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 Manchester region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited GSM over the 3 months to 22 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 Manchester region.

 Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM)
Location
3 months to
22 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank131-176
Rank change year-on-year
New entry-No change0
Matching permanent IT job ads305
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Manchester0.111 %-0.088 %
As % of the Communications & Networking category0.962 %-0.518 %
Salaries quoted305
Average salary£30,000-£30,000
UK excluding London average salary£42,000£40,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
+5.000 %+14.28 %
Manchester IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryAll Communications & Networking
Manchester
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
312513965
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Manchester11.50 %19.03 %16.96 %
Salaries quoted273431852
Average salary£27,500£32,000£33,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-14.06 %-3.030 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£20,750£23,000£22,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£45,000£47,500£55,000
UK excluding London average salary£37,500£35,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
+7.140 %-
GSM North WestGSM
North West

GSM
Demand Trend

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

Manchester 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 Manchester region.

Manchester GSM Salary Trend

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 Manchester region over the 3 months to 22 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
StockportNew entry-2£30,250-
GSM North WestGSM
North West

GSM
Top 14 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 March 2010, IT jobs across the Manchester 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.

15 (100.00 %)C
15 (100.00 %)C++
24 (80.00 %)Hitachi
33 (60.00 %)Assembly Language
33 (60.00 %)Wireless
33 (60.00 %)Pensions
42 (40.00 %)GPRS
51 (20.00 %)Linux
51 (20.00 %)Embedded C
51 (20.00 %)Embedded C++
51 (20.00 %)Firmware
51 (20.00 %)Telecoms
51 (20.00 %)Automotive
51 (20.00 %)Embedded Linux

GSM
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 March 2010, IT jobs across the Manchester 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.

Manchester IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
13 (60.00 %)Wireless
22 (40.00 %)GPRS
Manchester IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
13 (60.00 %)Pensions
21 (20.00 %)Telecoms
21 (20.00 %)Automotive
Manchester IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
11 (20.00 %)Software Engineer
11 (20.00 %)Embedded Software Engineer
11 (20.00 %)C++ Software Engineer
11 (20.00 %)Embedded C Software Engineer
11 (20.00 %)Embedded C Engineer
11 (20.00 %)C Software Engineer
11 (20.00 %)Embedded C/C++ Engineer
11 (20.00 %)Embedded C/C++ Software Engineer
11 (20.00 %)Embedded C++ Engineer
11 (20.00 %)Embedded C++ Software Engineer
Manchester IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
11 (20.00 %)Firmware
Manchester IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
11 (20.00 %)Linux
11 (20.00 %)Embedded Linux
Manchester IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
15 (100.00 %)C
15 (100.00 %)C++
23 (60.00 %)Assembly Language
31 (20.00 %)Embedded C
31 (20.00 %)Embedded C++
Manchester IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
14 (80.00 %)Hitachi