The first table below looks at the demand for BSS skills in IT contracts advertised for the London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited BSS over the 3 months to 17 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 London 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Base Station Subsystem (BSS)
Rank 365 371 413
Rank change year-on-year
+6 +42
Contract jobs citing BSS 20 35 24
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 0.093% 0.131% 0.077%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.699% 0.955% 0.708%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 19 17
Average daily rate £463 £450 £390
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.77% +15.38%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £395 £350 £350
10% offered a daily rate of more than £488 £575 £410
UK excluding London average daily rate £439 £375 £338
% change year-on-year
+17.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £18.00 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £16.50 -
All Communications & Networking
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
2861 3664 3392
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 13.25% 13.68% 10.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 1759 2236 1957
Average daily rate £400 £400 £385
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +3.89%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £243 £237
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £525 £525
UK excluding London average daily rate £313 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-5.30% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 135 145 211
Average hourly rate £21.50 £22.50 £19.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-4.44% +18.42%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.95 £15.00 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £135.00 £40.00 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.50 £26.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-21.15% -5.45%
BSS
England

BSS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

London BSS Jobs Demand Trend

BSS
Daily Rate Trend

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

London BSS Daily Rate Trend

BSS
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing BSS across the London region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

London BSS Daily Rate Histogram

BSS
Hourly Rate Trend

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

London BSS Hourly Rate Trend

BSS
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing BSS within the London region over the 3 months to 17 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
City of London +14 5 £475 -17.39%
BSS
England

BSS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing BSS 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 BSS.

1 24 (58.54%) Telecoms
2 9 (21.95%) Billing
3 7 (17.07%) Agile Software Development
3 7 (17.07%) Migration
3 7 (17.07%) CRM
4 5 (12.20%) Project Management
4 5 (12.20%) Programme Management
4 5 (12.20%) PRINCE2
4 5 (12.20%) Internet
5 4 (9.756%) GSM
5 4 (9.756%) MPLS
5 4 (9.756%) Quality Management
5 4 (9.756%) Degree
5 4 (9.756%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 4 (9.756%) Change Control
6 3 (7.317%) Digital Media
6 3 (7.317%) Test Scripting
6 3 (7.317%) Wireless
6 3 (7.317%) Retail
6 3 (7.317%) Stakeholder Management
6 3 (7.317%) Games
6 3 (7.317%) Broadband
7 2 (4.878%) UML
7 2 (4.878%) VoIP
7 2 (4.878%) CSG Singleview
7 2 (4.878%) Siebel
7 2 (4.878%) SOA
7 2 (4.878%) C#
7 2 (4.878%) .NET
7 2 (4.878%) TDD

BSS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing BSS 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 BSS. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (4.878%) .NET
2 1 (2.439%) ASP.NET
2 1 (2.439%) XML
2 1 (2.439%) WCF
Application Platforms
1 1 (2.439%) ESB
Applications
1 1 (2.439%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (4.878%) CSG Singleview
2 1 (2.439%) Oracle BRM
Communications & Networking
1 5 (12.20%) Internet
2 4 (9.756%) GSM
2 4 (9.756%) MPLS
3 3 (7.317%) Wireless
3 3 (7.317%) Broadband
4 2 (4.878%) VoIP
4 2 (4.878%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (2.439%) ATM
5 1 (2.439%) DVB
5 1 (2.439%) RNC
5 1 (2.439%) LTE
5 1 (2.439%) Nokia NetAct
5 1 (2.439%) 4G
5 1 (2.439%) Radio Access Network
5 1 (2.439%) VPN
5 1 (2.439%) 3G
5 1 (2.439%) UTRAN
5 1 (2.439%) GPRS
5 1 (2.439%) UMTS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.439%) SQL Server
1 1 (2.439%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (2.439%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 1 (2.439%) Subversion
1 1 (2.439%) JIRA
1 1 (2.439%) Git (software)
1 1 (2.439%) SpecFlow
General
1 24 (58.54%) Telecoms
2 9 (21.95%) Billing
3 3 (7.317%) Games
3 3 (7.317%) Retail
4 2 (4.878%) Banking
5 1 (2.439%) Finance
5 1 (2.439%) Advertising
5 1 (2.439%) Investment Banking
5 1 (2.439%) General Ledger
5 1 (2.439%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 15 (36.59%) Architect
2 10 (24.39%) Project Manager
3 6 (14.63%) Telecoms Project Manager
3 6 (14.63%) Solutions Architect
4 5 (12.20%) OSS Project Manager
5 3 (7.317%) Test Leader
6 2 (4.878%) Senior Architect
6 2 (4.878%) OSS Architect
6 2 (4.878%) Business Analyst
6 2 (4.878%) Analyst
6 2 (4.878%) Technical Architect
6 2 (4.878%) Consultant
7 1 (2.439%) Recruitment Consultant
7 1 (2.439%) Infrastructure Project Manager
7 1 (2.439%) Programme Manager
7 1 (2.439%) Developer
7 1 (2.439%) RAN Engineer
7 1 (2.439%) Designer
7 1 (2.439%) Telecoms Business Analyst
7 1 (2.439%) Integration Architect
Miscellaneous
1 3 (7.317%) Digital Media
2 2 (4.878%) Data Integration
2 2 (4.878%) Management Information System
3 1 (2.439%) Mathematics
3 1 (2.439%) Physics
3 1 (2.439%) Computer Science
3 1 (2.439%) Embedded Systems
3 1 (2.439%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (17.07%) CRM
1 7 (17.07%) Migration
1 7 (17.07%) Agile Software Development
2 5 (12.20%) Programme Management
2 5 (12.20%) PRINCE2
2 5 (12.20%) Project Management
3 4 (9.756%) Quality Management
3 4 (9.756%) Change Control
4 3 (7.317%) Test Scripting
4 3 (7.317%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (4.878%) TDD
5 2 (4.878%) Zachman Framework
5 2 (4.878%) TOGAF
5 2 (4.878%) SOA
5 2 (4.878%) UML
5 2 (4.878%) Enterprise Architecture
5 2 (4.878%) Data Migration
6 1 (2.439%) Data Mapping
6 1 (2.439%) Revenue Management
6 1 (2.439%) BDD
Programming Languages
1 2 (4.878%) C#
2 1 (2.439%) C
Qualifications
1 4 (9.756%) Degree
1 4 (9.756%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
2 1 (2.439%) HND
2 1 (2.439%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.439%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (2.439%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (4.878%) Siebel
1 2 (4.878%) Huawei
2 1 (2.439%) Oracle
2 1 (2.439%) Microsoft
2 1 (2.439%) Nokia
2 1 (2.439%) Remedy
2 1 (2.439%) Amdocs