The first table below looks at the demand for GGSN skills in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited GGSN over the 3 months to 23 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Gateway GPRS Support Node (GGSN)
Rank 846 896 845
Rank change year-on-year
+50 -51
Permanent jobs citing GGSN 16 2 28
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.015% 0.002% 0.022%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.077% 0.009% 0.140%
Number of salaries quoted 7 2 7
Average salary £55,000 £44,750 £38,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+22.90% +17.76%
90% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £38,550 £35,800
10% offered a salary of more than £63,000 £50,950 £40,800
UK excluding London average salary £47,500 £37,000 £38,000
% change year-on-year
+28.37% -2.63%
All Communications & Networking
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
20772 21181 19930
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 19.31% 17.55% 15.81%
Number of salaries quoted 16767 17637 16513
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +6.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,000 £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%

GGSN
Jobs Demand Trend

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

GGSN Jobs Demand Trend

GGSN
Salary Trend

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

GGSN Salary Trend

GGSN
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing GGSN over the 3 months to 23 May 2013 within the UK.

GGSN Salary Histogram

GGSN
Top 6 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing GGSN within the UK over the 3 months to 23 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 +37 15 £55,000 +22.90%
South East +13 11 £47,500 +28.37%
Berkshire +13 11 £47,500 +28.37%
Reading - 7 £47,500 -
London +40 4 £55,000 +4.76%
Bracknell - 3 - -

GGSN
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK citing GGSN 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 GGSN.

1 38 (97.44%) SGSN
2 29 (74.36%) Telecoms
3 19 (48.72%) GSM
4 16 (41.03%) UMTS
5 15 (38.46%) Nokia Siemens Networks
6 13 (33.33%) Root Cause Analysis
7 12 (30.77%) 3GPP
7 12 (30.77%) Linux
8 11 (28.21%) MGW
9 10 (25.64%) Problem Management
9 10 (25.64%) UNIX
10 9 (23.08%) ATM
10 9 (23.08%) GPRS
10 9 (23.08%) VoIP
10 9 (23.08%) Legal
10 9 (23.08%) 3G
10 9 (23.08%) LTE
11 8 (20.51%) Degree
11 8 (20.51%) Solaris
12 7 (17.95%) C++
12 7 (17.95%) Wireless
13 6 (15.38%) Internet
13 6 (15.38%) Cisco
14 5 (12.82%) WAN
14 5 (12.82%) LAN
14 5 (12.82%) Oracle
14 5 (12.82%) VPN
14 5 (12.82%) Firewall
14 5 (12.82%) VLAN
15 4 (10.26%) Asterisk PBX

GGSN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK citing GGSN 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 GGSN. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 4 (10.26%) Boost C++ Libraries
1 4 (10.26%) STL
2 3 (7.692%) HTML
2 3 (7.692%) X-Windows
2 3 (7.692%) MAPI
Communications & Networking
1 38 (97.44%) SGSN
2 19 (48.72%) GSM
3 16 (41.03%) UMTS
4 12 (30.77%) 3GPP
5 11 (28.21%) MGW
6 9 (23.08%) ATM
6 9 (23.08%) GPRS
6 9 (23.08%) VoIP
6 9 (23.08%) 3G
6 9 (23.08%) LTE
7 7 (17.95%) Wireless
8 6 (15.38%) Internet
9 5 (12.82%) WAN
9 5 (12.82%) LAN
9 5 (12.82%) VPN
9 5 (12.82%) Firewall
9 5 (12.82%) VLAN
10 4 (10.26%) Asterisk PBX
10 4 (10.26%) 2G
10 4 (10.26%) SS7
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (7.692%) Oracle 8/8i
Development Applications
1 4 (10.26%) GCC
1 4 (10.26%) GDB
1 4 (10.26%) Trac
1 4 (10.26%) Subversion
General
1 29 (74.36%) Telecoms
2 9 (23.08%) Legal
3 4 (10.26%) Back Office
3 4 (10.26%) Military
4 2 (5.128%) Billing
Job Titles
1 18 (46.15%) Support Engineer
2 8 (20.51%) Core Network Engineer
2 8 (20.51%) Network Engineer
3 7 (17.95%) Network Support Engineer
3 7 (17.95%) Network Support
4 4 (10.26%) C++ Software Engineer
4 4 (10.26%) Software Engineer
5 3 (7.692%) Systems Engineer
6 1 (2.564%) Development Manager
6 1 (2.564%) Senior Manager
6 1 (2.564%) Analyst
6 1 (2.564%) Test Analyst
6 1 (2.564%) Business Manager
6 1 (2.564%) Business Development Manager
6 1 (2.564%) Test Leader
6 1 (2.564%) Senior Development Manager
6 1 (2.564%) Senior Business Manager
6 1 (2.564%) Senior Business Development Manager
6 1 (2.564%) Head of Development
Operating Systems
1 12 (30.77%) Linux
2 10 (25.64%) UNIX
3 8 (20.51%) Solaris
4 3 (7.692%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (33.33%) Root Cause Analysis
2 10 (25.64%) Problem Management
3 4 (10.26%) OO
4 3 (7.692%) Load Balancing
5 2 (5.128%) Integration Testing
5 2 (5.128%) Test Management
5 2 (5.128%) Business Development
6 1 (2.564%) Network Design
6 1 (2.564%) Competitor Analysis
Programming Languages
1 7 (17.95%) C++
2 3 (7.692%) C
2 3 (7.692%) Perl
3 2 (5.128%) SQL
3 2 (5.128%) Java
Qualifications
1 8 (20.51%) Degree
2 2 (5.128%) ISEB
3 1 (2.564%) ISEB Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.128%) SLA
Systems Management
1 2 (5.128%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 15 (38.46%) Nokia Siemens Networks
2 6 (15.38%) Cisco
3 5 (12.82%) Oracle
4 3 (7.692%) Veritas
5 2 (5.128%) Alcatel-Lucent
5 2 (5.128%) HP
6 1 (2.564%) Ericsson