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The table below looks at the demand for Base Station Subsystem (BSS) skills within the City of London region with a comparison to our Communications & Networking category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited BSS over the 3 months to 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkBase Station Subsystem (BSS)
Location
3 months to
5 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank317325
Rank change on same period last yearUp+8
Matching permanent IT job ads2915
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.016 %0.006 %
As % of the category below1.029 %0.628 %
Salaries quoted297
Average minimum salary£43,655£34,286
Average salary£48,552£45,000
% change on same period last year+7.89 %
Average maximum salary£53,448£55,714
UK excluding London average salary£55,583£57,023
% change on same period last year-2.52 %
City of London IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
City of London
Matching permanent IT job ads28182388
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled1.559 %1.001 %
Salaries quoted24591862
Average minimum salary£45,013£45,092
Average salary£48,732£48,138
% change on same period last year+1.23 %
Average maximum salary£52,451£51,185
UK excluding London average salary£37,602£39,396
% change on same period last year-4.55 %
BSS LondonBSS
London

BSS
Demand Trend

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

City of London BSS Demand Trend

BSS
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing BSS across the City of London region.

City of London BSS Salary Trend

BSS
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing BSS across the City of London region over the 3 months to 5 September 2008.

City of London BSS Salary Histogram

BSS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT jobs across the City of London region citing BSS 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 BSS.

148 (94.12 %)Telecoms
231 (60.78 %)Billing
317 (33.33 %)CRM
414 (27.45 %)Marketing
513 (25.49 %)User Acceptance Testing
68 (15.69 %)Project Management
76 (11.76 %)PRINCE2
85 (9.804 %)SQL
94 (7.843 %)Finance
94 (7.843 %)Oracle
94 (7.843 %)IPTV
103 (5.882 %)LLU
103 (5.882 %)UNIX
103 (5.882 %)J2EE
103 (5.882 %)Perl
103 (5.882 %)ITIL
103 (5.882 %)ERP
103 (5.882 %)Amdocs
112 (3.922 %)Process Management
112 (3.922 %)Service Delivery
112 (3.922 %)Management Information System
112 (3.922 %)BT
112 (3.922 %)Education
112 (3.922 %)DTV
112 (3.922 %)X.500
112 (3.922 %)Internet
112 (3.922 %)Apache
112 (3.922 %)MQSeries
112 (3.922 %)LDAP
112 (3.922 %)MS Excel

BSS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT jobs across the City of London region citing BSS 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 BSS. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

City of London IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
13 (5.882 %)J2EE
21 (1.961 %)XML
21 (1.961 %)CPAN
City of London IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (3.922 %)WebLogic
12 (3.922 %)Apache
12 (3.922 %)MQSeries
City of London IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
12 (3.922 %)MS Excel
21 (1.961 %)AutoCAD
City of London IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
12 (3.922 %)Pivotal CRM
City of London IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
13 (5.882 %)LLU
22 (3.922 %)Internet
22 (3.922 %)LDAP
22 (3.922 %)VoIP
22 (3.922 %)X.500
31 (1.961 %)VPN
31 (1.961 %)ISDN
31 (1.961 %)SDH
31 (1.961 %)DWDM
31 (1.961 %)MPLS
31 (1.961 %)Network Security
City of London IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (3.922 %)SQL Server
21 (1.961 %)Datawarehouse
21 (1.961 %)MySQL
City of London IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
148 (94.12 %)Telecoms
231 (60.78 %)Billing
314 (27.45 %)Marketing
44 (7.843 %)Finance
52 (3.922 %)Education
61 (1.961 %)Pensions
City of London IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
127 (52.94 %)Business Analyst
127 (52.94 %)Analyst
27 (13.73 %)Project Manager
35 (9.804 %)Architect
44 (7.843 %)Delivery Manager
53 (5.882 %)OSS Architect
53 (5.882 %)Administrator
62 (3.922 %)Solutions Architect
62 (3.922 %)Applications Support
71 (1.961 %)Solutions Designer
71 (1.961 %)Consultant
71 (1.961 %)Systems Administrator
71 (1.961 %)Product Development Manager
71 (1.961 %)Business Manager
71 (1.961 %)Solaris Administrator
71 (1.961 %)Development Manager
71 (1.961 %)Systems Support
71 (1.961 %)Support Engineer
71 (1.961 %)Developer
71 (1.961 %)Systems Delivery Manager
City of London IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
14 (7.843 %)IPTV
22 (3.922 %)DTV
22 (3.922 %)Management Information System
31 (1.961 %)Video Conferencing
31 (1.961 %)PMI
City of London IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
13 (5.882 %)UNIX
22 (3.922 %)Solaris
31 (1.961 %)AIX
City of London IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
117 (33.33 %)CRM
213 (25.49 %)User Acceptance Testing
38 (15.69 %)Project Management
46 (11.76 %)PRINCE2
53 (5.882 %)ERP
53 (5.882 %)ITIL
62 (3.922 %)Web Development
62 (3.922 %)Resource Management
62 (3.922 %)Fault Management
62 (3.922 %)Process Management
62 (3.922 %)Service Delivery
62 (3.922 %)Programme Management
62 (3.922 %)Supplier Management
71 (1.961 %)Project Planning
71 (1.961 %)Software Engineering
71 (1.961 %)Business Analysis
71 (1.961 %)E-business
71 (1.961 %)Migration
71 (1.961 %)Data Modelling
71 (1.961 %)Business Intelligence
City of London IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
15 (9.804 %)SQL
23 (5.882 %)Perl
32 (3.922 %)VB
32 (3.922 %)C
32 (3.922 %)C++
32 (3.922 %)Java
City of London IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
11 (1.961 %)OpenView
11 (1.961 %)Netcool
City of London IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
14 (7.843 %)Oracle
23 (5.882 %)Amdocs
32 (3.922 %)BT
32 (3.922 %)Cisco
32 (3.922 %)IBM
41 (1.961 %)HP
41 (1.961 %)Convergys