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The table below looks at the demand for Signaling System 7 (SS7) skills within the Hertfordshire 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 2 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSignaling System 7 (SS7)
Location
3 months to
2 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank70-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads10
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.002 %0.000 %
As % of the category below0.418 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£363£350
% change on same period last year+3.57 %
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-£47.50
% change on same period last year-
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
Hertfordshire
Matching contract IT job ads239340
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.384 %0.365 %
Daily rates quoted49106
Average minimum daily rate£340£311
Average daily rate£358£334
% change on same period last year+7.11 %
Average maximum daily rate£376£357
UK excluding London average daily rate£346£337
% change on same period last year+2.79 %
Hourly rates quoted1348
Average minimum hourly rate£31.15£24.02
Average hourly rate£32.73£26.08
% change on same period last year+25.46 %
Average maximum hourly rate£34.30£28.15
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.82£28.43
% change on same period last year-2.12 %
SS7 East of EnglandSS7
East of England

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 Hertfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire region.

Hertfordshire SS7 Daily Rate Trend

SS7
Top 13 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire 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 (100.00 %)Packet Switching
13 (100.00 %)TCP/IP
13 (100.00 %)Cisco
13 (100.00 %)Nortel
13 (100.00 %)Telecoms
13 (100.00 %)Network Design
13 (100.00 %)SIGTRAN
13 (100.00 %)SGSN
13 (100.00 %)3G
21 (33.33 %)Configuration Management
21 (33.33 %)Fault Management
21 (33.33 %)RNC
21 (33.33 %)Nokia

SS7
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire 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.

Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
13 (100.00 %)Packet Switching
13 (100.00 %)TCP/IP
13 (100.00 %)3G
13 (100.00 %)SIGTRAN
13 (100.00 %)SGSN
21 (33.33 %)RNC
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
13 (100.00 %)Telecoms
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
13 (100.00 %)Design Engineer
13 (100.00 %)Switch Engineer
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
13 (100.00 %)Network Design
21 (33.33 %)Fault Management
21 (33.33 %)Configuration Management
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
13 (100.00 %)Cisco
13 (100.00 %)Nortel
21 (33.33 %)Nokia