The first table below looks at the demand for BSS skills in IT jobs advertised for the Reading region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited BSS over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Reading region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Base Station Subsystem (BSS)
Rank 124 - 114
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing BSS 15 0 7
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Reading 0.671% - 0.366%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.982% - 1.754%
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 5
Average salary - - £41,000
UK excluding London average salary £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year
+4.34% -4.16%
All Communications & Networking
Reading
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
757 627 399
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Reading 33.86% 26.66% 20.88%
Number of salaries quoted 587 466 329
Average salary £40,000 £45,000 £42,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-11.11% +7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £29,000 £26,900 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £60,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
BSS
Berkshire

BSS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Reading 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 Reading region.

Reading BSS Salary Trend

BSS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Reading 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 19 (63.33%) Telecoms
2 15 (50.00%) eTOM
3 13 (43.33%) Billing
4 12 (40.00%) ITIL
5 10 (33.33%) Huawei
6 9 (30.00%) Degree
6 9 (30.00%) CRM
7 7 (23.33%) ESB
8 6 (20.00%) Revenue Management
8 6 (20.00%) Product Management
9 5 (16.67%) Project Management
10 4 (13.33%) Business Analysis
11 3 (10.00%) User Acceptance Testing
11 3 (10.00%) Nokia Siemens Networks
12 2 (6.667%) Siebel
12 2 (6.667%) ERP
12 2 (6.667%) SOA
12 2 (6.667%) Broadband
12 2 (6.667%) Business Intelligence
12 2 (6.667%) IPv6
12 2 (6.667%) Internet
12 2 (6.667%) Convergys
12 2 (6.667%) MBA
12 2 (6.667%) Amdocs
12 2 (6.667%) Streaming Video
12 2 (6.667%) Network Planning
12 2 (6.667%) Cloud Computing
12 2 (6.667%) SaaS
12 2 (6.667%) PaaS
12 2 (6.667%) ZTE

BSS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Reading 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 7 (23.33%) ESB
2 2 (6.667%) Windows Azure
Applications
1 1 (3.333%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 2 (6.667%) Broadband
1 2 (6.667%) IPv6
1 2 (6.667%) Internet
1 2 (6.667%) Network Security
2 1 (3.333%) SIGTRAN
2 1 (3.333%) MGW
2 1 (3.333%) 3G
2 1 (3.333%) GSM
2 1 (3.333%) INAP
General
1 19 (63.33%) Telecoms
2 13 (43.33%) Billing
3 2 (6.667%) Multimedia
3 2 (6.667%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 16 (53.33%) Architect
2 10 (33.33%) Integration Architect
2 10 (33.33%) Systems Architect
2 10 (33.33%) Systems Integration Architect
3 8 (26.67%) Solutions Architect
4 4 (13.33%) Project Manager
5 3 (10.00%) Testing Manager
5 3 (10.00%) Test Manager
6 2 (6.667%) Consultant
6 2 (6.667%) Systems Integration Manager
6 2 (6.667%) Systems Manager
6 2 (6.667%) Principal Consultant
6 2 (6.667%) Integration Manager
6 2 (6.667%) Marketing Manager
6 2 (6.667%) Integration Project Manager
7 1 (3.333%) 3G Engineer
7 1 (3.333%) Voice Engineer
7 1 (3.333%) Principal Engineer
7 1 (3.333%) OSS Architect
7 1 (3.333%) Test Leader
Miscellaneous
1 2 (6.667%) Streaming Video
1 2 (6.667%) Cloud Computing
1 2 (6.667%) SaaS
1 2 (6.667%) PaaS
1 2 (6.667%) IaaS
1 2 (6.667%) Mobile App
1 2 (6.667%) Web 2.0
Operating Systems
1 2 (6.667%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (50.00%) eTOM
2 12 (40.00%) ITIL
3 9 (30.00%) CRM
4 6 (20.00%) Revenue Management
4 6 (20.00%) Product Management
5 5 (16.67%) Project Management
6 4 (13.33%) Business Analysis
7 3 (10.00%) User Acceptance Testing
8 2 (6.667%) ERP
8 2 (6.667%) SOA
8 2 (6.667%) Business Intelligence
8 2 (6.667%) Network Planning
8 2 (6.667%) Marketing Strategy
8 2 (6.667%) Strategic Planning
8 2 (6.667%) Agile Software Development
8 2 (6.667%) Business Development
9 1 (3.333%) Migration
Qualifications
1 9 (30.00%) Degree
2 2 (6.667%) MBA
Vendors
1 10 (33.33%) Huawei
2 3 (10.00%) Nokia Siemens Networks
3 2 (6.667%) Siebel
3 2 (6.667%) Convergys
3 2 (6.667%) Amdocs
3 2 (6.667%) ZTE
3 2 (6.667%) Comverse
3 2 (6.667%) Oracle