SGSN Contracts

Serving GPRS Support Node (SGSN)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 518 571 714
Rank change year-on-year +53 +143 +133
Contract jobs citing SGSN 2 11 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.007% 0.025% 0.007%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.054% 0.20% 0.054%
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 excluding London median daily rate £450 £400 £513
% change year-on-year +12.50% -21.95% -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 3,722 5,629 7,357
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 12.71% 12.92% 12.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,285 3,368 4,786
10th Percentile £213 £205 £235
25th Percentile £363 £350 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £495 £519
Median % change year-on-year -1.52% -4.53% +3.70%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £638
90th Percentile £675 £700 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £465 £481 £475
% change year-on-year -3.38% +1.32% +8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 177 423 478
10th Percentile £14.20 £13.57 £9.80
25th Percentile £17.30 £17.35 £10.63
Median hourly rate £29.00 £40.00 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year -27.50% +110.53% -32.74%
75th Percentile £57.50 £62.50 £60.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £67.40 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £24.18 £45.88 £18.50
% change year-on-year -47.30% +148.00% -13.95%

SGSN
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for SGSN in the UK

SGSN
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for SGSN in the UK

SGSN
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for SGSN in the UK

SGSN
Top 3 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SGSN within the UK over the 6 months to 1 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
UK excluding London +54 2 £450 +12.50% 1
England +48 2 £450 +12.50% 1
South East +37 2 £450 +12.50% 1

SGSN
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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