SS7 Contracts in England

Signaling System No. 7 (SS7)
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for SS7 skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited SS7 over the 6 months to 11 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
11 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 536 642 752
Rank change year-on-year +106 +110 -134
Contract jobs citing SS7 3 3 13
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.008% 0.006% 0.019%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.062% 0.050% 0.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 2
10th Percentile - £566 £356
25th Percentile - £572 £366
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £588 £388
Median % change year-on-year - +51.61% -13.89%
75th Percentile - £597 £416
90th Percentile - £599 £429
UK median daily rate - £588 £388
% change year-on-year - +51.61% +3.33%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
England

SS7 is in the Communications and Computer Networking category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 4,859 5,973 7,802
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 13.22% 12.22% 11.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,932 3,903 5,124
10th Percentile £208 £232 £225
25th Percentile £350 £400 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £498 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.24% +5.00% +14.29%
75th Percentile £600 £650 £613
90th Percentile £700 £738 £700
UK median daily rate £495 £517 £500
% change year-on-year -4.16% +3.30% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 392 430 302
10th Percentile £13.50 £9.80 £14.83
25th Percentile £16.72 £10.63 £16.25
Median hourly rate £40.00 £18.50 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year +116.22% -22.63% -4.36%
75th Percentile £63.75 £59.14 £47.50
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £63.24
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £18.50 £27.88
% change year-on-year +116.22% -33.63% -0.45%

SS7
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing SS7 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for SS7 in England

SS7
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SS7 in England.

Daily rate trend for SS7 in England

SS7
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SS7 in England.

Hourly rate trend for SS7 in England

SS7
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SS7 within the England region over the 6 months to 11 May 2024. 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
South East +19 2 - - 2
South West - 1 - -
SS7
UK

SS7
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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:

Communications & Networking
1 3 (100.00%) 4G
1 3 (100.00%) 5G
2 2 (66.67%) 2G
2 2 (66.67%) 3G
2 2 (66.67%) GPRS
2 2 (66.67%) GSM
2 2 (66.67%) SCCP
3 1 (33.33%) HTTP
3 1 (33.33%) SIGTRAN
3 1 (33.33%) TCP/IP
General
1 1 (33.33%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) SPML
1 1 (33.33%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Solaris
1 1 (33.33%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Capacity Planning
1 2 (66.67%) Impact Assessments
1 2 (66.67%) Performance Monitoring
2 1 (33.33%) Data Protection
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Nokia