The first table below looks at the demand for SS7 skills in IT contracts advertised for the Hampshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited SS7 over the 3 months to 24 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 Hampshire 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Signaling System No. 7 (SS7)
Rank 95 - 103
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing SS7 8 0 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hampshire 0.524% - 0.108%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.540% - 0.730%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 2
Average daily rate - - £320
UK excluding London average daily rate £403 £375 £310
% change year-on-year
+7.33% +20.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £30.00
All Communications & Networking
Hampshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
315 306 274
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hampshire 20.64% 19.23% 14.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 128 128 81
Average daily rate £340 £361 £311
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.88% +16.06%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £220 £225 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £488 £450 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £338 £325
% change year-on-year
-6.66% +3.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 64 53 75
Average hourly rate £31.25 £35.00 £31.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-10.71% +11.11%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.00 £21.50 £16.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £42.50 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.75 £25.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-17.00% -9.09%
SS7
South East

SS7
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Hampshire 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 Hampshire region.

Hampshire SS7 Daily Rate Trend

SS7
Top 17 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hampshire 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 8 (100.00%) Telecoms
1 8 (100.00%) Digital Media
2 6 (75.00%) INAP
3 5 (62.50%) Stakeholder Management
3 5 (62.50%) Cisco
3 5 (62.50%) SIGTRAN
4 4 (50.00%) Cisco CUCM
5 3 (37.50%) Test Strategy
5 3 (37.50%) Configuration Management
6 2 (25.00%) VoIP
6 2 (25.00%) ISUP
6 2 (25.00%) CCIE
6 2 (25.00%) CCNP
6 2 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (25.00%) MPLS
6 2 (25.00%) Unified Communications
7 1 (12.50%) Project Management

SS7
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hampshire 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.

Communications & Networking
1 6 (75.00%) INAP
2 5 (62.50%) SIGTRAN
3 2 (25.00%) VoIP
3 2 (25.00%) ISUP
3 2 (25.00%) MPLS
3 2 (25.00%) Unified Communications
General
1 8 (100.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 3 (37.50%) Core Network Engineer
1 3 (37.50%) Solutions Architect
1 3 (37.50%) Technical Solutions Architect
1 3 (37.50%) Network Engineer
1 3 (37.50%) Architect
1 3 (37.50%) Technical Architect
2 2 (25.00%) Consultant
2 2 (25.00%) Project Manager
2 2 (25.00%) Technical Project Manager
2 2 (25.00%) Technical Manager
Miscellaneous
1 8 (100.00%) Digital Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (62.50%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (37.50%) Test Strategy
2 3 (37.50%) Configuration Management
3 1 (12.50%) Project Management
Qualifications
1 2 (25.00%) CCIE
1 2 (25.00%) CCNP
1 2 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
Systems Management
1 4 (50.00%) Cisco CUCM
Vendors
1 5 (62.50%) Cisco