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The table below looks at the demand for Serving GPRS Support Node (SGSN) skills within the M4 Corridor 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 1 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkServing GPRS Support Node (SGSN)
Location
3 months to
1 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank16-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads10
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.002 %0.000 %
As % of the category below3.030 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
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-
M4 Corridor IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
M4 Corridor
Matching contract IT job ads3321
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.052 %0.022 %
Daily rates quoted41
Average minimum daily rate£380£400
Average daily rate£470£400
% change on same period last year+17.50 %
Average maximum daily rate£560£400
UK excluding London average daily rate£347£336
% change on same period last year+3.00 %
Hourly rates quoted10
Average minimum hourly rate£38.00-
Average hourly rate£38.00-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£38.00-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.77£28.62
% change on same period last year-2.99 %
SGSN South EastSGSN
South East

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 M4 Corridor region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

M4 Corridor 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 M4 Corridor region.

M4 Corridor SGSN Daily Rate Trend

SGSN
Top 11 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 1 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the M4 Corridor 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.

11 (100.00 %)Packet Switching
11 (100.00 %)TCP/IP
11 (100.00 %)Cisco
11 (100.00 %)Nokia
11 (100.00 %)Siemens
11 (100.00 %)3G
11 (100.00 %)Configuration Management
11 (100.00 %)SS7
11 (100.00 %)SIGTRAN
11 (100.00 %)GGSN
11 (100.00 %)Fault Management

SGSN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 1 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the M4 Corridor 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.

M4 Corridor IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (100.00 %)Packet Switching
11 (100.00 %)TCP/IP
11 (100.00 %)3G
11 (100.00 %)SS7
11 (100.00 %)SIGTRAN
11 (100.00 %)GGSN
M4 Corridor IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
11 (100.00 %)Switch Engineer
M4 Corridor IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (100.00 %)Configuration Management
11 (100.00 %)Fault Management
M4 Corridor IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (100.00 %)Cisco
11 (100.00 %)Nokia
11 (100.00 %)Siemens