The first table below looks at the demand for GSM skills in IT jobs advertised for the West Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited GSM over the 3 months to 24 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 for the West Yorkshire region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM)
Rank 173 168 144
Rank change year-on-year
-5 -24
Permanent jobs citing GSM 1 3 10
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 0.028% 0.094% 0.334%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.144% 0.566% 1.736%
Number of salaries quoted 1 3 10
Average salary £35,000 £50,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-30.00% +33.33%
UK excluding London average salary £50,000 £40,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year
+23.45% +1.25%
All Communications & Networking
West Yorkshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
693 530 576
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 19.06% 16.63% 19.22%
Number of salaries quoted 552 423 486
Average salary £32,500 £35,000 £33,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-7.14% +6.06%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £25,400 £24,800
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £50,000 £46,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
GSM
Yorkshire

GSM
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Yorkshire 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 West Yorkshire region.

West Yorkshire GSM Salary Trend

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 West Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 24 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
Wakefield +2 1 £35,000 +6.06%
GSM
Yorkshire

GSM
Top 23 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Yorkshire 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 7 (100.00%) GPRS
2 4 (57.14%) Wireless
2 4 (57.14%) Ethernet
2 4 (57.14%) TCP/IP
2 4 (57.14%) C
2 4 (57.14%) C++
2 4 (57.14%) Embedded C
2 4 (57.14%) Firmware
2 4 (57.14%) 3G
2 4 (57.14%) Atmel
2 4 (57.14%) ZigBee
3 3 (42.86%) MS PowerPoint
3 3 (42.86%) Internet
3 3 (42.86%) Windows
3 3 (42.86%) MS Excel
3 3 (42.86%) MS Visio
3 3 (42.86%) Microsoft
3 3 (42.86%) Electronics
3 3 (42.86%) Automotive
3 3 (42.86%) Validation
4 2 (28.57%) Telematics
5 1 (14.29%) CAN bus
5 1 (14.29%) Software Testing

GSM
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Yorkshire 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.

Applications
1 3 (42.86%) MS PowerPoint
1 3 (42.86%) MS Excel
1 3 (42.86%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 7 (100.00%) GPRS
2 4 (57.14%) Wireless
2 4 (57.14%) Ethernet
2 4 (57.14%) TCP/IP
2 4 (57.14%) 3G
2 4 (57.14%) ZigBee
3 3 (42.86%) Internet
General
1 3 (42.86%) Electronics
1 3 (42.86%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 6 (85.71%) Software Engineer
2 4 (57.14%) Embedded Software Engineer
2 4 (57.14%) Firmware Engineer
3 2 (28.57%) Test Engineer
3 2 (28.57%) Software Test Engineer
4 1 (14.29%) Validation Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (57.14%) Firmware
2 2 (28.57%) Telematics
3 1 (14.29%) CAN bus
Operating Systems
1 3 (42.86%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (42.86%) Validation
2 1 (14.29%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 4 (57.14%) C
1 4 (57.14%) C++
1 4 (57.14%) Embedded C
Vendors
1 4 (57.14%) Atmel
2 3 (42.86%) Microsoft