The first table below looks at the demand for GSM skills in IT jobs advertised for the Cheshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited GSM over the 3 months to 18 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 Cheshire region.

Location
3 months to
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM)
Rank 120 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing GSM 4 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheshire 0.216% - -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.111% - -
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 0
Average salary - - -
UK excluding London average salary £52,500 £40,250 £40,000
% change year-on-year
+30.43% +0.62%
All Communications & Networking
Cheshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
360 269 357
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheshire 19.40% 12.62% 20.55%
Number of salaries quoted 279 246 300
Average salary £30,500 £35,000 £39,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-12.85% -10.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,000 £24,000 £27,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £62,500 £62,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
GSM
North West

GSM
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cheshire 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 Cheshire region.

Cheshire 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 Cheshire region over the 3 months to 18 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
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Job
Vacancies
Warrington - 3 - -
GSM
North West

GSM
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Cheshire 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 9 (100.00%) UMTS
2 5 (55.56%) VoIP
2 5 (55.56%) WLAN
2 5 (55.56%) SVG
2 5 (55.56%) C
2 5 (55.56%) C++
2 5 (55.56%) Java
2 5 (55.56%) Windows
2 5 (55.56%) Linux
2 5 (55.56%) Flash
2 5 (55.56%) J2ME
2 5 (55.56%) E-Commerce
2 5 (55.56%) Bluetooth
2 5 (55.56%) GPRS
2 5 (55.56%) MPEG
2 5 (55.56%) OpenGL
2 5 (55.56%) Middleware
2 5 (55.56%) Mobile Commerce
2 5 (55.56%) DRM
2 5 (55.56%) DVB
2 5 (55.56%) Wi-Fi
2 5 (55.56%) Electronics
2 5 (55.56%) NFC
2 5 (55.56%) Android
2 5 (55.56%) iPhone
2 5 (55.56%) Qt
2 5 (55.56%) Windows 7
2 5 (55.56%) OpenAL
2 5 (55.56%) Windows Phone 7
2 5 (55.56%) Windows 8

GSM
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Cheshire 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.

Application Development
1 5 (55.56%) Flash
1 5 (55.56%) J2ME
1 5 (55.56%) SVG
1 5 (55.56%) OpenGL
1 5 (55.56%) Middleware
1 5 (55.56%) BREW
1 5 (55.56%) Qt
1 5 (55.56%) OpenAL
Communications & Networking
1 9 (100.00%) UMTS
2 5 (55.56%) VoIP
2 5 (55.56%) WLAN
2 5 (55.56%) DVB
2 5 (55.56%) Wi-Fi
2 5 (55.56%) NFC
2 5 (55.56%) Bluetooth
2 5 (55.56%) GPRS
General
1 5 (55.56%) Electronics
1 5 (55.56%) Multimedia
2 4 (44.44%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 5 (55.56%) Software Developer
1 5 (55.56%) Developer
2 3 (33.33%) Civil Engineer
3 2 (22.22%) Junior
4 1 (11.11%) Graduate
Miscellaneous
1 5 (55.56%) MPEG
1 5 (55.56%) Device Driver
1 5 (55.56%) Speech Recognition
1 5 (55.56%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 5 (55.56%) Windows
1 5 (55.56%) Linux
1 5 (55.56%) Windows Mobile
1 5 (55.56%) Nucleus RTOS
1 5 (55.56%) Android
1 5 (55.56%) Windows 7
1 5 (55.56%) Windows Phone 7
1 5 (55.56%) Windows 8
1 5 (55.56%) Windows Phone 8
1 5 (55.56%) Windows Phone
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (55.56%) E-Commerce
1 5 (55.56%) Mobile Commerce
1 5 (55.56%) DRM
2 1 (11.11%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (55.56%) C
1 5 (55.56%) C++
1 5 (55.56%) Java
Qualifications
1 4 (44.44%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (11.11%) SLA
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