SIGTRAN Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

SIGTRAN
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 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 447 348 391
Rank change year-on-year -99 +43 +42
Contract jobs citing SIGTRAN 3 2 1
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.012% 0.015% 0.005%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.11% 0.098% 0.030%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £440 - -
25th Percentile £446 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 - -
75th Percentile £486 - -
90th Percentile £495 - -
UK median daily rate £458 - -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK excluding London

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 the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 2,772 2,045 3,300
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 10.76% 15.26% 15.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,628 1,255 1,855
10th Percentile £225 £200 £205
25th Percentile £375 £313 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £470 £488
Median % change year-on-year +2.13% -3.59% +2.63%
75th Percentile £581 £575 £600
90th Percentile £653 £638 £675
UK median daily rate £500 £480 £500
% change year-on-year +4.17% -4.00% -1.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 250 127 360
10th Percentile £16.01 £14.67 £13.48
25th Percentile £21.25 £16.80 £16.30
Median hourly rate £28.00 £31.08 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year -9.91% -34.57% +150.46%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £74.00 £81.65 £73.78
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 the UK excluding London

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

SIGTRAN job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

SIGTRAN
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing SIGTRAN.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing SIGTRAN

SIGTRAN
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing SIGTRAN.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing SIGTRAN

SIGTRAN
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SIGTRAN within the UK excluding London 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 the UK excluding London 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 3 (100.00%) 5G
1 3 (100.00%) Diameter Protocol
2 2 (66.67%) 2G
2 2 (66.67%) 3G
2 2 (66.67%) 4G
2 2 (66.67%) SS7
3 1 (33.33%) BGP
3 1 (33.33%) Cisco ASA
3 1 (33.33%) Cisco IOS
3 1 (33.33%) Cisco Nexus
3 1 (33.33%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
3 1 (33.33%) Firewall
3 1 (33.33%) IPsec
3 1 (33.33%) IPv6
3 1 (33.33%) MPLS
3 1 (33.33%) NetScaler
3 1 (33.33%) OSPF
3 1 (33.33%) tcpdump
3 1 (33.33%) VXLAN
3 1 (33.33%) Wireshark
General
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
1 2 (66.67%) Telecoms
2 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Designer
2 1 (33.33%) Core Network Design Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Core Network Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Design Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) IP Design Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) IP Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) IP Network Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Mobile Designer
2 1 (33.33%) Network Design Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Capacity Planning
1 2 (66.67%) Service Design
1 2 (66.67%) Test Automation
2 1 (33.33%) Data Management
2 1 (33.33%) Network Design
2 1 (33.33%) Project Delivery
2 1 (33.33%) Roadmaps
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (33.33%) Test Strategy
2 1 (33.33%) Validation
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) CheckPoint
1 1 (33.33%) Cisco
1 1 (33.33%) Ericsson
1 1 (33.33%) F5
1 1 (33.33%) Fortinet
1 1 (33.33%) Juniper
1 1 (33.33%) NetScout
1 1 (33.33%) Nokia
1 1 (33.33%) Palo Alto