The first 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 17 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 East of England region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM)
Rank 248 231 173
Rank change year-on-year
-17 -58
Permanent jobs citing GSM 21 41 91
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the East of England 0.254% 0.471% 0.959%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.185% 2.547% 4.890%
Number of salaries quoted 12 28 84
Average salary £55,000 £40,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+37.50% -
90% offered a salary of more than £38,550 £35,000 £31,500
10% offered a salary of more than £57,250 £55,000 £58,500
UK excluding London average salary £47,500 £40,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year
+17.28% +1.25%
All Communications & Networking
East of England
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
1772 1610 1861
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the East of England 21.43% 18.51% 19.61%
Number of salaries quoted 1427 1278 1501
Average salary £40,000 £41,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-3.61% +3.75%
90% offered a salary of more than £28,000 £27,616 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £55,000 £54,000
UK excluding London average salary £39,750 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-0.62% +6.66%
GSM
England

GSM
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total 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 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 East of England region.

East of England GSM Salary Trend

GSM
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing GSM across the East of England region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

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 17 May 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
Cambridgeshire -3 12 £52,500 +31.25%
Bedfordshire -17 7 £55,000 +57.14%
Hertfordshire -3 2 £39,000 -8.23%
GSM
England

GSM
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, 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.

1 38 (67.86%) Degree
2 31 (55.36%) GPRS
3 28 (50.00%) WCDMA
4 24 (42.86%) C
4 24 (42.86%) Validation
5 20 (35.71%) C++
6 19 (33.93%) 3GPP
6 19 (33.93%) Software Engineering
7 18 (32.14%) LTE
8 17 (30.36%) 3G
9 16 (28.57%) 2G
10 14 (25.00%) Anite
11 13 (23.21%) Wireless
11 13 (23.21%) Python
12 12 (21.43%) System Testing
13 11 (19.64%) Unit Testing
13 11 (19.64%) HSPA
13 11 (19.64%) OO
13 11 (19.64%) Perl
14 8 (14.29%) Windows
14 8 (14.29%) UMTS
14 8 (14.29%) Telecoms
15 7 (12.50%) Change Management
15 7 (12.50%) 2.5G
15 7 (12.50%) UTRAN
15 7 (12.50%) ISO 9000
15 7 (12.50%) ZigBee
15 7 (12.50%) Performance Management
15 7 (12.50%) Requirements Analysis
15 7 (12.50%) TDD

GSM
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, 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.

Application Platforms
1 2 (3.571%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (3.571%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 31 (55.36%) GPRS
2 28 (50.00%) WCDMA
3 19 (33.93%) 3GPP
4 18 (32.14%) LTE
5 17 (30.36%) 3G
6 16 (28.57%) 2G
7 13 (23.21%) Wireless
8 11 (19.64%) HSPA
9 8 (14.29%) UMTS
10 7 (12.50%) UTRAN
10 7 (12.50%) ZigBee
10 7 (12.50%) 2.5G
11 6 (10.71%) TETRA
12 5 (8.929%) Bluetooth
13 4 (7.143%) Wi-Fi
14 3 (5.357%) PBX
14 3 (5.357%) VoIP
14 3 (5.357%) TCP/IP
14 3 (5.357%) SS7
15 2 (3.571%) RFID
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.786%) SQL Server
1 1 (1.786%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 1 (1.786%) CruiseControl
1 1 (1.786%) JIRA
1 1 (1.786%) TeamCity
1 1 (1.786%) SCons
General
1 8 (14.29%) Telecoms
2 5 (8.929%) Electronics
2 5 (8.929%) Marketing
3 4 (7.143%) Manufacturing
4 1 (1.786%) Automotive
4 1 (1.786%) Portuguese Language
4 1 (1.786%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 21 (37.50%) Software Engineer
2 13 (23.21%) Development Engineer
3 12 (21.43%) Verification Engineer
4 11 (19.64%) Senior Development Engineer
5 6 (10.71%) C++ Team Leader
5 6 (10.71%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 6 (10.71%) Team Leader
6 4 (7.143%) RF Engineer
6 4 (7.143%) Developer
6 4 (7.143%) Design Engineer
6 4 (7.143%) Senior Design Engineer
7 3 (5.357%) Senior FPGA Engineer
7 3 (5.357%) Voice Engineer
7 3 (5.357%) Software Team Leader
7 3 (5.357%) Embedded Software Developer
7 3 (5.357%) FPGA Design Engineer
7 3 (5.357%) FPGA Engineer
7 3 (5.357%) Network Engineer
7 3 (5.357%) Software Developer
7 3 (5.357%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (8.929%) Computer Science
2 4 (7.143%) Handset
3 3 (5.357%) VHDL
3 3 (5.357%) Verilog
3 3 (5.357%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
3 3 (5.357%) SystemC
3 3 (5.357%) Embedded Systems
4 2 (3.571%) Smartcard
4 2 (3.571%) Device Driver
5 1 (1.786%) Firmware
Operating Systems
1 8 (14.29%) Windows
2 2 (3.571%) Linux
3 1 (1.786%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (42.86%) Validation
2 19 (33.93%) Software Engineering
3 12 (21.43%) System Testing
4 11 (19.64%) OO
4 11 (19.64%) Unit Testing
5 7 (12.50%) Change Management
5 7 (12.50%) TDD
5 7 (12.50%) Performance Management
5 7 (12.50%) Requirements Analysis
6 6 (10.71%) Agile Software Development
7 4 (7.143%) Scrum
7 4 (7.143%) Pair Programming
7 4 (7.143%) Project Management
7 4 (7.143%) OOD
8 3 (5.357%) Refactoring
8 3 (5.357%) Continuous Improvement
9 1 (1.786%) Product Management
9 1 (1.786%) Network Architecture
9 1 (1.786%) B2B
9 1 (1.786%) Network Design
Programming Languages
1 24 (42.86%) C
2 20 (35.71%) C++
3 13 (23.21%) Python
4 11 (19.64%) Perl
5 2 (3.571%) Embedded C
5 2 (3.571%) Assembly Language
6 1 (1.786%) Bash shell
6 1 (1.786%) Java
Qualifications
1 38 (67.86%) Degree
2 4 (7.143%) Postgraduate
3 1 (1.786%) SC Cleared
3 1 (1.786%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (12.50%) ISO 9000
2 2 (3.571%) ISO/IEC 14443
Vendors
1 14 (25.00%) Anite
2 4 (7.143%) Nortel
2 4 (7.143%) Cisco
3 3 (5.357%) Avaya
4 2 (3.571%) Atmel
4 2 (3.571%) Nokia Siemens Networks
5 1 (1.786%) Microsoft
5 1 (1.786%) EMC
5 1 (1.786%) Ericsson
5 1 (1.786%) Motorola
5 1 (1.786%) Nokia
5 1 (1.786%) Perforce
5 1 (1.786%) ION Trading
5 1 (1.786%) Huawei
5 1 (1.786%) Agilent
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