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This section looks at the demand for Base Station Subsystem (BSS) skills within the North West 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 last 3 months to 16 May 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkBase Station Subsystem (BSS)
Location
3 months to 16 May 2008Same period last year
Rank273286
Rank change on same period last yearUp+13
Matching permanent IT job ads36
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.001 %0.003 %
As % of the category below0.127 %0.289 %
Salaries quoted26
Average minimum salary£57,000£49,167
Average salary£83,500£61,250
% change on same period last year+36.32 %
Average maximum salary£110,000£73,333
UK excluding London average salary£51,973£53,833
% change on same period last year-3.45 %
Communications & Networking North WestCommunications & Networking
North West
Matching permanent IT job ads23622076
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled1.158 %0.919 %
Salaries quoted20331807
Average minimum salary£31,167£32,904
Average salary£33,606£35,377
% change on same period last year-5.00 %
Average maximum salary£36,046£37,851
UK excluding London average salary£37,693£39,086
% change on same period last year-3.56 %
BSS EnglandBSS
England

BSS
Demand Trend

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

North West BSS Demand Trend

BSS
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs ads citing BSS across the North West region.

North West BSS Salary Trend

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 North West region over the past 3 months.

RankLocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
1CheshireUp+53£83,500+75.78 %
BSS EnglandBSS
England

BSS
Top 17 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the North West region citing BSS also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing BSS.

13 (33.33 %)Project Management
13 (33.33 %)CRM
13 (33.33 %)Billing
13 (33.33 %)Degree
22 (22.22 %)3G
22 (22.22 %)Telecoms
31 (11.11 %)Programme Management
31 (11.11 %)N-Tier
31 (11.11 %)MS Visio
31 (11.11 %)Microsoft
31 (11.11 %)PRINCE
31 (11.11 %)MS Project
31 (11.11 %)MS Office
31 (11.11 %)PRINCE2
31 (11.11 %)MS Excel
31 (11.11 %)MS PowerPoint
31 (11.11 %)Marketing

BSS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the North West region citing BSS also mentioned the following skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing BSS. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications
11 (11.11 %)MS Project
11 (11.11 %)MS Office
11 (11.11 %)MS Excel
11 (11.11 %)MS Visio
11 (11.11 %)MS PowerPoint
Communications & Networking
12 (22.22 %)3G
General
13 (33.33 %)Billing
22 (22.22 %)Telecoms
31 (11.11 %)Marketing
Job Titles
14 (44.44 %)Technical Engineer
22 (22.22 %)Consultant
22 (22.22 %)Procurement Consultant
31 (11.11 %)Sales Manager
31 (11.11 %)Technical Manager
31 (11.11 %)Project Manager
Miscellaneous
11 (11.11 %)N-Tier
Processes & Methodologies
13 (33.33 %)CRM
13 (33.33 %)Project Management
21 (11.11 %)Programme Management
21 (11.11 %)PRINCE
21 (11.11 %)PRINCE2
Qualifications
13 (33.33 %)Degree
Vendors
11 (11.11 %)Microsoft
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