SS7 Contracts in the South East
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for SS7 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 SS7 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
Signaling System No. 7 (SS7)
Rank 199 225 243
Rank change year-on-year
+26 +18
Contract jobs citing SS7 25 14 10
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 0.321% 0.138% 0.096%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.681% 0.653% 0.521%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 4 2
Average daily rate £450 £344 £320
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+30.90% +7.42%
UK excluding London average daily rate £403 £375 £310
% change year-on-year
+7.33% +20.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £30.00
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%
SS7
England

SS7
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East 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 South East region.

South East 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 South East region.

South East 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 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 +28 23 £450 +30.90%
Hampshire - 8 - -
Surrey - 2 - -
SS7
England

SS7
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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 24 (70.59%) Telecoms
2 16 (47.06%) SIGTRAN
3 13 (38.24%) Cisco
4 10 (29.41%) INAP
5 9 (26.47%) UNIX
5 9 (26.47%) Digital Media
6 8 (23.53%) Network Design
6 8 (23.53%) GSM
6 8 (23.53%) UMTS
6 8 (23.53%) Stakeholder Management
7 7 (20.59%) Unified Communications
8 6 (17.65%) Root Cause Analysis
8 6 (17.65%) Cisco CUCM
8 6 (17.65%) Integration Testing
8 6 (17.65%) VoIP
8 6 (17.65%) Linux
8 6 (17.65%) GPRS
9 5 (14.71%) Cisco Certification
9 5 (14.71%) CCIE
9 5 (14.71%) 3G
9 5 (14.71%) MPLS
9 5 (14.71%) Configuration Management
9 5 (14.71%) Test Strategy
10 4 (11.76%) Nokia Siemens Networks
10 4 (11.76%) Packet Switching
10 4 (11.76%) TCP/IP
10 4 (11.76%) Nokia
11 3 (8.824%) Ericsson
11 3 (8.824%) CCNP
11 3 (8.824%) ATM

SS7
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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 3 (8.824%) XML
Application Platforms
1 3 (8.824%) Lync
Communications & Networking
1 16 (47.06%) SIGTRAN
2 10 (29.41%) INAP
3 8 (23.53%) GSM
3 8 (23.53%) UMTS
4 7 (20.59%) Unified Communications
5 6 (17.65%) VoIP
5 6 (17.65%) GPRS
6 5 (14.71%) 3G
6 5 (14.71%) MPLS
7 4 (11.76%) Packet Switching
7 4 (11.76%) TCP/IP
8 3 (8.824%) ATM
8 3 (8.824%) 2G
8 3 (8.824%) RNC
8 3 (8.824%) RANAP
8 3 (8.824%) NBAP
8 3 (8.824%) Radio Access Network
9 2 (5.882%) GGSN
9 2 (5.882%) SGSN
9 2 (5.882%) ISUP
General
1 24 (70.59%) Telecoms
2 2 (5.882%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 10 (29.41%) Network Engineer
2 8 (23.53%) Architect
3 6 (17.65%) Network Support Engineer
3 6 (17.65%) Network Support
3 6 (17.65%) Support Engineer
4 5 (14.71%) Consultant
5 3 (8.824%) Project Manager
5 3 (8.824%) Technical Architect
5 3 (8.824%) Technical Project Manager
5 3 (8.824%) Solutions Architect
5 3 (8.824%) Core Network Engineer
5 3 (8.824%) Configuration Engineer
5 3 (8.824%) Databuild Engineer
5 3 (8.824%) Technical Solutions Architect
5 3 (8.824%) Technical Manager
6 2 (5.882%) Technical Design Leader
7 1 (2.941%) Service Manager
7 1 (2.941%) Cisco Engineer
7 1 (2.941%) Delivery Manager
7 1 (2.941%) Cisco Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 9 (26.47%) Digital Media
Operating Systems
1 9 (26.47%) UNIX
2 6 (17.65%) Linux
3 2 (5.882%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (23.53%) Network Design
1 8 (23.53%) Stakeholder Management
2 6 (17.65%) Root Cause Analysis
2 6 (17.65%) Integration Testing
3 5 (14.71%) Configuration Management
3 5 (14.71%) Test Strategy
4 3 (8.824%) Validation
5 2 (5.882%) Network Architecture
5 2 (5.882%) Product Marketing
5 2 (5.882%) Project Management
6 1 (2.941%) Migration
6 1 (2.941%) Service Delivery
6 1 (2.941%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (5.882%) C
2 1 (2.941%) C++
2 1 (2.941%) Perl
2 1 (2.941%) VB
Qualifications
1 5 (14.71%) Cisco Certification
1 5 (14.71%) CCIE
2 3 (8.824%) CCNP
3 2 (5.882%) Degree
3 2 (5.882%) CCVP
4 1 (2.941%) HNC
4 1 (2.941%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (8.824%) QA
System Software
1 2 (5.882%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.941%) NDS
Systems Management
1 6 (17.65%) Cisco CUCM
2 2 (5.882%) AppManager
Vendors
1 13 (38.24%) Cisco
2 4 (11.76%) Nokia Siemens Networks
2 4 (11.76%) Nokia
3 3 (8.824%) Ericsson
4 2 (5.882%) NetIQ
4 2 (5.882%) VMware
4 2 (5.882%) Citrix
4 2 (5.882%) TIBCO
4 2 (5.882%) Alcatel-Lucent
5 1 (2.941%) Siemens
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