The first table below looks at the demand for GSM skills in IT jobs advertised for the South East region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited GSM over the 3 months to 19 June 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 South East region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM)
Rank 360 263 255
Rank change year-on-year
-97 -8
Permanent jobs citing GSM 74 196 194
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South East 0.335% 0.820% 0.815%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.428% 3.718% 4.037%
Number of salaries quoted 46 185 142
Average salary £45,000 £40,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+12.50% -
90% offered a salary of more than £24,000 £32,200 £32,500
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £47,500 £57,250
UK excluding London average salary £50,000 £40,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
+25.00% -
All Communications & Networking
South East
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
5182 5271 4806
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South East 23.49% 22.06% 20.19%
Number of salaries quoted 4134 4404 4007
Average salary £40,000 £42,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-4.76% +5.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £27,500 £25,600
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
GSM
England

GSM
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East 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 South East region.

South East GSM Salary Trend

GSM
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing GSM across the South East region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

South East 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 South East region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Berkshire -39 31 £40,000 +6.66% 2
Surrey +21 29 £57,500 +39.39% 6
Hampshire -50 6 £37,500 -9.09% 10
Oxfordshire - 5 £45,000 - 1
Buckinghamshire -4 2 £45,000 +5.88%
GSM
England

GSM
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the South East 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.

1 156 (82.11%) Telecoms
2 104 (54.74%) UMTS
3 78 (41.05%) LTE
4 60 (31.58%) 3G
5 59 (31.05%) Wireless
6 54 (28.42%) Degree
7 43 (22.63%) Linux
8 42 (22.11%) Windows
9 41 (21.58%) C++
10 37 (19.47%) VoIP
11 36 (18.95%) GPRS
11 36 (18.95%) UNIX
12 34 (17.89%) 2G
13 33 (17.37%) Electronics
13 33 (17.37%) Radio Access Network
14 31 (16.32%) Cisco
15 27 (14.21%) WCDMA
16 23 (12.11%) C
17 21 (11.05%) PBX
17 21 (11.05%) Network Planning
18 20 (10.53%) 3GPP
18 20 (10.53%) Oracle
18 20 (10.53%) SS7
19 19 (10.00%) RTP
19 19 (10.00%) SQL
19 19 (10.00%) Subversion
19 19 (10.00%) Network Design
19 19 (10.00%) Agile Software Development
19 19 (10.00%) GCC
19 19 (10.00%) HSPA

GSM
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the South East 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 17 (8.947%) .NET
1 17 (8.947%) STL
1 17 (8.947%) Boost C++ Libraries
2 6 (3.158%) WCF
3 5 (2.632%) MFC
3 5 (2.632%) SOAP
4 3 (1.579%) REST
4 3 (1.579%) ASP.NET
4 3 (1.579%) Web Services
4 3 (1.579%) XML
4 3 (1.579%) X-Windows
5 2 (1.053%) ActiveMQ
5 2 (1.053%) JSON
5 2 (1.053%) Qt
6 1 (0.526%) soapUI
6 1 (0.526%) WinForms
6 1 (0.526%) LINQ
6 1 (0.526%) WPF
6 1 (0.526%) WAP
6 1 (0.526%) HTML
Application Platforms
1 4 (2.105%) MS Exchange
1 4 (2.105%) Exchange Server 2010
1 4 (2.105%) Lync
1 4 (2.105%) Office Communications Server
1 4 (2.105%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 9 (4.737%) MS Excel
2 3 (1.579%) MS PowerPoint
2 3 (1.579%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 104 (54.74%) UMTS
2 78 (41.05%) LTE
3 60 (31.58%) 3G
4 59 (31.05%) Wireless
5 37 (19.47%) VoIP
6 36 (18.95%) GPRS
7 34 (17.89%) 2G
8 33 (17.37%) Radio Access Network
9 27 (14.21%) WCDMA
10 21 (11.05%) PBX
11 20 (10.53%) 3GPP
11 20 (10.53%) SS7
12 19 (10.00%) RTP
12 19 (10.00%) HSPA
13 18 (9.474%) Wi-Fi
14 17 (8.947%) RANAP
14 17 (8.947%) Asterisk PBX
15 16 (8.421%) 4G
15 16 (8.421%) Bluetooth
16 15 (7.895%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (6.316%) GIS
2 5 (2.632%) Oracle 8/8i
3 2 (1.053%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 19 (10.00%) Subversion
1 19 (10.00%) GCC
2 17 (8.947%) GDB
2 17 (8.947%) Trac
3 6 (3.158%) Team Foundation Server
4 5 (2.632%) Visual Studio
5 2 (1.053%) VSS/SourceSafe
5 2 (1.053%) Eclipse
5 2 (1.053%) ClearCase
6 1 (0.526%) Hudson
6 1 (0.526%) WebDriver
6 1 (0.526%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.526%) JMeter
6 1 (0.526%) Selenium
6 1 (0.526%) JUnit
General
1 156 (82.11%) Telecoms
2 33 (17.37%) Electronics
3 6 (3.158%) Finance
4 3 (1.579%) Back Office
5 2 (1.053%) Pharmaceutical
5 2 (1.053%) Marketing
5 2 (1.053%) Manufacturing
5 2 (1.053%) Advertising
6 1 (0.526%) Military
6 1 (0.526%) Czech Language
Job Titles
1 46 (24.21%) Software Engineer
2 19 (10.00%) C++ Software Engineer
3 18 (9.474%) Support Engineer
4 15 (7.895%) RAN Engineer
5 14 (7.368%) Consultant
5 14 (7.368%) Embedded Software Engineer
6 12 (6.316%) Network Engineer
6 12 (6.316%) Senior Consultant
6 12 (6.316%) Project Engineer
7 11 (5.789%) Team Leader
8 10 (5.263%) QA Engineer
9 9 (4.737%) Test Engineer
9 9 (4.737%) Customer Engineer
9 9 (4.737%) Junior
10 8 (4.211%) C++ Team Leader
10 8 (4.211%) Software Team Leader
10 8 (4.211%) Network Support Engineer
10 8 (4.211%) Performance Engineer
10 8 (4.211%) Network Support
11 7 (3.684%) Core Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 16 (8.421%) Computer Science
2 12 (6.316%) Smartphone
2 12 (6.316%) Handset
3 11 (5.789%) Statistics
4 8 (4.211%) Mobile Computing
5 6 (3.158%) Device Driver
6 5 (2.632%) Embedded Systems
7 4 (2.105%) Clustering
8 3 (1.579%) Mathematics
8 3 (1.579%) Firmware
9 2 (1.053%) N-Tier
9 2 (1.053%) Applied Mathematics
10 1 (0.526%) Mobile App
10 1 (0.526%) Management Information System
10 1 (0.526%) SCADA
10 1 (0.526%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 43 (22.63%) Linux
2 42 (22.11%) Windows
3 36 (18.95%) UNIX
4 8 (4.211%) Solaris
5 6 (3.158%) VxWorks
5 6 (3.158%) Windows CE
5 6 (3.158%) ThreadX
6 4 (2.105%) Windows Vista
6 4 (2.105%) Windows Server 2008
6 4 (2.105%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 4 (2.105%) Windows Server 2012
7 2 (1.053%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (11.05%) Network Planning
2 19 (10.00%) Network Design
2 19 (10.00%) Agile Software Development
3 17 (8.947%) OO
4 16 (8.421%) Network Management
4 16 (8.421%) OOD
5 15 (7.895%) Capacity Planning
6 14 (7.368%) Business Development
6 14 (7.368%) Service Delivery
7 12 (6.316%) Performance Testing
7 12 (6.316%) Performance Improvement
8 11 (5.789%) Benchmarking
9 10 (5.263%) Scrum
9 10 (5.263%) Regression Testing
10 8 (4.211%) Performance Management
10 8 (4.211%) Embedded Software Development
11 7 (3.684%) Manual Testing
11 7 (3.684%) Resource Management
12 6 (3.158%) Configuration Management
12 6 (3.158%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 41 (21.58%) C++
2 23 (12.11%) C
3 19 (10.00%) SQL
4 16 (8.421%) Embedded C
5 14 (7.368%) C#
6 6 (3.158%) Embedded C++
6 6 (3.158%) Java
7 5 (2.632%) Assembly Language
8 4 (2.105%) Perl
9 3 (1.579%) Python
10 2 (1.053%) Shell Script
10 2 (1.053%) VC++
10 2 (1.053%) Bash shell
11 1 (0.526%) PHP
11 1 (0.526%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 54 (28.42%) Degree
2 14 (7.368%) ISEB
3 9 (4.737%) ISTQB
4 2 (1.053%) HNC
4 2 (1.053%) HND
5 1 (0.526%) JNCIE
5 1 (0.526%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (0.526%) CCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (5.789%) QA
2 6 (3.158%) SLA
3 4 (2.105%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 7 (3.684%) NDS
2 4 (2.105%) Active Directory
2 4 (2.105%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (2.105%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 2 (1.053%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 31 (16.32%) Cisco
2 20 (10.53%) Oracle
3 17 (8.947%) Nokia Siemens Networks
4 16 (8.421%) Microsoft
5 13 (6.842%) Mapinfo
6 11 (5.789%) Huawei
6 11 (5.789%) Ericsson
7 7 (3.684%) TIBCO
7 7 (3.684%) Nokia
7 7 (3.684%) Alcatel-Lucent
8 6 (3.158%) HP
9 5 (2.632%) Tektronix
10 4 (2.105%) Sun
10 4 (2.105%) Red Hat
10 4 (2.105%) VMware
10 4 (2.105%) Dialogic
11 3 (1.579%) NEC
11 3 (1.579%) EMC
11 3 (1.579%) Veritas
12 2 (1.053%) Business Objects
Staines, Middlesex
Description This company operates in the wireless software business... You will work on the design, development, maintenance and test of the GSM/UMTS/ HSPA and LTE extension of...
Edgar Cowen
Salary: £45000 - £55000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 17 June 2013
Fleet, Hampshire
Working at Anite... Use experience of wireless communications protocols (GSM/GPRS/3G/HSPA and LTE) to identify and provide appropriate technical solutions... GSM/GPRS/UMTS/LTE)... High standard...
Anite Telecoms Limited
Salary: Competitive + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 12 June 2013
Staines, Middlesex
This company operates in the wireless software business and enjoy established customer projects in the UMTS and LTE technology arena and we are looking to expand... You will...
Edgar Cowen
Salary: Excellent Salary + Benefits
Posted: 17 June 2013
Hampshire
Technical Lead/Manager - GSM/C++ - Fleet - 6 Months to Perm - 60-80k Our client is a software technology company, They require a Software Manager to join the company...
Hydrogen Group
Salary: £50000.00 - £80000.00 per annum
Posted: 14 June 2013
Fleet, Hampshire
Gain thorough understanding of Anite test systems and products... Working at Anite... Engineering/science degree or equivalent academic qualifications/experience... Good working knowledge of 3gpp standard protocols (GSM/...
Anite Telecoms Limited
Salary: Competitive + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 12 June 2013
Fleet, Hampshire
Connectus
Salary: £50000 - £60000 per annum
Posted: 18 June 2013
Fleet, Hampshire
Anite Telecoms Limited
Salary: Competitive + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 12 June 2013
Fleet, Hampshire
Anite Telecoms Limited
Salary: Competitive + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 6 June 2013
Guildford, Surrey
Spectrum IT Recruitment (South) Ltd
Salary: £55000 - £65000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 13 June 2013
Reigate, Surrey
Evolution Recruitment Solutions
Salary: upto 30,000+Pension+Bonus+Healthcare+Flexi Time
Posted: 18 June 2013
Guildford, Surrey
Spectrum IT Recruitment (South) Ltd
Salary: £55000 - £60000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 13 June 2013
Berkshire
TEKsystems
Salary: £40000 - £49000 per annum + Benefits + Bonuses
Posted: 17 June 2013
Hatfield, South East
People Source Consulting
Salary: £45000 - £50000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 17 June 2013
Newbury, Berkshire
People Source Consulting
Salary: £45000 - £50000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 17 June 2013
Havant, South East
Progressive Recruitment
Salary: £40000 - £45000 per annum
Posted: 28 May 2013
Banbury, South East
Progressive Recruitment
Salary: £40000 - £45000 per annum
Posted: 28 May 2013
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