The first table below looks at the demand for GSM skills in IT jobs advertised for the Windsor region. 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 for the Windsor region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM)
Rank - 9 -
Permanent jobs citing GSM 0 16 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Windsor - 16.49% -
As % of the Communications & Networking category - 76.19% -
Number of salaries quoted 0 16 0
Average salary - £40,000 -
UK excluding London average salary £50,000 £40,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year
+23.45% +1.25%
All Communications & Networking
Windsor
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
11 21 29
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Windsor 16.67% 21.65% 16.57%
Number of salaries quoted 11 21 29
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £31,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +26.98%
90% offered a salary of more than £33,200 £40,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £52,500 £42,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
GSM
Berkshire

GSM
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Windsor 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 Windsor region.

Windsor GSM Salary Trend

GSM
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Windsor 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 18 (94.74%) Bluetooth
1 18 (94.74%) ZigBee
2 15 (78.95%) Windows
3 11 (57.89%) SQL Server
3 11 (57.89%) Web Services
4 9 (47.37%) Pharmaceutical
4 9 (47.37%) Advertising
4 9 (47.37%) Test Management
5 8 (42.11%) Embedded Systems
5 8 (42.11%) Wireless
5 8 (42.11%) 3G
5 8 (42.11%) GPRS
5 8 (42.11%) ISEB
5 8 (42.11%) C++
5 8 (42.11%) Linux
6 7 (36.84%) C
6 7 (36.84%) .NET
6 7 (36.84%) Microsoft
6 7 (36.84%) Embedded C
6 7 (36.84%) VxWorks
6 7 (36.84%) Windows CE
6 7 (36.84%) Wi-Fi
6 7 (36.84%) Quality Management
6 7 (36.84%) ThreadX
6 7 (36.84%) Device Driver
7 5 (26.32%) Service Delivery
7 5 (26.32%) ISO 9001
7 5 (26.32%) Visual Studio
7 5 (26.32%) C#
7 5 (26.32%) Software Testing

GSM
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Windsor 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 11 (57.89%) Web Services
2 7 (36.84%) .NET
3 3 (15.79%) REST
3 3 (15.79%) SOAP
4 1 (5.263%) .NET Framework
4 1 (5.263%) .NET Compact Framework
Communications & Networking
1 18 (94.74%) Bluetooth
1 18 (94.74%) ZigBee
2 8 (42.11%) Wireless
2 8 (42.11%) 3G
2 8 (42.11%) GPRS
3 7 (36.84%) Wi-Fi
4 3 (15.79%) HTTP
5 1 (5.263%) SIGTRAN
5 1 (5.263%) SS7
5 1 (5.263%) MPLS
5 1 (5.263%) Firewall
5 1 (5.263%) Frame Relay
5 1 (5.263%) UMTS
5 1 (5.263%) WAN
5 1 (5.263%) LAN
5 1 (5.263%) SDH
5 1 (5.263%) SMS
5 1 (5.263%) TCP/IP
5 1 (5.263%) VPN
5 1 (5.263%) ATM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (57.89%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (26.32%) Visual Studio
General
1 9 (47.37%) Pharmaceutical
1 9 (47.37%) Advertising
2 2 (10.53%) Back Office
2 2 (10.53%) Finance
2 2 (10.53%) Manufacturing
3 1 (5.263%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 7 (36.84%) Software Engineer
1 7 (36.84%) Embedded Software Engineer
1 7 (36.84%) Test Engineer
2 5 (26.32%) Principal Engineer
3 3 (15.79%) Architect
4 2 (10.53%) Systems Architect
4 2 (10.53%) Analyst
4 2 (10.53%) Test Analyst
4 2 (10.53%) Principle Engineer
5 1 (5.263%) Applications Architect
5 1 (5.263%) Network Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 8 (42.11%) Embedded Systems
2 7 (36.84%) Device Driver
3 3 (15.79%) N-Tier
Operating Systems
1 15 (78.95%) Windows
2 8 (42.11%) Linux
3 7 (36.84%) VxWorks
3 7 (36.84%) Windows CE
3 7 (36.84%) ThreadX
4 3 (15.79%) Android
5 1 (5.263%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (47.37%) Test Management
2 7 (36.84%) Quality Management
3 5 (26.32%) Service Delivery
3 5 (26.32%) Software Testing
4 3 (15.79%) Web Development
4 3 (15.79%) System Testing
4 3 (15.79%) CRM
4 3 (15.79%) ERP
4 3 (15.79%) Disaster Recovery
4 3 (15.79%) Automated Testing
5 2 (10.53%) Software Engineering
5 2 (10.53%) Risk Management
5 2 (10.53%) Agile Software Development
5 2 (10.53%) QMS
6 1 (5.263%) Integration Testing
6 1 (5.263%) Load Balancing
6 1 (5.263%) SOA
6 1 (5.263%) OO
Programming Languages
1 8 (42.11%) C++
2 7 (36.84%) C
2 7 (36.84%) Embedded C
3 5 (26.32%) C#
4 1 (5.263%) Java
4 1 (5.263%) SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (42.11%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (26.32%) ISO 9001
Systems Management
1 1 (5.263%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 7 (36.84%) Microsoft
2 3 (15.79%) Symbian
3 1 (5.263%) BT
3 1 (5.263%) Cisco
3 1 (5.263%) HP
3 1 (5.263%) Ericsson
3 1 (5.263%) Oracle