The first table below looks at the demand for GSM skills in IT jobs advertised for the Birmingham region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited GSM over the 3 months to 22 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 Birmingham region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM)
Rank 111 99 89
Rank change year-on-year
-12 -10
Permanent jobs citing GSM 1 1 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Birmingham 0.059% 0.067% 0.076%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.315% 0.344% 0.412%
Number of salaries quoted 1 1 1
Average salary £41,500 £45,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-7.77% +12.50%
UK excluding London average salary £50,000 £40,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year
+23.45% +1.25%
All Communications & Networking
Birmingham
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
317 291 243
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Birmingham 18.76% 19.48% 18.55%
Number of salaries quoted 256 254 221
Average salary £40,000 £35,000 £35,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+14.28% -1.40%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £24,500 £23,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
GSM
West Midlands

GSM
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Birmingham 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 Birmingham region.

Birmingham GSM Salary Trend

GSM
Top 14 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Birmingham 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 (50.00%) VoIP
1 1 (50.00%) Nortel
1 1 (50.00%) Ericsson
1 1 (50.00%) Mapinfo
1 1 (50.00%) 3G
1 1 (50.00%) GIS
1 1 (50.00%) Electronics
1 1 (50.00%) 2G
1 1 (50.00%) Workflow
1 1 (50.00%) Statistics
1 1 (50.00%) DMS-100
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Softswitch

GSM
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Birmingham 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 (50.00%) VoIP
1 1 (50.00%) 3G
1 1 (50.00%) 2G
1 1 (50.00%) DMS-100
1 1 (50.00%) Softswitch
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) GIS
General
1 1 (50.00%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Support Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) GSM Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) 3G Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Radio Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Voice Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Voice Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Statistics
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Workflow
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Nortel
1 1 (50.00%) Ericsson
1 1 (50.00%) Mapinfo