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This section looks at the demand for Serving GPRS Support Node (SGSN) 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 SGSN over the 3 months to 21 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkServing GPRS Support Node (SGSN)
Location
3 months to
21 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank250-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching permanent IT job ads80
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.004 %0.000 %
As % of the category below0.307 %0.000 %
Salaries quoted10
Average minimum salary£30,000-
Average salary£37,500-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum salary£45,000-
UK excluding London average salary£46,800£30,000
% change on same period last year+56.00 %
Berkshire IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
Berkshire
Matching permanent IT job ads26093269
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled1.404 %1.363 %
Salaries quoted22512600
Average minimum salary£38,986£39,866
Average salary£42,287£43,141
% change on same period last year-1.97 %
Average maximum salary£45,588£46,415
UK excluding London average salary£37,584£39,545
% change on same period last year-4.96 %
SGSN South EastSGSN
South East

SGSN
Demand Trend

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

Berkshire SGSN Demand Trend

SGSN
Salary Trend

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

Berkshire SGSN Salary Trend

SGSN
Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SGSN within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 21 August 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
NewburyNew entry-1£37,500-
SGSN South EastSGSN
South East

SGSN
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT jobs across the Berkshire 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 IT job ads sampled that cited SGSN.

116 (84.21 %)GGSN
215 (78.95 %)3G
310 (52.63 %)GPRS
49 (47.37 %)RIP
49 (47.37 %)DNS
49 (47.37 %)MPLS
49 (47.37 %)OSPF
49 (47.37 %)ATM
49 (47.37 %)Firewall
49 (47.37 %)Validation
49 (47.37 %)RANAP
57 (36.84 %)Government
57 (36.84 %)Migration
57 (36.84 %)Project Management
57 (36.84 %)TCP/IP
57 (36.84 %)3GPP
57 (36.84 %)UNIX
66 (31.58 %)Perl
66 (31.58 %)AWK
66 (31.58 %)2.5G
66 (31.58 %)Wireshark
73 (15.79 %)Performance Management
82 (10.53 %)DHCP
82 (10.53 %)Statistics
82 (10.53 %)Billing
91 (5.263 %)SIGTRAN
91 (5.263 %)Telecoms
91 (5.263 %)Project Planning
91 (5.263 %)Pensions
91 (5.263 %)Multimedia

SGSN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT jobs across the Berkshire 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 IT job ads sampled that cited SGSN. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Berkshire IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
116 (84.21 %)GGSN
215 (78.95 %)3G
310 (52.63 %)GPRS
49 (47.37 %)RIP
49 (47.37 %)MPLS
49 (47.37 %)OSPF
49 (47.37 %)RANAP
49 (47.37 %)ATM
49 (47.37 %)DNS
49 (47.37 %)Firewall
57 (36.84 %)TCP/IP
57 (36.84 %)3GPP
66 (31.58 %)2.5G
66 (31.58 %)Wireshark
72 (10.53 %)DHCP
81 (5.263 %)SS7
81 (5.263 %)SIGTRAN
Berkshire IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
17 (36.84 %)Government
22 (10.53 %)Billing
31 (5.263 %)Pensions
31 (5.263 %)Multimedia
31 (5.263 %)Telecoms
Berkshire IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
19 (47.37 %)Architect
19 (47.37 %)Network Architect
27 (36.84 %)Network Operator
36 (31.58 %)Consultant
43 (15.79 %)Management Consultant
52 (10.53 %)Solutions Architect
52 (10.53 %)Technical Specialist
Berkshire IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12 (10.53 %)Statistics
Berkshire IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
17 (36.84 %)UNIX
Berkshire IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
19 (47.37 %)Validation
27 (36.84 %)Migration
27 (36.84 %)Project Management
33 (15.79 %)Performance Management
41 (5.263 %)Project Planning
Berkshire IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
16 (31.58 %)Perl
16 (31.58 %)AWK
Berkshire IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (5.263 %)TIBCO