The first table below looks at the demand for GSM skills in IT jobs advertised for the Guildford region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited GSM over the 3 months to 23 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 Guildford region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM)
Rank 68 - 53
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing GSM 16 0 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Guildford 1.802% - 0.426%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 6.695% - 3.279%
Number of salaries quoted 11 0 2
Average salary £52,500 - £37,500
UK excluding London average salary £50,000 £40,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year
+23.45% +1.25%
All Communications & Networking
Guildford
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
239 96 61
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Guildford 26.91% 13.26% 13.01%
Number of salaries quoted 178 94 59
Average salary £42,500 £38,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+11.84% +16.92%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,893 £26,600 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £45,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
GSM
Surrey

GSM
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Guildford 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 Guildford region.

Guildford GSM Salary Trend

GSM
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing GSM across the Guildford region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Guildford GSM Salary Histogram

GSM
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Guildford 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 22 (100.00%) Telecoms
2 15 (68.18%) LTE
3 14 (63.64%) C++
3 14 (63.64%) UMTS
4 13 (59.09%) VoIP
4 13 (59.09%) Linux
4 13 (59.09%) Cisco
5 11 (50.00%) OO
5 11 (50.00%) STL
5 11 (50.00%) PBX
5 11 (50.00%) Boost C++ Libraries
5 11 (50.00%) Asterisk PBX
5 11 (50.00%) Subversion
5 11 (50.00%) GCC
5 11 (50.00%) GDB
5 11 (50.00%) Trac
6 10 (45.45%) 3G
7 9 (40.91%) Degree
8 8 (36.36%) RANAP
8 8 (36.36%) Radio Access Network
8 8 (36.36%) RTP
8 8 (36.36%) 2G
8 8 (36.36%) OOD
9 7 (31.82%) WCDMA
9 7 (31.82%) Capacity Planning
9 7 (31.82%) Network Design
10 3 (13.64%) Military
10 3 (13.64%) C
10 3 (13.64%) GGSN
10 3 (13.64%) SGSN

GSM
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Guildford 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 11 (50.00%) STL
1 11 (50.00%) Boost C++ Libraries
2 2 (9.091%) XML
Communications & Networking
1 15 (68.18%) LTE
2 14 (63.64%) UMTS
3 13 (59.09%) VoIP
4 11 (50.00%) PBX
4 11 (50.00%) Asterisk PBX
5 10 (45.45%) 3G
6 8 (36.36%) RANAP
6 8 (36.36%) Radio Access Network
6 8 (36.36%) RTP
6 8 (36.36%) 2G
7 7 (31.82%) WCDMA
8 3 (13.64%) GGSN
8 3 (13.64%) SGSN
9 2 (9.091%) SCTP
9 2 (9.091%) M3UA
9 2 (9.091%) VPN
9 2 (9.091%) TCAP
9 2 (9.091%) SCCP
9 2 (9.091%) IPsec
10 1 (4.545%) Broadband
Development Applications
1 11 (50.00%) Subversion
1 11 (50.00%) GCC
1 11 (50.00%) GDB
1 11 (50.00%) Trac
General
1 22 (100.00%) Telecoms
2 3 (13.64%) Military
3 1 (4.545%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 11 (50.00%) C++ Software Engineer
1 11 (50.00%) Software Engineer
2 8 (36.36%) RAN Engineer
3 4 (18.18%) C++ Team Leader
3 4 (18.18%) Software Team Leader
3 4 (18.18%) Team Leader
4 2 (9.091%) Radio Engineer
4 2 (9.091%) Radio Network Engineer
4 2 (9.091%) Telecoms Engineer
4 2 (9.091%) Network Engineer
4 2 (9.091%) Support Engineer
5 1 (4.545%) DSP Engineer
5 1 (4.545%) Graduate
5 1 (4.545%) Transmission Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (4.545%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 13 (59.09%) Linux
2 1 (4.545%) UNIX
2 1 (4.545%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (50.00%) OO
2 8 (36.36%) OOD
3 7 (31.82%) Capacity Planning
3 7 (31.82%) Network Design
4 2 (9.091%) System Testing
5 1 (4.545%) Embedded Software Development
Programming Languages
1 14 (63.64%) C++
2 3 (13.64%) C
3 2 (9.091%) Bash shell
3 2 (9.091%) Python
3 2 (9.091%) Perl
3 2 (9.091%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 9 (40.91%) Degree
Vendors
1 13 (59.09%) Cisco
Guildford, Surrey
Keywords:- Technical Lead, Software Engineer, Innovation, Telecoms, Datacoms, C++, Linux, STL, GCC, Make, GDB, GSM, UMTS, LTE, System Design, RANAP, GTP, S1, MAP, CAMEL, Radius, SMNP, SIP, VOIP,...
Spectrum IT Recruitment (South) Ltd
Salary: £55000 - £65000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 22 May 2013
Guildford, South East
These attributes are desirable:Background in communication theory and digital signal processing with a good understanding of GSM/GPRS/EDGE and/or WCDMA physical layer. Experience in development...
Computer Futures
Salary: £45000 - £60000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
Guildford, Surrey
Keywords:- Software Engineer, Senior Software Engineer, Development Team Lead, Team Lead, Mentor, C++, Linux, STL, GCC, Make, GDB, Telecoms, Datacoms, GSM, UMTS, LTE, RANAP, GTP, S1, MAP, CAMEL,...
Spectrum IT Recruitment (South) Ltd
Salary: £55000 - £60000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013