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The first part of the table below 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 8 February 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.

LinkBase Station Subsystem (BSS)
Location
3 months to
8 Feb 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank571589570
Rank change year-on-year
Up+18Down-19
Matching permanent IT job ads92143424
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK0.117 %0.141 %0.213 %
As % of the Communications & Networking category0.812 %0.826 %1.280 %
Salaries quoted7298354
Average salary£48,750£62,500£45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-22.00 %+38.88 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£37,150£37,350£29,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£65,000£70,250£65,000
UK excluding London average salary£50,000£67,500£45,000
% change year-on-year
-25.92 %+50.00 %
IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryAll Communications & Networking
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
113301731333127
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK14.43 %17.03 %16.67 %
Salaries quoted94501482027285
Average salary£40,000£37,500£38,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.660 %-1.310 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£24,000£25,000£25,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£60,000£60,000£57,500
UK excluding London average salary£37,500£35,500£35,000
% change year-on-year
+5.630 %+1.420 %

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 8 February 2010 within the UK.

BSS Salary Histogram

BSS
Top 26 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 8 February 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
EnglandUp+1590£47,500-24.00 %
LondonUp+941£47,500-20.83 %
South EastUp+1028£50,000-25.92 %
BerkshireDown-626£65,000-3.70 %
MaidenheadUp+1014£65,000+73.33 %
City of LondonDown-510£47,500-34.48 %
North WestUp+448£37,500+15.38 %
ManchesterNew entry-8£37,500-
East MidlandsNew entry-6£34,000-
LeicestershireNew entry-6£34,000-
LeicesterNew entry-6£34,000-
BracknellUp+14£45,000-33.33 %
SurreyUp+312£50,000-
South WestUp+272£68,000+78.94 %
YorkshireNew entry-2£30,000-
West YorkshireNew entry-2£30,000-
HampshireUp+371£32,500+0.77 %
MiddlesexUp+251--
BristolUp+171--
CambridgeshireUp+151--
East of EnglandUp+131--
South WalesDown-51£50,000-25.92 %
WalesDown-71£50,000-25.92 %
West MidlandsNew entry-1£43,500-
WiltshireNew entry-1£68,000-
NewportNew entry-1£50,000-

BSS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 8 February 2010, 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.

1105 (63.64 %)Telecoms
255 (33.33 %)Billing
349 (29.70 %)CRM
439 (23.64 %)Oracle
538 (23.03 %)Java
635 (21.21 %)UNIX
729 (17.58 %)SQL
828 (16.97 %)Microsoft
925 (15.15 %)Remedy
1024 (14.55 %)UML
1122 (13.33 %)Project Management
1219 (11.52 %)EAI
1318 (10.91 %)MySQL
1318 (10.91 %)Internet
1417 (10.30 %)Cramer
1516 (9.697 %)ERP
1615 (9.091 %)HTML
1615 (9.091 %)PRINCE2
1615 (9.091 %)Business Analysis
1714 (8.485 %)Redknee
1714 (8.485 %)Web Services
1714 (8.485 %)PHP
1812 (7.273 %)Business Development
1911 (6.667 %)Windows
1911 (6.667 %)N-Tier
1911 (6.667 %)Linux
2010 (6.061 %)QuickTest Pro
2010 (6.061 %)Singl.eView
2010 (6.061 %)PMI Certification
2010 (6.061 %)QA

BSS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 8 February 2010, 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 Development CategoryApplication Development
115 (9.091 %)HTML
214 (8.485 %)Web Services
38 (4.848 %).NET
46 (3.636 %)Oracle Fusion
54 (2.424 %)Swing
54 (2.424 %)JMS
54 (2.424 %)XML
54 (2.424 %)EJB
54 (2.424 %)JDBC
54 (2.424 %)EJB 3.0
54 (2.424 %)Java SE
54 (2.424 %)WebSphere
54 (2.424 %)Spring
62 (1.212 %)ASP
62 (1.212 %)ASP.NET
62 (1.212 %)Ruby on Rails
71 (0.606 %)WSE
71 (0.606 %)EDI
71 (0.606 %)Middleware
IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
17 (4.242 %)WebLogic
24 (2.424 %)SharePoint
32 (1.212 %)SAP Portal
IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
19 (5.455 %)MS Office
24 (2.424 %)MS Excel
33 (1.818 %)MS Visio
IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
110 (6.061 %)Singl.eView
24 (2.424 %)Oracle Applications
24 (2.424 %)SAP CRM
33 (1.818 %)BusinessWare
42 (1.212 %)SAP R/3
42 (1.212 %)SalesLogix
42 (1.212 %)Changepoint
IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
118 (10.91 %)Internet
27 (4.242 %)LAN
34 (2.424 %)3G
43 (1.818 %)VPN
43 (1.818 %)DSL
52 (1.212 %)Intranet
52 (1.212 %)Wireless
52 (1.212 %)GSM
61 (0.606 %)RNC
61 (0.606 %)WiMAX
61 (0.606 %)2G
61 (0.606 %)Network Security
61 (0.606 %)HSPA
61 (0.606 %)GPRS
61 (0.606 %)SAN
61 (0.606 %)WCDMA
61 (0.606 %)SNMP
61 (0.606 %)TCP/IP
IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
118 (10.91 %)MySQL
28 (4.848 %)GIS
37 (4.242 %)BusinessObjects
45 (3.030 %)BODI
45 (3.030 %)Datawarehouse
54 (2.424 %)ETL
54 (2.424 %)Oracle 8/8i
62 (1.212 %)SAP BW
62 (1.212 %)OLAP
IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
110 (6.061 %)QuickTest Pro
24 (2.424 %)Ant
24 (2.424 %)JUnit
24 (2.424 %)Subversion
33 (1.818 %)WinRunner
IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
1105 (63.64 %)Telecoms
255 (33.33 %)Billing
39 (5.455 %)Pensions
48 (4.848 %)Health
55 (3.030 %)Multimedia
55 (3.030 %)Finance
64 (2.424 %)Banking
73 (1.818 %)Construction
82 (1.212 %)Electronics
82 (1.212 %)Government
91 (0.606 %)Education
IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
133 (20.00 %)Analyst
229 (17.58 %)Project Manager
326 (15.76 %)Consultant
421 (12.73 %)Developer
516 (9.697 %)OSS Project Manager
615 (9.091 %)OSS Consultant
714 (8.485 %)Designer
812 (7.273 %)Business Development Consultant
812 (7.273 %)Business Consultant
911 (6.667 %)Business Analyst
1010 (6.061 %)Test Manager
119 (5.455 %)Architect
119 (5.455 %)Solutions Architect
127 (4.242 %)Senior Analyst
127 (4.242 %)Principle Consultant
127 (4.242 %)QA Analyst
127 (4.242 %)Senior QA Analyst
127 (4.242 %)Telecoms Analyst
127 (4.242 %)Test Leader
127 (4.242 %)Systems Analyst
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
111 (6.667 %)N-Tier
28 (4.848 %)NGOSS
35 (3.030 %)PMI
42 (1.212 %)SCADA
51 (0.606 %)E-Learning
51 (0.606 %)IPTV
51 (0.606 %)Statistics
51 (0.606 %)Video on Demand
51 (0.606 %)Data Integration
51 (0.606 %)Management Information System
51 (0.606 %)DTV
IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
135 (21.21 %)UNIX
211 (6.667 %)Windows
211 (6.667 %)Linux
34 (2.424 %)Windows Server 2003
34 (2.424 %)Windows XP
34 (2.424 %)Solaris
41 (0.606 %)HPUX
IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
149 (29.70 %)CRM
224 (14.55 %)UML
322 (13.33 %)Project Management
419 (11.52 %)EAI
516 (9.697 %)ERP
615 (9.091 %)PRINCE2
615 (9.091 %)Business Analysis
712 (7.273 %)Business Development
89 (5.455 %)Business Intelligence
98 (4.848 %)Configuration Management
98 (4.848 %)eTOM
98 (4.848 %)Stakeholder Management
107 (4.242 %)Automated Testing
116 (3.636 %)BPR
116 (3.636 %)E-Commerce
116 (3.636 %)Manual Testing
125 (3.030 %)Migration
125 (3.030 %)User Acceptance Testing
125 (3.030 %)Data Migration
134 (2.424 %)Code Coverage
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
138 (23.03 %)Java
229 (17.58 %)SQL
314 (8.485 %)PHP
44 (2.424 %)Shell Script
44 (2.424 %)PL/SQL
53 (1.818 %)Perl
53 (1.818 %)Tcl
62 (1.212 %)C
62 (1.212 %)C#
62 (1.212 %)Ruby
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
110 (6.061 %)PMI Certification
29 (5.455 %)Security Cleared
37 (4.242 %)Degree
46 (3.636 %)SC Cleared
55 (3.030 %)PMP
61 (0.606 %)BC Cleared
61 (0.606 %)CTC Cleared
61 (0.606 %)PRINCE2 Certification
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
110 (6.061 %)QA
25 (3.030 %)SLA
31 (0.606 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
14 (2.424 %)Active Directory
IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
17 (4.242 %)Netcool/Proviso
17 (4.242 %)Netcool
23 (1.818 %)Netcool/OMNIbus
32 (1.212 %)OpenView
32 (1.212 %)HP Quality Center
41 (0.606 %)BMC PATROL
41 (0.606 %)Tivoli
IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
139 (23.64 %)Oracle
228 (16.97 %)Microsoft
325 (15.15 %)Remedy
417 (10.30 %)Cramer
514 (8.485 %)Redknee
69 (5.455 %)Sun
78 (4.848 %)Vitria
78 (4.848 %)PeopleSoft
87 (4.242 %)Business Objects
87 (4.242 %)HP
87 (4.242 %)Axiom
96 (3.636 %)Intec
96 (3.636 %)SAP
105 (3.030 %)Salesforce.com
114 (2.424 %)BEA
123 (1.818 %)Infovista
123 (1.818 %)IBM
132 (1.212 %)Sage
132 (1.212 %)Actix
141 (0.606 %)3Com