The first table below looks at the demand for SGSN 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 SGSN over the 3 months to 21 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Serving GPRS Support Node (SGSN)
Rank - 401 428
Contract jobs citing SGSN 0 4 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London - 0.015% 0.007%
As % of the Communications & Networking category - 0.108% 0.060%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 1
Average daily rate - - £375
UK excluding London average daily rate - £313 £240
% change year-on-year
- +30.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 - £22.25
All Communications & Networking
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
2881 3690 3332
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 13.08% 13.68% 10.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 1759 2243 1927
Average daily rate £400 £400 £388
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +3.22%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £238 £240
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £525 £525
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £335 £325
% change year-on-year
-5.97% +3.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 135 149 212
Average hourly rate £23.50 £22.50 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+4.44% +12.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.00 £15.00 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £135.00 £40.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.50 £25.75 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-16.50% -6.36%
SGSN
England

SGSN
Jobs Demand Trend

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

London SGSN Jobs Demand Trend

SGSN
Daily Rate Trend

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

London SGSN Daily Rate Trend

SGSN
Hourly Rate Trend

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

London SGSN Hourly Rate Trend

SGSN
Top 27 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London 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.

1 2 (100.00%) Solaris
1 2 (100.00%) Linux
1 2 (100.00%) CRM
1 2 (100.00%) ATM
1 2 (100.00%) GPRS
1 2 (100.00%) ISDN
1 2 (100.00%) LAN
1 2 (100.00%) UMTS
1 2 (100.00%) WAN
1 2 (100.00%) IBM
1 2 (100.00%) SAN
1 2 (100.00%) OSPF
1 2 (100.00%) BGP
1 2 (100.00%) EIGRP
1 2 (100.00%) IGRP
1 2 (100.00%) Wireless
1 2 (100.00%) Frame Relay
1 2 (100.00%) Telecoms
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco IPCC
1 2 (100.00%) IP Telephony
1 2 (100.00%) Network Design
1 2 (100.00%) Network Planning
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
1 2 (100.00%) GGSN
1 2 (100.00%) Network Architecture
1 2 (100.00%) Capacity Planning
1 2 (100.00%) Network Management

SGSN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London 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.

Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) ATM
1 2 (100.00%) GPRS
1 2 (100.00%) ISDN
1 2 (100.00%) LAN
1 2 (100.00%) UMTS
1 2 (100.00%) WAN
1 2 (100.00%) SAN
1 2 (100.00%) OSPF
1 2 (100.00%) BGP
1 2 (100.00%) EIGRP
1 2 (100.00%) IGRP
1 2 (100.00%) Wireless
1 2 (100.00%) Frame Relay
1 2 (100.00%) IP Telephony
1 2 (100.00%) GGSN
General
1 2 (100.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) IP Engineer
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Solaris
1 2 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) CRM
1 2 (100.00%) Network Design
1 2 (100.00%) Network Planning
1 2 (100.00%) Network Architecture
1 2 (100.00%) Capacity Planning
1 2 (100.00%) Network Management
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
Systems Management
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco IPCC
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) IBM