The first table below looks at the demand for SGSN skills in IT jobs advertised for the South East region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited SGSN 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 South East region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Serving GPRS Support Node (SGSN)
Rank 428 446 432
Rank change year-on-year
+18 -14
Permanent jobs citing SGSN 6 2 6
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South East 0.027% 0.008% 0.025%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.116% 0.038% 0.125%
Number of salaries quoted 0 1 1
Average salary - £37,000 £50,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -26.00%
UK excluding London average salary - £40,000 £39,000
% change year-on-year
- +2.56%
All Communications & Networking
South East
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
5182 5271 4806
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South East 23.49% 22.06% 20.19%
Number of salaries quoted 4134 4404 4007
Average salary £40,000 £42,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-4.76% +5.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £27,500 £25,600
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
SGSN
England

SGSN
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East SGSN Jobs Demand Trend

SGSN
Salary Trend

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

South East SGSN Salary Trend

SGSN
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SGSN within the South East region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Berkshire +23 6 - - 1
SGSN
England

SGSN
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the South East region citing SGSN 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 SGSN.

1 23 (67.65%) Telecoms
2 22 (64.71%) GGSN
3 19 (55.88%) Nokia Siemens Networks
4 13 (38.24%) GSM
5 12 (35.29%) UMTS
6 10 (29.41%) 3GPP
6 10 (29.41%) MGW
7 9 (26.47%) SLA
8 8 (23.53%) ATM
8 8 (23.53%) Wireless
9 6 (17.65%) GPRS
9 6 (17.65%) Root Cause Analysis
10 5 (14.71%) LAN
10 5 (14.71%) UNIX
10 5 (14.71%) Linux
10 5 (14.71%) WAN
10 5 (14.71%) Problem Management
11 4 (11.76%) Legal
11 4 (11.76%) 3G
11 4 (11.76%) SS7
11 4 (11.76%) Solaris
11 4 (11.76%) VoIP
11 4 (11.76%) Oracle
12 3 (8.824%) Windows
12 3 (8.824%) Oracle 8/8i
12 3 (8.824%) SAN
12 3 (8.824%) X-Windows
12 3 (8.824%) Megaco
12 3 (8.824%) UTRAN
12 3 (8.824%) Veritas

SGSN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the South East region citing SGSN 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 SGSN. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 3 (8.824%) X-Windows
2 1 (2.941%) STL
2 1 (2.941%) Boost C++ Libraries
Communications & Networking
1 22 (64.71%) GGSN
2 13 (38.24%) GSM
3 12 (35.29%) UMTS
4 10 (29.41%) 3GPP
4 10 (29.41%) MGW
5 8 (23.53%) ATM
5 8 (23.53%) Wireless
6 6 (17.65%) GPRS
7 5 (14.71%) LAN
7 5 (14.71%) WAN
8 4 (11.76%) 3G
8 4 (11.76%) SS7
8 4 (11.76%) VoIP
9 3 (8.824%) SAN
9 3 (8.824%) Megaco
9 3 (8.824%) UTRAN
9 3 (8.824%) RTP
9 3 (8.824%) LTE
10 2 (5.882%) 2G
10 2 (5.882%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (8.824%) Oracle 8/8i
Development Applications
1 1 (2.941%) Subversion
1 1 (2.941%) Trac
1 1 (2.941%) GCC
1 1 (2.941%) GDB
General
1 23 (67.65%) Telecoms
2 4 (11.76%) Legal
3 2 (5.882%) Back Office
4 1 (2.941%) Military
Job Titles
1 17 (50.00%) Support Engineer
2 8 (23.53%) Network Engineer
2 8 (23.53%) Core Network Engineer
3 7 (20.59%) Network Support Engineer
3 7 (20.59%) Network Support
4 3 (8.824%) Systems Engineer
5 1 (2.941%) Software Engineer
5 1 (2.941%) Analyst
5 1 (2.941%) Test Analyst
5 1 (2.941%) C++ Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (2.941%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 5 (14.71%) UNIX
1 5 (14.71%) Linux
2 4 (11.76%) Solaris
3 3 (8.824%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (17.65%) Root Cause Analysis
2 5 (14.71%) Problem Management
3 1 (2.941%) OO
3 1 (2.941%) Network Design
3 1 (2.941%) Integration Testing
3 1 (2.941%) Test Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.941%) C++
1 1 (2.941%) Java
1 1 (2.941%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (2.941%) ISEB
1 1 (2.941%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (26.47%) SLA
Systems Management
1 1 (2.941%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 19 (55.88%) Nokia Siemens Networks
2 4 (11.76%) Oracle
3 3 (8.824%) Veritas
4 2 (5.882%) Cisco
5 1 (2.941%) Microsoft
5 1 (2.941%) HP
5 1 (2.941%) Alcatel-Lucent
5 1 (2.941%) Ericsson
Berkshire
Keywords: Problem Management, Analysis, report writing, Stakeholder management, RAN, Radio, Core Network, SGSN, GGSN, UMTS, GSM, Telco, Telecoms, OSS My client, a major telecommunications company, located in Berkshire...
TEKsystems
Salary: £40000 - £49000 per annum + Benefits + Bonuses
Posted: 17 June 2013