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This section looks at the demand for SIGTRAN skills within the South East region with a comparison to our Communications & Networking category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited SIGTRAN over the 3 months to 21 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSIGTRAN
Location
3 months to
21 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank254296
Rank change on same period last yearUp+42
Matching contract IT job ads25
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.003 %0.005 %
As % of the category below0.084 %0.150 %
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--
% change on same period last year-
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--
% change on same period last year-
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
South East
Matching contract IT job ads23913326
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled3.155 %3.313 %
Daily rates quoted498762
Average minimum daily rate£351£340
Average daily rate£369£357
% change on same period last year+3.45 %
Average maximum daily rate£388£374
UK excluding London average daily rate£340£343
% change on same period last year-0.93 %
Hourly rates quoted354551
Average minimum hourly rate£23.63£27.82
Average hourly rate£24.97£29.36
% change on same period last year-14.94 %
Average maximum hourly rate£26.32£30.91
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.72£28.70
% change on same period last year-10.38 %
SIGTRAN EnglandSIGTRAN
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.

SIGTRAN
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing SIGTRAN across the South East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

South East SIGTRAN Demand Trend

SIGTRAN
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing SIGTRAN across the South East region.

South East SIGTRAN Daily Rate Trend

SIGTRAN
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing SIGTRAN across the South East region.

South East SIGTRAN Hourly Rate Trend

SIGTRAN
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SIGTRAN within the South East 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
East SussexNew entry-1--
BerkshireUp+361--
SIGTRAN EnglandSIGTRAN
England

SIGTRAN
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing SIGTRAN 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 SIGTRAN.

118 (100.00 %)Cisco
118 (100.00 %)SS7
217 (94.44 %)SGSN
316 (88.89 %)Nokia
316 (88.89 %)Siemens
415 (83.33 %)TCP/IP
514 (77.78 %)GGSN
613 (72.22 %)3G
712 (66.67 %)Telecoms
712 (66.67 %)Packet Switching
86 (33.33 %)Configuration Management
86 (33.33 %)Fault Management
95 (27.78 %)Network Design
104 (22.22 %)Data Management
104 (22.22 %)GPRS
104 (22.22 %)DNS
113 (16.67 %)Internet
121 (5.556 %)Korn
121 (5.556 %)Degree
121 (5.556 %)Computer Science
121 (5.556 %)UTRAN
121 (5.556 %)OpenVMS
121 (5.556 %)Java
121 (5.556 %)UNIX
121 (5.556 %)Solaris
121 (5.556 %)Linux
121 (5.556 %)VERITAS
121 (5.556 %)Red Hat
121 (5.556 %)Sun
121 (5.556 %)HP

SIGTRAN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing SIGTRAN 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 SIGTRAN. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

South East IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
118 (100.00 %)SS7
217 (94.44 %)SGSN
315 (83.33 %)TCP/IP
414 (77.78 %)GGSN
513 (72.22 %)3G
612 (66.67 %)Packet Switching
74 (22.22 %)GPRS
74 (22.22 %)DNS
83 (16.67 %)Internet
91 (5.556 %)UTRAN
South East IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
112 (66.67 %)Telecoms
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
110 (55.56 %)Design Engineer
23 (16.67 %)Network Engineer
23 (16.67 %)Network Design Engineer
32 (11.11 %)Server Engineer
41 (5.556 %)Integration Engineer
41 (5.556 %)Switch Engineer
41 (5.556 %)Technical Engineer
South East IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (5.556 %)Computer Science
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (5.556 %)OpenVMS
11 (5.556 %)UNIX
11 (5.556 %)Solaris
11 (5.556 %)Linux
11 (5.556 %)Red Hat Linux
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
16 (33.33 %)Configuration Management
16 (33.33 %)Fault Management
25 (27.78 %)Network Design
34 (22.22 %)Data Management
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (5.556 %)Korn
11 (5.556 %)Java
South East IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (5.556 %)Degree
South East IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
118 (100.00 %)Cisco
216 (88.89 %)Nokia
216 (88.89 %)Siemens
31 (5.556 %)VERITAS
31 (5.556 %)Red Hat
31 (5.556 %)Sun
31 (5.556 %)HP
31 (5.556 %)Nortel