The first table below looks at the demand for BSS skills in IT jobs advertised for the Hampshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited BSS over the 3 months to 24 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 of the Communications & Networking category for the Hampshire region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Base Station Subsystem (BSS)
Rank 174 168 -
Rank change year-on-year
-6 -
Permanent jobs citing BSS 7 9 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Hampshire 0.203% 0.235% -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.854% 1.053% -
Number of salaries quoted 1 5 0
Average salary £60,000 £42,500 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
+41.17% -
UK excluding London average salary £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year
+4.34% -4.16%
All Communications & Networking
Hampshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
820 855 696
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Hampshire 23.75% 22.28% 19.18%
Number of salaries quoted 656 753 564
Average salary £38,500 £41,000 £39,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.09% +5.12%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £27,500 £27,000
10% offered a salary of more than £54,500 £55,000 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
BSS
South East

BSS
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing BSS across the Hampshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

Hampshire BSS Jobs Demand Trend

BSS
Salary Trend

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

Hampshire BSS Salary Trend

BSS
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing BSS within the Hampshire region over the 3 months to 24 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
Basingstoke -16 1 - -
BSS
South East

BSS
Top 29 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Hampshire 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.

1 16 (72.73%) Telecoms
2 10 (45.45%) Degree
3 9 (40.91%) Network Planning
3 9 (40.91%) Network Security
3 9 (40.91%) Network Architecture
3 9 (40.91%) Broadband
3 9 (40.91%) IPv6
4 6 (27.27%) ITIL
4 6 (27.27%) eTOM
5 5 (22.73%) Huawei
6 4 (18.18%) ESB
6 4 (18.18%) Business Analysis
6 4 (18.18%) User Acceptance Testing
6 4 (18.18%) Performance Testing
6 4 (18.18%) Integration Testing
6 4 (18.18%) Test Management
6 4 (18.18%) CRM
6 4 (18.18%) Test Strategy
7 1 (4.545%) Technical Architecture
7 1 (4.545%) Unified Communications
7 1 (4.545%) Migration
7 1 (4.545%) Programme Management
7 1 (4.545%) PRINCE2
7 1 (4.545%) VoIP
7 1 (4.545%) PMI
7 1 (4.545%) PMI Certification
7 1 (4.545%) MPLS
7 1 (4.545%) Project Management
7 1 (4.545%) Digital Media

BSS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Hampshire 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.

Application Platforms
1 4 (18.18%) ESB
Communications & Networking
1 9 (40.91%) Network Security
1 9 (40.91%) Broadband
1 9 (40.91%) IPv6
2 1 (4.545%) Unified Communications
2 1 (4.545%) VoIP
2 1 (4.545%) MPLS
General
1 16 (72.73%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 9 (40.91%) Principal Consultant
1 9 (40.91%) Consultant
2 7 (31.82%) Architect
3 4 (18.18%) Test Manager
3 4 (18.18%) Solutions Architect
4 3 (13.64%) Integration Architect
5 2 (9.091%) Project Manager
5 2 (9.091%) Systems Integration Architect
5 2 (9.091%) Systems Architect
6 1 (4.545%) Telecoms Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (4.545%) PMI
1 1 (4.545%) Digital Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (40.91%) Network Planning
1 9 (40.91%) Network Architecture
2 6 (27.27%) ITIL
2 6 (27.27%) eTOM
3 4 (18.18%) Business Analysis
3 4 (18.18%) User Acceptance Testing
3 4 (18.18%) Performance Testing
3 4 (18.18%) Integration Testing
3 4 (18.18%) Test Management
3 4 (18.18%) CRM
3 4 (18.18%) Test Strategy
4 1 (4.545%) Technical Architecture
4 1 (4.545%) Migration
4 1 (4.545%) Programme Management
4 1 (4.545%) PRINCE2
4 1 (4.545%) Project Management
Qualifications
1 10 (45.45%) Degree
2 1 (4.545%) PMI Certification
Vendors
1 5 (22.73%) Huawei