The first table below looks at the demand for GSM skills in IT jobs advertised for the Luton region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited GSM over the 3 months to 21 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 Luton region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM)
Rank - 39 32
Permanent jobs citing GSM 0 10 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Luton - 2.577% 1.299%
As % of the Communications & Networking category - 10.42% 9.375%
Number of salaries quoted 0 6 3
Average salary - £35,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -12.50%
UK excluding London average salary £50,000 £40,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year
+23.45% +1.25%
All Communications & Networking
Luton
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
86 96 32
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Luton 22.51% 24.74% 13.85%
Number of salaries quoted 74 73 29
Average salary £50,000 £41,000 £36,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+21.95% +12.32%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,250 £30,000 £32,500
10% offered a salary of more than £57,500 £45,000 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
GSM
Bedfordshire

GSM
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Luton 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 Luton region.

Luton GSM Salary Trend

GSM
Top 14 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Luton 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 1 (100.00%) C
1 1 (100.00%) C++
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) Ethernet
1 1 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (100.00%) Smartcard
1 1 (100.00%) RFID
1 1 (100.00%) Device Driver
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 14443
1 1 (100.00%) Atmel
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Systems

GSM
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Luton 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 1 (100.00%) Ethernet
1 1 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (100.00%) RFID
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Smartcard
1 1 (100.00%) Device Driver
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C
1 1 (100.00%) C++
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 14443
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Atmel