The first table below looks at the demand for SS7 skills in IT jobs advertised for the London 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 London region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Signaling System No. 7 (SS7)
Rank 589 635 620
Rank change year-on-year
+46 -15
Permanent jobs citing SS7 18 10 29
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in London 0.041% 0.019% 0.048%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.225% 0.115% 0.344%
Number of salaries quoted 8 8 27
Average salary £60,000 £61,250 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-2.04% +44.11%
90% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £31,925 £33,000
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £76,750 £80,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,250 £28,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year
+34.21% -45.71%
All Communications & Networking
London
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
7992 8726 8441
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in London 18.06% 16.40% 14.09%
Number of salaries quoted 6591 7368 7089
Average salary £50,000 £47,500 £47,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.26% -
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £30,000 £29,000
10% offered a salary of more than £70,000 £72,500 £72,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
SS7
England

SS7
Jobs Demand Trend

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

London 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 London region.

London 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 London 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
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Job
Vacancies
City of London -5 1 £60,000 -2.04% 1
SS7
England

SS7
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the London 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 39 (100.00%) Telecoms
2 34 (87.18%) H.323
2 34 (87.18%) VoIP
3 29 (74.36%) Q.931
4 26 (66.67%) Degree
5 19 (48.72%) Mathematics
6 18 (46.15%) Cisco
7 17 (43.59%) Nortel
8 16 (41.03%) WAN
8 16 (41.03%) LAN
8 16 (41.03%) SDH
8 16 (41.03%) Ethernet
8 16 (41.03%) TCP/IP
8 16 (41.03%) VPN
8 16 (41.03%) Physics
8 16 (41.03%) MPLS
8 16 (41.03%) Migration
8 16 (41.03%) Electronics
8 16 (41.03%) xDSL
9 15 (38.46%) Softswitch
9 15 (38.46%) BT
9 15 (38.46%) Huawei
9 15 (38.46%) HND
9 15 (38.46%) ADSL
9 15 (38.46%) Broadband
9 15 (38.46%) SLA
9 15 (38.46%) Sun
9 15 (38.46%) DPNSS
9 15 (38.46%) MGCP
9 15 (38.46%) Megaco

SS7
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the London 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 Platforms
1 7 (17.95%) Lync
Applications
1 10 (25.64%) MS Excel
2 7 (17.95%) MS Visio
2 7 (17.95%) MS PowerPoint
Communications & Networking
1 34 (87.18%) H.323
1 34 (87.18%) VoIP
2 29 (74.36%) Q.931
3 16 (41.03%) WAN
3 16 (41.03%) LAN
3 16 (41.03%) SDH
3 16 (41.03%) Ethernet
3 16 (41.03%) TCP/IP
3 16 (41.03%) VPN
3 16 (41.03%) MPLS
3 16 (41.03%) xDSL
4 15 (38.46%) Softswitch
4 15 (38.46%) ADSL
4 15 (38.46%) Broadband
4 15 (38.46%) DPNSS
4 15 (38.46%) MGCP
4 15 (38.46%) Megaco
5 10 (25.64%) PBX
6 9 (23.08%) ATM
6 9 (23.08%) DWDM
General
1 39 (100.00%) Telecoms
2 16 (41.03%) Electronics
3 8 (20.51%) Billing
4 7 (17.95%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 16 (41.03%) Sales Engineer
2 15 (38.46%) Technical Specialist
2 15 (38.46%) Senior Technical Specialist
2 15 (38.46%) Voice Specialist
3 7 (17.95%) Voice Engineer
4 3 (7.692%) Security Advisor
5 2 (5.128%) VoIP Engineer
6 1 (2.564%) Switch Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 19 (48.72%) Mathematics
2 16 (41.03%) Physics
3 14 (35.90%) Streaming Video
4 9 (23.08%) Video Conferencing
5 3 (7.692%) Computer Science
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (41.03%) Migration
2 9 (23.08%) Network Design
2 9 (23.08%) Product Management
3 7 (17.95%) ITIL
3 7 (17.95%) CRM
3 7 (17.95%) ERP
4 3 (7.692%) Information Security
4 3 (7.692%) Data Analysis
5 2 (5.128%) WAN Optimisation
Qualifications
1 26 (66.67%) Degree
2 15 (38.46%) HND
3 10 (25.64%) Cisco Certification
3 10 (25.64%) CCNA
4 7 (17.95%) CCDA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (38.46%) SLA
2 3 (7.692%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 18 (46.15%) Cisco
2 17 (43.59%) Nortel
3 15 (38.46%) BT
3 15 (38.46%) Huawei
3 15 (38.46%) Sun
4 10 (25.64%) Juniper
5 7 (17.95%) Microsoft
5 7 (17.95%) Siebel
5 7 (17.95%) Polycom
5 7 (17.95%) Tandberg
6 2 (5.128%) Avaya
East London
You should also have a detailed knowledge of some of the following protocols and signalling systems as well as other standards associated with telephony switching in the UK...
Sky
Salary: competitive
Posted: 18 June 2013
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