SS7 Contracts in Berkshire
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for SS7 skills in IT contracts advertised for the Berkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited SS7 over the 3 months to 17 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 for the Berkshire region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
 3 months to
17 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Signaling System No. 7 (SS7)
Rank 101 127 121
Rank change year-on-year
+26 -6
Contract jobs citing SS7 22 12 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 0.909% 0.394% 0.135%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 3.571% 1.141% 0.592%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 4 0
Average daily rate £450 £344 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+30.90% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £430 £375 £365
% change year-on-year
+14.66% +2.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £30.00
All Communications & Networking
Berkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category		 616 1052 676
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 25.45% 34.50% 22.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 183 204 193
Average daily rate £285 £285 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -12.30%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £165 £188 £213
10% offered a daily rate of more than £438 £425 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £313 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-5.30% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 45 54
Average hourly rate £17.00 £30.00 £36.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-43.33% -17.80%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.00 £14.50 £15.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £24.50 £45.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.50 £26.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-21.15% -5.45%
SS7
South East

SS7
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing SS7 across the Berkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

Berkshire SS7 Jobs Demand Trend

SS7
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing SS7 across the Berkshire region.

Berkshire SS7 Daily Rate Trend

SS7
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing SS7 across the Berkshire region.

Berkshire SS7 Hourly Rate Trend

SS7
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SS7 within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 17 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
Contract
IT Job Ads		 Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months		 Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Newbury +2 4 £450 +5.88%
Reading +12 2 - -
SS7
South East

SS7
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing SS7 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 contract IT job ads sampled that cited SS7.

1 21 (72.41%) Telecoms
2 15 (51.72%) SIGTRAN
3 12 (41.38%) Cisco
4 9 (31.03%) INAP
5 8 (27.59%) UNIX
5 8 (27.59%) Stakeholder Management
5 8 (27.59%) Network Design
5 8 (27.59%) Digital Media
6 7 (24.14%) Unified Communications
6 7 (24.14%) GSM
6 7 (24.14%) UMTS
7 6 (20.69%) GPRS
7 6 (20.69%) VoIP
7 6 (20.69%) Root Cause Analysis
7 6 (20.69%) Cisco CUCM
7 6 (20.69%) Integration Testing
8 5 (17.24%) CCIE
8 5 (17.24%) Cisco Certification
8 5 (17.24%) MPLS
8 5 (17.24%) Configuration Management
9 4 (13.79%) Packet Switching
9 4 (13.79%) Linux
9 4 (13.79%) Nokia Siemens Networks
9 4 (13.79%) Test Strategy
10 3 (10.34%) 3G
10 3 (10.34%) GGSN
10 3 (10.34%) SGSN
10 3 (10.34%) Nokia
10 3 (10.34%) CCNP
10 3 (10.34%) DNS

SS7
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing SS7 also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited SS7. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (3.448%) XML
Application Platforms
1 1 (3.448%) Lync
Communications & Networking
1 15 (51.72%) SIGTRAN
2 9 (31.03%) INAP
3 7 (24.14%) Unified Communications
3 7 (24.14%) GSM
3 7 (24.14%) UMTS
4 6 (20.69%) VoIP
4 6 (20.69%) GPRS
5 5 (17.24%) MPLS
6 4 (13.79%) Packet Switching
7 3 (10.34%) DNS
7 3 (10.34%) 3G
7 3 (10.34%) GGSN
7 3 (10.34%) SGSN
8 2 (6.897%) Wireless
8 2 (6.897%) ISUP
8 2 (6.897%) 3GPP
8 2 (6.897%) TCP/IP
9 1 (3.448%) VPN
9 1 (3.448%) RTP
9 1 (3.448%) ATM
General
1 21 (72.41%) Telecoms
2 1 (3.448%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 10 (34.48%) Network Engineer
2 7 (24.14%) Architect
3 6 (20.69%) Support Engineer
3 6 (20.69%) Network Support Engineer
3 6 (20.69%) Network Support
4 4 (13.79%) Consultant
5 3 (10.34%) Technical Manager
5 3 (10.34%) Technical Solutions Architect
5 3 (10.34%) Project Manager
5 3 (10.34%) Technical Architect
5 3 (10.34%) Technical Project Manager
5 3 (10.34%) Solutions Architect
5 3 (10.34%) Core Network Engineer
5 3 (10.34%) Databuild Engineer
6 2 (6.897%) Technical Design Leader
7 1 (3.448%) Senior Communications Engineer
7 1 (3.448%) Configuration Engineer
7 1 (3.448%) Cisco Engineer
7 1 (3.448%) Services Delivery Manager
7 1 (3.448%) Service Manager
Miscellaneous
1 8 (27.59%) Digital Media
Operating Systems
1 8 (27.59%) UNIX
2 4 (13.79%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (27.59%) Stakeholder Management
1 8 (27.59%) Network Design
2 6 (20.69%) Integration Testing
2 6 (20.69%) Root Cause Analysis
3 5 (17.24%) Configuration Management
4 4 (13.79%) Test Strategy
5 2 (6.897%) Network Architecture
5 2 (6.897%) Project Management
6 1 (3.448%) Service Delivery
6 1 (3.448%) Change Management
6 1 (3.448%) Workflow
6 1 (3.448%) Validation
6 1 (3.448%) Migration
6 1 (3.448%) Product Marketing
Programming Languages
1 2 (6.897%) C
2 1 (3.448%) C++
2 1 (3.448%) Perl
2 1 (3.448%) VB
Qualifications
1 5 (17.24%) CCIE
1 5 (17.24%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (10.34%) CCNP
3 2 (6.897%) CCVP
3 2 (6.897%) Degree
4 1 (3.448%) HNC
4 1 (3.448%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.448%) QA
System Software
1 1 (3.448%) NDS
Systems Management
1 6 (20.69%) Cisco CUCM
Vendors
1 12 (41.38%) Cisco
2 4 (13.79%) Nokia Siemens Networks
3 3 (10.34%) Nokia
4 1 (3.448%) Siemens
4 1 (3.448%) TIBCO
4 1 (3.448%) Alcatel-Lucent
4 1 (3.448%) Ericsson
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