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This section looks at the demand for Base Station Subsystem (BSS) skills within the South Wales 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 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkBase Station Subsystem (BSS)
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank78-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching permanent IT job ads90
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.005 %0.000 %
As % of the category below3.346 %0.000 %
Salaries quoted90
Average minimum salary£56,667-
Average salary£58,111-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum salary£59,556-
UK excluding London average salary£54,973£58,918
% change on same period last year-6.69 %
South Wales IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
South Wales
Matching permanent IT job ads269262
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.142 %0.107 %
Salaries quoted258237
Average minimum salary£36,215£32,402
Average salary£39,381£35,814
% change on same period last year+9.96 %
Average maximum salary£42,548£39,225
UK excluding London average salary£37,397£39,734
% change on same period last year-5.88 %
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
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing BSS across the South Wales region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

South Wales BSS Salary Histogram

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 South Wales region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
NewportNew entry-9£58,111-
BSS WalesBSS
Wales

BSS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, 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.

15 (55.56 %)Telecoms
24 (44.44 %)Project Management
33 (33.33 %)Risk Management
33 (33.33 %)PRINCE2
33 (33.33 %)IPTV
42 (22.22 %)Oracle
42 (22.22 %)VoIP
42 (22.22 %)INAP
42 (22.22 %)Service Management
42 (22.22 %)ISUP
51 (11.11 %)SCCP
51 (11.11 %)TCAP
51 (11.11 %)Firewall
51 (11.11 %)Advertising
51 (11.11 %)Cramer
51 (11.11 %)Streaming Video
51 (11.11 %)Multimedia
51 (11.11 %)WAN
51 (11.11 %)Cisco
51 (11.11 %)BEA
51 (11.11 %)Shell Script
51 (11.11 %)MGCP
51 (11.11 %)VXML
51 (11.11 %)WebLogic
51 (11.11 %)XML
51 (11.11 %)PL/SQL
51 (11.11 %)SQL
51 (11.11 %)J2EE
51 (11.11 %)UNIX
51 (11.11 %)Windows

BSS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, 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, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (11.11 %)J2EE
11 (11.11 %)XML
11 (11.11 %)VXML
South Wales IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (11.11 %)WebLogic
11 (11.11 %)Apache
11 (11.11 %)Tomcat
11 (11.11 %)Oracle 10gAS
South Wales IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (22.22 %)VoIP
12 (22.22 %)ISUP
12 (22.22 %)INAP
21 (11.11 %)Firewall
21 (11.11 %)VLAN
21 (11.11 %)NGN
21 (11.11 %)SCCP
21 (11.11 %)LAN
21 (11.11 %)SMS
21 (11.11 %)WAN
21 (11.11 %)MGCP
21 (11.11 %)TCAP
South Wales IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (11.11 %)Oracle 9i
South Wales IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
15 (55.56 %)Telecoms
21 (11.11 %)Advertising
21 (11.11 %)Multimedia
South Wales IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
14 (44.44 %)Consultant
23 (33.33 %)Project Manager
23 (33.33 %)PRINCE2 Project Manager
23 (33.33 %)OSS Project Manager
32 (22.22 %)OSS Consultant
32 (22.22 %)Test Manager
32 (22.22 %)Senior Consultant
41 (11.11 %)Solutions Consultant
41 (11.11 %)OSS Engineer
41 (11.11 %)Support Engineer
41 (11.11 %)Test Consultant
41 (11.11 %)Integration Engineer
South Wales IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
13 (33.33 %)IPTV
21 (11.11 %)Streaming Video
South Wales IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (11.11 %)UNIX
11 (11.11 %)Windows
South Wales IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
14 (44.44 %)Project Management
23 (33.33 %)Risk Management
23 (33.33 %)PRINCE2
32 (22.22 %)Service Management
41 (11.11 %)Web Development
41 (11.11 %)Unit Testing
South Wales IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (11.11 %)PL/SQL
11 (11.11 %)SQL
11 (11.11 %)Shell Script
South Wales IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
12 (22.22 %)Oracle
21 (11.11 %)Cisco
21 (11.11 %)BEA
21 (11.11 %)Cramer
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