The first table below looks at the demand for the OSS Engineer role in IT jobs advertised for the Berkshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited OSS Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 20 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 Job Titles advertised for the Berkshire region.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
OSS Engineer
Rank 211 203 180
Rank change year-on-year
-8 -23
Permanent jobs requiring an OSS Engineer 3 16 9
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Berkshire 0.058% 0.260% 0.177%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.062% 0.275% 0.188%
Number of salaries quoted 3 11 8
Average salary £60,000 £52,500 £57,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+14.28% -8.69%
UK excluding London average salary £61,250 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year
+16.66% -4.54%
All Job Titles
Berkshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
4850 5816 4775
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Berkshire 94.21% 94.54% 94.13%
Number of salaries quoted 3854 4955 3959
Average salary £43,000 £42,500 £42,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+1.17% +1.19%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £27,500 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £62,500 £62,500 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
OSS Engineer
South East

OSS Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing OSS Engineer across the Berkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Berkshire OSS Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

OSS Engineer
Salary Trend

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

Berkshire OSS Engineer Salary Trend

OSS Engineer
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing OSS Engineer within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 20 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Slough -9 1 £57,500 -
OSS Engineer
South East

OSS Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Berkshire region that cited OSS Engineer in their job title 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 with OSS Engineer in their job title.

1 7 (100.00%) Telecoms
2 4 (57.14%) Nokia
3 3 (42.86%) 3G
3 3 (42.86%) BSS
3 3 (42.86%) Radio Access Network
4 2 (28.57%) Capacity Management
4 2 (28.57%) Software Architecture
4 2 (28.57%) Nokia Siemens Networks
4 2 (28.57%) SIGTRAN
4 2 (28.57%) Validation
4 2 (28.57%) Integration Testing
4 2 (28.57%) Performance Management
4 2 (28.57%) MGW
4 2 (28.57%) Ericsson
4 2 (28.57%) Metrica
4 2 (28.57%) Siemens
4 2 (28.57%) UNIX
4 2 (28.57%) Perl
4 2 (28.57%) SQL
4 2 (28.57%) Cisco
4 2 (28.57%) IBM
4 2 (28.57%) Project Management
4 2 (28.57%) INAP
4 2 (28.57%) Network Design
4 2 (28.57%) Data Analysis
4 2 (28.57%) Huawei
5 1 (14.29%) Degree
5 1 (14.29%) Service Delivery
5 1 (14.29%) Management Information System
5 1 (14.29%) 2G

OSS Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Berkshire region that cited OSS Engineer in their job title 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 with OSS Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Business Applications
1 2 (28.57%) Metrica
Communications & Networking
1 3 (42.86%) 3G
1 3 (42.86%) BSS
1 3 (42.86%) Radio Access Network
2 2 (28.57%) SIGTRAN
2 2 (28.57%) MGW
2 2 (28.57%) INAP
3 1 (14.29%) 2G
3 1 (14.29%) GSM
3 1 (14.29%) WCDMA
General
1 7 (100.00%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Management Information System
1 1 (14.29%) e-Health
Operating Systems
1 2 (28.57%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (28.57%) Validation
1 2 (28.57%) Network Design
1 2 (28.57%) Data Analysis
1 2 (28.57%) Integration Testing
1 2 (28.57%) Performance Management
1 2 (28.57%) Software Architecture
1 2 (28.57%) Capacity Management
1 2 (28.57%) Project Management
2 1 (14.29%) Service Delivery
2 1 (14.29%) ITIL
2 1 (14.29%) Data Modelling
2 1 (14.29%) Software Deployment
Programming Languages
1 2 (28.57%) Perl
1 2 (28.57%) SQL
2 1 (14.29%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) Degree
Systems Management
1 1 (14.29%) Netcool
Vendors
1 4 (57.14%) Nokia
2 2 (28.57%) Siemens
2 2 (28.57%) Cisco
2 2 (28.57%) IBM
2 2 (28.57%) Huawei
2 2 (28.57%) Nokia Siemens Networks
2 2 (28.57%) Ericsson
3 1 (14.29%) CA
3 1 (14.29%) Infovista