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The table below looks at the demand for SIGTRAN skills within the South West region with a comparison to our Communications & Networking category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited SIGTRAN over the 3 months to 18 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSIGTRAN
Location
3 months to
18 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank231267
Rank change on same period last yearUp+36
Matching permanent IT job ads143
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.009 %0.001 %
As % of the category below0.882 %0.163 %
Salaries quoted63
Average minimum salary£31,167£38,333
Average salary£36,000£42,833
% change on same period last year-15.95 %
Average maximum salary£40,833£47,333
UK excluding London average salary£39,889£42,833
% change on same period last year-6.87 %
South West IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
South West
Matching permanent IT job ads15871846
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled1.027 %0.823 %
Salaries quoted14061458
Average minimum salary£32,539£34,357
Average salary£35,121£37,575
% change on same period last year-6.53 %
Average maximum salary£37,702£40,792
UK excluding London average salary£37,839£38,392
% change on same period last year-1.43 %
SIGTRAN EnglandSIGTRAN
England

SIGTRAN
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing SIGTRAN across the South West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

South West SIGTRAN Demand Trend

SIGTRAN
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing SIGTRAN across the South West region.

South West SIGTRAN Salary Trend

SIGTRAN
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing SIGTRAN across the South West region over the 3 months to 18 November 2008.

South West SIGTRAN Salary Histogram

SIGTRAN
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SIGTRAN within the South West region over the 3 months to 18 November 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
BristolUp+510£31,125-25.44 %
WiltshireNew entry-4£45,750-
SIGTRAN EnglandSIGTRAN
England

SIGTRAN
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 November 2008, IT jobs across the South West region citing SIGTRAN 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 SIGTRAN.

126 (96.30 %)SS7
224 (88.89 %)UNIX
320 (74.07 %)GSM
419 (70.37 %)Telecoms
517 (62.96 %)Service Delivery
616 (59.26 %)LDAP
715 (55.56 %)X.500
813 (48.15 %)Perl
910 (37.04 %)VMS
109 (33.33 %)SLA
118 (29.63 %)Shell Script
125 (18.52 %)ISUP
125 (18.52 %)Linux
134 (14.81 %)VoIP
143 (11.11 %)Software Testing
143 (11.11 %)QA
143 (11.11 %)UMTS
143 (11.11 %)TCAP
143 (11.11 %)C
143 (11.11 %)C++
143 (11.11 %)GPRS
152 (7.407 %)ISDN
152 (7.407 %)Solaris
152 (7.407 %)SCCP
152 (7.407 %)Degree
152 (7.407 %)Wireshark
152 (7.407 %)Computer Science
161 (3.704 %)SSCP
161 (3.704 %)Windows
161 (3.704 %)Sun

SIGTRAN
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 November 2008, IT jobs across the South West region citing SIGTRAN 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 SIGTRAN. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

South West IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
126 (96.30 %)SS7
220 (74.07 %)GSM
316 (59.26 %)LDAP
415 (55.56 %)X.500
55 (18.52 %)ISUP
64 (14.81 %)VoIP
73 (11.11 %)UMTS
73 (11.11 %)TCAP
73 (11.11 %)GPRS
82 (7.407 %)ISDN
82 (7.407 %)SCCP
82 (7.407 %)Wireshark
South West IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
119 (70.37 %)Telecoms
South West IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
19 (33.33 %)Technical Support
27 (25.93 %)Support Engineer
27 (25.93 %)Applications Support
27 (25.93 %)Senior Support Engineer
34 (14.81 %)Consultant
34 (14.81 %)Support Consultant
43 (11.11 %)QA Manager
43 (11.11 %)Technical Consultant
43 (11.11 %)Test Engineer
43 (11.11 %)Technical Support Consultant
43 (11.11 %)Software Engineer
52 (7.407 %)QA Test Manager
52 (7.407 %)C Software Engineer
52 (7.407 %)GSM Engineer
52 (7.407 %)Test Manager
61 (3.704 %)C++ Software Engineer
61 (3.704 %)Senior Network Engineer
61 (3.704 %)Software Test Engineer
61 (3.704 %)UNIX Engineer
61 (3.704 %)Graduate Software Developer
South West IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12 (7.407 %)Computer Science
South West IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
124 (88.89 %)UNIX
210 (37.04 %)VMS
35 (18.52 %)Linux
42 (7.407 %)Solaris
51 (3.704 %)Windows
South West IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
117 (62.96 %)Service Delivery
23 (11.11 %)Software Testing
South West IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
113 (48.15 %)Perl
28 (29.63 %)Shell Script
33 (11.11 %)C
33 (11.11 %)C++
41 (3.704 %)Tcl
South West IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
12 (7.407 %)Degree
21 (3.704 %)SSCP
South West IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
19 (33.33 %)SLA
23 (11.11 %)QA
South West IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (3.704 %)Sun