GSM Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM)
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring GSM skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 169 98 -
Rank change year-on-year -71 - -
Permanent jobs citing GSM 3 88 0
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 0.076% 2.48% -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.83% 18.33% -
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £37,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 - -
75th Percentile £42,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median annual salary £40,000 - £51,500
% change year-on-year - - -6.36%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Thames Valley

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 the Thames Valley.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 360 480 462
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 9.10% 13.54% 14.82%
Number of salaries quoted 197 230 382
10th Percentile £27,250 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £32,750 £38,750 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £60,000 £64,688 £62,500
90th Percentile £68,300 £90,000 £78,625
South East median annual salary £45,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -18.18% +10.00% +5.26%

GSM
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

GSM job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

GSM
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing GSM.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing GSM

GSM
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing GSM within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 21 December 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Berkshire -2 3 £40,000 - 2
GSM
South East

GSM
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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:

Applications
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Communications & Networking
1 3 (100.00%) 4G
1 3 (100.00%) 5G
1 3 (100.00%) TETRA
1 3 (100.00%) UMTS
1 3 (100.00%) Wireless
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Network Engineer
1 3 (100.00%) Network Support
1 3 (100.00%) Network Support Engineer
1 3 (100.00%) NOC Engineer
1 3 (100.00%) Radio Engineer
1 3 (100.00%) Radio Network Engineer
1 3 (100.00%) Support Engineer
2 2 (66.67%) RF Engineer
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) ITIL
1 3 (100.00%) Network Management
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft