The first table below looks at the demand for BSS skills in IT contracts advertised for the South East 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 South East 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 168 157 193
Rank change year-on-year
-11 +36
Contract jobs citing BSS 55 91 59
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 0.704% 0.896% 0.565%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 3.765% 4.235% 3.128%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 9 15
Average daily rate £439 £385 £290
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+13.96% +32.75%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £388 £362 £236
10% offered a daily rate of more than £530 £505 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £439 £375 £338
% change year-on-year
+17.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 0
Average hourly rate - £16.50 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £16.50 -
All Communications & Networking
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
1461 2149 1886
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 18.70% 21.16% 18.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 547 627 653
Average daily rate £315 £325 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.07% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £175 £190 £210
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £440 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £313 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-5.30% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 160 188 223
Average hourly rate £24.50 £32.50 £26.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-24.61% +22.64%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.00 £14.08 £13.93
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £45.00 £42.50
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 South East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

South East 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 South East region.

South East 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 South East region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

South East 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 South East region.

South East 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 South East 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
Berkshire -24 40 £439 +13.96%
Hampshire +7 15 - -
BSS
England

BSS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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 87 (82.08%) Telecoms
2 36 (33.96%) Billing
3 28 (26.42%) CRM
4 25 (23.58%) Business Analysis
5 23 (21.70%) Use Case
6 18 (16.98%) ITIL
6 18 (16.98%) UML
7 17 (16.04%) eTOM
8 11 (10.38%) Oracle
9 10 (9.434%) Project Management
9 10 (9.434%) Service Delivery
10 9 (8.491%) Migration
10 9 (8.491%) Radio Access Network
11 8 (7.547%) Business Transformation
11 8 (7.547%) ESB
11 8 (7.547%) Siebel
11 8 (7.547%) ISEB
12 7 (6.604%) 3G
12 7 (6.604%) Huawei
12 7 (6.604%) CBAP
13 6 (5.660%) TOGAF
13 6 (5.660%) B2B
14 5 (4.717%) PRINCE2
14 5 (4.717%) SOA
14 5 (4.717%) GSM
14 5 (4.717%) .NET
14 5 (4.717%) XML
14 5 (4.717%) Network Design
14 5 (4.717%) Integration Testing
14 5 (4.717%) Degree

BSS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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 5 (4.717%) XML
1 5 (4.717%) .NET
2 4 (3.774%) Silverlight
3 3 (2.830%) WCF
3 3 (2.830%) WPF
4 2 (1.887%) J2EE
4 2 (1.887%) Web Services
5 1 (0.943%) XSLT
5 1 (0.943%) WSDL
5 1 (0.943%) XML Schema
5 1 (0.943%) Middleware
5 1 (0.943%) .NET Framework
5 1 (0.943%) Oracle Fusion
Application Platforms
1 8 (7.547%) ESB
2 1 (0.943%) Oracle Coherence
Applications
1 3 (2.830%) MS Visio
2 2 (1.887%) MS Excel
2 2 (1.887%) MS PowerPoint
3 1 (0.943%) Maya
Business Applications
1 3 (2.830%) SAP HCM
2 2 (1.887%) Oracle BRM
2 2 (1.887%) CSG Singleview
2 2 (1.887%) Remedy ITSM
Communications & Networking
1 9 (8.491%) Radio Access Network
2 7 (6.604%) 3G
3 5 (4.717%) GSM
4 4 (3.774%) GPRS
5 3 (2.830%) HTTP
5 3 (2.830%) Wireless
5 3 (2.830%) Broadband
5 3 (2.830%) CDMA
5 3 (2.830%) UMTS
6 2 (1.887%) 2G
6 2 (1.887%) Ethernet
6 2 (1.887%) LTE
6 2 (1.887%) Unified Communications
7 1 (0.943%) Nokia NetAct
7 1 (0.943%) UTRAN
7 1 (0.943%) MPLS
7 1 (0.943%) VPN
7 1 (0.943%) Internet
7 1 (0.943%) WiMAX
7 1 (0.943%) RNC
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.830%) Oracle 10g
1 3 (2.830%) Oracle 11g
2 2 (1.887%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (0.943%) RDBMS
3 1 (0.943%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (0.943%) Oracle 8/8i
Development Applications
1 3 (2.830%) NUnit
1 3 (2.830%) Moq
2 1 (0.943%) Subversion
2 1 (0.943%) JIRA
General
1 87 (82.08%) Telecoms
2 36 (33.96%) Billing
3 2 (1.887%) Marketing
3 2 (1.887%) Finance
3 2 (1.887%) Banking
4 1 (0.943%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 44 (41.51%) Architect
2 35 (33.02%) Solutions Architect
3 24 (22.64%) Analyst
4 22 (20.75%) Business Analyst
5 14 (13.21%) Project Manager
6 11 (10.38%) OSS Architect
7 7 (6.604%) Developer
8 5 (4.717%) Designer
9 4 (3.774%) Test Leader
9 4 (3.774%) Senior Architect
9 4 (3.774%) Integration Project Manager
9 4 (3.774%) Senior Solutions Architect
9 4 (3.774%) Telecoms Business Analyst
9 4 (3.774%) Test Manager
9 4 (3.774%) Integration Manager
9 4 (3.774%) .NET Developer
10 3 (2.830%) Systems Architect
10 3 (2.830%) Consultant
10 3 (2.830%) Integration Architect
10 3 (2.830%) Solutions Designer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (3.774%) Enterprise Software
2 2 (1.887%) Computer Science
2 2 (1.887%) Client/Server
2 2 (1.887%) PMI
2 2 (1.887%) Management Information System
3 1 (0.943%) SecurID
3 1 (0.943%) Statistics
3 1 (0.943%) Mathematics
3 1 (0.943%) Physics
3 1 (0.943%) Video Conferencing
3 1 (0.943%) Digital Media
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.943%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (26.42%) CRM
2 25 (23.58%) Business Analysis
3 23 (21.70%) Use Case
4 18 (16.98%) ITIL
4 18 (16.98%) UML
5 17 (16.04%) eTOM
6 10 (9.434%) Project Management
6 10 (9.434%) Service Delivery
7 9 (8.491%) Migration
8 8 (7.547%) Business Transformation
9 6 (5.660%) B2B
9 6 (5.660%) TOGAF
10 5 (4.717%) Network Design
10 5 (4.717%) SOA
10 5 (4.717%) PRINCE2
10 5 (4.717%) Integration Testing
11 4 (3.774%) User Acceptance Testing
11 4 (3.774%) Product Management
11 4 (3.774%) Stakeholder Management
11 4 (3.774%) Network Planning
Programming Languages
1 4 (3.774%) C#
2 3 (2.830%) Perl
2 3 (2.830%) AWK
2 3 (2.830%) C
3 1 (0.943%) XPath
3 1 (0.943%) sed
3 1 (0.943%) Python
Qualifications
1 8 (7.547%) ISEB
2 7 (6.604%) CBAP
3 5 (4.717%) Degree
4 4 (3.774%) PMI Certification
5 3 (2.830%) PMP
6 1 (0.943%) HND
6 1 (0.943%) Siebel Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (2.830%) QA
Systems Management
1 2 (1.887%) Netcool
2 1 (0.943%) OpenView
Vendors
1 11 (10.38%) Oracle
2 8 (7.547%) Siebel
3 7 (6.604%) Huawei
4 4 (3.774%) HP
5 3 (2.830%) PeopleSoft
5 3 (2.830%) SAP
5 3 (2.830%) Microsoft
6 2 (1.887%) BMC
6 2 (1.887%) Cisco
6 2 (1.887%) Remedy
6 2 (1.887%) BT
7 1 (0.943%) OPNET
7 1 (0.943%) Cramer
7 1 (0.943%) Amdocs
7 1 (0.943%) Teradata
7 1 (0.943%) Redknee
7 1 (0.943%) NetCracker
7 1 (0.943%) EMC
7 1 (0.943%) Citrix
7 1 (0.943%) Genesys