SS7 Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Signaling System No. 7 (SS7)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 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 464 356 388
Rank change year-on-year -108 +32 -
Contract jobs citing SS7 6 2 4
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.022% 0.014% 0.019%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.20% 0.093% 0.12%
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 - -
UK median daily rate £465 - -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK excluding London

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 the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 2,938 2,148 3,304
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 10.94% 14.68% 15.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,710 1,312 1,865
10th Percentile £213 £200 £203
25th Percentile £368 £325 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £482 £470 £490
Median % change year-on-year +2.58% -4.08% +3.16%
75th Percentile £581 £575 £600
90th Percentile £650 £638 £675
UK median daily rate £500 £481 £500
% change year-on-year +4.06% -3.90% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 272 129 368
10th Percentile £16.01 £14.83 £13.50
25th Percentile £19.34 £17.30 £17.69
Median hourly rate £26.22 £36.65 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year -28.45% -22.85% +5.56%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £74.00 £82.48 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £26.55 £45.00 £44.00
% change year-on-year -41.00% +2.27% +53.04%

SS7
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

SS7 job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

SS7
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing SS7.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing SS7

SS7
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing SS7.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing SS7

SS7
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 SS7 within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 9 July 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 -51 6 £453 - 3
SS7
UK

SS7
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 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