The first table below looks at the demand for GGSN skills in IT contracts advertised for the Berkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited GGSN over the 3 months to 24 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Communications & Networking category for the Berkshire region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Gateway GPRS Support Node (GGSN)
Rank 109 123 123
Rank change year-on-year
+14 0
Contract jobs citing GGSN 11 12 6
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 0.459% 0.382% 0.202%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.768% 1.108% 0.873%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 1
Average daily rate - £150 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -57.14%
UK excluding London average daily rate - £575 £280
% change year-on-year
- +105.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 - £30.00
All Communications & Networking
Berkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
622 1083 687
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 25.97% 34.44% 23.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 186 217 195
Average daily rate £285 £300 £338
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.00% -11.11%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £165 £200 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £430 £425 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £338 £325
% change year-on-year
-6.66% +3.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 47 57
Average hourly rate £20.00 £30.00 £32.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-33.33% -6.25%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.00 £14.50 £15.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £148.70 £45.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.75 £25.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-17.00% -9.09%
GGSN
South East

GGSN
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing GGSN across the Berkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

Berkshire GGSN Jobs Demand Trend

GGSN
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing GGSN across the Berkshire region.

Berkshire GGSN Daily Rate Trend

GGSN
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing GGSN across the Berkshire region.

Berkshire GGSN Hourly Rate Trend

GGSN
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing GGSN within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Reading +16 7 - -
GGSN
South East

GGSN
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing GGSN also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited GGSN.

1 16 (100.00%) SGSN
2 12 (75.00%) Nokia Siemens Networks
3 11 (68.75%) Telecoms
4 8 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 8 (50.00%) Root Cause Analysis
4 8 (50.00%) Product Marketing
4 8 (50.00%) Marketing
5 7 (43.75%) 3G
6 4 (25.00%) HTTP
6 4 (25.00%) Degree
7 3 (18.75%) LTE
7 3 (18.75%) C
7 3 (18.75%) MPLS
7 3 (18.75%) Nokia
8 2 (12.50%) Ericsson
8 2 (12.50%) Configuration Management
8 2 (12.50%) SS7
8 2 (12.50%) UNIX
8 2 (12.50%) Packet Switching
8 2 (12.50%) 3GPP
8 2 (12.50%) DNS
8 2 (12.50%) Migration
8 2 (12.50%) Radio Access Network
9 1 (6.250%) RANAP
9 1 (6.250%) Problem Management
9 1 (6.250%) Cisco
9 1 (6.250%) CCNP
9 1 (6.250%) CCDP
9 1 (6.250%) CISSP
9 1 (6.250%) Cisco Certification

GGSN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing GGSN also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited GGSN. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking
1 16 (100.00%) SGSN
2 7 (43.75%) 3G
3 4 (25.00%) HTTP
4 3 (18.75%) LTE
4 3 (18.75%) MPLS
5 2 (12.50%) SS7
5 2 (12.50%) Packet Switching
5 2 (12.50%) 3GPP
5 2 (12.50%) DNS
5 2 (12.50%) Radio Access Network
6 1 (6.250%) RANAP
6 1 (6.250%) Firewall
General
1 11 (68.75%) Telecoms
2 8 (50.00%) Marketing
3 1 (6.250%) Legal
Job Titles
1 3 (18.75%) Design Engineer
2 2 (12.50%) Databuild Engineer
3 1 (6.250%) Consultant
3 1 (6.250%) Security Consultant
Operating Systems
1 2 (12.50%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 8 (50.00%) Root Cause Analysis
1 8 (50.00%) Product Marketing
2 2 (12.50%) Configuration Management
2 2 (12.50%) Migration
3 1 (6.250%) Problem Management
3 1 (6.250%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 3 (18.75%) C
Qualifications
1 4 (25.00%) Degree
2 1 (6.250%) CCNP
2 1 (6.250%) CCDP
2 1 (6.250%) CISSP
2 1 (6.250%) Cisco Certification
Vendors
1 12 (75.00%) Nokia Siemens Networks
2 3 (18.75%) Nokia
3 2 (12.50%) Ericsson
4 1 (6.250%) Cisco