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The first part of the table below looks at the demand for GSM skills in IT jobs advertised for the Bristol region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited GSM over the 3 months to 19 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Communications & Networking category for the Bristol region.

 Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM)
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank9496100
Rank change year-on-year
Up+2Up+4
Matching permanent IT job ads21333
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bristol0.142 %0.728 %1.125 %
As % of the Communications & Networking category0.885 %3.916 %5.556 %
Salaries quoted11230
Average salary£42,500£38,250£33,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
+11.11 %+13.33 %
UK excluding London average salary£42,000£40,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
+5.000 %+14.28 %
Bristol IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryAll Communications & Networking
Bristol
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
226332594
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bristol16.09 %18.60 %20.25 %
Salaries quoted213305537
Average salary£35,000£36,000£34,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-2.770 %+5.880 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£25,500£26,000£25,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£51,700£45,000£54,000
UK excluding London average salary£37,500£35,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
+7.140 %-
GSM South WestGSM
South West

GSM
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing GSM across the Bristol region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

Bristol GSM Demand Trend

GSM
Salary Trend

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

Bristol GSM Salary Trend

GSM
Top 27 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs across the Bristol 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.

12 (50.00 %)C
12 (50.00 %)GPRS
12 (50.00 %)Degree
12 (50.00 %)Software Architecture
21 (25.00 %)Nokia Siemens Networks
21 (25.00 %)Test Management
21 (25.00 %)BT 21CN
21 (25.00 %)Actix
21 (25.00 %)Retail
21 (25.00 %)BSS
21 (25.00 %)Billing
21 (25.00 %)ISEB Practitioner
21 (25.00 %)PSTN
21 (25.00 %)3GPP
21 (25.00 %)ISEB
21 (25.00 %)PRINCE2 Certification
21 (25.00 %)3G
21 (25.00 %)Regression Testing
21 (25.00 %)Telecoms
21 (25.00 %)Device Driver
21 (25.00 %)Java
21 (25.00 %)SQL
21 (25.00 %)Oracle
21 (25.00 %)SAP
21 (25.00 %)PRINCE2
21 (25.00 %)UNIX
21 (25.00 %)CRM

GSM
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs across the Bristol 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.

Bristol IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
12 (50.00 %)GPRS
21 (25.00 %)PSTN
21 (25.00 %)3GPP
21 (25.00 %)3G
21 (25.00 %)BSS
21 (25.00 %)BT 21CN
Bristol IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
11 (25.00 %)Telecoms
11 (25.00 %)Retail
11 (25.00 %)Billing
Bristol IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
12 (50.00 %)RF Engineer
21 (25.00 %)Management Consultant
21 (25.00 %)Consultant
21 (25.00 %)Design Engineer
21 (25.00 %)Test Consultant
Bristol IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
11 (25.00 %)Device Driver
Bristol IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
11 (25.00 %)UNIX
Bristol IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
12 (50.00 %)Software Architecture
21 (25.00 %)PRINCE2
21 (25.00 %)CRM
21 (25.00 %)Regression Testing
21 (25.00 %)Test Management
Bristol IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
12 (50.00 %)C
21 (25.00 %)Java
21 (25.00 %)SQL
Bristol IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
12 (50.00 %)Degree
21 (25.00 %)ISEB
21 (25.00 %)PRINCE2 Certification
21 (25.00 %)ISEB Practitioner
Bristol IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
11 (25.00 %)Oracle
11 (25.00 %)SAP
11 (25.00 %)Actix
11 (25.00 %)Nokia Siemens Networks