Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table looks at the demand for BSS skills in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited BSS over the 3 months to 3 July 2009 with a comparison to the same period last year. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Communications & Networking category.

LinkBase Station Subsystem (BSS)
Location
3 months to
3 Jul 2009
Same period last year
Rank570691
Rank change on the same period last yearUp+121
Matching permanent IT job ads54262
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK0.079 %0.131 %
As % of the Communications & Networking category0.475 %0.760 %
Salaries quoted39213
Average salary£45,000£55,000
Average salary % change on the same period last year-18.18 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£37,500£36,300
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£75,000£75,000
UK excluding London average salary£45,000£55,000
% change on same period last year-18.18 %
IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingAll Communications & Networking
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
1136834491
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK16.70 %17.29 %
Salaries quoted936129130
Average salary£37,500£38,000
Average salary % change on the same period last year-1.310 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£25,000£24,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£60,000£60,000
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£35,000

BSS
Demand Trend

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

BSS Demand Trend

BSS
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing BSS within the UK.

BSS Salary Trend

BSS
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing BSS over the 3 months to 3 July 2009 within the UK.

BSS Salary Histogram

BSS
Top 25 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 UK over the 3 months to 3 July 2009. 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
EnglandUp+13545£45,000-18.18 %
LondonUp+16015£47,500-13.63 %
South EastUp+8613£68,750+25.00 %
BerkshireUp+688£70,000+21.73 %
North WestUp+1366--
City of LondonUp+1046£40,000-20.79 %
West MidlandsNew entry-6£42,500-
WarwickshireNew entry-5£42,500-
East of EnglandUp+934£37,500-55.88 %
CambridgeshireUp+723£37,500-16.66 %
WalesUp+303£75,000+25.00 %
South WalesUp+243£75,000+25.00 %
NewportUp+23£75,000+25.00 %
West SussexNew entry-3£31,000-
CambridgeUp+542£37,500-16.66 %
RugbyNew entry-2£43,750-
South WestUp+1001£45,000+25.00 %
HertfordshireUp+581£45,000-47.05 %
MaidenheadUp+111£75,000+30.43 %
ScotlandNew entry-1£37,500-
West LothianNew entry-1£37,500-
WiltshireNew entry-1£45,000-
BedfordshireNew entry-1£45,000-
LivingstonNew entry-1£37,500-
BracknellNew entry-1£67,500-

BSS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 3 July 2009, IT jobs within the UK 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.

1119 (80.41 %)Telecoms
229 (19.59 %)GSM
324 (16.22 %)Billing
418 (12.16 %)C
418 (12.16 %)Oracle
418 (12.16 %)UNIX
516 (10.81 %)3G
614 (9.459 %)2G
614 (9.459 %)Wireless
713 (8.784 %)Degree
812 (8.108 %)Netcool
812 (8.108 %)MPLS
812 (8.108 %)Multimedia
812 (8.108 %)WiMAX
911 (7.432 %)NGN
911 (7.432 %)Arabic Language
911 (7.432 %)French Language
911 (7.432 %)Service Delivery
911 (7.432 %)SQL
911 (7.432 %)UMTS
911 (7.432 %)CRM
1010 (6.757 %)Project Management
1010 (6.757 %)SMS
1010 (6.757 %)VDSL
119 (6.081 %)Cramer
119 (6.081 %)Solaris
119 (6.081 %)Linux
128 (5.405 %)GPRS
137 (4.730 %)Ericsson
137 (4.730 %)ITIL

BSS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 3 July 2009, IT jobs within the UK 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.

IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
13 (2.027 %).NET
22 (1.351 %)EJB
22 (1.351 %)WebServices
22 (1.351 %)Flash
22 (1.351 %)JMS
22 (1.351 %)LAMP
31 (0.676 %)Spring
31 (0.676 %)Java SE
31 (0.676 %)WebSphere
31 (0.676 %)Adobe Flex
31 (0.676 %)Oracle Fusion
31 (0.676 %)EJB 3.0
31 (0.676 %)Middleware
31 (0.676 %)EDI
31 (0.676 %)WSDL
31 (0.676 %)J2EE
31 (0.676 %)Swing
31 (0.676 %)XML
31 (0.676 %)XSD
31 (0.676 %)JDBC
IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (1.351 %)WebLogic
12 (1.351 %)Apache
12 (1.351 %)Tomcat
IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
13 (2.027 %)MS Visio
13 (2.027 %)MS Excel
13 (2.027 %)MS Office
21 (0.676 %)MS Project
IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (0.676 %)Oracle Applications
IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
129 (19.59 %)GSM
216 (10.81 %)3G
314 (9.459 %)2G
314 (9.459 %)Wireless
412 (8.108 %)MPLS
412 (8.108 %)WiMAX
511 (7.432 %)NGN
511 (7.432 %)UMTS
610 (6.757 %)SMS
610 (6.757 %)VDSL
78 (5.405 %)GPRS
86 (4.054 %)CDMA
95 (3.378 %)RNC
103 (2.027 %)Firewall
103 (2.027 %)VoIP
112 (1.351 %)WAN
112 (1.351 %)LAN
112 (1.351 %)PBX
112 (1.351 %)DNS
112 (1.351 %)TCP/IP
IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
14 (2.703 %)MS Access
23 (2.027 %)BusinessObjects
23 (2.027 %)MySQL
32 (1.351 %)SQL Server
32 (1.351 %)RDBMS
41 (0.676 %)Oracle 10g
41 (0.676 %)ETL
41 (0.676 %)Oracle 8/8i
41 (0.676 %)Oracle 9i
IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (0.676 %)Subversion
11 (0.676 %)QuickTest Pro
11 (0.676 %)Ant
11 (0.676 %)JUnit
IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1119 (80.41 %)Telecoms
224 (16.22 %)Billing
312 (8.108 %)Multimedia
44 (2.703 %)Pensions
44 (2.703 %)Health
44 (2.703 %)Electronics
44 (2.703 %)Electric
52 (1.351 %)Marketing
52 (1.351 %)Government
52 (1.351 %)Advertising
61 (0.676 %)Finance
61 (0.676 %)Insurance
61 (0.676 %)Banking
IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
138 (25.68 %)Architect
230 (20.27 %)Solutions Architect
323 (15.54 %)BSS Engineer
413 (8.784 %)Support Engineer
512 (8.108 %)Consultant
611 (7.432 %)Design Engineer
611 (7.432 %)Analyst
710 (6.757 %)Sales Director
710 (6.757 %)Network Architect
88 (5.405 %)Business Analyst
88 (5.405 %)Enterprise Architect
97 (4.730 %)Delivery Manager
97 (4.730 %)OSS Architect
105 (3.378 %)Integration Manager
105 (3.378 %)Senior Solutions Architect
105 (3.378 %)Switch Engineer
105 (3.378 %)OSS Consultant
114 (2.703 %)Applications Support
114 (2.703 %)Technical Consultant
114 (2.703 %)Customer Engineer
IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
111 (7.432 %)Arabic Language
111 (7.432 %)French Language
22 (1.351 %)IPTV
22 (1.351 %)e-Health
22 (1.351 %)Management Information System
22 (1.351 %)Streaming Video
31 (0.676 %)NGOSS
31 (0.676 %)German Language
IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
118 (12.16 %)UNIX
29 (6.081 %)Solaris
29 (6.081 %)Linux
35 (3.378 %)Windows
42 (1.351 %)Windows Server 2003
42 (1.351 %)Red Hat Linux
42 (1.351 %)SUSE
51 (0.676 %)Windows XP
IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
111 (7.432 %)Service Delivery
111 (7.432 %)CRM
210 (6.757 %)Project Management
37 (4.730 %)ITIL
46 (4.054 %)Enterprise Architecture
46 (4.054 %)Programme Management
55 (3.378 %)Validation
55 (3.378 %)Supplier Management
55 (3.378 %)Configuration Management
55 (3.378 %)Service Management
55 (3.378 %)EAI
55 (3.378 %)SOA
55 (3.378 %)PRINCE2
64 (2.703 %)Disaster Recovery
64 (2.703 %)eTOM
64 (2.703 %)Migration
73 (2.027 %)Agile Software Development
73 (2.027 %)Use Case
73 (2.027 %)Performance Management
73 (2.027 %)CMMI
IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
118 (12.16 %)C
211 (7.432 %)SQL
35 (3.378 %)Java
44 (2.703 %)VB
44 (2.703 %)Perl
44 (2.703 %)PL/SQL
53 (2.027 %)PHP
62 (1.351 %)C#
62 (1.351 %)C++
71 (0.676 %)AWK
71 (0.676 %)Shell Script
71 (0.676 %)JavaScript
IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
113 (8.784 %)Degree
22 (1.351 %)RHCE
31 (0.676 %)MBA
31 (0.676 %)JNCIP
31 (0.676 %)SC Cleared
31 (0.676 %)Security Cleared
31 (0.676 %)Cisco Certification
31 (0.676 %)CCIE
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
15 (3.378 %)SLA
22 (1.351 %)QA
IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (0.676 %)VMware ESX
11 (0.676 %)Xen
11 (0.676 %)VMware Infrastructure
IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
112 (8.108 %)Netcool
26 (4.054 %)Netcool/Proviso
35 (3.378 %)OpenView
42 (1.351 %)TeMIP
51 (0.676 %)Tivoli
IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
118 (12.16 %)Oracle
29 (6.081 %)Cramer
37 (4.730 %)Ericsson
46 (4.054 %)HP
46 (4.054 %)Nokia
55 (3.378 %)Remedy
55 (3.378 %)Nortel
55 (3.378 %)Cisco
64 (2.703 %)Microsoft
64 (2.703 %)Mapinfo
73 (2.027 %)Red Hat
73 (2.027 %)Business Objects
82 (1.351 %)IBM
82 (1.351 %)Concord
91 (0.676 %)VMware
91 (0.676 %)Accenture
91 (0.676 %)Huawei
91 (0.676 %)Atos Origin
91 (0.676 %)Juniper
91 (0.676 %)BEA