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The table below looks at the demand for Serving GPRS Support Node (SGSN) skills within the Hertfordshire region with a comparison to our Communications & Networking category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited SGSN over the 3 months to 2 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkServing GPRS Support Node (SGSN)
Location
3 months to
2 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank6292
Rank change on same period last yearUp+30
Matching contract IT job ads93
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.014 %0.003 %
As % of the category below3.766 %0.882 %
Daily rates quoted02
Average minimum daily rate-£325
Average daily rate-£363
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£400
UK excluding London average daily rate£494£325
% change on same period last year+51.92 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate-£36.75
% change on same period last year-
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
Hertfordshire
Matching contract IT job ads239340
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.384 %0.365 %
Daily rates quoted49106
Average minimum daily rate£340£311
Average daily rate£358£334
% change on same period last year+7.11 %
Average maximum daily rate£376£357
UK excluding London average daily rate£346£337
% change on same period last year+2.79 %
Hourly rates quoted1348
Average minimum hourly rate£31.15£24.02
Average hourly rate£32.73£26.08
% change on same period last year+25.46 %
Average maximum hourly rate£34.30£28.15
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.82£28.43
% change on same period last year-2.12 %
SGSN East of EnglandSGSN
East of England

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

SGSN
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing SGSN across the Hertfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

Hertfordshire SGSN Demand Trend

SGSN
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing SGSN across the Hertfordshire region.

Hertfordshire SGSN Daily Rate Trend

SGSN
Top 26 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire region citing SGSN 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 SGSN.

111 (84.62 %)Telecoms
29 (69.23 %)3G
29 (69.23 %)TCP/IP
29 (69.23 %)Nortel
37 (53.85 %)Network Design
37 (53.85 %)RNC
37 (53.85 %)Nokia
46 (46.15 %)Cisco
55 (38.46 %)SIGTRAN
55 (38.46 %)Data Management
64 (30.77 %)Packet Switching
73 (23.08 %)SS7
82 (15.38 %)Fault Management
82 (15.38 %)GPRS
82 (15.38 %)Siemens
82 (15.38 %)Configuration Management
82 (15.38 %)2G
91 (7.692 %)2.5G
91 (7.692 %)GSM
91 (7.692 %)WAP
91 (7.692 %)HTTP
91 (7.692 %)Ericsson
91 (7.692 %)GGSN
91 (7.692 %)BSS
91 (7.692 %)Huawei
91 (7.692 %)Statistical Analysis

SGSN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire region citing SGSN 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 SGSN. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (7.692 %)WAP
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
19 (69.23 %)TCP/IP
19 (69.23 %)3G
27 (53.85 %)RNC
35 (38.46 %)SIGTRAN
44 (30.77 %)Packet Switching
53 (23.08 %)SS7
62 (15.38 %)2G
62 (15.38 %)GPRS
71 (7.692 %)GSM
71 (7.692 %)HTTP
71 (7.692 %)2.5G
71 (7.692 %)BSS
71 (7.692 %)GGSN
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
111 (84.62 %)Telecoms
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
18 (61.54 %)Switch Engineer
25 (38.46 %)Design Engineer
31 (7.692 %)Ericsson Engineer
31 (7.692 %)Performance Analyst
31 (7.692 %)Analyst
31 (7.692 %)Network Analyst
31 (7.692 %)BSS Engineer
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
17 (53.85 %)Network Design
25 (38.46 %)Data Management
32 (15.38 %)Configuration Management
32 (15.38 %)Fault Management
41 (7.692 %)Statistical Analysis
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
19 (69.23 %)Nortel
27 (53.85 %)Nokia
36 (46.15 %)Cisco
42 (15.38 %)Siemens
51 (7.692 %)Huawei
51 (7.692 %)Ericsson