GSM Job Trends in Surrey

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

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Surrey requiring GSM skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 28 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 119 - 134
Rank change year-on-year - - -30
Permanent jobs citing GSM 3 0 3
As % of all permanent jobs in Surrey 0.13% - 0.14%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.05% - 0.63%
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £73,750 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 - £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +71.43%
75th Percentile £81,250 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median annual salary £77,500 £37,750 £60,000
% change year-on-year +105.30% -37.08% +48.15%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Surrey

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

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 285 179 477
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Surrey 12.80% 15.74% 21.69%
Number of salaries quoted 187 155 200
10th Percentile £30,500 £23,731 £28,700
25th Percentile £32,750 £30,775 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £40,000 £51,500
Median % change year-on-year +18.75% -22.33% +3.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £52,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £73,750 £67,500 £77,500
South East median annual salary £47,500 £41,500 £48,500
% change year-on-year +14.46% -14.43% +2.11%

GSM
Job Vacancy Trend in Surrey

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing GSM relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Surrey.

GSM job vacancy trend in Surrey

GSM
Salary Trend in Surrey

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Surrey citing GSM.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Surrey citing GSM

GSM
Job Locations in Surrey

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing GSM within the Surrey region over the 6 months to 28 July 2026. 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
Guildford - 3 £77,500 - 1
GSM
South East

GSM
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Surrey by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Communications & Networking
1 3 (100.00%) Bluetooth
1 3 (100.00%) Ethernet
1 3 (100.00%) Gigabit Ethernet
1 3 (100.00%) RS-232
1 3 (100.00%) RS-485
1 3 (100.00%) Wi-Fi
1 3 (100.00%) Wireless
1 3 (100.00%) ZigBee
General
1 3 (100.00%) Electronics
1 3 (100.00%) Manufacturing
1 3 (100.00%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Hardware Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (100.00%) Flash
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Handset
1 3 (100.00%) IoT
1 3 (100.00%) PCIe
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Design for Manufacturing
1 3 (100.00%) Kalman Filter
1 3 (100.00%) Regulatory Compliance
1 3 (100.00%) Schematic Capture
1 3 (100.00%) Validation
1 3 (100.00%) Verification and Validation