The first table below looks at the demand for SS7 skills in IT contracts advertised for the London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited SS7 over the 3 months to 22 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 London 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Signaling System No. 7 (SS7)
Rank 373 411 425
Rank change year-on-year
+38 +14
Contract jobs citing SS7 14 7 8
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 0.064% 0.026% 0.026%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.488% 0.187% 0.240%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 5 1
Average daily rate £200 £280 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-28.57% -34.11%
UK excluding London average daily rate £430 £375 £310
% change year-on-year
+14.66% +20.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £30.00
All Communications & Networking
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
2871 3739 3333
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 13.05% 13.68% 10.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 1749 2268 1921
Average daily rate £400 £399 £393
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+0.25% +1.65%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £240 £240
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £525 £520
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £335 £325
% change year-on-year
-5.97% +3.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 136 153 215
Average hourly rate £22.50 £22.50 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +12.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.48 £15.00 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £135.00 £40.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.75 £25.38 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-18.22% -7.72%
SS7
England

SS7
Jobs Demand Trend

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

London 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 London region.

London SS7 Daily Rate Trend

SS7
Hourly Rate Trend

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

London 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 London region over the 3 months to 22 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
City of London - 3 £190 -
SS7
England

SS7
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London 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 14 (93.33%) VoIP
2 10 (66.67%) Telecoms
3 4 (26.67%) MGCP
3 4 (26.67%) Megaco
3 4 (26.67%) Q.931
3 4 (26.67%) H.323
4 3 (20.00%) Netcool
4 3 (20.00%) DPNSS
4 3 (20.00%) VMS
4 3 (20.00%) SLA
4 3 (20.00%) Sun
4 3 (20.00%) Nortel
4 3 (20.00%) Softswitch
4 3 (20.00%) Network Management
4 3 (20.00%) Digital Media
5 2 (13.33%) BT
5 2 (13.33%) Huawei
5 2 (13.33%) Degree
5 2 (13.33%) HND
6 1 (6.667%) PRINCE2
6 1 (6.667%) Windows
6 1 (6.667%) VC++
6 1 (6.667%) GSM
6 1 (6.667%) ISDN
6 1 (6.667%) C
6 1 (6.667%) C#
6 1 (6.667%) C++
6 1 (6.667%) .NET
6 1 (6.667%) MFC
6 1 (6.667%) PMP

SS7
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London 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 1 (6.667%) .NET
1 1 (6.667%) MFC
1 1 (6.667%) WCF
Communications & Networking
1 14 (93.33%) VoIP
2 4 (26.67%) MGCP
2 4 (26.67%) Megaco
2 4 (26.67%) Q.931
2 4 (26.67%) H.323
3 3 (20.00%) DPNSS
3 3 (20.00%) Softswitch
4 1 (6.667%) GSM
4 1 (6.667%) ISDN
4 1 (6.667%) RTP
4 1 (6.667%) IP Telephony
4 1 (6.667%) Radio Access Network
General
1 10 (66.67%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 8 (53.33%) Trainer
2 5 (33.33%) IT Trainer
3 4 (26.67%) Voice Engineer
4 3 (20.00%) Support Engineer
4 3 (20.00%) Voice Support Engineer
5 1 (6.667%) Technical Consultant
5 1 (6.667%) Test Engineer
5 1 (6.667%) Developer
5 1 (6.667%) Network Consultant
5 1 (6.667%) Consultant
5 1 (6.667%) Senior Developer
5 1 (6.667%) Software Developer
5 1 (6.667%) Senior Software Developer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (20.00%) Digital Media
2 1 (6.667%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 3 (20.00%) VMS
2 1 (6.667%) Windows
2 1 (6.667%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (20.00%) Network Management
2 1 (6.667%) PRINCE2
2 1 (6.667%) Multithreading
2 1 (6.667%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 1 (6.667%) VC++
1 1 (6.667%) C
1 1 (6.667%) C#
1 1 (6.667%) C++
Qualifications
1 2 (13.33%) Degree
1 2 (13.33%) HND
2 1 (6.667%) PMP
2 1 (6.667%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (20.00%) SLA
Systems Management
1 3 (20.00%) Netcool
Vendors
1 3 (20.00%) Sun
1 3 (20.00%) Nortel
2 2 (13.33%) BT
2 2 (13.33%) Huawei
3 1 (6.667%) Microsoft