Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for GSM skills in IT jobs advertised for the East of England 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 East of England region.

 Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM)
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank173152190
Rank change year-on-year
Down-21Up+38
Matching permanent IT job ads204597
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the East of England0.339 %0.696 %0.747 %
As % of the Communications & Networking category1.784 %3.583 %3.817 %
Salaries quoted172667
Average salary£42,000£45,000£45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.660 %-
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£30,600£33,250£35,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£68,500£70,000£55,000
UK excluding London average salary£42,000£40,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
+5.000 %+14.28 %
East of England IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryAll Communications & Networking
East of England
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
112112562541
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the East of England19.02 %19.43 %19.56 %
Salaries quoted91110492092
Average salary£36,500£40,000£37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-8.750 %+6.660 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£25,000£26,000£25,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£55,000£51,000£57,500
UK excluding London average salary£37,500£35,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
+7.140 %-
GSM EnglandGSM
England

GSM
Demand Trend

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

East of England 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 East of England region.

East of England GSM Salary Trend

GSM
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing GSM across the East of England region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

East of England GSM Salary Histogram

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 East of England region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
CambridgeshireDown-1311£45,000-10.00 %
BedfordshireNew entry-6£36,250-
SuffolkNew entry-3--
GSM EnglandGSM
England

GSM
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs across the East of England 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.

124 (66.67 %)GPRS
124 (66.67 %)Wireless
219 (52.78 %)C
315 (41.67 %)Electronics
414 (38.89 %)UML
513 (36.11 %)Telecoms
611 (30.56 %)TETRA
78 (22.22 %)Degree
87 (19.44 %)Handset
87 (19.44 %)C++
87 (19.44 %)Configuration Management
96 (16.67 %)Embedded C
96 (16.67 %)OO
96 (16.67 %)OOD
96 (16.67 %)WAP
96 (16.67 %)Manufacturing
96 (16.67 %)ZigBee
96 (16.67 %)Software Testing
96 (16.67 %)Requirements Analysis
105 (13.89 %)LTE
105 (13.89 %)Java
105 (13.89 %)Windows
105 (13.89 %)EMC
105 (13.89 %)Assembly Language
105 (13.89 %)UMTS
105 (13.89 %)3G
114 (11.11 %)Project Management
114 (11.11 %)UNIX
114 (11.11 %)Bluetooth
114 (11.11 %)VHDL

GSM
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs across the East of England 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.

East of England IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
16 (16.67 %)WAP
East of England IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
11 (2.778 %)MS Office
East of England IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
124 (66.67 %)GPRS
124 (66.67 %)Wireless
211 (30.56 %)TETRA
36 (16.67 %)ZigBee
45 (13.89 %)LTE
45 (13.89 %)UMTS
45 (13.89 %)3G
54 (11.11 %)Bluetooth
63 (8.333 %)CDMA
63 (8.333 %)CDMA2000
63 (8.333 %)Wi-Fi
72 (5.556 %)Internet
81 (2.778 %)TDMA
81 (2.778 %)Firewall
81 (2.778 %)WCDMA
81 (2.778 %)TCP/IP
81 (2.778 %)3GPP
East of England IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
12 (5.556 %)Telelogic Rhapsody
East of England IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
115 (41.67 %)Electronics
213 (36.11 %)Telecoms
36 (16.67 %)Manufacturing
43 (8.333 %)Automotive
52 (5.556 %)Electric
52 (5.556 %)Pensions
61 (2.778 %)Multimedia
East of England IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
115 (41.67 %)Software Engineer
27 (19.44 %)Hardware Engineer
34 (11.11 %)Consultant
43 (8.333 %)Graduate
43 (8.333 %)Embedded Software Engineer
43 (8.333 %)Systems Engineer
43 (8.333 %)Software Consultant
43 (8.333 %)Graduate Software Engineer
52 (5.556 %)Graduate C++ Developer
52 (5.556 %)C++/Java Developer
52 (5.556 %)Graduate Java Developer
52 (5.556 %)Graduate Software Developer
52 (5.556 %)Graduate Developer
52 (5.556 %)C Developer
52 (5.556 %)Design Engineer
52 (5.556 %)Java Developer
52 (5.556 %)C++ Developer
52 (5.556 %)Software Architect
52 (5.556 %)Principle Consultant
52 (5.556 %)Software Developer
East of England IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
17 (19.44 %)Handset
24 (11.11 %)VHDL
24 (11.11 %)Field-Programmable Gate Array
33 (8.333 %)Computer Science
41 (2.778 %)Client/Server
41 (2.778 %)Firmware
East of England IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
15 (13.89 %)Windows
24 (11.11 %)UNIX
33 (8.333 %)Linux
East of England IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
114 (38.89 %)UML
27 (19.44 %)Configuration Management
36 (16.67 %)Software Testing
36 (16.67 %)Requirements Analysis
36 (16.67 %)OO
36 (16.67 %)OOD
44 (11.11 %)Integration Testing
44 (11.11 %)Project Management
53 (8.333 %)IC Design
53 (8.333 %)Product Management
62 (5.556 %)Use Case
62 (5.556 %)Stress Testing
71 (2.778 %)Network Design
East of England IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
119 (52.78 %)C
27 (19.44 %)C++
36 (16.67 %)Embedded C
45 (13.89 %)Assembly Language
45 (13.89 %)Java
53 (8.333 %)C#
East of England IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
18 (22.22 %)Degree
22 (5.556 %)Security Cleared
31 (2.778 %)SC Cleared
31 (2.778 %)BC Cleared
East of England IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
13 (8.333 %)QA
21 (2.778 %)JTAG
East of England IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
11 (2.778 %)Active Directory
East of England IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
15 (13.89 %)EMC
23 (8.333 %)Telelogic
31 (2.778 %)3Com
31 (2.778 %)Hitachi
31 (2.778 %)Cisco