The first table below looks at the demand for SGSN 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 SGSN over the 3 months to 24 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Serving GPRS Support Node (SGSN)
Rank 209 224 243
Rank change year-on-year
+15 +19
Contract jobs citing SGSN 15 15 10
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 0.192% 0.148% 0.096%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.009% 0.700% 0.521%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 0
Average daily rate £300 £250 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+20.00% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £313 £240
% change year-on-year
-4.00% +30.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
Average hourly rate £37.50 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 - £22.25
All Communications & Networking
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
1487 2143 1920
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 19.08% 21.12% 18.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 573 627 668
Average daily rate £320 £325 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-1.53% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £165 £188 £203
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £440 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £338 £325
% change year-on-year
-6.66% +3.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 160 187 236
Average hourly rate £25.00 £32.50 £26.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-23.07% +22.64%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.00 £13.50 £13.20
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £45.00 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.75 £25.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-17.00% -9.09%
SGSN
England

SGSN
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East 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 South East region.

South East 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 South East region.

South East SGSN Hourly Rate Trend

SGSN
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SGSN within the South East region over the 3 months to 24 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 +12 12 £300 +20.00%
Surrey - 3 - -
SGSN
England

SGSN
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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 19 (90.48%) GGSN
2 16 (76.19%) Telecoms
3 13 (61.90%) Nokia Siemens Networks
4 8 (38.10%) Product Marketing
4 8 (38.10%) Continuous Improvement
4 8 (38.10%) Root Cause Analysis
4 8 (38.10%) Marketing
4 8 (38.10%) 3G
5 7 (33.33%) LTE
6 4 (19.05%) Degree
6 4 (19.05%) HTTP
6 4 (19.05%) Cisco
6 4 (19.05%) Linux
7 3 (14.29%) OO
7 3 (14.29%) OOD
7 3 (14.29%) GSM
7 3 (14.29%) PBX
7 3 (14.29%) C
7 3 (14.29%) C++
7 3 (14.29%) STL
7 3 (14.29%) UMTS
7 3 (14.29%) VoIP
7 3 (14.29%) MPLS
7 3 (14.29%) UNIX
7 3 (14.29%) Nokia
7 3 (14.29%) Subversion
7 3 (14.29%) Boost C++ Libraries
7 3 (14.29%) GCC
7 3 (14.29%) GDB
7 3 (14.29%) Trac

SGSN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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.

Application Development
1 3 (14.29%) STL
1 3 (14.29%) Boost C++ Libraries
2 1 (4.762%) XML
Applications
1 1 (4.762%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 19 (90.48%) GGSN
2 8 (38.10%) 3G
3 7 (33.33%) LTE
4 4 (19.05%) HTTP
5 3 (14.29%) GSM
5 3 (14.29%) PBX
5 3 (14.29%) UMTS
5 3 (14.29%) VoIP
5 3 (14.29%) MPLS
5 3 (14.29%) Asterisk PBX
6 2 (9.524%) Radio Access Network
6 2 (9.524%) SS7
6 2 (9.524%) DNS
6 2 (9.524%) 3GPP
6 2 (9.524%) Packet Switching
7 1 (4.762%) 4G
7 1 (4.762%) Firewall
7 1 (4.762%) 2G
7 1 (4.762%) RANAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.762%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 3 (14.29%) Subversion
1 3 (14.29%) GCC
1 3 (14.29%) GDB
1 3 (14.29%) Trac
General
1 16 (76.19%) Telecoms
2 8 (38.10%) Marketing
3 1 (4.762%) Legal
Job Titles
1 3 (14.29%) Software Engineer
1 3 (14.29%) Design Engineer
1 3 (14.29%) Network Engineer
2 2 (9.524%) Databuild Engineer
3 1 (4.762%) Support Engineer
3 1 (4.762%) Security Consultant
3 1 (4.762%) Consultant
Operating Systems
1 4 (19.05%) Linux
2 3 (14.29%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (38.10%) Product Marketing
1 8 (38.10%) Continuous Improvement
1 8 (38.10%) Root Cause Analysis
2 3 (14.29%) OO
2 3 (14.29%) OOD
3 2 (9.524%) Migration
3 2 (9.524%) Configuration Management
4 1 (4.762%) Validation
4 1 (4.762%) Problem Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (14.29%) C
1 3 (14.29%) C++
2 1 (4.762%) Perl
2 1 (4.762%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (19.05%) Degree
2 2 (9.524%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (9.524%) CCNP
3 1 (4.762%) HNC
3 1 (4.762%) HND
3 1 (4.762%) CCDP
3 1 (4.762%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.762%) SLA
Vendors
1 13 (61.90%) Nokia Siemens Networks
2 4 (19.05%) Cisco
3 3 (14.29%) Nokia
4 2 (9.524%) Ericsson
Guildford, Surrey
Keywords:- Software Engineer, Software Developer, Telecoms, Datacoms, C++, Linux, STL, GCC, Make, GDB, GSM, UMTS, LTE, System Design, MAP, CAMEL, Boost, HLR, Auc, MSC, VLR, SMSC, SGSN, GGSN,...
Spectrum IT Recruitment (South) Ltd
Rate: £35 - £40 per hour
Posted: 22 May 2013