The first table below looks at the demand for GSM skills in IT jobs advertised for the Belfast region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited GSM over the 3 months to 24 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 Belfast region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM)
Rank 42 37 32
Rank change year-on-year
-5 -5
Permanent jobs citing GSM 1 1 5
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Belfast 0.412% 0.513% 2.646%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.587% 2.326% 11.90%
Number of salaries quoted 1 1 1
Average salary £41,500 £36,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+13.69% -8.75%
UK excluding London average salary £50,000 £40,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year
+23.45% +1.25%
All Communications & Networking
Belfast
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
63 43 42
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Belfast 25.93% 22.05% 22.22%
Number of salaries quoted 22 19 8
Average salary £42,500 £30,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+41.66% -25.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £15,500 £37,800
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £45,500 £37,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
GSM
County Antrim

GSM
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Belfast 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 Belfast region.

Belfast GSM Salary Trend

GSM
Top 6 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Belfast 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 1 (100.00%) Mapinfo
1 1 (100.00%) 3G
1 1 (100.00%) GIS
1 1 (100.00%) Electronics
1 1 (100.00%) 2G
1 1 (100.00%) Workflow

GSM
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Belfast 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 1 (100.00%) 3G
1 1 (100.00%) 2G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) GIS
General
1 1 (100.00%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) GSM Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) 3G Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Radio Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Workflow
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Mapinfo