GSM Jobs
 
Demand Trend Salary Trend Salary Histogram Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for GSM skills in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited GSM over the 3 months to 21 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.

Location
 3 months to
21 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM)
Rank 684 494 548
Rank change year-on-year
-190 +54
Permanent jobs citing GSM 177 453 338
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.163% 0.374% 0.277%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.842% 2.134% 1.765%
Number of salaries quoted 119 373 279
Average salary £50,000 £42,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+17.64% +6.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £32,500 £31,500
10% offered a salary of more than £57,500 £52,500 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £50,000 £40,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year
+23.45% +1.25%
All Communications & Networking
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category		 21033 21229 19145
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 19.36% 17.52% 15.69%
Number of salaries quoted 17006 17692 15862
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +6.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,000 £27,500 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £65,000 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%

GSM
Jobs Demand Trend

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

GSM Jobs Demand Trend

GSM
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing GSM within the UK.

GSM Salary Trend

GSM
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing GSM over the 3 months to 21 May 2013 within the UK.

GSM Salary Histogram

GSM
Top 30 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 UK over the 3 months to 21 May 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
England -208 164 £48,000 +12.94%
South East -140 83 £45,000 +12.50%
Berkshire -64 48 £47,500 +26.66%
London -26 40 £50,000 -
Surrey +4 28 £42,500 -5.55%
Reading +5 21 £50,000 +53.84%
East of England -11 21 £55,000 +37.50%
Guildford - 17 £52,500 -
City of London +5 12 £52,500 +16.66%
Cambridgeshire +9 11 £52,500 +31.25%
Cambridge +3 9 £52,500 +31.25%
Bracknell -21 9 £34,000 -24.44%
Leatherhead +3 8 £30,000 -27.27%
Bedfordshire -21 8 £55,000 +57.14%
South West -12 7 £52,500 +10.52%
West Midlands -23 6 £40,000 +9.58%
Hampshire -50 6 £37,500 -7.40%
Hammersmith - 6 £40,000 -
Bristol -17 5 £52,500 +20.00%
Newbury -32 4 £32,500 -4.41%
Coventry - 4 £36,250 -
Wiltshire +11 2 £42,750 -2.28%
Hertfordshire -3 2 £39,000 -8.23%
Basingstoke -12 2 £35,000 -12.50%
North West -23 2 £30,000 -40.00%
Watford - 2 £39,000 -
Cumbria - 2 £30,000 -
Swindon +3 1 £60,000 +37.14%
Woking +1 1 - -
Northern Ireland -1 1 £41,500 -2.35%

GSM
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK 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.

1 255 (58.35%) Telecoms
2 181 (41.42%) UMTS
3 171 (39.13%) LTE
4 142 (32.49%) Degree
5 139 (31.81%) Wireless
6 129 (29.52%) 3G
7 128 (29.29%) GPRS
8 118 (27.00%) C++
9 100 (22.88%) C
10 94 (21.51%) Linux
11 93 (21.28%) VoIP
12 92 (21.05%) Windows
13 80 (18.31%) WCDMA
14 78 (17.85%) 2G
15 70 (16.02%) 3GPP
16 67 (15.33%) Electronics
17 63 (14.42%) Computer Science
18 62 (14.19%) UNIX
19 54 (12.36%) HSPA
20 45 (10.30%) OO
20 45 (10.30%) 4G
21 42 (9.611%) Agile Software Development
22 39 (8.924%) CDMA
22 39 (8.924%) Bluetooth
22 39 (8.924%) Java
23 38 (8.696%) Python
23 38 (8.696%) Microsoft
24 36 (8.238%) Radio Access Network
25 35 (8.009%) Cisco
25 35 (8.009%) Wi-Fi

GSM
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK 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 26 (5.950%) .NET
2 15 (3.432%) Web Services
3 14 (3.204%) XMPP
4 13 (2.975%) STL
4 13 (2.975%) Boost C++ Libraries
5 12 (2.746%) Java SE
6 10 (2.288%) SOAP
7 8 (1.831%) JNI
7 8 (1.831%) Flash
7 8 (1.831%) Swing
8 7 (1.602%) XML
8 7 (1.602%) HTML
8 7 (1.602%) Qt
8 7 (1.602%) jQuery
9 6 (1.373%) WCF
9 6 (1.373%) FreeSWITCH
9 6 (1.373%) ASP.NET
10 5 (1.144%) Middleware
10 5 (1.144%) CSS
10 5 (1.144%) MFC
Application Platforms
1 5 (1.144%) Amazon AWS
2 2 (0.458%) ActiveMQ
2 2 (0.458%) Apache
2 2 (0.458%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.229%) IIS
Applications
1 23 (5.263%) MS Excel
2 8 (1.831%) MS Office
3 7 (1.602%) MS PowerPoint
4 4 (0.915%) MS Visio
4 4 (0.915%) MS Project
Communications & Networking
1 181 (41.42%) UMTS
2 171 (39.13%) LTE
3 139 (31.81%) Wireless
4 129 (29.52%) 3G
5 128 (29.29%) GPRS
6 93 (21.28%) VoIP
7 80 (18.31%) WCDMA
8 78 (17.85%) 2G
9 70 (16.02%) 3GPP
10 54 (12.36%) HSPA
11 45 (10.30%) 4G
12 39 (8.924%) CDMA
12 39 (8.924%) Bluetooth
13 36 (8.238%) Radio Access Network
14 35 (8.009%) Wi-Fi
15 31 (7.094%) SS7
16 29 (6.636%) ZigBee
17 27 (6.178%) TCP/IP
18 25 (5.721%) RTP
19 20 (4.577%) Asterisk PBX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (4.119%) SQL Server
2 14 (3.204%) GIS
3 4 (0.915%) MySQL
4 3 (0.686%) Oracle 8/8i
5 2 (0.458%) Oracle 11g
5 2 (0.458%) RDBMS
5 2 (0.458%) Oracle 10g
5 2 (0.458%) MS Access
6 1 (0.229%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.229%) Data Mining
6 1 (0.229%) SQL Server 2008
6 1 (0.229%) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications
1 20 (4.577%) Subversion
2 15 (3.432%) GCC
3 13 (2.975%) GDB
3 13 (2.975%) Trac
4 12 (2.746%) Visual Studio
5 7 (1.602%) Team Foundation Server
6 6 (1.373%) Git (software)
6 6 (1.373%) VSS/SourceSafe
7 5 (1.144%) Mercurial
8 4 (0.915%) ClearCase
9 3 (0.686%) OpenSTA
10 2 (0.458%) Hudson
10 2 (0.458%) Jenkins
10 2 (0.458%) Selenium
10 2 (0.458%) WebDriver
10 2 (0.458%) Eclipse
10 2 (0.458%) JUnit
10 2 (0.458%) JMeter
11 1 (0.229%) Xcode
11 1 (0.229%) ClearQuest
General
1 255 (58.35%) Telecoms
2 67 (15.33%) Electronics
3 16 (3.661%) Marketing
4 15 (3.432%) Finance
5 14 (3.204%) Billing
6 10 (2.288%) Advertising
7 9 (2.059%) Pharmaceutical
7 9 (2.059%) Dutch Language
7 9 (2.059%) German Language
8 8 (1.831%) Spanish Language
8 8 (1.831%) Automotive
9 7 (1.602%) Manufacturing
10 5 (1.144%) Military
10 5 (1.144%) Multimedia
11 3 (0.686%) Cantonese Language
11 3 (0.686%) French Language
12 2 (0.458%) Portuguese Language
12 2 (0.458%) Back Office
13 1 (0.229%) Legal
13 1 (0.229%) Czech Language
Job Titles
1 102 (23.34%) Software Engineer
2 50 (11.44%) Developer
3 35 (8.009%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 29 (6.636%) Customer Engineer
5 27 (6.178%) Support Engineer
6 25 (5.721%) Network Engineer
7 23 (5.263%) C++ Software Engineer
7 23 (5.263%) Test Engineer
8 20 (4.577%) Development Engineer
9 17 (3.890%) Team Leader
9 17 (3.890%) Consultant
10 16 (3.661%) Software Developer
10 16 (3.661%) C++ Developer
11 15 (3.432%) RAN Engineer
11 15 (3.432%) Senior Development Engineer
11 15 (3.432%) Radio Engineer
12 13 (2.975%) Senior Consultant
13 12 (2.746%) Project Engineer
13 12 (2.746%) Network Support
13 12 (2.746%) Network Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 63 (14.42%) Computer Science
2 30 (6.865%) Handset
3 22 (5.034%) Device Driver
4 21 (4.805%) Statistics
5 17 (3.890%) Embedded Systems
6 12 (2.746%) Mobile App
6 12 (2.746%) Smartphone
7 11 (2.517%) Firmware
8 8 (1.831%) Blackberry
9 6 (1.373%) Open Source
9 6 (1.373%) VHDL
9 6 (1.373%) Clustering
9 6 (1.373%) Mobile Computing
10 5 (1.144%) Smartcard
10 5 (1.144%) MPEG
10 5 (1.144%) iPhone
10 5 (1.144%) Speech Recognition
11 4 (0.915%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
11 4 (0.915%) Management Information System
12 3 (0.686%) Verilog
Operating Systems
1 94 (21.51%) Linux
2 92 (21.05%) Windows
3 62 (14.19%) UNIX
4 25 (5.721%) Solaris
5 19 (4.348%) Android
6 12 (2.746%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 7 (1.602%) ThreadX
7 7 (1.602%) VxWorks
7 7 (1.602%) Windows CE
7 7 (1.602%) Windows 7
8 5 (1.144%) Windows Phone
8 5 (1.144%) Windows 8
8 5 (1.144%) Windows Phone 8
8 5 (1.144%) Windows Phone 7
8 5 (1.144%) Windows Mobile
8 5 (1.144%) Nucleus RTOS
9 4 (0.915%) Windows Vista
10 1 (0.229%) Mac OS X
10 1 (0.229%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (10.30%) OO
2 42 (9.611%) Agile Software Development
3 31 (7.094%) Software Engineering
4 30 (6.865%) Validation
5 26 (5.950%) Network Design
6 24 (5.492%) Service Delivery
6 24 (5.492%) Network Planning
7 22 (5.034%) CRM
8 21 (4.805%) Continuous Improvement
9 20 (4.577%) System Testing
9 20 (4.577%) Time Management
10 19 (4.348%) Business Development
10 19 (4.348%) Network Management
11 18 (4.119%) E-Commerce
12 17 (3.890%) Capacity Planning
13 16 (3.661%) Performance Management
13 16 (3.661%) Change Management
14 15 (3.432%) Scrum
14 15 (3.432%) Project Management
15 13 (2.975%) Regression Testing
Programming Languages
1 118 (27.00%) C++
2 100 (22.88%) C
3 39 (8.924%) Java
4 38 (8.696%) Python
5 30 (6.865%) Perl
5 30 (6.865%) SQL
6 27 (6.178%) Embedded C
7 25 (5.721%) C#
8 9 (2.059%) JavaScript
8 9 (2.059%) Assembly Language
9 8 (1.831%) TTCN
10 6 (1.373%) Embedded C++
11 5 (1.144%) PHP
12 4 (0.915%) Shell Script
12 4 (0.915%) Tcl
12 4 (0.915%) VB
13 3 (0.686%) Bash shell
14 2 (0.458%) PHP5
14 2 (0.458%) VC++
14 2 (0.458%) VBA
Qualifications
1 142 (32.49%) Degree
2 23 (5.263%) ISEB
3 10 (2.288%) ISTQB
4 7 (1.602%) HNC
4 7 (1.602%) HND
5 4 (0.915%) Postgraduate
6 3 (0.686%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (0.458%) SC Cleared
7 2 (0.458%) Security Cleared
7 2 (0.458%) PMP
7 2 (0.458%) PMI Certification
8 1 (0.229%) CCIE
8 1 (0.229%) CCNP
8 1 (0.229%) CCNA
8 1 (0.229%) ITIL Certification
8 1 (0.229%) JNCIE
8 1 (0.229%) ISEB Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (6.865%) SLA
2 17 (3.890%) QA
3 12 (2.746%) ISO 9001
4 8 (1.831%) ISO 9000
5 4 (0.915%) ISO/IEC 14443
6 1 (0.229%) TickIT
System Software
1 11 (2.517%) NDS
2 6 (1.373%) Kamailio
2 6 (1.373%) OpenSIPS
Systems Management
1 5 (1.144%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 38 (8.696%) Microsoft
2 35 (8.009%) Cisco
3 32 (7.323%) Nokia Siemens Networks
4 23 (5.263%) Huawei
4 23 (5.263%) Oracle
5 19 (4.348%) Alcatel-Lucent
5 19 (4.348%) Ericsson
6 16 (3.661%) Nokia
7 15 (3.432%) Mapinfo
8 13 (2.975%) Anite
9 12 (2.746%) Red Hat
9 12 (2.746%) HP
10 11 (2.517%) TIBCO
11 8 (1.831%) Atmel
12 7 (1.602%) Siemens
13 6 (1.373%) Sun
14 5 (1.144%) EMC
14 5 (1.144%) Nortel
14 5 (1.144%) Tektronix
14 5 (1.144%) Agilent
Software Engineer - LTE Layer2 Protocol
Fleet, Hampshire
LTE Layer2 protocol development, Embedded C/C++, Real Time OS, Knowledge of telecommunications protocols... C.Analysis of LTE/3G/2G specifications... 3.Ability to program in C/C++.
Connectus
Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013
Product Manager (Telecoms)
Fleet, Hampshire
The Handset Testing product range is built upon a common set of platform hardware and software providing support for the 2G, 3G, LTE and LTE-A protocols and...
Anite Telecoms Limited
Salary: Competitive + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 24 April 2013
Test Engineer, Software WLAN PHY
Bristol, Avon
Good understanding of wireless communication protocols such as Bluetooth, UWB, Wi-Fi, GSM or UMTS... Keywords: Test, Engineer, Software, WLAN PHY, DSP, Bluetooth, UWB, Wi-Fi, GSM, UMTS.
MJH Personnel Associates
Salary: Excellent + bens
Posted: 16 May 2013
Development Team Leader ( C++, UMTS, Layer 2 & 3 Exp )
Bedfordshire
Mandatory technical skills for this role are: C++, UMTS, Layer 2 & 3 Exp... Use of configuration and change management methods... Software design and development using C++ (> 5 yrs)...
Firway Consulting
Salary: Up to £55,000 per annum Circa £55k + Substantial Large Company Bens
Posted: 16 May 2013
Senior Standardisation Specialist (Telecoms/RAN5)
Fleet, Hampshire
A key business critical role working with the team involved in the development of UTRAN and LTE signalling test cases for Anite's protocol conformance test product... The...
Anite Telecoms Limited
Salary: Competitive + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 24 April 2013
Principal Software Engineer (Telecoms / GCF Performance)
Fleet, Hampshire
The successful applicant will be technically leading the team responsible for the development of LTE and UTRAN 37.901 Performance test cases for Anite's new Performance test...
Anite Telecoms Limited
Salary: Competitive + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 24 April 2013
E2E Network Performance Authority
UK
Strong database and tool knowledge to include SQL, Business Objects, VB, MapInfo. Excellent interpersonal and team working skills with demonstrable team leading skills (lead technical projects and programmes)...
Vodafone
Posted: 8 May 2013
C++ Software Engineer Expert - Guildford, Surrey - £65K
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: 15 May 2013
Junior Project Engineer (Mobile Handsets / Telecoms / Engineering)
Reading, Berkshire
Junior Project Engineer - Handsets / Devices / Quality of Service / Drive Test / Field Test - Telecoms... Key Skills: Previous experience in field test / drive test / mobile handset testing would be advantageous.....
Prosper Consulting
Salary: From £18,000 to £25,000 per annum DOE + Excellent Corporate Package
Posted: 17 May 2013
DSP / C Software Engineer - Guildford - £60,000
Guildford, South East
These attributes are desirable:Background in communication theory and digital signal processing with a good understanding of GSM/GPRS/EDGE and/or WCDMA physical layer. Experience in development...
Computer Futures
Salary: £45000 - £60000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
Head Of Roaming
City of London
4.Strategic planning and drafting roadmap for the year Experience 1.Roaming commercial & network experience 2.Leading Cross Functional Teams (Technical, Billing, Finance, Sales, Revenue Assurance) 3.Process &...
Claremont Consulting
Salary: £55000 - £60000 per annum
Posted: 3 May 2013
C++ Software Engineer Team Leader - Guildford - £55K
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: £50000 - £55000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
On-Site Engineer - Support
Reading, Berkshire
UNIX (Linux and/or Solaris) administration. Demonstrated web and application-level experience with protocols such as HTTP/HTML, IMAP, SMTP, POP3, and MAPI... Experience with PERL or C/...
Henderson Scott
Salary: £42,000 per annum
Posted: 16 May 2013
Graduate Embedded C Role - Guildford - £45,000
Hampshire, South East
Desirable: Experience in bring-up and verification of chipsets for GSM/ WCDMA for a commercial handsetExperience or knowledge in development of TDMA, CDAMA, OFDM(A) based ASIC/DSP...
Computer Futures
Salary: £25000 - £35000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
Graduate Developers - Comp Science/SW Eng - Java, C++, Python
City, London
It is an incubation area for innovative products, and a portal by which we can open up our GSM and VoIP network services to developers, partners and end-...
Truphone
Salary: £25,000 per annum plus benefits
Posted: 18 May 2013
Radio Support Engineer
Chippenham, South West
Examine and identify root cause analysis and provide input to Incident management and Problem Management process where applicable... Assist with technical support of CSIS radio services contracts via...
Capita Resourcing
Salary: £24000.00 - £27000.00 per annum
Posted: 21 May 2013
Radio Support Engineer
Chippenham, Wiltshire
Examine and identify root cause analysis and provide input to Incident management and Problem Management process where applicable... Assist with technical support of CSIS radio services contracts via...
Capita Resourcing - Jobs at Capita
Salary: £24000.00 - £27000.00 per annum
Posted: 20 May 2013
Software Developer
Cumbria
Experience of MS SQL and MySQL. - Experience of Javascript, JQuery, CSS3, HMTL5... - Knowledge of SASS or LESS. - Competent in C programming... - Knowledge of wireless communication technologies - RF, GSM,...
AATOM Recruitment
Salary: Up to £40,000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
Service Software Engineer
UK
Support and maintain the internet service infrastructure (Linux and Windows platforms, PostgreSQL & MS SQL databases), including the servers, the operating systems and associated software, ensuring high availability... Familiarity...
Proteus Europe
Posted: 16 May 2013
Software Developer - Cumbria
Cumbria, North West
Experience of MS SQL and MySQL. - Experience of Javascript, JQuery, CSS3, HMTL5 - Advanced level (knowledge and experience) of programming languages and methodologies... Desirable - Knowledge of SASS or LESS -...
Jagger Talent Commercial Recruiters
Salary: £30,000 - £45,000 per year
Posted: 25 April 2013
Systems Engineer
Oxfordshire
Project management... SCADA System Training... In-depth experience of indepth Communication devices such as GSM, GPRS, PSTN, Routers, Firewalls and Ethernet. Thorough Knowledge of MS Office applications... Experience...
ninesharp
Salary: £40000 - £50000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Mobile Software Engineers C++
City, London
Qualifications & Experience: Essential: -2+ years experience developing in C++, specifically using Qt/QML... -Experience working with revision control systems (SVN/GIT/Mercurial) -Solid grasp of Object Orientated design. -...
Truphone
Salary: From £45,000 to £70,000 per annum
Posted: 9 May 2013
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