The first table below looks at the demand for SIGTRAN skills in IT contracts advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited SIGTRAN 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 England 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
SIGTRAN
Rank 498 552 567
Rank change year-on-year
+54 +15
Contract jobs citing SIGTRAN 12 6 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.029% 0.011% 0.009%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.196% 0.072% 0.068%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 2 1
Average daily rate £450 £400 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+12.50% +14.28%
UK excluding London average daily rate £450 £400 £338
% change year-on-year
+12.50% +18.51%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Communications & Networking
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
6115 8361 7369
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 14.71% 15.67% 13.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 3080 3931 3411
Average daily rate £350 £375 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.66% +7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £215 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £313 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-5.30% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 510 557 730
Average hourly rate £21.50 £25.00 £25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-14.00% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.00 £13.50 £12.09
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £45.00 £41.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.50 £26.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-21.15% -5.45%
SIGTRAN
UK

SIGTRAN
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England SIGTRAN Jobs Demand Trend

SIGTRAN
Daily Rate Trend

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

England SIGTRAN Daily Rate Trend

SIGTRAN
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England SIGTRAN Hourly Rate Trend

SIGTRAN
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SIGTRAN within the England 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
South East +33 12 £450 +5.88%
SIGTRAN
UK

SIGTRAN
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing SIGTRAN 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 SIGTRAN.

1 16 (80.00%) SS7
1 16 (80.00%) Telecoms
2 9 (45.00%) Cisco
3 7 (35.00%) GSM
3 7 (35.00%) INAP
4 6 (30.00%) GPRS
4 6 (30.00%) UMTS
4 6 (30.00%) VoIP
4 6 (30.00%) Network Design
4 6 (30.00%) Integration Testing
4 6 (30.00%) Test Strategy
4 6 (30.00%) Digital Media
4 6 (30.00%) Root Cause Analysis
4 6 (30.00%) Cisco CUCM
5 5 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
6 4 (20.00%) Unified Communications
6 4 (20.00%) UNIX
6 4 (20.00%) Linux
6 4 (20.00%) CCIE
6 4 (20.00%) Cisco Certification
6 4 (20.00%) 3G
6 4 (20.00%) MPLS
7 3 (15.00%) Project Management
7 3 (15.00%) Nokia Siemens Networks
7 3 (15.00%) MGW
8 2 (10.00%) Wireless
8 2 (10.00%) Radio Access Network
8 2 (10.00%) Capacity Management
8 2 (10.00%) ISUP
8 2 (10.00%) CCNP

SIGTRAN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing SIGTRAN 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 SIGTRAN. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (5.000%) FIX Protocol
Communications & Networking
1 16 (80.00%) SS7
2 7 (35.00%) INAP
2 7 (35.00%) GSM
3 6 (30.00%) UMTS
3 6 (30.00%) VoIP
3 6 (30.00%) GPRS
4 4 (20.00%) 3G
4 4 (20.00%) MPLS
4 4 (20.00%) Unified Communications
5 3 (15.00%) MGW
6 2 (10.00%) ISUP
6 2 (10.00%) Wireless
6 2 (10.00%) Radio Access Network
7 1 (5.000%) 2G
7 1 (5.000%) Cisco ICM
7 1 (5.000%) RANAP
7 1 (5.000%) RTP
7 1 (5.000%) LAN
7 1 (5.000%) WLAN
7 1 (5.000%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.000%) SQL Server
1 1 (5.000%) SQL Server 2005
General
1 16 (80.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 6 (30.00%) Architect
1 6 (30.00%) Network Engineer
1 6 (30.00%) Support Engineer
1 6 (30.00%) Network Support Engineer
1 6 (30.00%) Network Support
2 4 (20.00%) Consultant
3 3 (15.00%) Technical Architect
3 3 (15.00%) Technical Solutions Architect
3 3 (15.00%) Solutions Architect
4 2 (10.00%) Voice Engineer
4 2 (10.00%) Technical Manager
4 2 (10.00%) Project Manager
4 2 (10.00%) Design Engineer
4 2 (10.00%) Technical Project Manager
5 1 (5.000%) Test Manager
5 1 (5.000%) Communications Engineer
5 1 (5.000%) Senior Communications Engineer
5 1 (5.000%) Switch Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (30.00%) Digital Media
Operating Systems
1 4 (20.00%) UNIX
1 4 (20.00%) Linux
2 1 (5.000%) Windows Server 2008
2 1 (5.000%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (30.00%) Network Design
1 6 (30.00%) Integration Testing
1 6 (30.00%) Test Strategy
1 6 (30.00%) Root Cause Analysis
2 5 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (15.00%) Project Management
4 2 (10.00%) Capacity Management
5 1 (5.000%) Validation
5 1 (5.000%) Migration
5 1 (5.000%) Risk Analysis
5 1 (5.000%) TMap
5 1 (5.000%) Network Architecture
Qualifications
1 4 (20.00%) Cisco Certification
1 4 (20.00%) CCIE
2 2 (10.00%) CCNP
3 1 (5.000%) A+ Certification
3 1 (5.000%) CCVP
3 1 (5.000%) ISTQB
System Software
1 1 (5.000%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 6 (30.00%) Cisco CUCM
Vendors
1 9 (45.00%) Cisco
2 3 (15.00%) Nokia Siemens Networks
3 1 (5.000%) Ericsson
3 1 (5.000%) VMware
3 1 (5.000%) Huawei