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The first part of the table below looks at the demand for GSM skills in IT jobs advertised for the South West region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited GSM over the 3 months to 12 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 South West region.
| Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) |
| 3 months to
12 Mar 2010 | Same period 2009 | Same period 2008 |
| Rank | 164 | 164 | 193 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
 0 |  +29 |
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| Matching permanent IT job ads | 13 | 24 | 62 |
| As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West | 0.264 % | 0.378 % | 0.543 % |
| As % of the Communications & Networking category | 1.961 % | 2.564 % | 3.298 % |
| Salaries quoted | 13 | 21 | 52 |
| Average salary | £60,000 | £42,500 | £38,750 |
| Average salary % change year-on-year | |
| UK excluding London average salary | £42,000 | £40,000 | £35,000 |
| % change year-on-year | |
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Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category | 663 | 936 | 1880 |
| As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West | 13.47 % | 14.74 % | 16.48 % |
| Salaries quoted | 559 | 822 | 1556 |
| Average salary | £35,000 | £37,500 | £34,000 |
| Average salary % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of jobs offered a salary of more than | £22,500 | £24,000 | £23,500 |
| 10% of jobs offered a salary of more than | £50,000 | £54,000 | £52,500 |
| UK excluding London average salary | £37,500 | £35,000 | £35,000 |
| % change year-on-year | |
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GSM
Demand TrendThe chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing GSM across the South West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.
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