GSM Contracts in Berkshire

Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM)
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Berkshire requiring GSM skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited GSM over the 6 months leading up to 2 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 79 118 107
Rank change year-on-year +39 -11 +16
Contract jobs citing GSM 16 4 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire 1.36% 0.20% 0.22%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 7.55% 0.82% 1.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 0 4
10th Percentile £390 - £333
25th Percentile - - £344
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 - £431
Median % change year-on-year - - +1.47%
75th Percentile - - £519
90th Percentile - - -
South East median daily rate £450 - £250
% change year-on-year - - -41.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £24.75 -
South East median hourly rate - £24.75 -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Berkshire

GSM falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills in Berkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 212 486 334
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 18.03% 24.53% 18.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 101 216 180
10th Percentile £270 £205 £312
25th Percentile £363 £326 £392
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £490 £488
Median % change year-on-year -8.16% +0.51% +4.48%
75th Percentile £538 £600 £588
90th Percentile £588 £620 £676
South East median daily rate £475 £490 £488
% change year-on-year -3.06% +0.51% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 25 14
10th Percentile £19.73 £40.70 £19.65
25th Percentile £21.58 £76.99 £25.13
Median hourly rate £24.66 £83.77 £66.00
Median % change year-on-year -70.56% +26.92% +288.24%
75th Percentile £58.58 £87.46 £80.25
90th Percentile £78.93 £87.53 £81.26
South East median hourly rate £54.88 £57.35 £53.00
% change year-on-year -4.32% +8.21% +146.51%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Job postings citing GSM as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

Job vacancy trend for GSM in Berkshire

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing GSM in Berkshire.

Daily rate trend for GSM in Berkshire

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Daily Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing GSM in Berkshire over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for GSM in Berkshire

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing GSM in Berkshire.

Hourly rate trend for GSM in Berkshire

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Contract Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing GSM within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 2 May 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Slough - 16 £450 -
GSM
South East

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Communications & Networking
1 16 (100.00%) ATM
1 16 (100.00%) Ethernet
1 16 (100.00%) Frame Relay
1 16 (100.00%) GPRS
1 16 (100.00%) LAN
1 16 (100.00%) LTE
1 16 (100.00%) MPLS
1 16 (100.00%) SAN
1 16 (100.00%) SDH
1 16 (100.00%) UMTS
1 16 (100.00%) VPN
1 16 (100.00%) WAN
1 16 (100.00%) Wireshark
General
1 16 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 16 (100.00%) Telecoms
2 1 (6.25%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 15 (93.75%) IP Engineer
2 14 (87.50%) Test Engineer
3 5 (31.25%) IP Network Engineer
3 5 (31.25%) Network Engineer
4 2 (12.50%) Consultant
4 2 (12.50%) IP Consultant
4 2 (12.50%) IP Network Consultant
4 2 (12.50%) Network Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 16 (100.00%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 16 (100.00%) Linux
1 16 (100.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (100.00%) Fault Management
1 16 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 16 (100.00%) Project Management
1 16 (100.00%) Regression Testing
1 16 (100.00%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 16 (100.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 16 (100.00%) CCNP
1 16 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 16 (100.00%) ISEB
1 16 (100.00%) ISTQB
1 16 (100.00%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Vendors
1 16 (100.00%) Cisco
1 16 (100.00%) Juniper
1 16 (100.00%) Microsoft