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

The first table below looks at the demand for SS7 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 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 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
Signaling System No. 7 (SS7)
Rank 469 531 550
Rank change year-on-year
+62 +19
Contract jobs citing SS7 41 27 22
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.099% 0.051% 0.039%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.670% 0.323% 0.299%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 10 7
Average daily rate £280 £338 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-17.03% -15.62%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £190 £150 £266
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £500 £438
UK excluding London average daily rate £430 £375 £365
% change year-on-year
+14.66% +2.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £30.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £30.00
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%
SS7
UK

SS7
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England 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 England region.

England SS7 Daily Rate Trend

SS7
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SS7 across the England region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

England SS7 Daily Rate Histogram

SS7
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England 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 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 +32 24 £450 +30.90%
London +28 14 £200 -28.57%
North West - 2 - -
SS7
UK

SS7
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England 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 40 (71.43%) Telecoms
2 24 (42.86%) VoIP
3 16 (28.57%) SIGTRAN
4 13 (23.21%) Cisco
5 12 (21.43%) Digital Media
6 10 (17.86%) INAP
7 9 (16.07%) Configuration Management
7 9 (16.07%) UNIX
8 8 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
8 8 (14.29%) Network Design
8 8 (14.29%) Nokia Siemens Networks
8 8 (14.29%) GSM
9 7 (12.50%) 3G
9 7 (12.50%) Nokia
9 7 (12.50%) UMTS
9 7 (12.50%) TCP/IP
9 7 (12.50%) Linux
9 7 (12.50%) Unified Communications
10 6 (10.71%) Integration Testing
10 6 (10.71%) GPRS
10 6 (10.71%) Radio Access Network
10 6 (10.71%) Root Cause Analysis
10 6 (10.71%) Cisco CUCM
11 5 (8.929%) ATM
11 5 (8.929%) Siemens
11 5 (8.929%) Ericsson
11 5 (8.929%) CCIE
11 5 (8.929%) Cisco Certification
11 5 (8.929%) MPLS
11 5 (8.929%) 2G

SS7
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England 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 4 (7.143%) XML
2 1 (1.786%) WCF
2 1 (1.786%) .NET
2 1 (1.786%) MFC
Application Platforms
1 3 (5.357%) Lync
Communications & Networking
1 24 (42.86%) VoIP
2 16 (28.57%) SIGTRAN
3 10 (17.86%) INAP
4 8 (14.29%) GSM
5 7 (12.50%) UMTS
5 7 (12.50%) TCP/IP
5 7 (12.50%) 3G
5 7 (12.50%) Unified Communications
6 6 (10.71%) Radio Access Network
6 6 (10.71%) GPRS
7 5 (8.929%) ATM
7 5 (8.929%) MPLS
7 5 (8.929%) 2G
7 5 (8.929%) RNC
7 5 (8.929%) RANAP
7 5 (8.929%) NBAP
8 4 (7.143%) Q.931
8 4 (7.143%) H.323
8 4 (7.143%) MGCP
8 4 (7.143%) Megaco
General
1 40 (71.43%) Telecoms
2 4 (7.143%) Back Office
3 1 (1.786%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 12 (21.43%) Network Engineer
2 9 (16.07%) Support Engineer
3 8 (14.29%) Architect
3 8 (14.29%) Trainer
4 6 (10.71%) Consultant
4 6 (10.71%) Network Support
4 6 (10.71%) Network Support Engineer
5 5 (8.929%) Configuration Engineer
5 5 (8.929%) IT Trainer
6 4 (7.143%) Voice Engineer
7 3 (5.357%) Core Network Engineer
7 3 (5.357%) Technical Manager
7 3 (5.357%) Voice Support Engineer
7 3 (5.357%) Databuild Engineer
7 3 (5.357%) Back Office Engineer
7 3 (5.357%) Technical Solutions Architect
7 3 (5.357%) Technical Architect
7 3 (5.357%) Project Manager
7 3 (5.357%) Technical Project Manager
7 3 (5.357%) Solutions Architect
Miscellaneous
1 12 (21.43%) Digital Media
2 1 (1.786%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 9 (16.07%) UNIX
2 7 (12.50%) Linux
3 3 (5.357%) VMS
3 3 (5.357%) Windows
4 1 (1.786%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (16.07%) Configuration Management
2 8 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
2 8 (14.29%) Network Design
3 6 (10.71%) Integration Testing
3 6 (10.71%) Root Cause Analysis
4 5 (8.929%) Test Strategy
5 3 (5.357%) Network Management
5 3 (5.357%) Problem Management
5 3 (5.357%) Validation
6 2 (3.571%) Project Management
6 2 (3.571%) Multithreading
6 2 (3.571%) Network Architecture
7 1 (1.786%) Product Marketing
7 1 (1.786%) PRINCE2
7 1 (1.786%) Service Delivery
7 1 (1.786%) Change Management
7 1 (1.786%) Workflow
7 1 (1.786%) Migration
7 1 (1.786%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 3 (5.357%) C
1 3 (5.357%) C++
1 3 (5.357%) Perl
2 2 (3.571%) VB
3 1 (1.786%) VC++
3 1 (1.786%) Shell Script
3 1 (1.786%) Java
3 1 (1.786%) C#
Qualifications
1 5 (8.929%) CCIE
1 5 (8.929%) Cisco Certification
2 4 (7.143%) Degree
3 3 (5.357%) CCNP
3 3 (5.357%) HND
4 2 (3.571%) CCVP
5 1 (1.786%) PMP
5 1 (1.786%) PMI Certification
5 1 (1.786%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (5.357%) SLA
1 3 (5.357%) QA
System Software
1 2 (3.571%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.786%) Xen
2 1 (1.786%) NDS
Systems Management
1 6 (10.71%) Cisco CUCM
2 3 (5.357%) Netcool
3 2 (3.571%) AppManager
Vendors
1 13 (23.21%) Cisco
2 8 (14.29%) Nokia Siemens Networks
3 7 (12.50%) Nokia
4 5 (8.929%) Siemens
4 5 (8.929%) Ericsson
5 4 (7.143%) Sun
6 3 (5.357%) Nortel
6 3 (5.357%) Remedy
7 2 (3.571%) BT
7 2 (3.571%) VMware
7 2 (3.571%) Huawei
7 2 (3.571%) NetIQ
7 2 (3.571%) Citrix
8 1 (1.786%) Alcatel-Lucent
8 1 (1.786%) TIBCO
8 1 (1.786%) Microsoft
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