SIGTRAN Contract Job Trends in England

SIGTRAN
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring SIGTRAN skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 593 474 548
Rank change year-on-year -119 +74 +80
Contract jobs citing SIGTRAN 4 2 1
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.009% 0.008% 0.003%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.098% 0.062% 0.021%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile £442 - -
25th Percentile £452 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £483 - -
75th Percentile £502 - -
90th Percentile £505 - -
UK median daily rate £458 - -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
England

SIGTRAN falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 4,062 3,211 4,843
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 9.45% 12.94% 12.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,517 2,000 2,884
10th Percentile £250 £225 £213
25th Percentile £400 £363 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £495 £500
Median % change year-on-year +1.11% -1.10% -2.44%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £608
90th Percentile £675 £675 £690
UK median daily rate £500 £480 £500
% change year-on-year +4.17% -4.00% -1.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 274 132 393
10th Percentile £16.18 £14.69 £13.57
25th Percentile £21.33 £16.30 £17.69
Median hourly rate £29.52 £37.50 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.28% -6.25% +117.75%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £63.75
90th Percentile £74.00 £81.35 £72.82
UK median hourly rate £27.88 £44.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year -36.64% +10.00% +110.53%

SIGTRAN
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing SIGTRAN relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

SIGTRAN job vacancy trend in England

SIGTRAN
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing SIGTRAN.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing SIGTRAN

SIGTRAN
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing SIGTRAN.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing SIGTRAN

SIGTRAN
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SIGTRAN within the England region over the 6 months to 18 June 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South East -55 3 £465 - 1
SIGTRAN
UK

SIGTRAN
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Communications & Networking
1 4 (100.00%) Diameter Protocol
2 3 (75.00%) 2G
2 3 (75.00%) 3G
2 3 (75.00%) 4G
2 3 (75.00%) 5G
2 3 (75.00%) SS7
3 1 (25.00%) BGP
3 1 (25.00%) Cisco ASA
3 1 (25.00%) Cisco IOS
3 1 (25.00%) Cisco Nexus
3 1 (25.00%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
3 1 (25.00%) Firewall
3 1 (25.00%) IPsec
3 1 (25.00%) IPv6
3 1 (25.00%) MPLS
3 1 (25.00%) NetScaler
3 1 (25.00%) OSPF
3 1 (25.00%) tcpdump
3 1 (25.00%) VXLAN
3 1 (25.00%) Wireshark
General
1 2 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
1 2 (50.00%) Telecoms
2 1 (25.00%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Designer
2 2 (50.00%) Mobile Designer
3 1 (25.00%) Core Network Design Engineer
3 1 (25.00%) Core Network Engineer
3 1 (25.00%) Design Engineer
3 1 (25.00%) IP Design Engineer
3 1 (25.00%) IP Engineer
3 1 (25.00%) IP Network Engineer
3 1 (25.00%) Network Design Engineer
3 1 (25.00%) Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Service Design
1 3 (75.00%) Test Automation
2 2 (50.00%) Capacity Planning
3 1 (25.00%) Customer Requirements
3 1 (25.00%) Customer-Centricity
3 1 (25.00%) Data Management
3 1 (25.00%) Network Design
3 1 (25.00%) Project Delivery
3 1 (25.00%) Roadmaps
3 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (25.00%) Test Strategy
3 1 (25.00%) Validation
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) CheckPoint
1 1 (25.00%) Cisco
1 1 (25.00%) Ericsson
1 1 (25.00%) F5
1 1 (25.00%) Fortinet
1 1 (25.00%) Juniper
1 1 (25.00%) NetScout
1 1 (25.00%) Nokia
1 1 (25.00%) Palo Alto