The first table below looks at the demand for BSS skills in IT jobs advertised for the South Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited BSS over the 3 months to 17 May 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 Yorkshire region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Base Station Subsystem (BSS)
Rank 73 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing BSS 3 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in South Yorkshire 0.417% - -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.679% - -
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 0
Average salary £60,000 - -
UK excluding London average salary £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year
+4.34% -4.16%
All Communications & Networking
South Yorkshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
112 186 124
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in South Yorkshire 15.56% 19.54% 14.39%
Number of salaries quoted 90 150 100
Average salary £37,500 £35,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.14% -6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £21,500 £22,000 £23,000
10% offered a salary of more than £68,000 £67,000 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £39,750 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-0.62% +6.66%
BSS
Yorkshire

BSS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South Yorkshire 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 South Yorkshire region.

South Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 17 May 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
Sheffield - 3 £60,000 -
BSS
Yorkshire

BSS
Top 7 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the South Yorkshire 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 16 (94.12%) Telecoms
1 16 (94.12%) TOGAF
2 12 (70.59%) Technical Architecture
3 10 (58.82%) Internet
3 10 (58.82%) Finance
4 1 (5.882%) VoIP
4 1 (5.882%) IPTV

BSS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the South Yorkshire 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.

Communications & Networking
1 10 (58.82%) Internet
2 1 (5.882%) VoIP
General
1 16 (94.12%) Telecoms
2 10 (58.82%) Finance
Job Titles
1 17 (100.00%) Architect
1 17 (100.00%) Solutions Architect
2 12 (70.59%) OSS Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.882%) IPTV
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (94.12%) TOGAF
2 12 (70.59%) Technical Architecture