The first table below looks at the demand for SS7 skills in IT jobs advertised for the Bedford region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited SS7 over the 3 months to 21 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 Bedford region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Signaling System No. 7 (SS7)
Rank 44 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing SS7 5 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bedford 2.000% - -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 8.772% - -
Number of salaries quoted 5 0 0
Average salary £24,000 - -
UK excluding London average salary £24,000 £29,250 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-17.94% -26.87%
All Communications & Networking
Bedford
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
57 50 10
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bedford 22.80% 24.39% 5.988%
Number of salaries quoted 56 48 8
Average salary £40,000 £45,000 £37,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
-11.11% +19.20%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,000 £26,900 £37,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £46,500 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
SS7
Bedfordshire

SS7
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bedford SS7 Jobs Demand Trend

SS7
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing SS7 across the Bedford region.

Bedford SS7 Salary Trend

SS7
Top 13 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bedford 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 IT job ads sampled that cited SS7.

1 8 (100.00%) C
1 8 (100.00%) C#
1 8 (100.00%) C++
1 8 (100.00%) Java
1 8 (100.00%) Windows
1 8 (100.00%) Linux
1 8 (100.00%) Python
1 8 (100.00%) VoIP
1 8 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 8 (100.00%) IP Telephony
1 8 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 8 (100.00%) Degree
1 8 (100.00%) Computer Science

SS7
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bedford 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 IT job ads sampled that cited SS7. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking
1 8 (100.00%) VoIP
1 8 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 8 (100.00%) IP Telephony
Job Titles
1 8 (100.00%) Graduate
1 8 (100.00%) Software Engineer
1 8 (100.00%) Support Engineer
1 8 (100.00%) Software Support Engineer
1 8 (100.00%) C Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 8 (100.00%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 8 (100.00%) Windows
1 8 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (100.00%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 8 (100.00%) C
1 8 (100.00%) C#
1 8 (100.00%) C++
1 8 (100.00%) Java
1 8 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 8 (100.00%) Degree