Serving GPRS Support Node (SGSN)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for SGSN skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited SGSN over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 588 714 840
Rank change year-on-year +126 +126 -177
Contract jobs citing SGSN 10 5 9
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.023% 0.008% 0.010%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.18% 0.068% 0.093%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 3 0
10th Percentile - £411 -
25th Percentile - £447 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £513 -
Median % change year-on-year -21.95% - -
75th Percentile £488 £519 -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median daily rate £400 £513 -
% change year-on-year -21.95% - -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

SGSN is in the Communications and Computer Networking category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 5,616 7,369 9,710
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 12.97% 12.32% 10.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,363 4,796 6,383
10th Percentile £205 £231 £230
25th Percentile £350 £400 £384
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £519 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.59% +3.80% +11.11%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £606
90th Percentile £700 £725 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £475 £438
% change year-on-year - +8.57% +9.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 420 481 362
10th Percentile £13.50 £9.80 £14.82
25th Percentile £17.00 £10.63 £17.00
Median hourly rate £38.00 £19.00 £28.33
Median % change year-on-year +100.00% -32.93% -0.60%
75th Percentile £62.50 £60.50 £50.77
90th Percentile £67.75 £75.00 £66.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.88 £18.50 £21.50
% change year-on-year +148.00% -13.95% -14.00%

SGSN
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing SGSN as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for SGSN in the UK

SGSN
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SGSN.

Daily rate trend for SGSN in the UK

SGSN
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SGSN.

Hourly rate trend for SGSN in the UK

SGSN
Top 3 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SGSN within the UK over the 6 months to 27 April 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +133 10 £400 -21.95%
UK excluding London +71 10 £400 -21.95%
South East +32 10 £400 -21.95%

SGSN
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 1 (10.00%) Oracle Spatial
Applications
1 4 (40.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (40.00%) Microsoft Office
1 4 (40.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Communications & Networking
1 7 (70.00%) Diameter Protocol
1 7 (70.00%) GGSN
2 4 (40.00%) 3G
2 4 (40.00%) 4G
2 4 (40.00%) 5G
2 4 (40.00%) DNS
2 4 (40.00%) LTE
2 4 (40.00%) Radio Access Network
2 4 (40.00%) RANAP
2 4 (40.00%) VoLTE
2 4 (40.00%) Wireshark
3 3 (30.00%) IPsec
4 1 (10.00%) HTTP
4 1 (10.00%) Internet
4 1 (10.00%) RNC
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (10.00%) GIS
1 1 (10.00%) Spatial Data
General
1 8 (80.00%) Telecoms
2 7 (70.00%) Social Skills
3 4 (40.00%) Multimedia
3 4 (40.00%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (30.00%) Tester
2 2 (20.00%) Migration Engineer
2 2 (20.00%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (10.00%) OpenLayers
Miscellaneous
1 1 (10.00%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 2 (20.00%) Android
2 1 (10.00%) Unix
2 1 (10.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (40.00%) Computer Science
1 4 (40.00%) Customer Experience
1 4 (40.00%) Network Architecture
1 4 (40.00%) Performance Improvement
1 4 (40.00%) Statistics
2 3 (30.00%) Functional Testing
2 3 (30.00%) Non-Functional Testing
2 3 (30.00%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (20.00%) Migration
4 1 (10.00%) API Development
4 1 (10.00%) Capacity Planning
4 1 (10.00%) Change Management
4 1 (10.00%) Incident Management
4 1 (10.00%) ITIL
4 1 (10.00%) Problem Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (10.00%) Java
1 1 (10.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (10.00%) Python
1 1 (10.00%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 4 (40.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 4 (40.00%) Degree
2 3 (30.00%) CCNA
2 3 (30.00%) CCNP
2 3 (30.00%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (10.00%) SC Cleared
3 1 (10.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 4 (40.00%) Empirix
1 4 (40.00%) NetScout
2 3 (30.00%) Ericsson
3 2 (20.00%) Apple
4 1 (10.00%) Mapinfo
4 1 (10.00%) Nokia
4 1 (10.00%) Oracle