The first table below looks at the demand for GSM skills in IT jobs advertised for the Farnborough region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited GSM over the 3 months to 24 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 Farnborough region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM)
Rank 36 23 -
Rank change year-on-year
-13 -
Permanent jobs citing GSM 1 18 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Farnborough 0.568% 7.692% -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 3.226% 25.00% -
Number of salaries quoted 1 18 0
Average salary £47,000 £41,500 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
+13.25% -
UK excluding London average salary £50,000 £40,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year
+23.45% +1.25%
All Communications & Networking
Farnborough
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
31 72 14
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Farnborough 17.61% 30.77% 11.76%
Number of salaries quoted 31 67 14
Average salary £30,000 £41,250 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-27.27% -2.94%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £29,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £55,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
GSM
Hampshire

GSM
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Farnborough 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 Farnborough region.

Farnborough GSM Salary Trend

GSM
Top 15 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Farnborough 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 2 (66.67%) C
1 2 (66.67%) HNC
1 2 (66.67%) HND
1 2 (66.67%) WCDMA
1 2 (66.67%) TCP/IP
1 2 (66.67%) Embedded C
1 2 (66.67%) Configuration Management
1 2 (66.67%) Wireless
1 2 (66.67%) Telecoms
1 2 (66.67%) Degree
1 2 (66.67%) Computer Science
1 2 (66.67%) LTE
2 1 (33.33%) Business Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) Finance
2 1 (33.33%) ISEB

GSM
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Farnborough 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 2 (66.67%) WCDMA
1 2 (66.67%) TCP/IP
1 2 (66.67%) Wireless
1 2 (66.67%) LTE
General
1 2 (66.67%) Telecoms
2 1 (33.33%) Finance
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Software Engineer
1 2 (66.67%) Embedded Software Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) IT Business Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Computer Science
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Configuration Management
2 1 (33.33%) Business Analysis
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) C
1 2 (66.67%) Embedded C
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) HNC
1 2 (66.67%) HND
1 2 (66.67%) Degree
2 1 (33.33%) ISEB