SS7 Contract Job Trends in Reading

Signaling System No. 7 (SS7)
Berkshire > Reading

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Reading requiring SS7 skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
9 Jul 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 86 62 -
Rank change year-on-year -24 - -
Contract jobs citing SS7 6 2 0
As % of all contract jobs in Reading 0.53% 0.34% -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 4.20% 2.90% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £437 - -
25th Percentile £441 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £453 - -
75th Percentile £466 - -
90th Percentile £470 - -
Berkshire median daily rate £453 - -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Reading

SS7 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 Reading.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 143 69 236
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 12.68% 11.86% 19.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 63 40 104
10th Percentile £317 £209 £205
25th Percentile £413 £389 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £525
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -14.29% -4.55%
75th Percentile £616 £500 £608
90th Percentile £670 £554 £629
Berkshire median daily rate £449 £450 £513
% change year-on-year -0.33% -12.20% +11.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 1 13
10th Percentile £16.01 - £77.22
25th Percentile £19.34 - -
Median hourly rate £23.00 £55.00 £87.46
Median % change year-on-year -58.18% -37.11% +16.61%
75th Percentile £35.22 - £87.53
90th Percentile £56.00 - -
Berkshire median hourly rate £32.50 £55.00 £83.77
% change year-on-year -40.91% -34.34% +20.67%

SS7
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing SS7 relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading.

SS7 job vacancy trend in Reading

SS7
Daily Rate Trend in Reading

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing SS7.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing SS7

SS7
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Reading 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 6 (100.00%) 2G
1 6 (100.00%) 3G
1 6 (100.00%) 4G
1 6 (100.00%) 5G
1 6 (100.00%) Diameter Protocol
1 6 (100.00%) SIGTRAN
General
1 6 (100.00%) Telecoms
2 3 (50.00%) Social Skills
3 2 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Design Engineer
1 3 (50.00%) Designer
2 2 (33.33%) Mobile Designer
2 2 (33.33%) Mobile Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (50.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 5 (83.33%) Capacity Planning
2 5 (83.33%) Roadmaps
3 4 (66.67%) Technical Leadership
3 4 (66.67%) Technology Roadmap
4 3 (50.00%) Network Design
5 2 (33.33%) Service Design
5 2 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
6 1 (16.67%) Customer Requirements
6 1 (16.67%) Data Management
6 1 (16.67%) Impact Assessments
6 1 (16.67%) Network Architecture
6 1 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
6 1 (16.67%) Project Delivery
6 1 (16.67%) Service Delivery
6 1 (16.67%) Test Strategy
6 1 (16.67%) Validation
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) Ericsson
1 1 (16.67%) Nokia
SS7 jobs