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 have cited GNSS over the 6 months to 13 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
13 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 820 951 1197
Rank change year-on-year +131 +246 -368
Permanent jobs citing GNSS 58 21 40
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.059% 0.021% 0.025%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.17% 0.049% 0.053%
Number of salaries quoted 15 6 6
10th Percentile - £50,000 £39,875
25th Percentile £53,250 £51,250 £46,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +36.36% -8.33% +23.08%
75th Percentile £80,000 £58,750 £76,250
90th Percentile - £66,500 £80,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £75,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +36.36% - +15.79%

All Generic Skills
UK

GNSS is in the General and Transferable Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 34,989 43,202 75,687
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 35.33% 42.68% 47.65%
Number of salaries quoted 22,998 23,578 34,146
10th Percentile £28,000 £35,250 £34,750
25th Percentile £38,000 £46,250 £45,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +4.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £86,250 £83,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £108,491 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%

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
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing GNSS over the 6 months to 13 May 2024.

Salary histogram for GNSS in the UK

GNSS
Top 6 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 13 May 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
England +148 56 £75,000 +12.78% 6
UK excluding London +30 56 £75,000 +36.36% 8
South West +16 41 £75,000 +25.00% 2
South East +19 11 £54,500 -25.34% 1
Work from Home +78 10 £75,000 +25.00% 5
East of England - 4 £75,000 - 3

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:

Application Platforms
1 5 (8.62%) Kinematics
Applications
1 3 (5.17%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 5 (8.62%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 20 (34.48%) 5G
1 20 (34.48%) SD-WAN
1 20 (34.48%) WAN
2 13 (22.41%) Internet
3 8 (13.79%) DNS
3 8 (13.79%) HTTP
3 8 (13.79%) PPP
3 8 (13.79%) SMTP
3 8 (13.79%) TCP/IP
4 5 (8.62%) RFID
5 1 (1.72%) LTE
5 1 (1.72%) Network Security
5 1 (1.72%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (1.72%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (8.62%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 13 (22.41%) Visual Studio
2 8 (13.79%) Jenkins
3 3 (5.17%) LabVIEW
General
1 19 (32.76%) Analytical Skills
2 18 (31.03%) Social Skills
3 13 (22.41%) Electronics
3 13 (22.41%) Marketing
4 11 (18.97%) Presentation Skills
5 5 (8.62%) Aerospace
5 5 (8.62%) Finance
5 5 (8.62%) Retail
6 4 (6.90%) Military
7 2 (3.45%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 21 (36.21%) Senior
2 16 (27.59%) Developer
2 16 (27.59%) Software Engineer
3 13 (22.41%) Senior Software Engineer
4 10 (17.24%) RF Engineer
5 8 (13.79%) Embedded Developer
5 8 (13.79%) Firmware Developer
5 8 (13.79%) FPGA Developer
6 7 (12.07%) GNSS Engineer
7 6 (10.34%) Systems Engineer
8 4 (6.90%) Graduate
9 3 (5.17%) Product Engineer
9 3 (5.17%) Verification Engineer
10 2 (3.45%) C++ Software Engineer
10 2 (3.45%) Linux Engineer
10 2 (3.45%) Python Engineer
10 2 (3.45%) Python Software Engineer
10 2 (3.45%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
10 2 (3.45%) Senior Linux Engineer
11 1 (1.72%) Communications Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (8.62%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 11 (18.97%) Self-Motivation
2 9 (15.52%) FPGA
3 8 (13.79%) CUDA
3 8 (13.79%) MicroBlaze
3 8 (13.79%) Tandem
3 8 (13.79%) VHDL
4 5 (8.62%) IoT
5 4 (6.90%) Algorithms
6 1 (1.72%) NB-IoT
Operating Systems
1 29 (50.00%) Linux
2 19 (32.76%) Windows
3 11 (18.97%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (67.24%) B2B
2 33 (56.90%) Signal Processing
3 29 (50.00%) Computer Science
4 28 (48.28%) Test Automation
5 26 (44.83%) Problem-Solving
6 25 (43.10%) Software Engineering
7 22 (37.93%) Requirements Analysis
8 21 (36.21%) Creative Thinking
8 21 (36.21%) Defect Tracking
9 20 (34.48%) Test Assurance
10 18 (31.03%) Project Management
10 18 (31.03%) Validation
11 13 (22.41%) Configuration Management
11 13 (22.41%) Digital Signal Processing
11 13 (22.41%) Innovative Thinking
11 13 (22.41%) Multithreading
11 13 (22.41%) OO
11 13 (22.41%) Product Marketing
11 13 (22.41%) SDLC
12 11 (18.97%) Kalman Filter
Programming Languages
1 35 (60.34%) C++
2 25 (43.10%) Python
3 22 (37.93%) C
4 21 (36.21%) Perl
5 19 (32.76%) MATLAB
6 13 (22.41%) Bash
7 8 (13.79%) Tcl
7 8 (13.79%) VB
8 5 (8.62%) C#
8 5 (8.62%) XAML
9 1 (1.72%) Embedded C
9 1 (1.72%) Embedded C++
Qualifications
1 44 (75.86%) Degree
2 3 (5.17%) HND
3 1 (1.72%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (22.41%) PMO
2 5 (8.62%) QA
System Software
1 21 (36.21%) Firmware
2 16 (27.59%) Embedded Firmware
Vendors
1 8 (13.79%) Altera
1 8 (13.79%) Green Hills
1 8 (13.79%) Motorola
1 8 (13.79%) Xilinx
2 1 (1.72%) Sigfox