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 Hampshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited GSM over the 3 months to 12 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 Hampshire region.

 Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM)
Location
3 months to
12 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank102116124
Rank change year-on-year
Up+14Up+8
Matching permanent IT job ads2024110
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Hampshire0.932 %0.750 %1.383 %
As % of the Communications & Networking category5.666 %3.125 %5.851 %
Salaries quoted182196
Average salary£32,500£45,000£32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-27.77 %+38.46 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£29,150£32,500£28,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£45,750£50,000£36,500
UK excluding London average salary£42,000£40,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
+5.000 %+14.28 %
Hampshire IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryAll Communications & Networking
Hampshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
3537681880
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Hampshire16.45 %24.01 %23.63 %
Salaries quoted2886511538
Average salary£36,000£35,000£35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.850 %-
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£23,325£24,500£27,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£50,000£50,000£50,000
UK excluding London average salary£37,500£35,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
+7.140 %-
GSM South EastGSM
South East

GSM
Demand Trend

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

Hampshire 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 Hampshire region.

Hampshire GSM Salary Trend

GSM
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing GSM across the Hampshire region over the 3 months to 12 March 2010.

Hampshire 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 Hampshire region over the 3 months to 12 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
FarnboroughUp+211--
BasingstokeUp+121--
GSM South EastGSM
South East

GSM
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 12 March 2010, IT jobs across the Hampshire 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.

112 (48.00 %)Telecoms
210 (40.00 %)Wireless
210 (40.00 %)UMTS
210 (40.00 %)WiMAX
210 (40.00 %)LTE
38 (32.00 %)WCDMA
47 (28.00 %)C
47 (28.00 %)Validation
56 (24.00 %)2G
56 (24.00 %)GPRS
56 (24.00 %)Ericsson
56 (24.00 %)Nokia
56 (24.00 %)3G
56 (24.00 %)RNC
65 (20.00 %)Degree
74 (16.00 %)Construction
74 (16.00 %)C#
74 (16.00 %)SQL
74 (16.00 %)QA
74 (16.00 %)Health
74 (16.00 %)HSPA
74 (16.00 %)Software Engineering
83 (12.00 %)Capacity Planning
83 (12.00 %)Insurance
83 (12.00 %)Network Design
83 (12.00 %)Network Planning
83 (12.00 %)Data Analysis
83 (12.00 %)Windows
83 (12.00 %)C++
83 (12.00 %)Windows CE

GSM
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 12 March 2010, IT jobs across the Hampshire 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.

Hampshire IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
110 (40.00 %)UMTS
110 (40.00 %)Wireless
110 (40.00 %)WiMAX
110 (40.00 %)LTE
28 (32.00 %)WCDMA
36 (24.00 %)3G
36 (24.00 %)RNC
36 (24.00 %)2G
36 (24.00 %)GPRS
44 (16.00 %)HSPA
51 (4.000 %)BSS
51 (4.000 %)Wi-Fi
Hampshire IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
112 (48.00 %)Telecoms
24 (16.00 %)Construction
24 (16.00 %)Health
33 (12.00 %)Insurance
42 (8.000 %)Education
51 (4.000 %)Marketing
51 (4.000 %)Electronics
Hampshire IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
15 (20.00 %)Software Engineer
24 (16.00 %)Validation Engineer
33 (12.00 %)Configuration Engineer
33 (12.00 %)Development Engineer
33 (12.00 %)Analyst
33 (12.00 %)Project Analyst
33 (12.00 %)Integration Engineer
33 (12.00 %)Software Development Engineer
42 (8.000 %)Radio Engineer
42 (8.000 %)Wireless Engineer
42 (8.000 %)RAN Engineer
42 (8.000 %)Radio Network Engineer
42 (8.000 %)Technical Engineer
42 (8.000 %)Installations Engineer
42 (8.000 %)Network Engineer
51 (4.000 %)Test Engineer
51 (4.000 %)Software Test Engineer
51 (4.000 %)RF Engineer
51 (4.000 %)RF Optimisation Engineer
51 (4.000 %)DSP Engineer
Hampshire IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
13 (12.00 %)Handset
22 (8.000 %)Computer Science
31 (4.000 %)Statistics
Hampshire IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
13 (12.00 %)Windows
13 (12.00 %)Windows CE
22 (8.000 %)Linux
22 (8.000 %)UNIX
31 (4.000 %)VxWorks
31 (4.000 %)Windows Mobile
Hampshire IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
17 (28.00 %)Validation
24 (16.00 %)Software Engineering
33 (12.00 %)Configuration Management
33 (12.00 %)Network Design
33 (12.00 %)Network Planning
33 (12.00 %)Data Analysis
33 (12.00 %)Change Management
33 (12.00 %)Capacity Planning
42 (8.000 %)Project Management
42 (8.000 %)Software Testing
51 (4.000 %)System Testing
Hampshire IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
17 (28.00 %)C
24 (16.00 %)C#
24 (16.00 %)SQL
33 (12.00 %)VC++
33 (12.00 %)C++
42 (8.000 %)Perl
51 (4.000 %)Embedded C
Hampshire IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
15 (20.00 %)Degree
Hampshire IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
14 (16.00 %)QA
Hampshire IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
16 (24.00 %)Ericsson
16 (24.00 %)Nokia
21 (4.000 %)Actix