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

LinkSignaling System 7 (SS7)
Location
3 months to
7 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank65-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads30
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.004 %0.000 %
As % of the category below1.245 %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£406£385
% change on same period last year+5.47 %
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£38.75
% change on same period last year-6.45 %
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
Reading
Matching contract IT job ads241210
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.342 %0.212 %
Daily rates quoted5979
Average minimum daily rate£447£301
Average daily rate£456£322
% change on same period last year+41.29 %
Average maximum daily rate£464£344
UK excluding London average daily rate£352£336
% change on same period last year+4.74 %
Hourly rates quoted1257
Average minimum hourly rate£38.96£27.21
Average hourly rate£41.69£28.59
% change on same period last year+45.80 %
Average maximum hourly rate£44.41£29.96
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.56£28.73
% change on same period last year-4.06 %
SS7 BerkshireSS7
Berkshire

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

Reading 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 Reading region.

Reading 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 Reading region.

Reading SS7 Hourly Rate Trend

SS7
Top 24 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Reading 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.

12 (66.67 %)ATM
12 (66.67 %)Ericsson
12 (66.67 %)GGSN
12 (66.67 %)SGSN
21 (33.33 %)Red Hat Linux
21 (33.33 %)Java
21 (33.33 %)UNIX
21 (33.33 %)Solaris
21 (33.33 %)Linux
21 (33.33 %)VERITAS
21 (33.33 %)Red Hat
21 (33.33 %)UTRAN
21 (33.33 %)Telecoms
21 (33.33 %)Korn
21 (33.33 %)Degree
21 (33.33 %)Computer Science
21 (33.33 %)SIGTRAN
21 (33.33 %)GPRS
21 (33.33 %)OpenVMS
21 (33.33 %)TCP/IP
21 (33.33 %)Cisco
21 (33.33 %)Sun
21 (33.33 %)HP
21 (33.33 %)Nortel

SS7
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Reading 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.

Reading IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (66.67 %)ATM
12 (66.67 %)GGSN
12 (66.67 %)SGSN
21 (33.33 %)GPRS
21 (33.33 %)TCP/IP
21 (33.33 %)UTRAN
21 (33.33 %)SIGTRAN
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (33.33 %)Telecoms
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
11 (33.33 %)Network Engineer
11 (33.33 %)Technical Engineer
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (33.33 %)Computer Science
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (33.33 %)UNIX
11 (33.33 %)Solaris
11 (33.33 %)Linux
11 (33.33 %)OpenVMS
11 (33.33 %)Red Hat Linux
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (33.33 %)Java
11 (33.33 %)Korn
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (33.33 %)Degree
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
12 (66.67 %)Ericsson
21 (33.33 %)VERITAS
21 (33.33 %)Red Hat
21 (33.33 %)Cisco
21 (33.33 %)Sun
21 (33.33 %)HP
21 (33.33 %)Nortel