Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS)
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term GNSS in permanent job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited GNSS over the 6 months leading up to 11 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 661 841 960
Rank change year-on-year +180 +119 +204
Permanent jobs citing GNSS 45 57 21
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.082% 0.057% 0.021%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.23% 0.16% 0.048%
Number of salaries quoted 3 15 6
10th Percentile - - £50,000
25th Percentile £58,750 £53,250 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £75,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +36.36% -8.33%
75th Percentile £66,250 £80,000 £58,750
90th Percentile - - £66,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £62,500 £75,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -16.67% +36.36% -

All Generic Skills
UK

GNSS falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring generic IT skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 19,436 35,193 43,934
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 35.52% 35.47% 43.49%
Number of salaries quoted 10,068 23,064 23,448
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,000 £35,015
25th Percentile £42,500 £38,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -15.38% +4.00%
75th Percentile £79,500 £75,000 £86,250
90th Percentile £110,000 £97,500 £108,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% +4.76%

GNSS
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing GNSS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for GNSS in the UK

GNSS
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing GNSS.

Salary trend for GNSS in the UK

GNSS
Top 8 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing GNSS within the UK over the 6 months to 11 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
UK excluding London +165 34 £62,500 -16.67% 10
England +136 32 £62,500 -16.67% 13
Work from Home +177 30 £62,500 -16.67% 9
South West +97 30 - - 2
Scotland - 2 £62,500 -
South East +91 1 - - 3
Yorkshire - 1 £62,500 -
North of England - 1 £62,500 -

GNSS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 (4.44%) Blender
2 1 (2.22%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 4 (8.89%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 15 (33.33%) 5G
1 15 (33.33%) SD-WAN
1 15 (33.33%) WAN
2 7 (15.56%) Wi-Fi
3 4 (8.89%) DNS
3 4 (8.89%) HTTP
3 4 (8.89%) Internet
3 4 (8.89%) SMTP
3 4 (8.89%) TCP/IP
4 3 (6.67%) Bluetooth
4 3 (6.67%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.44%) QGIS
Development Applications
1 8 (17.78%) Git
1 8 (17.78%) Visual Studio
2 4 (8.89%) Subversion
General
1 24 (53.33%) Presentation Skills
2 20 (44.44%) Finance
3 17 (37.78%) Social Skills
4 12 (26.67%) Analytical Skills
5 9 (20.00%) Electronics
5 9 (20.00%) Marketing
6 3 (6.67%) Wearables
7 1 (2.22%) Automotive
7 1 (2.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (2.22%) Military
7 1 (2.22%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 11 (24.44%) Embedded Engineer
1 11 (24.44%) Software Engineer
2 10 (22.22%) Senior
3 8 (17.78%) C Software Engineer
3 8 (17.78%) C/C++ Software Engineer
3 8 (17.78%) C++ Software Engineer
3 8 (17.78%) Embedded C Engineer
3 8 (17.78%) Embedded C/C++ Engineer
3 8 (17.78%) Embedded C++ Engineer
4 7 (15.56%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 6 (13.33%) FPGA Engineer
5 6 (13.33%) Senior FPGA Engineer
5 6 (13.33%) Senior VHDL Engineer
5 6 (13.33%) VHDL Engineer
6 4 (8.89%) Development Engineer
6 4 (8.89%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
6 4 (8.89%) Firmware Engineer
6 4 (8.89%) Senior Development Engineer
6 4 (8.89%) Senior DSP Engineer
6 4 (8.89%) Senior Firmware Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 15 (33.33%) Self-Driving Car
2 11 (24.44%) FPGA
3 10 (22.22%) MicroBlaze
4 7 (15.56%) Algorithms
5 6 (13.33%) Satnav
5 6 (13.33%) Self-Motivation
5 6 (13.33%) VHDL
6 4 (8.89%) Tandem
7 3 (6.67%) Embedded Systems
7 3 (6.67%) Greenfield Project
7 3 (6.67%) IoT
7 3 (6.67%) Legacy Code
7 3 (6.67%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 18 (40.00%) Linux
2 10 (22.22%) Windows
3 4 (8.89%) Unix
4 3 (6.67%) FreeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (46.67%) B2B
1 21 (46.67%) Customer Engagement
1 21 (46.67%) Problem-Solving
2 16 (35.56%) Project Management
3 15 (33.33%) Computer Science
3 15 (33.33%) Signal Processing
3 15 (33.33%) Test Automation
4 14 (31.11%) Defect Tracking
4 14 (31.11%) Requirements Analysis
5 13 (28.89%) Test Assurance
6 12 (26.67%) Performance Management
6 12 (26.67%) Software Engineering
7 10 (22.22%) Creative Thinking
7 10 (22.22%) Innovative Thinking
7 10 (22.22%) SDLC
7 10 (22.22%) Validation
8 9 (20.00%) Product Marketing
9 8 (17.78%) Digital Signal Processing
9 8 (17.78%) Pricing Strategy
9 8 (17.78%) Software Architecture
Programming Languages
1 25 (55.56%) C++
2 22 (48.89%) C
3 12 (26.67%) Python
4 10 (22.22%) Perl
5 9 (20.00%) MATLAB
6 6 (13.33%) Tcl
6 6 (13.33%) VB
7 4 (8.89%) Bash
7 4 (8.89%) Embedded C
7 4 (8.89%) Embedded C++
Qualifications
1 21 (46.67%) Degree
2 5 (11.11%) SC Cleared
2 5 (11.11%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (62.22%) PMO
2 3 (6.67%) IEC 62304
2 3 (6.67%) MISRA
System Software
1 10 (22.22%) Embedded Firmware
1 10 (22.22%) Firmware
Vendors
1 6 (13.33%) Altera
1 6 (13.33%) Green Hills
1 6 (13.33%) Xilinx
2 4 (8.89%) Intel
3 1 (2.22%) Microsoft