GSM Jobs in the UK excluding London

Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring GSM skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited GSM over the 6 months leading up to 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 171 722 716
Rank change year-on-year +551 -6 +123
Permanent jobs citing GSM 729 40 32
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.84% 0.053% 0.056%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.20% 0.41% 0.30%
Number of salaries quoted 7 15 22
10th Percentile £40,550 - £32,500
25th Percentile £43,750 - £33,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £38,000 £57,000
Median % change year-on-year +44.74% -33.33% -
75th Percentile £66,500 £63,125 £67,500
90th Percentile £71,500 £67,000 £72,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year +15.79% -24.00% +25.00%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 7,144 9,866 10,804
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 18.00% 13.17% 18.85%
Number of salaries quoted 3,355 7,111 4,601
10th Percentile £23,504 £25,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £25,087 £31,250 £32,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £44,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.45% -2.22% -5.26%
75th Percentile £57,000 £58,750 £61,250
90th Percentile £71,250 £68,750 £75,000
UK median annual salary £42,500 £47,500 £50,500
% change year-on-year -10.53% -5.94% -3.81%

GSM
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing GSM as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for GSM in the UK excluding London

GSM
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing GSM in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for GSM in the UK excluding London

GSM
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing GSM in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for GSM in the UK excluding London

GSM
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing GSM within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 31 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
East of England +195 314 £67,500 +77.63% 2
South East +242 218 £37,750 -37.08%
Midlands +207 180 £65,000 +4.00% 2
East Midlands - 179 - -
North of England - 8 - - 3
South West +113 6 £60,000 +33.33% 1
Yorkshire - 4 - -
North West - 4 - - 3
Wales - 3 £50,000 -
West Midlands +54 1 £65,000 +4.00% 2
GSM
UK

GSM
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Applications
1 2 (0.27%) GNU Octave
2 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Office
Communications & Networking
1 723 (99.18%) LTE
1 723 (99.18%) Wireless
2 722 (99.04%) Bluetooth
2 722 (99.04%) UMTS
2 722 (99.04%) Wi-Fi
3 721 (98.90%) 5G
4 2 (0.27%) GPRS
5 1 (0.14%) J1939
5 1 (0.14%) Radio Access Network
5 1 (0.14%) Software-Defined Radio
Development Applications
1 2 (0.27%) Git
2 1 (0.14%) GCC
2 1 (0.14%) gcov
2 1 (0.14%) GDB
2 1 (0.14%) GitLab
2 1 (0.14%) JIRA
2 1 (0.14%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 724 (99.31%) Electronics
2 4 (0.55%) Social Skills
3 1 (0.14%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (0.14%) Automotive
3 1 (0.14%) Aviation
3 1 (0.14%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 723 (99.18%) Electronics Engineer
2 721 (98.90%) Electronics Test Engineer
2 721 (98.90%) Test Engineer
3 4 (0.55%) Senior
4 3 (0.41%) Embedded Engineer
4 3 (0.41%) Senior Embedded Engineer
5 1 (0.14%) Account Manager
5 1 (0.14%) Design Engineer
5 1 (0.14%) DSP Engineer
5 1 (0.14%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 1 (0.14%) Lead
5 1 (0.14%) RF Engineer
5 1 (0.14%) Senior DSP Engineer
5 1 (0.14%) Senior Electronics Engineer
5 1 (0.14%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
5 1 (0.14%) Senior Software Engineer
5 1 (0.14%) Software Engineer
5 1 (0.14%) Telematics Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.14%) Boost C++ Libraries
1 1 (0.14%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 721 (98.90%) Driving Licence
2 3 (0.41%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (0.27%) Analogue Electronics
3 2 (0.27%) FPGA
4 1 (0.14%) Algorithms
4 1 (0.14%) CPLD
4 1 (0.14%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.14%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 723 (99.18%) Customer Requirements
2 722 (99.04%) Mentoring
2 722 (99.04%) Validation
3 721 (98.90%) Coaching
3 721 (98.90%) Test Strategy
3 721 (98.90%) Verification and Validation
4 2 (0.27%) Agile
4 2 (0.27%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (0.27%) Feasibility Study
4 2 (0.27%) Power Management
4 2 (0.27%) Prototyping
4 2 (0.27%) Schematic Capture
4 2 (0.27%) Software Engineering
4 2 (0.27%) Time Management
5 1 (0.14%) Embedded Software Development
5 1 (0.14%) Energy Management
5 1 (0.14%) Network Monitoring
5 1 (0.14%) Scrum
5 1 (0.14%) Service Delivery
5 1 (0.14%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 6 (0.82%) C
2 3 (0.41%) C++
3 2 (0.27%) MATLAB
3 2 (0.27%) Python
4 1 (0.14%) Bash
Qualifications
1 724 (99.31%) Degree
2 721 (98.90%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (0.14%) Automotive SPICE
1 1 (0.14%) AUTOSAR
System Software
1 3 (0.41%) Firmware
2 2 (0.27%) Embedded Firmware
3 1 (0.14%) Docker
Vendors
1 2 (0.27%) EMC
2 1 (0.14%) IBM
2 1 (0.14%) QNX