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This section looks at the demand for Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) skills across the UK with a comparison to our Communications & Networking category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited GSM over the last 3 months to 9 May 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkGlobal System for Mobile Communications (GSM)
Location
3 months to 9 May 2008Same period last year
Rank467381
Rank change on same period last yearDown-86
Matching permanent IT job ads647902
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.315 %0.403 %
As % of the category below1.829 %2.460 %
Salaries quoted561690
Average minimum salary£37,734£37,142
Average salary£41,097£40,664
% change on same period last year+1.06 %
Average maximum salary£44,460£44,186
UK excluding London average salary£40,159£39,692
% change on same period last year+1.17 %
Communications & Networking UKCommunications & Networking
UK
Matching permanent IT job ads3538336663
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled17.25 %16.38 %
Salaries quoted2956329396
Average minimum salary£37,801£38,676
Average salary£40,586£41,638
% change on same period last year-2.52 %
Average maximum salary£43,371£44,600
UK excluding London average salary£37,741£38,938
% change on same period last year-3.07 %

GSM
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total starting in 2004 of permanent IT jobs ads citing GSM across the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

GSM Demand Trend

GSM
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs ads citing GSM across the UK.

GSM Salary Trend

GSM
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing GSM across the UK over the past 3 months.

GSM Salary Histogram

GSM
Top 30 Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing GSM within the UK over the past 3 months.

RankLocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
1EnglandDown-75629£40,847+0.27 %
2South EastDown-65271£39,794-1.37 %
3LondonUp+41127£45,265-0.92 %
4East of EnglandDown-28104£43,447-0.83 %
5HampshireDown-2991£36,759+1.41 %
6BerkshireDown-7989£39,978-2.87 %
7SurreyUp+5166£37,347-13.66 %
8CambridgeshireDown-5059£42,642-3.11 %
9South WestDown-6757£38,300+11.46 %
10CambridgeDown-752£42,950-1.15 %
11BristolDown-3543£37,451+14.73 %
12North WestDown-1437£29,926-10.45 %
13CheshireUp+1130£28,556-4.15 %
14MiddlesexUp+2227£39,500-5.20 %
14SloughUp+327£35,185-27.82 %
15SuffolkUp+1424£47,150+30.97 %
16IpswichNew entry-23£47,150-
17ReadingDown-719£44,406+9.76 %
18BasingstokeDown-2417£40,265-
19StainesNew entry-16£49,375-
19West MidlandsDown-1216£43,033+17.36 %
20HertfordshireUp+315£40,933-8.91 %
21FarnboroughDown-2711£40,389-10.24 %
22YorkshireDown-2910£33,833-8.91 %
23Thames ValleyUp+219£65,000+96.96 %
23UxbridgeDown-139£33,000+7.02 %
24TwickenhamNew entry-8£57,500-
24ChesterNew entry-8£25,000-
24BuckinghamshireUp+18£51,875+15.27 %
25City of LondonDown-327£50,000-9.09 %

GSM
Top 30 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the UK citing GSM also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing GSM.

1608 (46.66 %)GPRS
2492 (37.76 %)Telecoms
3471 (36.15 %)UMTS
4343 (26.32 %)Wireless
5311 (23.87 %)C++
6255 (19.57 %)C
7254 (19.49 %)3G
8232 (17.81 %)Degree
9196 (15.04 %)Unix
10181 (13.89 %)WCDMA
11177 (13.58 %)Handset
12150 (11.51 %)Java
13123 (9.440 %)2G
14121 (9.286 %)Symbian
15119 (9.133 %)CDMA
16117 (8.979 %)TCP/IP
17113 (8.672 %)VoIP
18112 (8.596 %)Windows
19111 (8.519 %)Linux
20106 (8.135 %)UML
2194 (7.214 %)J2ME
2291 (6.984 %)SQL
2388 (6.754 %)Electronics
2482 (6.293 %)Project Management
2581 (6.216 %)Wi-Fi
2676 (5.833 %)Oracle
2676 (5.833 %)OO
2773 (5.602 %)WAP
2870 (5.372 %)Embedded C
2968 (5.219 %)Electric

GSM
Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the UK citing GSM also mentioned the following skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing GSM. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
194 (7.214 %)J2ME
273 (5.602 %)WAP
353 (4.068 %)MIDP
450 (3.837 %).NET
547 (3.607 %)CLDC
638 (2.916 %)UIQ
727 (2.072 %)J2EE
821 (1.612 %)BREW
919 (1.458 %)Series 60
1014 (1.074 %)XML
1112 (0.921 %)JSP
1210 (0.767 %)HTML
137 (0.537 %)SOAP
146 (0.460 %)Middleware
155 (0.384 %)WebServices
164 (0.307 %)MAPI
164 (0.307 %)ADO.NET
164 (0.307 %)WinForms
173 (0.230 %)WML
173 (0.230 %)MFC
Application Platforms
16 (0.460 %)WebLogic
24 (0.307 %)MS Exchange
24 (0.307 %)Exchange Server 2003
33 (0.230 %)Lotus Notes
33 (0.230 %)Apache
42 (0.153 %)IIS
42 (0.153 %)JBoss
42 (0.153 %)iFIX
51 (0.077 %)Tomcat
51 (0.077 %)CMS
51 (0.077 %)LiveLink
51 (0.077 %)Exchange Server 5.5
51 (0.077 %)Exchange Server 2000
Applications
137 (2.840 %)MS Excel
220 (1.535 %)MS PowerPoint
310 (0.767 %)MS Office
48 (0.614 %)Pro/ENGINEER
55 (0.384 %)MATLAB
64 (0.307 %)MS Project
64 (0.307 %)MS Visio
72 (0.153 %)Simulink
Business Applications
19 (0.691 %)Metrica
Communications & Networking
1608 (46.66 %)GPRS
2471 (36.15 %)UMTS
3343 (26.32 %)Wireless
4254 (19.49 %)3G
5181 (13.89 %)WCDMA
6123 (9.440 %)2G
7119 (9.133 %)CDMA
8117 (8.979 %)TCP/IP
9113 (8.672 %)VoIP
1081 (6.216 %)Wi-Fi
1167 (5.142 %)3GPP
1167 (5.142 %)SS7
1260 (4.605 %)TETRA
1358 (4.451 %)SMS
1457 (4.375 %)WiMAX
1547 (3.607 %)PSTN
1645 (3.454 %)H.323
1741 (3.147 %)Broadband
1837 (2.840 %)INAP
1936 (2.763 %)TCAP
Database & Business Intelligence
135 (2.686 %)SQL Server
210 (0.767 %)BusinessObjects
35 (0.384 %)GIS
35 (0.384 %)Data Mining
44 (0.307 %)Oracle 8/8i
53 (0.230 %)MySQL
62 (0.153 %)Crystal Reports
71 (0.077 %)ETL
Development Applications
145 (3.454 %)ClearCase
224 (1.842 %)Rational Rose
322 (1.688 %)LabVIEW
48 (0.614 %)Visual Studio
55 (0.384 %)Eclipse
63 (0.230 %)Flash
63 (0.230 %)TestDirector
72 (0.153 %)CodeWarrior
72 (0.153 %)PVCS
81 (0.077 %)Ant
81 (0.077 %)WinRunner
81 (0.077 %)ClearQuest
81 (0.077 %)LoadRunner
81 (0.077 %)Subversion
81 (0.077 %)FitNesse
General
1492 (37.76 %)Telecoms
288 (6.754 %)Electronics
368 (5.219 %)Electric
450 (3.837 %)Marketing
527 (2.072 %)Education
624 (1.842 %)Health
624 (1.842 %)Manufacturing
723 (1.765 %)Pensions
723 (1.765 %)Billing
822 (1.688 %)Multimedia
921 (1.612 %)Finance
1013 (0.998 %)Back Office
1110 (0.767 %)Retail
129 (0.691 %)Military
138 (0.614 %)Music
147 (0.537 %)Insurance
155 (0.384 %)Games
162 (0.153 %)Police
162 (0.153 %)Law
162 (0.153 %)Government
Job Titles
1211 (16.19 %)Software Engineer
2141 (10.82 %)Test Engineer
3140 (10.74 %)Developer
478 (5.986 %)Support Engineer
564 (4.912 %)Field Engineer
660 (4.605 %)Hardware Engineer
755 (4.221 %)Consultant
853 (4.068 %)Project Manager
950 (3.837 %)C++ Developer
1046 (3.530 %)Analyst
1046 (3.530 %)Network Engineer
1142 (3.223 %)Software Developer
1142 (3.223 %)C++ Software Engineer
1238 (2.916 %)Design Engineer
1238 (2.916 %)DSP Engineer
1238 (2.916 %)GSM Engineer
1337 (2.840 %)Tester
1436 (2.763 %)Systems Engineer
1535 (2.686 %)Integration Engineer
1634 (2.609 %)Technical Support
Miscellaneous
1177 (13.58 %)Handset
260 (4.605 %)Computer Science
335 (2.686 %)SCADA
431 (2.379 %)PDA
530 (2.302 %)ASIC
627 (2.072 %)Pocket PC
720 (1.535 %)Firmware
818 (1.381 %)Smartcard
916 (1.228 %)Korean Language
1014 (1.074 %)Device Driver
1014 (1.074 %)Field-Programmable Gate Array
1112 (0.921 %)IPTV
1210 (0.767 %)PKI
139 (0.691 %)Statistics
148 (0.614 %)Cryptography
148 (0.614 %)Mathematics
157 (0.537 %)Blackberry
166 (0.460 %)DTV
175 (0.384 %)N-Tier
175 (0.384 %)EMV
Operating Systems
1196 (15.04 %)Unix
2112 (8.596 %)Windows
3111 (8.519 %)Linux
452 (3.991 %)Windows Mobile
546 (3.530 %)Symbian OS
645 (3.454 %)Windows CE
725 (1.919 %)VMS
814 (1.074 %)Windows NT
913 (0.998 %)Solaris
1012 (0.921 %)Windows 2000
116 (0.460 %)AIX
116 (0.460 %)Embedded Linux
123 (0.230 %)Palm OS
132 (0.153 %)HPUX
141 (0.077 %)Windows XP
141 (0.077 %)Windows Server 2003
141 (0.077 %)VxWorks
141 (0.077 %)pSOS
141 (0.077 %)Windows XP Embedded
141 (0.077 %)Nucleus RTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1106 (8.135 %)UML
282 (6.293 %)Project Management
376 (5.833 %)OO
466 (5.065 %)Software Testing
563 (4.835 %)Configuration Management
662 (4.758 %)Integration Testing
759 (4.528 %)Software Engineering
852 (3.991 %)Requirements Analysis
944 (3.377 %)Service Delivery
1036 (2.763 %)Validation
1132 (2.456 %)OOD
1224 (1.842 %)Network Planning
1322 (1.688 %)OOA/OOD
1420 (1.535 %)Automated Testing
1517 (1.305 %)PRINCE2
1615 (1.151 %)System Testing
1713 (0.998 %)ITIL
1713 (0.998 %)SOA
1812 (0.921 %)Network Design
1812 (0.921 %)Product Marketing
Programming Languages
1311 (23.87 %)C++
2255 (19.57 %)C
3150 (11.51 %)Java
491 (6.984 %)SQL
570 (5.372 %)Embedded C
658 (4.451 %)C#
728 (2.149 %)Perl
824 (1.842 %)Embedded C++
920 (1.535 %)VC++
1018 (1.381 %)PL/SQL
1113 (0.998 %)Assembly Language
1212 (0.921 %)Tcl
1212 (0.921 %)VB
1311 (0.844 %)VBA
1311 (0.844 %)PHP
148 (0.614 %)JavaScript
155 (0.384 %)VBScript
163 (0.230 %)Shell Script
172 (0.153 %)Python
172 (0.153 %)Delphi
Qualifications
1232 (17.81 %)Degree
236 (2.763 %)HNC
328 (2.149 %)Cisco Certification
426 (1.995 %)CCNA
514 (1.074 %)HND
613 (0.998 %)PhD
711 (0.844 %)ISEB
810 (0.767 %)Microsoft Certification
93 (0.230 %)ISEB Practitioner
102 (0.153 %)EMC Certification
102 (0.153 %)CCDA
111 (0.077 %)CCNP
111 (0.077 %)Postgraduate
111 (0.077 %)MCSE
111 (0.077 %)CNE
111 (0.077 %)Novell Certification
111 (0.077 %)PRINCE2 Certification
111 (0.077 %)Sun Certification
111 (0.077 %)PMP
111 (0.077 %)PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
127 (2.072 %)QA
217 (1.305 %)SLA
313 (0.998 %)ISO9001
42 (0.153 %)ISO8583
System Software
11 (0.077 %)Terminal Services
11 (0.077 %)NetBackup
Systems Management
115 (1.151 %)Netcool
213 (0.998 %)Netcool/OMNIbus
213 (0.998 %)CiscoWorks
39 (0.691 %)OpenView
42 (0.153 %)Netcool/Proviso
42 (0.153 %)Unicenter
42 (0.153 %)Tivoli
42 (0.153 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1121 (9.286 %)Symbian
276 (5.833 %)Oracle
349 (3.761 %)Cisco
349 (3.761 %)Microsoft
430 (2.302 %)BT
529 (2.226 %)Nokia
529 (2.226 %)EMC
626 (1.995 %)Nortel
721 (1.612 %)Ericsson
816 (1.228 %)Siemens
913 (0.998 %)Apple
1010 (0.767 %)Business Objects
118 (0.614 %)Anite
118 (0.614 %)Alcatel
118 (0.614 %)Agilent
127 (0.537 %)Redknee
127 (0.537 %)HP
136 (0.460 %)Mapinfo
145 (0.384 %)BEA
154 (0.307 %)Cramer
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