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

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM)
Rank - 153 155
Permanent jobs citing GSM 0 1 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Scotland - 0.029% 0.029%
As % of the Communications & Networking category - 0.200% 0.221%
Number of salaries quoted 0 1 1
Average salary - £62,500 £33,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +85.18%
UK excluding London average salary £47,500 £40,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year
+17.28% +1.25%
All Communications & Networking
Scotland
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
413 500 452
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Scotland 13.19% 14.54% 13.15%
Number of salaries quoted 223 326 315
Average salary £40,000 £35,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+14.28% -12.50%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £23,150 £20,000
10% offered a salary of more than £45,500 £77,500 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £39,750 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-0.62% +6.66%
GSM
UK

GSM
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Scotland 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 Scotland region.

Scotland GSM Salary Trend

GSM
Top 14 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Scotland 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%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) CDMA
1 1 (100.00%) GPRS
1 1 (100.00%) UMTS
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) SS7
1 1 (100.00%) Wireless
1 1 (100.00%) Electronics
1 1 (100.00%) Telecoms
1 1 (100.00%) Manufacturing
1 1 (100.00%) Web Development
1 1 (100.00%) LTE

GSM
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Scotland 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%) CDMA
1 1 (100.00%) GPRS
1 1 (100.00%) UMTS
1 1 (100.00%) SS7
1 1 (100.00%) Wireless
1 1 (100.00%) LTE
General
1 1 (100.00%) Electronics
1 1 (100.00%) Telecoms
1 1 (100.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Installations Engineer
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft