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This section looks at the demand for Base Station Subsystem (BSS) skills within the England 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 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkBase Station Subsystem (BSS)
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank658635
Rank change on same period last yearDown-23
Matching permanent IT job ads258366
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.136 %0.150 %
As % of the category below0.823 %0.969 %
Salaries quoted210314
Average minimum salary£49,360£53,292
Average salary£55,047£58,579
% change on same period last year-6.03 %
Average maximum salary£60,734£63,866
UK excluding London average salary£54,973£58,918
% change on same period last year-6.69 %
England IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
England
Matching permanent IT job ads3135237785
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled16.55 %15.47 %
Salaries quoted2678230618
Average minimum salary£37,564£39,261
Average salary£40,446£42,249
% change on same period last year-4.26 %
Average maximum salary£43,327£45,236
UK excluding London average salary£37,397£39,734
% change on same period last year-5.88 %
BSS UKBSS
UK

BSS
Demand Trend

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

England 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 England region.

England BSS Salary Trend

BSS
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing BSS across the England region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

England BSS Salary Histogram

BSS
Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing BSS within the England region over the 3 months to 25 July 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
LondonUp+43117£55,534-4.87 %
South EastUp+5114£52,661-11.42 %
East of EnglandDown-1911£68,909+33.93 %
South WestDown-19£49,500-14.47 %
MidlandsUp+224£82,500+40.42 %
West MidlandsNew entry-2£33,000-
North WestUp+81£119,500+77.15 %
BSS UKBSS
UK

BSS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT jobs across the England 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.

1336 (70.89 %)Telecoms
2176 (37.13 %)Billing
3118 (24.89 %)CRM
490 (18.99 %)Project Management
586 (18.14 %)Java
679 (16.67 %)UNIX
776 (16.03 %)Oracle
869 (14.56 %)SQL
957 (12.03 %)Broadband
1051 (10.76 %)Degree
1150 (10.55 %)J2EE
1243 (9.072 %)PRINCE2
1342 (8.861 %)IPTV
1441 (8.650 %)Perl
1540 (8.439 %)Finance
1638 (8.017 %)Solaris
1638 (8.017 %)Internet
1735 (7.384 %)C
1834 (7.173 %)Process Management
1933 (6.962 %)User Acceptance Testing
2032 (6.751 %)Marketing
2032 (6.751 %)Siebel
2131 (6.540 %)Linux
2131 (6.540 %)PMI Certification
2230 (6.329 %)VoIP
2329 (6.118 %)PMI
2329 (6.118 %)XML
2329 (6.118 %)Cramer
2329 (6.118 %)Business Analysis
2427 (5.696 %)Amdocs

BSS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT jobs across the England 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.

England IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
150 (10.55 %)J2EE
229 (6.118 %)XML
315 (3.165 %)WebServices
48 (1.688 %)Hibernate
48 (1.688 %)Spring
57 (1.477 %).NET
65 (1.055 %)CPAN
74 (0.844 %)Middleware
74 (0.844 %)MVC
74 (0.844 %)EJB
83 (0.633 %)JSP
83 (0.633 %)Struts
83 (0.633 %)VXML
92 (0.422 %)ASP
92 (0.422 %)ASP.NET
101 (0.211 %)HTML
101 (0.211 %)SOAP
101 (0.211 %)XSD
101 (0.211 %)XSLT
101 (0.211 %)J2ME
England IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
121 (4.430 %)WebLogic
214 (2.954 %)Apache
312 (2.532 %)WebLogic Portal
410 (2.110 %)Portal Infranet
59 (1.899 %)MQSeries
61 (0.211 %)SharePoint
61 (0.211 %)BizTalk Server
61 (0.211 %)IIS
61 (0.211 %)WebSphere Application Server
England IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
115 (3.165 %)MS Visio
213 (2.743 %)MS Project
39 (1.899 %)MS Excel
42 (0.422 %)AutoCAD
51 (0.211 %)MS PowerPoint
51 (0.211 %)MS Office
England IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
110 (2.110 %)Singl.eView
23 (0.633 %)Pivotal CRM
31 (0.211 %)SAP HR
England IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
157 (12.03 %)Broadband
238 (8.017 %)Internet
330 (6.329 %)VoIP
422 (4.641 %)3G
521 (4.430 %)Wireless
521 (4.430 %)LLU
612 (2.532 %)LDAP
79 (1.899 %)X.500
87 (1.477 %)2G
96 (1.266 %)RNC
96 (1.266 %)NGN
105 (1.055 %)2.5G
105 (1.055 %)SDH
105 (1.055 %)SAN
105 (1.055 %)Network Security
114 (0.844 %)MPLS
123 (0.633 %)VPN
123 (0.633 %)TCAP
123 (0.633 %)ISUP
123 (0.633 %)SCCP
England IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
19 (1.899 %)SQL Server
19 (1.899 %)RDBMS
27 (1.477 %)MySQL
35 (1.055 %)Datawarehouse
44 (0.844 %)Oracle 8/8i
52 (0.422 %)ETL
52 (0.422 %)BusinessObjects
61 (0.211 %)Oracle 10g
England IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (0.211 %)LoadRunner
England IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1336 (70.89 %)Telecoms
2176 (37.13 %)Billing
340 (8.439 %)Finance
432 (6.751 %)Marketing
513 (2.743 %)Education
68 (1.688 %)Construction
68 (1.688 %)Banking
77 (1.477 %)Retail
85 (1.055 %)Music
85 (1.055 %)Games
93 (0.633 %)Multimedia
93 (0.633 %)Advertising
93 (0.633 %)Government
93 (0.633 %)Back Office
102 (0.422 %)Electronics
102 (0.422 %)Automotive
102 (0.422 %)Pensions
111 (0.211 %)Insurance
111 (0.211 %)Health
England IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
178 (16.46 %)Project Manager
271 (14.98 %)Consultant
367 (14.14 %)Architect
453 (11.18 %)Analyst
549 (10.34 %)Business Analyst
645 (9.494 %)OSS Consultant
736 (7.595 %)OSS Architect
824 (5.063 %)Solutions Architect
923 (4.852 %)Senior Manager
1021 (4.430 %)Applications Support
1120 (4.219 %)Business Consultant
1120 (4.219 %)OSS Project Manager
1218 (3.797 %)Senior Project Manager
1218 (3.797 %)Test Manager
1317 (3.586 %)Support Engineer
1317 (3.586 %)Administrator
1415 (3.165 %)Developer
1513 (2.743 %)Senior Consultant
1612 (2.532 %)Applications Specialist
1711 (2.321 %)Product Manager
England IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
142 (8.861 %)IPTV
229 (6.118 %)PMI
322 (4.641 %)DTV
322 (4.641 %)Management Information System
414 (2.954 %)NGOSS
512 (2.532 %)Computer Science
64 (0.844 %)Streaming Video
73 (0.633 %)PACS
73 (0.633 %)NHS
82 (0.422 %)Handset
82 (0.422 %)Video Conferencing
91 (0.211 %)Data Integration
91 (0.211 %)N-Tier
England IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
179 (16.67 %)UNIX
238 (8.017 %)Solaris
331 (6.540 %)Linux
418 (3.797 %)Windows
58 (1.688 %)FreeBSD
63 (0.633 %)Windows 2000
71 (0.211 %)AIX
71 (0.211 %)Windows XP
England IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1118 (24.89 %)CRM
290 (18.99 %)Project Management
343 (9.072 %)PRINCE2
434 (7.173 %)Process Management
533 (6.962 %)User Acceptance Testing
629 (6.118 %)Business Analysis
726 (5.485 %)PRINCE
821 (4.430 %)eTOM
920 (4.219 %)Supplier Management
1019 (4.008 %)Business Intelligence
1019 (4.008 %)CMMI
1118 (3.797 %)Data Modelling
1217 (3.586 %)Risk Management
1316 (3.376 %)Test Management
1415 (3.165 %)Change Management
1514 (2.954 %)Migration
1514 (2.954 %)Agile Software Development
1613 (2.743 %)Requirements Analysis
1613 (2.743 %)EAI
1613 (2.743 %)Configuration Management
England IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
186 (18.14 %)Java
269 (14.56 %)SQL
341 (8.650 %)Perl
435 (7.384 %)C
522 (4.641 %)C++
618 (3.797 %)PHP
715 (3.165 %)PL/SQL
89 (1.899 %)VB
94 (0.844 %)C#
103 (0.633 %)JavaScript
112 (0.422 %)Tcl
112 (0.422 %)Shell Script
England IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
151 (10.76 %)Degree
231 (6.540 %)PMI Certification
312 (2.532 %)NVQ Level 3
47 (1.477 %)PMP
56 (1.266 %)ISEB
65 (1.055 %)MBA
72 (0.422 %)PRINCE2 Certification
England IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
117 (3.586 %)SLA
29 (1.899 %)QA
England IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
18 (1.688 %)Netcool
26 (1.266 %)OpenView
31 (0.211 %)CiscoWorks
31 (0.211 %)TeMIP
31 (0.211 %)Netcool/Proviso
England IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
176 (16.03 %)Oracle
232 (6.751 %)Siebel
329 (6.118 %)Cramer
427 (5.696 %)Amdocs
524 (5.063 %)TIBCO
616 (3.376 %)Infovista
616 (3.376 %)Telcordia
715 (3.165 %)Cisco
814 (2.954 %)Convergys
913 (2.743 %)Remedy
913 (2.743 %)IBM
913 (2.743 %)PeopleSoft
913 (2.743 %)HP
1012 (2.532 %)Microsoft
118 (1.688 %)BT
127 (1.477 %)Ericsson
135 (1.055 %)Nokia
135 (1.055 %)Nortel
135 (1.055 %)BEA
144 (0.844 %)Cerillion
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