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This section looks at the demand for Signaling System 7 (SS7) skills within the London 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 21 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSignaling System 7 (SS7)
Location
3 months to
21 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank407467
Rank change on same period last yearUp+60
Matching contract IT job ads910
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.012 %0.010 %
As % of the category below0.228 %0.178 %
Daily rates quoted04
Average minimum daily rate-£300
Average daily rate-£338
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£375
UK excluding London average daily rate£355£369
% change on same period last year-3.76 %
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£36.25£35.00
% change on same period last year+3.57 %
London IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
London
Matching contract IT job ads39395619
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled5.198 %5.596 %
Daily rates quoted15591846
Average minimum daily rate£357£375
Average daily rate£379£394
% change on same period last year-3.72 %
Average maximum daily rate£400£412
UK excluding London average daily rate£340£343
% change on same period last year-0.93 %
Hourly rates quoted296483
Average minimum hourly rate£24.09£25.60
Average hourly rate£25.40£27.39
% change on same period last year-7.25 %
Average maximum hourly rate£26.70£29.17
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.72£28.70
% change on same period last year-10.38 %
SS7 EnglandSS7
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 London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

London 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 London region.

London SS7 Daily Rate Trend

SS7
Hourly Rate Trend

The 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

This section 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 21 August 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
City of LondonNew entry-2--
SS7 EnglandSS7
England

SS7
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, 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.

110 (55.56 %)Q.931
29 (50.00 %)VoIP
37 (38.89 %)Cisco
37 (38.89 %)GSM
46 (33.33 %)H.323
55 (27.78 %)Telecoms
55 (27.78 %)Linux
55 (27.78 %)CCNP
55 (27.78 %)CCNA
55 (27.78 %)Cisco Certification
63 (16.67 %)MPLS
63 (16.67 %)MGCP
63 (16.67 %)IPv4
63 (16.67 %)IPv6
63 (16.67 %)CCIE
63 (16.67 %)C
63 (16.67 %)ISDN
63 (16.67 %)SDH
63 (16.67 %)GPRS
63 (16.67 %)UMTS
63 (16.67 %)VPN
72 (11.11 %)Security Cleared
72 (11.11 %)C7
72 (11.11 %)Degree
72 (11.11 %)Risk Management
72 (11.11 %)Finance
72 (11.11 %)Education
72 (11.11 %)Mitel
72 (11.11 %)Multimedia
72 (11.11 %)LAN

SS7
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, 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.

London IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
110 (55.56 %)Q.931
29 (50.00 %)VoIP
37 (38.89 %)GSM
46 (33.33 %)H.323
53 (16.67 %)MPLS
53 (16.67 %)MGCP
53 (16.67 %)IPv4
53 (16.67 %)IPv6
53 (16.67 %)ISDN
53 (16.67 %)SDH
53 (16.67 %)GPRS
53 (16.67 %)UMTS
53 (16.67 %)VPN
62 (11.11 %)C7
62 (11.11 %)LAN
62 (11.11 %)PSTN
62 (11.11 %)WLAN
62 (11.11 %)TCP/IP
62 (11.11 %)Megaco
62 (11.11 %)TCAP
London IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
15 (27.78 %)Telecoms
22 (11.11 %)Finance
22 (11.11 %)Education
22 (11.11 %)Multimedia
31 (5.556 %)Billing
31 (5.556 %)Government
London IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
15 (27.78 %)Cisco Engineer
22 (11.11 %)Technical Manager
22 (11.11 %)Technical Project Manager
22 (11.11 %)Project Manager
22 (11.11 %)Developer
22 (11.11 %)Analyst
22 (11.11 %)Test Analyst
31 (5.556 %)NOC Engineer
31 (5.556 %)C Developer
31 (5.556 %)Project Engineer
31 (5.556 %)Network Engineer
31 (5.556 %)Implementation Engineer
31 (5.556 %)Network Support
London IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
15 (27.78 %)Linux
21 (5.556 %)UNIX
21 (5.556 %)Windows
London IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (11.11 %)Security Cleared
12 (11.11 %)Risk Management
12 (11.11 %)PRINCE2
21 (5.556 %)Manual Testing
21 (5.556 %)SC Cleared
London IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
13 (16.67 %)C
22 (11.11 %)C++
31 (5.556 %)Python
31 (5.556 %)Java
31 (5.556 %)Perl
31 (5.556 %)PHP
London IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
15 (27.78 %)CCNP
15 (27.78 %)CCNA
15 (27.78 %)Cisco Certification
23 (16.67 %)CCIE
32 (11.11 %)Degree
32 (11.11 %)PRINCE2 Certification
London IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
17 (38.89 %)Cisco
22 (11.11 %)Mitel
22 (11.11 %)Nortel
31 (5.556 %)Ericsson