The first table below looks at the demand for GSM skills in IT jobs advertised for the London 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 London region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM)
Rank 568 539 598
Rank change year-on-year
-29 +59
Permanent jobs citing GSM 41 101 38
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in London 0.094% 0.188% 0.066%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.516% 1.132% 0.484%
Number of salaries quoted 30 60 33
Average salary £50,000 £50,000 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +17.64%
90% offered a salary of more than £38,500 £37,250 £35,000
10% offered a salary of more than £57,500 £60,000 £59,000
UK excluding London average salary £47,500 £40,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year
+17.28% +1.25%
All Communications & Networking
London
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
7948 8921 7850
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in London 18.22% 16.58% 13.65%
Number of salaries quoted 6555 7583 6622
Average salary £50,000 £47,500 £47,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.26% -
90% offered a salary of more than £31,500 £30,000 £28,000
10% offered a salary of more than £70,000 £70,000 £70,000
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 London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

London 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 London region.

London GSM Salary Trend

GSM
Salary Histogram

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

London 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 London 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
City of London +9 12 £52,500 +23.52%
Hammersmith - 6 £40,000 -
GSM
England

GSM
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the London 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 69 (66.99%) Telecoms
2 45 (43.69%) VoIP
3 40 (38.83%) UMTS
3 40 (38.83%) C++
4 39 (37.86%) Linux
5 37 (35.92%) Degree
6 33 (32.04%) LTE
7 28 (27.18%) Computer Science
8 26 (25.24%) GPRS
9 25 (24.27%) Wireless
10 24 (23.30%) C
11 23 (22.33%) CDMA
12 20 (19.42%) OO
13 19 (18.45%) CRM
13 19 (18.45%) HSPA
14 18 (17.48%) Continuous Improvement
14 18 (17.48%) Electronics
14 18 (17.48%) Python
14 18 (17.48%) MS Excel
14 18 (17.48%) Windows
14 18 (17.48%) Java
15 17 (16.50%) 3GPP
16 15 (14.56%) UNIX
16 15 (14.56%) Microsoft
17 14 (13.59%) 3G
17 14 (13.59%) RTP
17 14 (13.59%) Billing
17 14 (13.59%) XMPP
18 13 (12.62%) Agile Software Development
18 13 (12.62%) Time Management

GSM
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the London 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 14 (13.59%) XMPP
2 10 (9.709%) Java SE
3 8 (7.767%) JNI
3 8 (7.767%) Swing
4 6 (5.825%) HTML
4 6 (5.825%) FreeSWITCH
5 3 (2.913%) jQuery
5 3 (2.913%) MAPI
5 3 (2.913%) CSS
5 3 (2.913%) SOAP
5 3 (2.913%) HTML5
5 3 (2.913%) CSS3
6 2 (1.942%) STL
6 2 (1.942%) Web Services
6 2 (1.942%) .NET
6 2 (1.942%) COM+
6 2 (1.942%) Boost C++ Libraries
7 1 (0.971%) soapUI
7 1 (0.971%) REST
7 1 (0.971%) JSON
Application Platforms
1 5 (4.854%) Amazon AWS
Applications
1 18 (17.48%) MS Excel
2 4 (3.883%) MS Office
3 2 (1.942%) MS Project
4 1 (0.971%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.971%) MS PowerPoint
Communications & Networking
1 45 (43.69%) VoIP
2 40 (38.83%) UMTS
3 33 (32.04%) LTE
4 26 (25.24%) GPRS
5 25 (24.27%) Wireless
6 23 (22.33%) CDMA
7 19 (18.45%) HSPA
8 17 (16.50%) 3GPP
9 14 (13.59%) RTP
9 14 (13.59%) 3G
10 11 (10.68%) 2G
11 10 (9.709%) TCP/IP
12 8 (7.767%) Asterisk PBX
13 7 (6.796%) BSS
14 6 (5.825%) 4G
14 6 (5.825%) GGSN
14 6 (5.825%) SGSN
14 6 (5.825%) ATM
15 5 (4.854%) SDH
15 5 (4.854%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.942%) MySQL
1 2 (1.942%) SQL Server
1 2 (1.942%) Oracle Reports
1 2 (1.942%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 7 (6.796%) Subversion
2 6 (5.825%) Git (software)
3 5 (4.854%) Mercurial
4 3 (2.913%) OpenSTA
5 2 (1.942%) GCC
5 2 (1.942%) GDB
5 2 (1.942%) Trac
6 1 (0.971%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.971%) WebDriver
6 1 (0.971%) Hudson
6 1 (0.971%) Selenium
6 1 (0.971%) JUnit
6 1 (0.971%) CodeWarrior
6 1 (0.971%) JMeter
General
1 69 (66.99%) Telecoms
2 18 (17.48%) Electronics
3 14 (13.59%) Billing
4 9 (8.738%) Dutch Language
4 9 (8.738%) German Language
5 8 (7.767%) Marketing
6 7 (6.796%) Finance
6 7 (6.796%) Spanish Language
7 3 (2.913%) Cantonese Language
7 3 (2.913%) French Language
8 2 (1.942%) Military
9 1 (0.971%) Retail
9 1 (0.971%) Portuguese Language
Job Titles
1 32 (31.07%) Developer
2 16 (15.53%) C++ Developer
3 14 (13.59%) Software Engineer
4 10 (9.709%) C++ Software Engineer
4 10 (9.709%) Android Developer
5 6 (5.825%) Analyst
6 5 (4.854%) Business Analyst
6 5 (4.854%) Service Manager
6 5 (4.854%) VoIP Engineer
6 5 (4.854%) Customer Services Manager
7 4 (3.883%) Embedded Software Engineer
7 4 (3.883%) Process Analyst
7 4 (3.883%) Graduate
7 4 (3.883%) Project Manager
7 4 (3.883%) Trainer
8 3 (2.913%) Test Manager
8 3 (2.913%) Web Developer
8 3 (2.913%) Network Engineer
8 3 (2.913%) Business Process Analyst
8 3 (2.913%) Team Leader
Miscellaneous
1 28 (27.18%) Computer Science
2 11 (10.68%) Mobile App
3 8 (7.767%) Open Source
3 8 (7.767%) Statistics
3 8 (7.767%) Blackberry
4 5 (4.854%) Handset
5 4 (3.883%) Smartcard
6 3 (2.913%) Embedded Systems
6 3 (2.913%) Management Information System
6 3 (2.913%) Device Driver
7 2 (1.942%) PMI
8 1 (0.971%) EPoS
8 1 (0.971%) Cryptography
8 1 (0.971%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
8 1 (0.971%) PKI
8 1 (0.971%) Mobile Payment
8 1 (0.971%) Wiki
8 1 (0.971%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 39 (37.86%) Linux
2 18 (17.48%) Windows
3 15 (14.56%) UNIX
4 11 (10.68%) Solaris
5 10 (9.709%) Android
6 2 (1.942%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (19.42%) OO
2 19 (18.45%) CRM
3 18 (17.48%) Continuous Improvement
4 13 (12.62%) Time Management
4 13 (12.62%) E-Commerce
4 13 (12.62%) Agile Software Development
5 10 (9.709%) Service Management
6 8 (7.767%) ITIL
6 8 (7.767%) Use Case
7 7 (6.796%) Six Sigma
7 7 (6.796%) Project Management
7 7 (6.796%) eTOM
8 5 (4.854%) Business Development
8 5 (4.854%) UML
8 5 (4.854%) Process Management
8 5 (4.854%) Problem Management
8 5 (4.854%) Root Cause Analysis
9 4 (3.883%) Business Transformation
9 4 (3.883%) Service Delivery
9 4 (3.883%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 40 (38.83%) C++
2 24 (23.30%) C
3 18 (17.48%) Java
3 18 (17.48%) Python
4 7 (6.796%) Perl
5 5 (4.854%) SQL
6 3 (2.913%) JavaScript
7 2 (1.942%) C#
7 2 (1.942%) VB
7 2 (1.942%) Shell Script
8 1 (0.971%) Embedded C
8 1 (0.971%) Embedded C++
8 1 (0.971%) Assembly Language
8 1 (0.971%) Tcl
8 1 (0.971%) PHP
Qualifications
1 37 (35.92%) Degree
2 2 (1.942%) PMP
2 2 (1.942%) PMI Certification
2 2 (1.942%) MBA
3 1 (0.971%) ISEB Practitioner
3 1 (0.971%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (4.854%) SLA
2 4 (3.883%) QA
3 3 (2.913%) ISO/IEC 14443
System Software
1 6 (5.825%) Kamailio
1 6 (5.825%) OpenSIPS
Systems Management
1 3 (2.913%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 15 (14.56%) Microsoft
2 11 (10.68%) Huawei
3 5 (4.854%) Oracle
4 4 (3.883%) HP
4 4 (3.883%) Alcatel-Lucent
4 4 (3.883%) Nokia Siemens Networks
5 3 (2.913%) Cerillion
5 3 (2.913%) Atmel
5 3 (2.913%) Ericsson
5 3 (2.913%) Nokia
5 3 (2.913%) Siemens
5 3 (2.913%) Cisco
5 3 (2.913%) Salesforce.com
6 2 (1.942%) Red Hat
7 1 (0.971%) Perforce
7 1 (0.971%) Freescale
City of London
4.Strategic planning and drafting roadmap for the year Experience 1.Roaming commercial & network experience 2.Leading Cross Functional Teams (Technical, Billing, Finance, Sales, Revenue Assurance) 3.Process &...
Claremont Consulting
Salary: £55000 - £60000 per annum
Posted: 3 May 2013
City, London
It is an incubation area for innovative products, and a portal by which we can open up our GSM and VoIP network services to developers, partners, and end-...
Truphone
Salary: £25,000 per annum Excellent plus benefits
Posted: 18 May 2013
City, London
Qualifications & Experience: Essential: -2+ years experience developing in C++, specifically using Qt/QML... -Experience working with revision control systems (SVN/GIT/Mercurial) -Solid grasp of Object Orientated design. -...
Truphone
Salary: From £45,000 to £70,000 per annum
Posted: 9 May 2013