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This section looks at the demand for Serving GPRS Support Node (SGSN) skills across the UK with a comparison to our Communications & Networking category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT job ads that have cited SGSN over the 3 months to 4 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkServing GPRS Support Node (SGSN)
Location
3 months to 4 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank527618
Rank change on same period last yearUp+91
Matching contract IT job ads6131
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.080 %0.033 %
As % of the category below0.593 %0.233 %
Daily rates quoted32
Average minimum daily rate£450£250
Average daily rate£492£288
% change on same period last year+71.01 %
Average maximum daily rate£533£325
UK excluding London average daily rate£492£288
% change on same period last year+71.01 %
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--
% change on same period last year-
Communications & Networking UKCommunications & Networking
UK
Matching contract IT job ads1028313303
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled13.56 %14.11 %
Daily rates quoted28233227
Average minimum daily rate£336£350
Average daily rate£358£369
% change on same period last year-3.06 %
Average maximum daily rate£380£388
UK excluding London average daily rate£341£344
% change on same period last year-0.74 %
Hourly rates quoted12241649
Average minimum hourly rate£24.05£25.99
Average hourly rate£25.70£27.80
% change on same period last year-7.54 %
Average maximum hourly rate£27.35£29.61
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.58£28.53
% change on same period last year-10.35 %

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 the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing SGSN within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

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 within the UK.

SGSN Daily Rate Trend

SGSN
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing SGSN within the UK.

SGSN Hourly Rate Trend

SGSN
Top 12 Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT job ads citing SGSN within the UK over the 3 months to 4 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
EnglandUp+9361£492+71.01 %
South EastUp+7656£575+155.55 %
BerkshireUp+7847--
ReadingNew entry-14--
MaidenheadNew entry-12--
LondonUp+663--
HampshireNew entry-3--
SurreyUp+22--
M4 CorridorNew entry-2£575-
East of EnglandNew entry-1--
BasingstokeNew entry-1--
HertfordshireNew entry-1--

SGSN
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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.

158 (60.42 %)GGSN
252 (54.17 %)3G
349 (51.04 %)Nokia
444 (45.83 %)Telecoms
539 (40.63 %)Ericsson
632 (33.33 %)GPRS
728 (29.17 %)TCP/IP
826 (27.08 %)Siemens
922 (22.92 %)Front Office
922 (22.92 %)Cisco
922 (22.92 %)Auditing
1020 (20.83 %)Network Security
1118 (18.75 %)SS7
1217 (17.71 %)Packet Switching
1316 (16.67 %)SIGTRAN
1413 (13.54 %)3GPP
1413 (13.54 %)Network Design
1511 (11.46 %)Performance Management
1610 (10.42 %)2.5G
179 (9.375 %)Unix
179 (9.375 %)SLA
188 (8.333 %)Data Management
197 (7.292 %)GSM
206 (6.250 %)Configuration Management
206 (6.250 %)Project Management
215 (5.208 %)Progress
215 (5.208 %)MS PowerPoint
215 (5.208 %)Fault Management
224 (4.167 %)C
224 (4.167 %)Perl

SGSN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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
11 (1.042 %)WAP
11 (1.042 %)FIX Protocol
Applications
15 (5.208 %)MS PowerPoint
21 (1.042 %)MS Project
21 (1.042 %)MS Office
Communications & Networking
158 (60.42 %)GGSN
252 (54.17 %)3G
332 (33.33 %)GPRS
428 (29.17 %)TCP/IP
520 (20.83 %)Network Security
618 (18.75 %)SS7
717 (17.71 %)Packet Switching
816 (16.67 %)SIGTRAN
913 (13.54 %)3GPP
1010 (10.42 %)2.5G
117 (7.292 %)GSM
124 (4.167 %)DNS
124 (4.167 %)Internet
124 (4.167 %)Firewall
132 (2.083 %)Wireshark
132 (2.083 %)SMS
141 (1.042 %)VPN
141 (1.042 %)UTRAN
141 (1.042 %)LAN
141 (1.042 %)ATM
General
144 (45.83 %)Telecoms
222 (22.92 %)Front Office
222 (22.92 %)Auditing
32 (2.083 %)Finance
Job Titles
126 (27.08 %)Network Engineer
214 (14.58 %)Consultant
214 (14.58 %)Network Support
313 (13.54 %)Network Support Engineer
313 (13.54 %)Support Engineer
412 (12.50 %)Project Manager
510 (10.42 %)Design Engineer
68 (8.333 %)Architect
77 (7.292 %)Management Consultant
77 (7.292 %)Test Engineer
86 (6.250 %)Technical Consultant
94 (4.167 %)2nd Line Support
94 (4.167 %)Solutions Architect
103 (3.125 %)Integration Engineer
103 (3.125 %)Network Design Engineer
103 (3.125 %)Server Engineer
103 (3.125 %)Telecoms Project Manager
111 (1.042 %)Switch Engineer
111 (1.042 %)Performance Engineer
111 (1.042 %)Network Architect
Miscellaneous
12 (2.083 %)Statistics
21 (1.042 %)PMI
Operating Systems
19 (9.375 %)Unix
21 (1.042 %)Solaris
21 (1.042 %)Linux
Processes & Methodologies
113 (13.54 %)Network Design
211 (11.46 %)Performance Management
38 (8.333 %)Data Management
46 (6.250 %)Configuration Management
46 (6.250 %)Project Management
55 (5.208 %)Fault Management
62 (2.083 %)Migration
71 (1.042 %)ITIL
71 (1.042 %)PRINCE2
71 (1.042 %)PRINCE
71 (1.042 %)Performance Testing
71 (1.042 %)Software Testing
Programming Languages
14 (4.167 %)C
14 (4.167 %)Perl
14 (4.167 %)AWK
Qualifications
11 (1.042 %)CCNP
11 (1.042 %)CCNA
11 (1.042 %)Cisco Certification
11 (1.042 %)PRINCE2 Certification
11 (1.042 %)JNCIA
11 (1.042 %)JNCIS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
19 (9.375 %)SLA
Vendors
149 (51.04 %)Nokia
239 (40.63 %)Ericsson
326 (27.08 %)Siemens
422 (22.92 %)Cisco
55 (5.208 %)Progress
63 (3.125 %)Nortel
71 (1.042 %)Juniper
71 (1.042 %)Agilent
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