GSM Jobs in the South East

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

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for GSM skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited GSM over the 6 months to 24 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 368 393 481
Rank change year-on-year +25 +88 -107
Permanent jobs citing GSM 23 19 2
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.14% 0.12% 0.010%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.83% 0.72% 0.066%
Number of salaries quoted 1 10 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £52,500 £32,500 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £37,750 -
Median % change year-on-year +58.94% - -
75th Percentile £67,500 £65,063 -
90th Percentile - £73,000 -
England median annual salary £55,000 £70,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -21.43% - +40.00%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
South East

GSM is in the Communications and Computer Networking category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 2,764 2,639 3,021
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 16.64% 17.36% 15.36%
Number of salaries quoted 1,908 1,549 1,853
10th Percentile £26,000 £26,250 £27,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £31,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,875 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% -5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £59,000 £62,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £75,100 £77,500
England median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% +5.00%

GSM
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing GSM as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for GSM in the South East

GSM
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing GSM in the South East.

Salary trend for GSM in the South East

GSM
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing GSM within the South East region over the 6 months to 24 April 2024. 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Thames Valley +38 22 - - 3
Buckinghamshire +2 22 - - 1
Hampshire -16 1 £60,000 -14.29%
GSM
England

GSM
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 23 (100.00%) 5G
1 23 (100.00%) LTE
1 23 (100.00%) UMTS
1 23 (100.00%) Wireless
2 22 (95.65%) Bluetooth
2 22 (95.65%) ISDN
2 22 (95.65%) PSTN
2 22 (95.65%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (4.35%) 3GPP
3 1 (4.35%) 4G
3 1 (4.35%) 5G NR
3 1 (4.35%) Software-Defined Radio
Development Applications
1 22 (95.65%) LabVIEW
2 1 (4.35%) Jenkins
2 1 (4.35%) TeamCity
General
1 23 (100.00%) Telecoms
2 22 (95.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (4.35%) Electronics
3 1 (4.35%) Finance
3 1 (4.35%) Manufacturing
3 1 (4.35%) Marketing
3 1 (4.35%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 15 (65.22%) Hardware Engineer
2 10 (43.48%) Test Engineer
3 8 (34.78%) Hardware Test Engineer
4 5 (21.74%) Hardware Technician
5 3 (13.04%) Associate Engineer
5 3 (13.04%) QA Engineer
5 3 (13.04%) Quality Engineer
6 2 (8.70%) QA Technician
6 2 (8.70%) Systems Engineer
7 1 (4.35%) Design Engineer
7 1 (4.35%) Digital Design Engineer
7 1 (4.35%) FPGA Design Engineer
7 1 (4.35%) FPGA Engineer
7 1 (4.35%) Principal Engineer
7 1 (4.35%) Senior
7 1 (4.35%) Senior Design Engineer
7 1 (4.35%) Senior FPGA Design Engineer
7 1 (4.35%) Senior FPGA Engineer
7 1 (4.35%) Test Technician
Miscellaneous
1 22 (95.65%) Acoustics
1 22 (95.65%) Satnav
2 1 (4.35%) Embedded Systems
2 1 (4.35%) FPGA
2 1 (4.35%) Verilog
2 1 (4.35%) VHDL
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (95.65%) Agile
1 22 (95.65%) Coaching
1 22 (95.65%) Critical Thinking
1 22 (95.65%) Data Management
1 22 (95.65%) Test Automation
1 22 (95.65%) Test Scripting
2 1 (4.35%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (4.35%) Continuous Integration
2 1 (4.35%) Digital Marketing
2 1 (4.35%) Digital Signal Processing
2 1 (4.35%) Mentoring
2 1 (4.35%) Programme Management
2 1 (4.35%) Project Planning
2 1 (4.35%) Signal Processing
2 1 (4.35%) Systems Engineering
2 1 (4.35%) Time Management
2 1 (4.35%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 22 (95.65%) Python
2 1 (4.35%) C
2 1 (4.35%) C++
2 1 (4.35%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 22 (95.65%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (21.74%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (4.35%) SAP
1 1 (4.35%) Xilinx