The first table below looks at the demand for SIGTRAN skills in IT contracts advertised for the South East region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited SIGTRAN over the 3 months to 24 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 South East 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
SIGTRAN
Rank 212 236 250
Rank change year-on-year
+24 +14
Contract jobs citing SIGTRAN 12 3 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 0.154% 0.030% 0.029%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.807% 0.140% 0.156%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 1
Average daily rate £450 £425 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+5.88% +21.42%
UK excluding London average daily rate £450 £400 £338
% change year-on-year
+12.50% +18.51%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Communications & Networking
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
1487 2143 1920
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 19.08% 21.12% 18.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 573 627 668
Average daily rate £320 £325 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-1.53% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £165 £188 £203
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £440 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £338 £325
% change year-on-year
-6.66% +3.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 160 187 236
Average hourly rate £25.00 £32.50 £26.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-23.07% +22.64%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.00 £13.50 £13.20
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £45.00 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.75 £25.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-17.00% -9.09%
SIGTRAN
England

SIGTRAN
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total 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 Jobs Demand Trend

SIGTRAN
Daily Rate Trend

This 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

This 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

The table below 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 24 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
Berkshire +24 12 £450 +5.88%
Hampshire - 5 - -
SIGTRAN
England

SIGTRAN
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, 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.

1 16 (84.21%) SS7
1 16 (84.21%) Telecoms
2 9 (47.37%) Cisco
3 7 (36.84%) INAP
4 6 (31.58%) GPRS
4 6 (31.58%) GSM
4 6 (31.58%) UMTS
4 6 (31.58%) VoIP
4 6 (31.58%) Network Design
4 6 (31.58%) Integration Testing
4 6 (31.58%) Test Strategy
4 6 (31.58%) Digital Media
4 6 (31.58%) Root Cause Analysis
4 6 (31.58%) Cisco CUCM
5 5 (26.32%) Stakeholder Management
6 4 (21.05%) Unified Communications
6 4 (21.05%) UNIX
6 4 (21.05%) Linux
6 4 (21.05%) CCIE
6 4 (21.05%) Cisco Certification
6 4 (21.05%) MPLS
7 3 (15.79%) 3G
8 2 (10.53%) MGW
8 2 (10.53%) Nokia Siemens Networks
8 2 (10.53%) Capacity Management
8 2 (10.53%) Radio Access Network
8 2 (10.53%) CCNP
8 2 (10.53%) Project Management
8 2 (10.53%) ISUP
8 2 (10.53%) Wireless

SIGTRAN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, 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.

Application Development
1 1 (5.263%) FIX Protocol
Communications & Networking
1 16 (84.21%) SS7
2 7 (36.84%) INAP
3 6 (31.58%) GPRS
3 6 (31.58%) GSM
3 6 (31.58%) UMTS
3 6 (31.58%) VoIP
4 4 (21.05%) Unified Communications
4 4 (21.05%) MPLS
5 3 (15.79%) 3G
6 2 (10.53%) MGW
6 2 (10.53%) Radio Access Network
6 2 (10.53%) ISUP
6 2 (10.53%) Wireless
7 1 (5.263%) 2G
7 1 (5.263%) LAN
7 1 (5.263%) RTP
7 1 (5.263%) WLAN
7 1 (5.263%) WAN
7 1 (5.263%) Cisco ICM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.263%) SQL Server
1 1 (5.263%) SQL Server 2005
General
1 16 (84.21%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 6 (31.58%) Architect
1 6 (31.58%) Network Engineer
1 6 (31.58%) Support Engineer
1 6 (31.58%) Network Support Engineer
1 6 (31.58%) Network Support
2 4 (21.05%) Consultant
3 3 (15.79%) Technical Architect
3 3 (15.79%) Solutions Architect
3 3 (15.79%) Technical Solutions Architect
4 2 (10.53%) Voice Engineer
4 2 (10.53%) Design Engineer
4 2 (10.53%) Technical Manager
4 2 (10.53%) Project Manager
4 2 (10.53%) Technical Project Manager
5 1 (5.263%) Test Manager
5 1 (5.263%) Senior Communications Engineer
5 1 (5.263%) Communications Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (31.58%) Digital Media
Operating Systems
1 4 (21.05%) UNIX
1 4 (21.05%) Linux
2 1 (5.263%) Windows
2 1 (5.263%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (31.58%) Network Design
1 6 (31.58%) Integration Testing
1 6 (31.58%) Test Strategy
1 6 (31.58%) Root Cause Analysis
2 5 (26.32%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (10.53%) Capacity Management
3 2 (10.53%) Project Management
4 1 (5.263%) Validation
4 1 (5.263%) Migration
Qualifications
1 4 (21.05%) CCIE
1 4 (21.05%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (10.53%) CCNP
3 1 (5.263%) CCVP
3 1 (5.263%) ISTQB
System Software
1 1 (5.263%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 6 (31.58%) Cisco CUCM
Vendors
1 9 (47.37%) Cisco
2 2 (10.53%) Nokia Siemens Networks
3 1 (5.263%) VMware