Berkshire GGSN Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for Gateway GPRS Support Node (GGSN) skills within the Berkshire region with a comparison to our Communications & Networking category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited GGSN over the 3 months to 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Gateway GPRS Support Node (GGSN)
Location Berkshire England Guildford London Reading South East Surrey Thames Valley UK	3 months to 21 Nov 2008	Same period last year
Rank	237	280
Rank change on same period last year	+43
Matching permanent IT job ads	3	6
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled	0.002 %	0.003 %
As % of the category below	0.141 %	0.203 %
Salaries quoted	2	5
Average minimum salary	£30,000	£31,400
Average salary	£39,500	£41,200
% change on same period last year	-4.12 %
Average maximum salary	£49,000	£51,000
UK excluding London average salary	£73,429	£41,200
% change on same period last year	+78.22 %
Communications & Networking Berkshire
Matching permanent IT job ads	2134	2962
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled	1.377 %	1.326 %
Salaries quoted	1750	2330
Average minimum salary	£38,859	£39,456
Average salary	£42,329	£42,800
% change on same period last year	-1.10 %
Average maximum salary	£45,799	£46,144
UK excluding London average salary	£37,824	£38,320
% change on same period last year	-1.29 %
GGSN South East

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Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing GGSN across the Berkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

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Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing GGSN across the Berkshire region.

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Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing GGSN across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 21 November 2008.

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Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing GGSN within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 21 November 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.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Permanent IT Job Ads	Average Salary Last 3 Months	Average Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year
Reading	-	1	-	-

GGSN South East

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT jobs across the Berkshire region citing GGSN 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 IT job ads sampled that cited GGSN.

1 14 (87.50 %) 3G 2 9 (56.25 %) GPRS 2 9 (56.25 %) SGSN 3 7 (43.75 %) UNIX 3 7 (43.75 %) 3GPP 4 6 (37.50 %) TCP/IP 4 6 (37.50 %) Perl 4 6 (37.50 %) Ericsson 4 6 (37.50 %) Telecoms 4 6 (37.50 %) 2.5G 4 6 (37.50 %) AWK 4 6 (37.50 %) Wireshark 5 5 (31.25 %) Nokia 6 3 (18.75 %) Performance Management 7 2 (12.50 %) Degree

7 2 (12.50 %) Advertising 7 2 (12.50 %) Software Engineering 7 2 (12.50 %) Marketing 7 2 (12.50 %) Internet 7 2 (12.50 %) BEA 7 2 (12.50 %) MIDP 7 2 (12.50 %) UIQ 7 2 (12.50 %) WebLogic 7 2 (12.50 %) SMS 7 2 (12.50 %) LDAP 7 2 (12.50 %) SOA 7 2 (12.50 %) ATM 7 2 (12.50 %) Bluetooth 7 2 (12.50 %) Broadband 7 2 (12.50 %) WAP

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT jobs across the Berkshire region citing GGSN also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited GGSN. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 2 (12.50 %) WAP 1 2 (12.50 %) MIDP 1 2 (12.50 %) UIQ	Application Platforms 1 2 (12.50 %) WebLogic
Communications & Networking 1 14 (87.50 %) 3G 2 9 (56.25 %) GPRS 2 9 (56.25 %) SGSN 3 7 (43.75 %) 3GPP 4 6 (37.50 %) TCP/IP 4 6 (37.50 %) 2.5G 4 6 (37.50 %) Wireshark 5 2 (12.50 %) Internet 5 2 (12.50 %) SMS 5 2 (12.50 %) LDAP 5 2 (12.50 %) ATM 5 2 (12.50 %) Bluetooth 5 2 (12.50 %) Broadband 6 1 (6.250 %) RIP 6 1 (6.250 %) RANAP 6 1 (6.250 %) DNS 6 1 (6.250 %) MPLS 6 1 (6.250 %) OSPF 6 1 (6.250 %) SS7 6 1 (6.250 %) Firewall	General 1 6 (37.50 %) Telecoms 2 2 (12.50 %) Advertising 2 2 (12.50 %) Marketing 3 1 (6.250 %) Government
Job Titles 1 6 (37.50 %) Consultant 2 5 (31.25 %) Support Engineer 3 3 (18.75 %) Architect 3 3 (18.75 %) Management Consultant 4 2 (12.50 %) Solutions Architect 5 1 (6.250 %) Network Engineer 5 1 (6.250 %) Technical Specialist 5 1 (6.250 %) Network Architect 5 1 (6.250 %) Network Operator 5 1 (6.250 %) Core Network Engineer	Operating Systems 1 7 (43.75 %) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies 1 3 (18.75 %) Performance Management 2 2 (12.50 %) Software Engineering 2 2 (12.50 %) SOA 3 1 (6.250 %) Project Management 3 1 (6.250 %) Validation 3 1 (6.250 %) Migration 3 1 (6.250 %) Project Planning	Programming Languages 1 6 (37.50 %) Perl 1 6 (37.50 %) AWK
Qualifications 1 2 (12.50 %) Degree	Vendors 1 6 (37.50 %) Ericsson 2 5 (31.25 %) Nokia 3 2 (12.50 %) BEA