Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for BSS skills in IT jobs advertised for the Manchester region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited BSS over the 3 months to 18 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Communications & Networking category for the Manchester region.

 Base Station Subsystem (BSS)
Location
3 months to
18 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank131-190
Rank change year-on-year
New entry-No change0
Matching permanent IT job ads701
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Manchester0.260 %-0.018 %
As % of the Communications & Networking category2.288 %-0.103 %
Salaries quoted701
Average salary£37,500-£46,500
UK excluding London average salary£50,000£51,750£45,000
% change year-on-year
-3.380 %+15.00 %
Manchester IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryAll Communications & Networking
Manchester
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
306504970
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Manchester11.35 %18.56 %17.07 %
Salaries quoted267424858
Average salary£27,500£32,000£33,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-14.06 %-3.030 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£20,750£22,600£22,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£45,000£47,500£55,000
UK excluding London average salary£37,500£35,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
+7.140 %-
BSS North WestBSS
North West

BSS
Demand Trend

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

Manchester 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 Manchester region.

Manchester BSS Salary Trend

BSS
Top 13 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 March 2010, IT jobs across the Manchester 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.

112 (100.00 %)Telecoms
211 (91.67 %)Degree
310 (83.33 %).NET
310 (83.33 %)N-Tier
41 (8.333 %)PRINCE
41 (8.333 %)Project Management
41 (8.333 %)ITIL
41 (8.333 %)PRINCE2
41 (8.333 %)UML
41 (8.333 %)ERP
41 (8.333 %)User Acceptance Testing
41 (8.333 %)Billing
41 (8.333 %)Business Analysis

BSS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 March 2010, IT jobs across the Manchester 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.

Manchester IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
110 (83.33 %).NET
Manchester IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
112 (100.00 %)Telecoms
21 (8.333 %)Billing
Manchester IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
111 (91.67 %)Analyst
111 (91.67 %)Systems Analyst
111 (91.67 %)Telecoms Analyst
27 (58.33 %)Architect
27 (58.33 %)Solutions Architect
27 (58.33 %)Systems Architect
36 (50.00 %)OSS Architect
43 (25.00 %)Solutions Designer
43 (25.00 %)Designer
43 (25.00 %)Systems Designer
51 (8.333 %)Business Systems Analyst
51 (8.333 %)Delivery Project Manager
51 (8.333 %)IT Project Manager
51 (8.333 %)Project Manager
51 (8.333 %)Business Analyst
51 (8.333 %)Telecoms Business Analyst
51 (8.333 %)OSS Project Manager
51 (8.333 %)Delivery Manager
Manchester IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
110 (83.33 %)N-Tier
Manchester IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
11 (8.333 %)PRINCE
11 (8.333 %)Project Management
11 (8.333 %)ITIL
11 (8.333 %)PRINCE2
11 (8.333 %)UML
11 (8.333 %)ERP
11 (8.333 %)User Acceptance Testing
11 (8.333 %)Business Analysis
Manchester IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
111 (91.67 %)Degree