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 South Wales region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited BSS over the 3 months to 19 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 South Wales region.

 Base Station Subsystem (BSS)
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank6768-
Rank change year-on-year
Up+1New entry-
Matching permanent IT job ads620
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in South Wales0.840 %0.271 %-
As % of the Communications & Networking category5.042 %1.504 %-
Salaries quoted620
Average salary£50,000£75,000-
Average salary % change year-on-year
-33.33 %-
UK excluding London average salary£50,000£54,250£45,000
% change year-on-year
-7.830 %+20.55 %
South Wales IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryAll Communications & Networking
South Wales
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
119133236
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in South Wales16.67 %18.00 %18.66 %
Salaries quoted109120220
Average salary£34,250£35,000£35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-2.140 %-
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£25,000£22,000£25,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£50,000£47,500£47,500
UK excluding London average salary£37,500£35,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
+7.140 %-
BSS WalesBSS
Wales

BSS
Demand Trend

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

South Wales 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 South Wales region.

South Wales 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 South Wales region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
NewportUp+216£50,000-33.33 %
BSS WalesBSS
Wales

BSS
Top 15 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs across the South Wales 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.

18 (100.00 %)Telecoms
26 (75.00 %)Service Management
35 (62.50 %)Technical Architecture
35 (62.50 %)OpenView
35 (62.50 %)BMC
35 (62.50 %)Tivoli
35 (62.50 %)Micromuse
35 (62.50 %)BMC PATROL
35 (62.50 %)Remedy
42 (25.00 %)Project Management
42 (25.00 %)HP Quality Center
42 (25.00 %)Test Management
51 (12.50 %)Open Source
51 (12.50 %)Lucent
51 (12.50 %)Alcatel

BSS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs across the South Wales 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.

South Wales IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
18 (100.00 %)Telecoms
South Wales IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
16 (75.00 %)OSS Engineer
16 (75.00 %)Principal Engineer
22 (25.00 %)Test Manager
South Wales IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
11 (12.50 %)Open Source
South Wales IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
16 (75.00 %)Service Management
25 (62.50 %)Technical Architecture
32 (25.00 %)Test Management
32 (25.00 %)Project Management
South Wales IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
15 (62.50 %)OpenView
15 (62.50 %)Tivoli
15 (62.50 %)BMC PATROL
22 (25.00 %)HP Quality Center
South Wales IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
15 (62.50 %)BMC
15 (62.50 %)Micromuse
15 (62.50 %)Remedy
21 (12.50 %)Lucent
21 (12.50 %)Alcatel