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The table below looks at the demand for Base Station Subsystem (BSS) skills within the South 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 3 months to 8 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkBase Station Subsystem (BSS)
Location
3 months to
8 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank221255
Rank change on same period last yearUp+34
Matching permanent IT job ads314
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.017 %0.002 %
As % of the category below1.646 %0.231 %
Salaries quoted54
Average minimum salary£55,000£54,250
Average salary£58,900£57,875
% change on same period last year+1.77 %
Average maximum salary£62,800£61,500
UK excluding London average salary£55,428£57,194
% change on same period last year-3.08 %
South West IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
South West
Matching permanent IT job ads18831731
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled1.046 %0.729 %
Salaries quoted16561438
Average minimum salary£32,234£33,169
Average salary£35,231£36,134
% change on same period last year-2.49 %
Average maximum salary£38,228£39,098
UK excluding London average salary£37,613£39,408
% change on same period last year-4.55 %
BSS EnglandBSS
England

BSS
Demand Trend

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

South West 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 West region.

South West BSS Salary Trend

BSS
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing BSS across the South West region over the 3 months to 8 September 2008.

South West BSS Salary Histogram

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 West region over the 3 months to 8 September 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
WiltshireUp+14£60,667+4.82 %
BristolNew entry-3£56,250-
BSS EnglandBSS
England

BSS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 8 September 2008, IT jobs across the South West 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.

133 (91.67 %)Telecoms
217 (47.22 %)Project Management
314 (38.89 %)IPTV
49 (25.00 %)NGN
49 (25.00 %)Test Management
49 (25.00 %)CMMI
49 (25.00 %)VoIP
58 (22.22 %)ISEB
58 (22.22 %)PRINCE
58 (22.22 %)Broadband
58 (22.22 %)MGCP
58 (22.22 %)VXML
58 (22.22 %)TCAP
58 (22.22 %)ISUP
58 (22.22 %)SCCP
58 (22.22 %)INAP
58 (22.22 %)Multimedia
58 (22.22 %)LLU
58 (22.22 %)Advertising
58 (22.22 %)Streaming Video
67 (19.44 %)Cramer
67 (19.44 %)SMS
75 (13.89 %)CRM
75 (13.89 %)QA
84 (11.11 %)Java
84 (11.11 %)Oracle
93 (8.333 %)SQL
102 (5.556 %)J2EE
102 (5.556 %)C
102 (5.556 %)C++

BSS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 8 September 2008, IT jobs across the South West 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 West IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
18 (22.22 %)VXML
22 (5.556 %)J2EE
22 (5.556 %)EJB
22 (5.556 %)JSP
22 (5.556 %)Struts
22 (5.556 %)XML
South West IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
19 (25.00 %)VoIP
19 (25.00 %)NGN
28 (22.22 %)LLU
28 (22.22 %)MGCP
28 (22.22 %)TCAP
28 (22.22 %)ISUP
28 (22.22 %)SCCP
28 (22.22 %)INAP
28 (22.22 %)Broadband
37 (19.44 %)SMS
41 (2.778 %)UMTS
41 (2.778 %)GPRS
41 (2.778 %)ADSL
South West IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
133 (91.67 %)Telecoms
28 (22.22 %)Advertising
28 (22.22 %)Multimedia
32 (5.556 %)Finance
41 (2.778 %)Education
South West IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
119 (52.78 %)Consultant
217 (47.22 %)Test Manager
310 (27.78 %)OSS Consultant
49 (25.00 %)Senior Consultant
57 (19.44 %)Test Consultant
62 (5.556 %)Senior Developer
62 (5.556 %)Developer
62 (5.556 %)Architect
71 (2.778 %)Project Manager
71 (2.778 %)Programme Manager
71 (2.778 %)Technical Architect
71 (2.778 %)Solutions Architect
71 (2.778 %)Operations Manager
71 (2.778 %)Java Developer
71 (2.778 %)Senior Java Developer
71 (2.778 %)Senior Java/J2EE Developer
71 (2.778 %)Java/J2EE Developer
71 (2.778 %)OSS Programme Manager
71 (2.778 %)OSS Architect
South West IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
114 (38.89 %)IPTV
28 (22.22 %)Streaming Video
31 (2.778 %)DTV
South West IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
12 (5.556 %)UNIX
12 (5.556 %)Solaris
South West IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
117 (47.22 %)Project Management
29 (25.00 %)CMMI
29 (25.00 %)Test Management
38 (22.22 %)PRINCE
45 (13.89 %)CRM
52 (5.556 %)Regression Testing
61 (2.778 %)Migration
61 (2.778 %)Programme Management
61 (2.778 %)UML
61 (2.778 %)OOA/OOD
61 (2.778 %)OO
South West IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
14 (11.11 %)Java
23 (8.333 %)SQL
32 (5.556 %)Tcl
32 (5.556 %)PL/SQL
32 (5.556 %)C
32 (5.556 %)C++
41 (2.778 %)JavaScript
South West IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
18 (22.22 %)ISEB
21 (2.778 %)Degree
South West IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
15 (13.89 %)QA
South West IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
17 (19.44 %)Cramer
24 (11.11 %)Oracle
32 (5.556 %)TIBCO