The first table below looks at the demand for SS7 skills in IT jobs advertised for the Buckinghamshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited SS7 over the 3 months to 20 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 Buckinghamshire region.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Signaling System No. 7 (SS7)
Rank 121 119 134
Rank change year-on-year
-2 +15
Permanent jobs citing SS7 8 11 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Buckinghamshire 0.396% 0.570% 0.145%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.151% 2.472% 0.880%
Number of salaries quoted 6 10 3
Average salary £24,000 £28,250 £23,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-15.04% +22.82%
UK excluding London average salary £24,000 £30,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-20.00% -25.00%
All Communications & Networking
Buckinghamshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
372 445 341
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Buckinghamshire 18.43% 23.05% 16.43%
Number of salaries quoted 303 366 270
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £22,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £58,200 £55,000 £57,500
UK excluding London average salary £39,750 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-0.62% +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 Buckinghamshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

Buckinghamshire 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 Buckinghamshire region.

Buckinghamshire 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 Buckinghamshire region over the 3 months to 20 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Milton Keynes -18 8 £24,000 -15.04%
SS7
South East

SS7
Top 28 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Buckinghamshire 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 12 (100.00%) VoIP
2 9 (75.00%) IP Telephony
3 8 (66.67%) Software Engineering
3 8 (66.67%) Degree
3 8 (66.67%) Computer Science
3 8 (66.67%) TCP/IP
3 8 (66.67%) C
3 8 (66.67%) C#
3 8 (66.67%) C++
3 8 (66.67%) Java
3 8 (66.67%) Windows
3 8 (66.67%) Linux
3 8 (66.67%) Python
4 4 (33.33%) ISDN
4 4 (33.33%) H.323
4 4 (33.33%) CCNA
4 4 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
4 4 (33.33%) Telecoms
5 3 (25.00%) CCVP
5 3 (25.00%) CCIE
6 1 (8.333%) DNS
6 1 (8.333%) Internet
6 1 (8.333%) RTCP
6 1 (8.333%) RTP
6 1 (8.333%) PBX
6 1 (8.333%) SCTP
6 1 (8.333%) Open Source
6 1 (8.333%) Dialogic

SS7
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Buckinghamshire 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 12 (100.00%) VoIP
2 9 (75.00%) IP Telephony
3 8 (66.67%) TCP/IP
4 4 (33.33%) ISDN
4 4 (33.33%) H.323
5 1 (8.333%) PBX
5 1 (8.333%) SCTP
5 1 (8.333%) DNS
5 1 (8.333%) Internet
5 1 (8.333%) RTCP
5 1 (8.333%) RTP
General
1 4 (33.33%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 12 (100.00%) Support Engineer
2 8 (66.67%) Software Support Engineer
2 8 (66.67%) Graduate
2 8 (66.67%) Software Engineer
2 8 (66.67%) C Software Engineer
3 1 (8.333%) Voice Engineer
3 1 (8.333%) Core Network Engineer
3 1 (8.333%) Voice Support Engineer
3 1 (8.333%) Network Engineer
3 1 (8.333%) Technical Support
3 1 (8.333%) VoIP Engineer
3 1 (8.333%) Technical Support Engineer
3 1 (8.333%) Technical Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 8 (66.67%) Computer Science
2 1 (8.333%) Open Source
Operating Systems
1 8 (66.67%) Windows
1 8 (66.67%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (66.67%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 8 (66.67%) C
1 8 (66.67%) C#
1 8 (66.67%) C++
1 8 (66.67%) Java
1 8 (66.67%) Python
Qualifications
1 8 (66.67%) Degree
2 4 (33.33%) CCNA
2 4 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
3 3 (25.00%) CCVP
3 3 (25.00%) CCIE
Vendors
1 1 (8.333%) Dialogic