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 19 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 849 939 1186
Rank change year-on-year +90 +247 -358
Permanent jobs citing GNSS 58 21 43
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.058% 0.021% 0.027%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.16% 0.049% 0.056%
Number of salaries quoted 16 6 7
10th Percentile - £50,000 £40,650
25th Percentile £53,250 £51,250 £49,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £55,000 £57,000
Median % change year-on-year +36.36% -3.51% +16.92%
75th Percentile £80,000 £58,750 £72,500
90th Percentile - £66,500 £84,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £75,000 £55,000 £56,000
% change year-on-year +36.36% -1.79% +17.89%

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 35,172 42,459 77,244
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 35.19% 42.66% 47.90%
Number of salaries quoted 23,043 23,224 34,014
10th Percentile £28,000 £35,435 £34,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £46,250 £45,625
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 £109,865 £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 19 May 2024.

Salary histogram for GNSS in the UK

GNSS
Top 7 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 19 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
UK excluding London +38 57 £75,000 +36.36% 7
England +117 56 £75,000 +12.78% 5
South West +24 41 £75,000 +25.00% 1
South East +2 11 £54,500 -25.34% 1
Work from Home +59 10 £67,500 +12.50% 4
East of England - 4 £75,000 - 2
Scotland -73 1 £60,000 +14.29% 2

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 2 (3.45%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 5 (8.62%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 18 (31.03%) 5G
1 18 (31.03%) SD-WAN
1 18 (31.03%) 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 2 (3.45%) 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 10 (17.24%) Presentation Skills
5 4 (6.90%) Military
6 3 (5.17%) Aerospace
6 3 (5.17%) Finance
6 3 (5.17%) Retail
7 1 (1.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (1.72%) 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 9 (15.52%) 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
6 7 (12.07%) Systems Engineer
7 3 (5.17%) Graduate
8 2 (3.45%) Product Engineer
8 2 (3.45%) Verification Engineer
9 1 (1.72%) Applications Engineer
9 1 (1.72%) C++ Software Engineer
9 1 (1.72%) Communications Engineer
9 1 (1.72%) FPGA Engineer
9 1 (1.72%) Graduate Applications Engineer
9 1 (1.72%) Python Engineer
9 1 (1.72%) Python Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (8.62%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 10 (17.24%) 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 18 (31.03%) Windows
3 10 (17.24%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (65.52%) B2B
2 33 (56.90%) Signal Processing
3 29 (50.00%) Computer Science
4 26 (44.83%) Problem-Solving
4 26 (44.83%) Test Automation
5 25 (43.10%) Software Engineering
6 22 (37.93%) Requirements Analysis
7 21 (36.21%) Creative Thinking
7 21 (36.21%) Defect Tracking
8 18 (31.03%) Project Management
8 18 (31.03%) Test Assurance
8 18 (31.03%) Validation
9 13 (22.41%) Configuration Management
9 13 (22.41%) Digital Signal Processing
9 13 (22.41%) Innovative Thinking
9 13 (22.41%) Multithreading
9 13 (22.41%) OO
9 13 (22.41%) Product Marketing
9 13 (22.41%) SDLC
10 10 (17.24%) Kalman Filter
Programming Languages
1 35 (60.34%) C++
2 24 (41.38%) Python
3 22 (37.93%) C
4 21 (36.21%) Perl
5 18 (31.03%) 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 43 (74.14%) Degree
2 2 (3.45%) 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