SGSN Contracts in England

Serving GPRS Support Node (SGSN)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring SGSN skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited SGSN over the 6 months leading up to 2 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 484 530 669
Rank change year-on-year +46 +139 +106
Contract jobs citing SGSN 2 11 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.008% 0.030% 0.008%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.063% 0.22% 0.065%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 5 3
10th Percentile - - £411
25th Percentile - - £447
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £400 £513
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% -21.95% -
75th Percentile - £488 £519
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £450 £400 £513
% change year-on-year +12.50% -21.95% -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
England

SGSN falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 3,185 4,997 6,157
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 13.05% 13.45% 12.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,960 3,015 4,040
10th Percentile £220 £206 £235
25th Percentile £363 £350 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £490 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.04% -6.67% +5.00%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £650
90th Percentile £675 £700 £738
UK median daily rate £488 £495 £518
% change year-on-year -1.52% -4.39% +3.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 128 400 438
10th Percentile £13.81 £13.50 £9.80
25th Percentile £15.20 £17.52 £10.63
Median hourly rate £28.00 £40.00 £18.66
Median % change year-on-year -30.00% +114.36% -21.96%
75th Percentile £63.38 £63.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £81.01 £70.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £30.04 £40.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year -24.90% +110.53% -32.74%

SGSN
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing SGSN as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for SGSN in England

SGSN
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SGSN in England.

Daily rate trend for SGSN in England

SGSN
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SGSN in England.

Hourly rate trend for SGSN in England

SGSN
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SGSN within the England region over the 6 months to 2 May 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South East +37 2 £450 +12.50%
SGSN
UK

SGSN
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) 3G
1 2 (100.00%) 4G
1 2 (100.00%) 5G
1 2 (100.00%) Diameter Protocol
1 2 (100.00%) DNS
1 2 (100.00%) GGSN
1 2 (100.00%) LTE
1 2 (100.00%) Radio Access Network
1 2 (100.00%) RANAP
1 2 (100.00%) VoLTE
1 2 (100.00%) Wireshark
General
1 2 (100.00%) Multimedia
1 2 (100.00%) Presentation Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Telecoms
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 2 (100.00%) Customer Experience
1 2 (100.00%) Network Architecture
1 2 (100.00%) Performance Improvement
1 2 (100.00%) Statistics
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Empirix
1 2 (100.00%) NetScout