The first table below looks at the demand for SS7 skills in IT jobs advertised for the Dorset region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited SS7 over the 3 months to 17 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 Dorset region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Signaling System No. 7 (SS7)
Rank 62 52 59
Rank change year-on-year
-10 +7
Permanent jobs citing SS7 2 6 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Dorset 0.331% 1.242% 0.174%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.695% 7.692% 1.429%
Number of salaries quoted 2 4 1
Average salary £37,500 £21,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+74.41% -42.66%
UK excluding London average salary £24,000 £30,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-20.00% -25.00%
All Communications & Networking
Dorset
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
118 78 70
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Dorset 19.54% 16.15% 12.20%
Number of salaries quoted 102 59 60
Average salary £35,000 £32,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.69% -7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,000 £21,500 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £40,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £39,750 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-0.62% +6.66%
SS7
South West

SS7
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Dorset 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 Dorset region.

Dorset SS7 Salary Trend

SS7
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing SS7 across the Dorset region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Dorset SS7 Salary Histogram

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 Dorset region over the 3 months to 17 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
Dorchester +3 2 £37,500 +74.41%
SS7
South West

SS7
Top 16 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Dorset 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 4 (100.00%) VoIP
1 4 (100.00%) Telecoms
2 3 (75.00%) MGW
3 2 (50.00%) ISDN
3 2 (50.00%) C
3 2 (50.00%) Java
3 2 (50.00%) SQL
3 2 (50.00%) MGCP
3 2 (50.00%) RTCP
3 2 (50.00%) RTP
3 2 (50.00%) Megaco
3 2 (50.00%) H.323
4 1 (25.00%) Linux
4 1 (25.00%) CRM
4 1 (25.00%) Software Testing
4 1 (25.00%) C++

SS7
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Dorset 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 4 (100.00%) VoIP
2 3 (75.00%) MGW
3 2 (50.00%) ISDN
3 2 (50.00%) MGCP
3 2 (50.00%) RTCP
3 2 (50.00%) RTP
3 2 (50.00%) Megaco
3 2 (50.00%) H.323
General
1 4 (100.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Software Engineer
1 2 (50.00%) Support Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) 3rd Line Support
2 1 (25.00%) 2nd Line Support
2 1 (25.00%) Senior Software Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (25.00%) CRM
1 1 (25.00%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 2 (50.00%) C
1 2 (50.00%) Java
1 2 (50.00%) SQL
2 1 (25.00%) C++