The first table below looks at the demand for SS7 skills in IT jobs advertised for the Berkshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited SS7 over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Berkshire region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Signaling System No. 7 (SS7)
Rank 198 212 206
Rank change year-on-year
+14 -6
Permanent jobs citing SS7 10 15 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Berkshire 0.188% 0.242% 0.019%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.646% 0.855% 0.092%
Number of salaries quoted 2 9 0
Average salary £77,500 £36,500 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
+112.32% -
UK excluding London average salary £38,250 £28,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year
+34.21% -45.71%
All Communications & Networking
Berkshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
1547 1755 1086
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Berkshire 29.14% 28.27% 20.16%
Number of salaries quoted 1173 1366 866
Average salary £40,000 £42,500 £42,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.88% +1.19%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £31,000 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £60,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
SS7
South East

SS7
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Berkshire 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 Berkshire region.

Berkshire SS7 Salary Trend

SS7
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SS7 within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Find
Job
Vacancies
Reading -5 4 - -
Newbury +5 2 - -
Bracknell - 2 - -
SS7
South East

SS7
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Berkshire 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 23 (92.00%) Telecoms
2 17 (68.00%) UNIX
3 16 (64.00%) GSM
3 16 (64.00%) UMTS
4 14 (56.00%) Oracle
5 12 (48.00%) Linux
6 11 (44.00%) GPRS
7 9 (36.00%) VoIP
8 8 (32.00%) SMS
8 8 (32.00%) SQL
8 8 (32.00%) SIGTRAN
9 7 (28.00%) Oracle 8/8i
10 6 (24.00%) MPLS
10 6 (24.00%) LDAP
10 6 (24.00%) Integration Testing
11 5 (20.00%) LTE
11 5 (20.00%) LAN
11 5 (20.00%) WAN
11 5 (20.00%) TCP/IP
12 4 (16.00%) Cisco
12 4 (16.00%) Java
12 4 (16.00%) INAP
12 4 (16.00%) HP
12 4 (16.00%) ISEB
12 4 (16.00%) Ericsson
12 4 (16.00%) Service Delivery
12 4 (16.00%) Firewall
12 4 (16.00%) Huawei
12 4 (16.00%) GGSN
12 4 (16.00%) SGSN

SS7
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Berkshire 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.

Application Development
1 3 (12.00%) X-Windows
Application Platforms
1 2 (8.000%) Oracle Collaboration Suite
Communications & Networking
1 16 (64.00%) GSM
1 16 (64.00%) UMTS
2 11 (44.00%) GPRS
3 9 (36.00%) VoIP
4 8 (32.00%) SMS
4 8 (32.00%) SIGTRAN
5 6 (24.00%) MPLS
5 6 (24.00%) LDAP
6 5 (20.00%) LTE
6 5 (20.00%) LAN
6 5 (20.00%) WAN
6 5 (20.00%) TCP/IP
7 4 (16.00%) INAP
7 4 (16.00%) Firewall
7 4 (16.00%) GGSN
7 4 (16.00%) SGSN
8 3 (12.00%) MGW
8 3 (12.00%) 2G
8 3 (12.00%) RTP
8 3 (12.00%) Megaco
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (28.00%) Oracle 8/8i
2 1 (4.000%) Informix
2 1 (4.000%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (4.000%) SQL Server
General
1 23 (92.00%) Telecoms
2 2 (8.000%) Legal
2 2 (8.000%) Marketing
2 2 (8.000%) Billing
Job Titles
1 7 (28.00%) Support Engineer
2 4 (16.00%) Analyst
2 4 (16.00%) Test Analyst
2 4 (16.00%) Technical Support
2 4 (16.00%) Technical Support Engineer
2 4 (16.00%) Technical Engineer
3 3 (12.00%) Systems Engineer
4 2 (8.000%) Consultant
4 2 (8.000%) Senior Technical Support Engineer
4 2 (8.000%) Network Analyst
4 2 (8.000%) Senior Support Engineer
4 2 (8.000%) UNIX Engineer
4 2 (8.000%) UNIX Support Engineer
4 2 (8.000%) Senior Technical Support
4 2 (8.000%) UNIX Support
4 2 (8.000%) Senior UNIX Engineer
4 2 (8.000%) Senior UNIX Support
4 2 (8.000%) Senior UNIX Support Engineer
4 2 (8.000%) Senior Technical Engineer
5 1 (4.000%) Platform Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (8.000%) Management Information System
1 2 (8.000%) Digital Media
Operating Systems
1 17 (68.00%) UNIX
2 12 (48.00%) Linux
3 3 (12.00%) Windows
3 3 (12.00%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (24.00%) Integration Testing
2 4 (16.00%) Service Delivery
2 4 (16.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 4 (16.00%) Problem Management
3 3 (12.00%) Change Management
4 2 (8.000%) Risk Management
4 2 (8.000%) Test Management
4 2 (8.000%) Product Marketing
4 2 (8.000%) Information Security
4 2 (8.000%) Network Design
4 2 (8.000%) Network Management
4 2 (8.000%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (8.000%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 8 (32.00%) SQL
2 4 (16.00%) Java
3 2 (8.000%) C
Qualifications
1 4 (16.00%) ISEB
2 2 (8.000%) CCIE
2 2 (8.000%) CCNP
2 2 (8.000%) CISSP
2 2 (8.000%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (8.000%) CISM
2 2 (8.000%) SC Cleared
2 2 (8.000%) Security Cleared
2 2 (8.000%) Degree
3 1 (4.000%) HNC
3 1 (4.000%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (8.000%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (4.000%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (12.00%) NDS
Systems Management
1 4 (16.00%) HP Quality Center
2 2 (8.000%) Cisco IPCC
2 2 (8.000%) Cisco CUCM
Vendors
1 14 (56.00%) Oracle
2 4 (16.00%) Cisco
2 4 (16.00%) HP
2 4 (16.00%) Ericsson
2 4 (16.00%) Huawei
2 4 (16.00%) Tektronix
3 3 (12.00%) Nokia Siemens Networks
3 3 (12.00%) BT
3 3 (12.00%) Veritas
3 3 (12.00%) Alcatel-Lucent
3 3 (12.00%) TIBCO
4 1 (4.000%) Sybase
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