10 (90.91%) GPRS
1 10 (90.91%) 3GPP
1 10 (90.91%) UTRAN
1 10 (90.91%) Wireless
1 10 (90.91%) 2.5G
2 7 (63.64%) UMTS
3 5 (45.45%) 2G
3 5 (45.45%) 3G
4 1 (9.091%) Internet
General
1 5 (45.45%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 10 (90.91%) Team Leader
2 9 (81.82%) C++ Team Leader
3 6 (54.55%) Development Team Leader
4 3 (27.27%) Software Team Leader
5 1 (9.091%) Software Engineer
5 1 (9.091%) Senior Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (45.45%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 10 (90.91%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (100.00%) OO
2 10 (90.91%) Change Management
2 10 (90.91%) Requirements Analysis
2 10 (90.91%) Performance Management
Programming Languages
1 11 (100.00%) C++
2 2 (18.18%) C
Qualifications
1 5 (45.45%) Degree
1 5 (45.45%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (90.91%) ISO 9000
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