The first table below looks at the demand for GSM skills in IT jobs advertised for the Surrey region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited GSM over the 3 months to 20 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 Surrey region.

Location
3 months to
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM)
Rank 188 204 168
Rank change year-on-year
+16 -36
Permanent jobs citing GSM 30 26 45
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Surrey 0.576% 0.443% 0.812%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.479% 2.305% 3.719%
Number of salaries quoted 24 24 45
Average salary £55,000 £41,250 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+33.33% +10.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £35,000 £32,500
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £50,300 £57,500
UK excluding London average salary £50,000 £40,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
+25.00% -
All Communications & Networking
Surrey
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
1210 1128 1210
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Surrey 23.24% 19.21% 21.85%
Number of salaries quoted 1015 968 1087
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £41,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -2.43%
90% offered a salary of more than £29,000 £29,000 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £57,500 £57,500 £57,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
GSM
South East

GSM
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Surrey 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 Surrey region.

Surrey GSM Salary Trend

GSM
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing GSM across the Surrey region over the 3 months to 20 June 2013.

Surrey 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 Surrey region over the 3 months to 20 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
Guildford - 20 £58,750 - 3
Leatherhead +1 4 £30,000 -20.00%
Woking -4 2 - -
GSM
South East

GSM
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the Surrey 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 56 (90.32%) Telecoms
2 44 (70.97%) UMTS
3 24 (38.71%) Cisco
4 23 (37.10%) Linux
4 23 (37.10%) LTE
5 22 (35.48%) Degree
5 22 (35.48%) C++
6 20 (32.26%) Network Planning
6 20 (32.26%) Radio Access Network
7 19 (30.65%) GCC
7 19 (30.65%) Subversion
7 19 (30.65%) VoIP
8 18 (29.03%) Wireless
9 17 (27.42%) PBX
9 17 (27.42%) OO
9 17 (27.42%) STL
9 17 (27.42%) GDB
9 17 (27.42%) Boost C++ Libraries
9 17 (27.42%) Asterisk PBX
9 17 (27.42%) Trac
10 16 (25.81%) RANAP
10 16 (25.81%) OOD
10 16 (25.81%) RTP
11 15 (24.19%) Business Development
12 14 (22.58%) 3G
13 13 (20.97%) UNIX
13 13 (20.97%) Network Management
14 12 (19.35%) 2G
14 12 (19.35%) GIS
15 11 (17.74%) Benchmarking

GSM
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the Surrey 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 (27.42%) STL
1 17 (27.42%) Boost C++ Libraries
2 5 (8.065%) WCF
2 5 (8.065%) .NET
3 3 (4.839%) XML
3 3 (4.839%) ASP.NET
4 2 (3.226%) ActiveMQ
5 1 (1.613%) soapUI
5 1 (1.613%) REST
5 1 (1.613%) JSON
5 1 (1.613%) WAP
5 1 (1.613%) Web Services
5 1 (1.613%) SOAP
Applications
1 1 (1.613%) MS PowerPoint
1 1 (1.613%) MS Excel
1 1 (1.613%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 44 (70.97%) UMTS
2 23 (37.10%) LTE
3 20 (32.26%) Radio Access Network
4 19 (30.65%) VoIP
5 18 (29.03%) Wireless
6 17 (27.42%) PBX
6 17 (27.42%) Asterisk PBX
7 16 (25.81%) RANAP
7 16 (25.81%) RTP
8 14 (22.58%) 3G
9 12 (19.35%) 2G
10 10 (16.13%) WCDMA
11 7 (11.29%) GPRS
12 5 (8.065%) HSPA
12 5 (8.065%) 3GPP
13 2 (3.226%) VPN
13 2 (3.226%) Bluetooth
13 2 (3.226%) TCAP
13 2 (3.226%) SCCP
13 2 (3.226%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (19.35%) GIS
Development Applications
1 19 (30.65%) GCC
1 19 (30.65%) Subversion
2 17 (27.42%) GDB
2 17 (27.42%) Trac
3 3 (4.839%) Visual Studio
4 2 (3.226%) Eclipse
5 1 (1.613%) Jenkins
5 1 (1.613%) Hudson
5 1 (1.613%) WebDriver
5 1 (1.613%) Selenium
5 1 (1.613%) JMeter
5 1 (1.613%) JUnit
General
1 56 (90.32%) Telecoms
2 10 (16.13%) Electronics
3 1 (1.613%) Finance
3 1 (1.613%) Military
Job Titles
1 22 (35.48%) Software Engineer
2 17 (27.42%) C++ Software Engineer
3 12 (19.35%) Consultant
4 11 (17.74%) Senior Consultant
5 10 (16.13%) RAN Engineer
6 8 (12.90%) Software Team Leader
6 8 (12.90%) Team Leader
6 8 (12.90%) C++ Team Leader
7 4 (6.452%) OSS Engineer
8 3 (4.839%) .NET Software Engineer
8 3 (4.839%) C# Software Engineer
9 2 (3.226%) Graduate
9 2 (3.226%) Software Developer
9 2 (3.226%) Developer
9 2 (3.226%) Network Engineer
9 2 (3.226%) Support Engineer
9 2 (3.226%) C# Developer
9 2 (3.226%) Embedded Software Engineer
9 2 (3.226%) Telecoms Engineer
9 2 (3.226%) Radio Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 11 (17.74%) Statistics
2 5 (8.065%) Computer Science
3 3 (4.839%) Mathematics
4 2 (3.226%) Applied Mathematics
4 2 (3.226%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 23 (37.10%) Linux
2 13 (20.97%) UNIX
3 11 (17.74%) Windows
4 1 (1.613%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (32.26%) Network Planning
2 17 (27.42%) OO
3 16 (25.81%) OOD
4 15 (24.19%) Business Development
5 13 (20.97%) Network Management
6 11 (17.74%) Benchmarking
6 11 (17.74%) Performance Improvement
7 10 (16.13%) Network Design
7 10 (16.13%) Capacity Planning
8 5 (8.065%) Network Architecture
8 5 (8.065%) Product Management
9 4 (6.452%) Configuration Management
10 3 (4.839%) Software Engineering
11 2 (3.226%) SOA
11 2 (3.226%) System Testing
12 1 (1.613%) Embedded Software Development
12 1 (1.613%) BDD
12 1 (1.613%) Digital Signal Processing
12 1 (1.613%) Signal Processing
12 1 (1.613%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 22 (35.48%) C++
2 7 (11.29%) SQL
3 5 (8.065%) C
3 5 (8.065%) C#
4 2 (3.226%) Perl
4 2 (3.226%) Python
4 2 (3.226%) Shell Script
4 2 (3.226%) Assembly Language
4 2 (3.226%) Embedded C
4 2 (3.226%) Embedded C++
4 2 (3.226%) Bash shell
5 1 (1.613%) Java
5 1 (1.613%) PHP
Qualifications
1 22 (35.48%) Degree
Vendors
1 24 (38.71%) Cisco
2 11 (17.74%) Mapinfo
3 6 (9.677%) Nokia Siemens Networks
4 2 (3.226%) Oracle
4 2 (3.226%) Microsoft
5 1 (1.613%) Nortel
5 1 (1.613%) Ericsson
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
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
Guildford, Surrey
Keywords:- Technical Lead, Software Engineer, Innovation, Telecoms, Datacoms, C++, Linux, STL, GCC, Make, GDB, GSM, UMTS, LTE, System Design, RANAP, GTP, S1, MAP, CAMEL, Radius, SMNP, SIP, VOIP,...
Spectrum IT Recruitment (South) Ltd
Salary: £55000 - £65000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 13 June 2013
Reigate, Surrey
Essential skills: C# C++ Knowledge of ASP.Net SQL Server University Degree Desirable Skills: Linux and development tools such as eclipse etc. C Python or Perl knowledge Knowledge...
Evolution Recruitment Solutions
Salary: upto 30,000+Pension+Bonus+Healthcare+Flexi Time
Posted: 18 June 2013
Guildford, Surrey
Keywords:- Software Engineer, Senior Software Engineer, Development Team Lead, Team Lead, Mentor, C++, Linux, STL, GCC, Make, GDB, Telecoms, Datacoms, GSM, UMTS, LTE, RANAP, GTP, S1, MAP, CAMEL,...
Spectrum IT Recruitment (South) Ltd
Salary: £55000 - £60000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 13 June 2013