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This section looks at the demand for Signaling System 7 (SS7) skills within the Buckinghamshire region with a comparison to our Communications & Networking category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited SS7 over the 3 months to 29 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSignaling System 7 (SS7)
Location
3 months to
29 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank7891
Rank change on same period last yearUp+13
Matching contract IT job ads41
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.005 %0.001 %
As % of the category below1.878 %0.326 %
Daily rates quoted20
Average minimum daily rate£300-
Average daily rate£319-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£338-
UK excluding London average daily rate£355£396
% change on same period last year-10.34 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£36.25£32.50
% change on same period last year+11.53 %
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
Buckinghamshire
Matching contract IT job ads213307
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.284 %0.306 %
Daily rates quoted7561
Average minimum daily rate£331£328
Average daily rate£356£348
% change on same period last year+2.09 %
Average maximum daily rate£381£369
UK excluding London average daily rate£343£343
% change on same period last year+0.01 %
Hourly rates quoted2240
Average minimum hourly rate£23.82£25.69
Average hourly rate£24.63£26.76
% change on same period last year-7.92 %
Average maximum hourly rate£25.44£27.82
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.58£28.76
% change on same period last year-11.03 %
SS7 South EastSS7
South East

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

SS7
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing SS7 across the Buckinghamshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

Buckinghamshire SS7 Demand Trend

SS7
Daily Rate Trend

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

Buckinghamshire SS7 Daily Rate Trend

SS7
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SS7 across the Buckinghamshire region over the 3 months to 29 August 2008.

Buckinghamshire SS7 Daily Rate Histogram

SS7
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Buckinghamshire SS7 Hourly Rate Trend

SS7
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SS7 within the Buckinghamshire region over the 3 months to 29 August 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Milton KeynesNew entry-1--
SS7 South EastSS7
South East

SS7
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Buckinghamshire 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.

13 (60.00 %)C++
13 (60.00 %)Java
13 (60.00 %)Q.931
13 (60.00 %)Telecoms
22 (40.00 %)J2SE
22 (40.00 %)ISDN
22 (40.00 %)VoIP
22 (40.00 %)ISUP
22 (40.00 %)Security Cleared
31 (20.00 %)TCP/IP
31 (20.00 %)Nortel
31 (20.00 %)Ericsson
31 (20.00 %)E-Commerce
31 (20.00 %)Java RMI
31 (20.00 %)H.323
31 (20.00 %)Perl
31 (20.00 %)PHP
31 (20.00 %)UNIX
31 (20.00 %)Windows
31 (20.00 %)Linux
31 (20.00 %)UML
31 (20.00 %)Python
31 (20.00 %)Network Security
31 (20.00 %)SC Cleared
31 (20.00 %)ASN.1
31 (20.00 %)Tandem
31 (20.00 %)Billing
31 (20.00 %)Information Management
31 (20.00 %)JNI
31 (20.00 %)C7

SS7
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Buckinghamshire 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.

Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
12 (40.00 %)J2SE
21 (20.00 %)Java RMI
21 (20.00 %)JNI
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
13 (60.00 %)Q.931
22 (40.00 %)ISDN
22 (40.00 %)VoIP
22 (40.00 %)ISUP
31 (20.00 %)TCP/IP
31 (20.00 %)H.323
31 (20.00 %)ASN.1
31 (20.00 %)C7
31 (20.00 %)Network Security
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
13 (60.00 %)Telecoms
21 (20.00 %)Billing
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
13 (60.00 %)Developer
13 (60.00 %)Java Developer
22 (40.00 %)Systems Engineer
22 (40.00 %)C++/Java Developer
31 (20.00 %)Sales Consultant
31 (20.00 %)Consultant
31 (20.00 %)C++ Developer
31 (20.00 %)Test Engineer
31 (20.00 %)Systems Test Engineer
31 (20.00 %)Presales Consultant
31 (20.00 %)VoIP Engineer
31 (20.00 %)Real Time Developer
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (20.00 %)Tandem
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (20.00 %)UNIX
11 (20.00 %)Windows
11 (20.00 %)Linux
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (40.00 %)Security Cleared
21 (20.00 %)UML
21 (20.00 %)E-Commerce
21 (20.00 %)Information Management
21 (20.00 %)SC Cleared
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
13 (60.00 %)C++
13 (60.00 %)Java
21 (20.00 %)Perl
21 (20.00 %)PHP
21 (20.00 %)Python
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (20.00 %)Nortel
11 (20.00 %)Ericsson