BSS Jobs
 
Demand Trend Salary Trend Salary Histogram Job Locations Related Skills

The first 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 24 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.

Location
 3 months to
24 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Base Station Subsystem (BSS)
Rank 678 753 698
Rank change year-on-year
+75 -55
Permanent jobs citing BSS 184 146 183
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.170% 0.121% 0.147%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.882% 0.690% 0.930%
Number of salaries quoted 112 114 136
Average salary £57,500 £57,500 £56,250
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +2.22%
90% offered a salary of more than £37,500 £40,750 £35,000
10% offered a salary of more than £82,500 £75,000 £96,250
UK excluding London average salary £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year
+4.34% -4.16%
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All Communications & Networking
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category		 20871 21174 19668
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 19.31% 17.54% 15.81%
Number of salaries quoted 16834 17640 16289
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +6.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,127 £27,500 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £65,000 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%

BSS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

BSS Jobs Demand Trend

BSS
Salary Trend

This 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

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing BSS over the 3 months to 24 May 2013 within the UK.

BSS Salary Histogram

BSS
Top 22 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 24 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
England +67 175 £57,500 -
London +77 106 £57,500 +4.54%
South East +18 54 £65,000 +13.04%
City of London +40 53 £57,500 +9.52%
Berkshire +15 38 £65,000 +13.04%
Reading +12 14 £65,000 -
Northampton - 8 £38,500 -
Northamptonshire - 8 £38,500 -
East Midlands - 8 £38,500 -
Hampshire -6 7 £60,000 +41.17%
Wiltshire +10 4 £25,000 -52.38%
Surrey +9 4 - -
South West +1 4 £25,000 -52.38%
Bracknell -25 4 £62,500 +25.00%
Canary Wharf - 4 - -
Hertfordshire +12 3 £57,500 -
M4 Corridor +6 3 £65,000 -3.70%
East of England +5 3 £57,500 -
Thames Valley +5 3 £70,000 -6.66%
Leatherhead - 3 - -
Slough -4 1 £89,000 +48.33%
Basingstoke -16 1 - -

BSS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, 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.

1 205 (58.40%) Telecoms
2 100 (28.49%) Billing
3 99 (28.21%) CRM
4 66 (18.80%) Project Management
5 59 (16.81%) Degree
6 52 (14.81%) Web Services
7 51 (14.53%) ITIL
8 49 (13.96%) Scrum
9 45 (12.82%) .NET
10 44 (12.54%) SQL
10 44 (12.54%) SOA
11 42 (11.97%) Windows
11 42 (11.97%) JIRA
12 39 (11.11%) ESB
13 38 (10.83%) Linux
14 36 (10.26%) TOGAF
14 36 (10.26%) Selenium
15 35 (9.972%) Java
16 34 (9.687%) TDD
16 34 (9.687%) eTOM
17 32 (9.117%) Continuous Integration
18 31 (8.832%) Agile Software Development
19 29 (8.262%) UNIX
20 28 (7.977%) C#
20 28 (7.977%) Internet
21 27 (7.692%) Perl
21 27 (7.692%) Business Analysis
21 27 (7.692%) Enterprise Architecture
22 26 (7.407%) Python
22 26 (7.407%) Broadband

BSS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, 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.

Application Development
1 52 (14.81%) Web Services
2 45 (12.82%) .NET
3 18 (5.128%) LAMP
3 18 (5.128%) J2EE
4 17 (4.843%) Middleware
5 15 (4.274%) .NET Framework
6 14 (3.989%) ASP.NET
6 14 (3.989%) WCF
7 12 (3.419%) XML
7 12 (3.419%) SOAP
7 12 (3.419%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
8 8 (2.279%) Hibernate
8 8 (2.279%) Struts
8 8 (2.279%) JSP
8 8 (2.279%) XSLT
8 8 (2.279%) JSF
8 8 (2.279%) Java EE
9 7 (1.994%) jBPM
9 7 (1.994%) Drools
10 6 (1.709%) JMS
Application Platforms
1 39 (11.11%) ESB
2 19 (5.413%) Apache
3 14 (3.989%) ActiveMQ
4 4 (1.140%) SharePoint
5 3 (0.855%) Oracle Coherence
5 3 (0.855%) Windows Azure
5 3 (0.855%) WebLogic
6 2 (0.570%) Mule
7 1 (0.285%) IIS
Applications
1 15 (4.274%) MS Office
2 9 (2.564%) MS Excel
3 3 (0.855%) MS PowerPoint
4 2 (0.570%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (1.140%) Oracle BRM
2 3 (0.855%) Remedy ITSM
2 3 (0.855%) SAP ERP
2 3 (0.855%) Oracle Financials
3 1 (0.285%) Oracle CRM
Communications & Networking
1 28 (7.977%) Internet
2 26 (7.407%) Broadband
3 15 (4.274%) Network Security
4 13 (3.704%) 3G
4 13 (3.704%) IPv6
5 11 (3.134%) SIGTRAN
5 11 (3.134%) INAP
6 10 (2.849%) LTE
7 9 (2.564%) VoIP
7 9 (2.564%) SAN
8 8 (2.279%) Wireless
8 8 (2.279%) GSM
9 7 (1.994%) Radio Access Network
9 7 (1.994%) SMS
10 6 (1.709%) Firewall
11 5 (1.425%) MGW
11 5 (1.425%) 4G
11 5 (1.425%) LDAP
12 4 (1.140%) TCP/IP
12 4 (1.140%) DSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (7.123%) MySQL
2 15 (4.274%) RDBMS
3 7 (1.994%) SQL Server
4 6 (1.709%) Oracle 10g
5 4 (1.140%) Data Mining
6 3 (0.855%) Data Mart
6 3 (0.855%) Oracle 11g
6 3 (0.855%) Hadoop
6 3 (0.855%) NoSQL
6 3 (0.855%) Oracle Exadata
6 3 (0.855%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 42 (11.97%) JIRA
2 36 (10.26%) Selenium
3 24 (6.838%) TeamCity
4 22 (6.268%) Subversion
4 22 (6.268%) SpecFlow
5 18 (5.128%) MSBuild
6 15 (4.274%) Moq
6 15 (4.274%) NUnit
7 8 (2.279%) FitNesse
8 6 (1.709%) Hudson
8 6 (1.709%) CruiseControl
9 5 (1.425%) Jenkins
9 5 (1.425%) MSI
10 4 (1.140%) JUnit
10 4 (1.140%) JMeter
11 3 (0.855%) WebDriver
12 2 (0.570%) Maven
13 1 (0.285%) Rational Performance Tester
13 1 (0.285%) LoadRunner
13 1 (0.285%) Visual Studio
General
1 205 (58.40%) Telecoms
2 100 (28.49%) Billing
3 21 (5.983%) Finance
4 16 (4.558%) Back Office
5 12 (3.419%) Marketing
6 8 (2.279%) Advertising
7 5 (1.425%) Electronics
8 4 (1.140%) Retail
9 3 (0.855%) Spanish Language
9 3 (0.855%) Manufacturing
9 3 (0.855%) Multimedia
10 2 (0.570%) German Language
11 1 (0.285%) Italian Language
11 1 (0.285%) Norwegian Language
11 1 (0.285%) Portuguese Language
11 1 (0.285%) Swedish Language
11 1 (0.285%) French Language
Job Titles
1 88 (25.07%) Architect
2 57 (16.24%) Solutions Architect
3 47 (13.39%) Consultant
4 44 (12.54%) Developer
5 39 (11.11%) Project Manager
6 22 (6.268%) Analyst
7 16 (4.558%) OSS Architect
8 15 (4.274%) Business Analyst
8 15 (4.274%) Senior Developer
8 15 (4.274%) .NET Developer
9 14 (3.989%) Test Manager
10 13 (3.704%) Integration Architect
10 13 (3.704%) Design Engineer
10 13 (3.704%) Principal Consultant
11 12 (3.419%) Systems Architect
11 12 (3.419%) Systems Integration Architect
11 12 (3.419%) Agile .NET Developer
12 11 (3.134%) Software Manager
12 11 (3.134%) Enterprise Architect
12 11 (3.134%) Integration Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 18 (5.128%) Computer Science
2 16 (4.558%) PMI
3 8 (2.279%) Management Information System
4 7 (1.994%) SaaS
5 6 (1.709%) Mobile App
5 6 (1.709%) Cloud Computing
6 5 (1.425%) Enterprise Software
7 4 (1.140%) N-Tier
7 4 (1.140%) Firmware
7 4 (1.140%) Open Source
8 3 (0.855%) NGOSS
8 3 (0.855%) Web 2.0
8 3 (0.855%) Data Integration
8 3 (0.855%) Mathematics
8 3 (0.855%) Physics
8 3 (0.855%) PaaS
8 3 (0.855%) Digital Media
8 3 (0.855%) IaaS
8 3 (0.855%) Streaming Video
9 2 (0.570%) Social Network
Operating Systems
1 42 (11.97%) Windows
2 38 (10.83%) Linux
3 29 (8.262%) UNIX
4 18 (5.128%) Solaris
5 3 (0.855%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 99 (28.21%) CRM
2 66 (18.80%) Project Management
3 51 (14.53%) ITIL
4 49 (13.96%) Scrum
5 44 (12.54%) SOA
6 36 (10.26%) TOGAF
7 34 (9.687%) TDD
7 34 (9.687%) eTOM
8 32 (9.117%) Continuous Integration
9 31 (8.832%) Agile Software Development
10 27 (7.692%) Business Analysis
10 27 (7.692%) Enterprise Architecture
11 22 (6.268%) PRINCE2
11 22 (6.268%) Test Automation
12 21 (5.983%) MVC
13 19 (5.413%) OO
13 19 (5.413%) Zachman Framework
14 18 (5.128%) Waterfall
15 17 (4.843%) User Acceptance Testing
15 17 (4.843%) Business Development
Programming Languages
1 44 (12.54%) SQL
2 35 (9.972%) Java
3 28 (7.977%) C#
4 27 (7.692%) Perl
5 26 (7.407%) Python
6 23 (6.553%) PHP
7 20 (5.698%) C
8 17 (4.843%) Shell Script
9 7 (1.994%) Ruby
10 6 (1.709%) PL/SQL
11 4 (1.140%) C++
11 4 (1.140%) JavaScript
12 3 (0.855%) XPath
12 3 (0.855%) VB
Qualifications
1 59 (16.81%) Degree
2 16 (4.558%) PMI Certification
3 15 (4.274%) ISEB
4 13 (3.704%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 5 (1.425%) MBA
6 4 (1.140%) HND
6 4 (1.140%) Security Cleared
6 4 (1.140%) ISTQB
7 3 (0.855%) CBAP
8 2 (0.570%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (5.128%) QA
2 11 (3.134%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 10 (2.849%) SLA
4 1 (0.285%) COBIT
System Software
1 5 (1.425%) Snort
1 5 (1.425%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (1.140%) vSphere
3 1 (0.285%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.285%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 12 (3.419%) Puppet
2 5 (1.425%) Splunk
3 4 (1.140%) OpenView
4 3 (0.855%) Nagios
4 3 (0.855%) Netcool
4 3 (0.855%) BMC PATROL
5 1 (0.285%) Cacti
5 1 (0.285%) Tivoli Storage Manager
Vendors
1 25 (7.123%) Oracle
2 22 (6.268%) Nokia Siemens Networks
2 22 (6.268%) Cerillion
3 20 (5.698%) Huawei
4 15 (4.274%) Nokia
5 14 (3.989%) Amdocs
6 12 (3.419%) Siemens
6 12 (3.419%) Salesforce.com
7 9 (2.564%) Microsoft
8 8 (2.279%) JBoss
9 7 (1.994%) Comverse
9 7 (1.994%) Siebel
10 6 (1.709%) BMC
10 6 (1.709%) Cramer
10 6 (1.709%) Convergys
11 5 (1.425%) VMware
12 4 (1.140%) HP
12 4 (1.140%) ZTE
13 3 (0.855%) EPiServer
13 3 (0.855%) Teradata
Solutions Architects - mobile telecoms
City, London
Specific solution architecture experience in any one of: CRM ; Sales/Channel Management; Middleware Integration - ESB, ETL, BRE , BPM; Info Mngt - security/BI/COTs; SOA; Framework & Platform mngt; Billing/...
Truphone
Salary: From £70,000 to £90,000 per annum plus bonus & benefits
Posted: 30 April 2013
UAT Manager
City of London
ERP, CRM, OSS, BSS) in support of a rapidly growing Telecoms company... ISEB / ITSQB certification would be helpful, and you'll also need to have had some formal...
Fulcrum Telecom
Salary: £50000 - £60000 per month + Pension, healthcare
Posted: 3 May 2013
Billing & CRM Support Engineer - Telecoms
City of London
If you have any questions feel free to get in touchKey Skills: 3rd line; 3rd line support; applications support; BSS; Unix; Linux; Oracle; Mysql; MSSQL; crm; billing; security;...
Claremont Consulting
Salary: £50000 per annum + Pension; healthcare
Posted: 11 May 2013
BSS Middleware Project Manager
City, London
development, test, UI etc.) - Experience of delivering integration and middleware projects (Fuse/Camel/Servicemix ideally) - Experience of BPM and Rules (jBPM/Drools ideally) - Experience in representing software teams...
Truphone
Salary: From £50,000 to £55,000 per annum
Posted: 30 April 2013
Technical Team Leader - 3rd Line Support
City, London
Truphone's technology allows travellers in the UK and elsewhere to use a mobile to call, text and access the web at local rates without having to change...
Truphone
Salary: From £50,000 to £60,000 per annum plus benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
Team Lead - 3rd Line Support (Applications & Telecoms)
City, London
This is estimated to be a 60/40 split (Team Lead / Hands on) You will lead the team providing support for assigned services of the Business Support Systems (...
Lorien Resourcing
Salary: £50000 - £60000 per annum
Posted: 22 May 2013
BMC Atrium Consultant (Global Consultancy - OSS/BSS/ITIL)
Berkshire, Thames Valley
BMC Atrium Consultant (Global Consultancy - OSS/BSS/ITIL) A leading technology & Consulting firm employing over 10,000 throughout Europe are up-scaling their UK Telecommunications function and are...
Selecture Limited
Salary: £45000 - £65000 per annum + Benefits & Bonus
Posted: 18 May 2013
3rd Line Systems Support Team Leader
City of London
Ideal candidates will have experience with the following:*Leadership skills in a 3rd Line Systems Support role - preferably a Mobile or Telecommunications background*Problem Management*Incident Management*Service...
Claremont Consulting
Salary: £50000 - £60000 per annum
Posted: 23 May 2013
3rd Line Systems Support Team Leader
City, London
Ideal candidates will have experience with the following: *Leadership skills in a 3rd Line Systems Support role - preferably a Mobile or Telecommunications background *Problem Management *Incident Management *Service...
Claremont Consulting Ltd
Salary: £50000 - £60000 per annum
Posted: 22 May 2013
Telecom/Mobile Billing Operations Analyst
City of London
As the Billing Analyst you will be required to report into the Billing Manager and will require you to have worked in the Telecoms sector, preferably with experience...
Claremont Consulting
Salary: £35000 - £37000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
Service Delivery Manager
City, London
Are you looking for a role within Service Delivery with the opportunity to influence external clients & liaise closely with the internal business?... The successful Customer Service Delivery Manager...
Mortimer Spinks
Salary: £38000 - £42000 per annum + excellent benefits
Posted: 24 May 2013
ICT Systems Engineer
Trowbridge, Wiltshire
Job Title: ICT Systems Engineer (Ref: 142/12T) BSS Grade 4 - 5Salary: £18,758 - £21,103 - dependent upon experienceLocation: Trowbridge, WiltshireTechnically challenging role supporting 3000 desktops, definitely NOT...
Wiltshire College
Salary: £18,758 - £21,103 - dependent upon experience
Posted: 25 May 2013
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