Signaling Connection Control Part (SCCP)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for SCCP skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited SCCP over the 6 months to 12 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
12 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 576 690 843
Rank change year-on-year +114 +153 -169
Contract jobs citing SCCP 10 8 22
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.023% 0.014% 0.025%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.18% 0.11% 0.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 5 11
10th Percentile £461 - £381
25th Percentile £552 £425 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £606 £490 £473
Median % change year-on-year +23.67% +3.70% +26.00%
75th Percentile £608 £538 £525
90th Percentile - £568 £550
UK excluding London median daily rate £608 £488 £425
% change year-on-year +24.72% +14.71% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £66.25
Median hourly rate - - £67.50
75th Percentile - - £69.38
90th Percentile - - £69.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - £67.50

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

SCCP is in the Communications and Computer Networking category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 5,474 7,207 9,571
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 12.73% 12.39% 10.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,273 4,657 6,246
10th Percentile £205 £235 £231
25th Percentile £350 £400 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £517 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.16% +3.30% +11.11%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £610
90th Percentile £700 £720 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £475 £450
% change year-on-year - +5.56% +12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 418 472 362
10th Percentile £13.50 £9.80 £15.03
25th Percentile £16.44 £10.63 £17.00
Median hourly rate £40.00 £18.50 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +116.22% -32.73% -
75th Percentile £63.75 £60.00 £50.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £65.54
UK excluding London median hourly rate £46.14 £18.47 £21.50
% change year-on-year +149.85% -14.12% -10.42%

SCCP
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing SCCP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for SCCP in the UK

SCCP
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SCCP.

Daily rate trend for SCCP in the UK

SCCP
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SCCP over the 6 months to 12 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for SCCP in the UK

SCCP
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SCCP.

Hourly rate trend for SCCP in the UK

SCCP
Top 6 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SCCP within the UK over the 6 months to 12 May 2024. 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
Work from Home +120 7 £606 - 1
England +108 6 £400 -14.89% 3
UK excluding London +64 6 £608 +24.72% 2
London +96 4 £400 -18.37% 1
Scotland +46 4 £608 +15.81%
South East +20 2 - - 2

SCCP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 2 (20.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 2 (20.00%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 2 (20.00%) 2G
1 2 (20.00%) 3G
1 2 (20.00%) 4G
1 2 (20.00%) 5G
1 2 (20.00%) GPRS
1 2 (20.00%) GSM
1 2 (20.00%) MGCP
1 2 (20.00%) SS7
1 2 (20.00%) VoIP
1 2 (20.00%) WebEx
2 1 (10.00%) Network Security
2 1 (10.00%) Telepresence
General
1 4 (40.00%) Public Sector
2 2 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (20.00%) Retail
3 1 (10.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (40.00%) Senior
2 2 (20.00%) Architect
2 2 (20.00%) Cisco Engineer
2 2 (20.00%) Enterprise Architect
3 1 (10.00%) Audio Visual Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Cisco Network Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Collaboration Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Enterprise Security Architect
3 1 (10.00%) GCP Architect
3 1 (10.00%) Identity Management Architect
3 1 (10.00%) Network Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Security Advisor
3 1 (10.00%) Security Architect
3 1 (10.00%) Senior Cisco Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Senior Cisco Network Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Senior Network Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) SOC Architect
3 1 (10.00%) Vulnerability Management Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (20.00%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 4 (40.00%) Management Information System
2 2 (20.00%) Hybrid Cloud
2 2 (20.00%) Video Conferencing
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (60.00%) Incident Management
1 6 (60.00%) Information Security
2 4 (40.00%) Business Continuity
2 4 (40.00%) Business Process Analysis
2 4 (40.00%) Internal Audit
2 4 (40.00%) ISMS
2 4 (40.00%) Threat Modelling
3 3 (30.00%) Vulnerability Management
4 2 (20.00%) Architectural Patterns
4 2 (20.00%) Architecture Roadmap
4 2 (20.00%) Capacity Planning
4 2 (20.00%) Change Management
4 2 (20.00%) Cloud Security
4 2 (20.00%) Coaching
4 2 (20.00%) Impact Assessments
4 2 (20.00%) Performance Monitoring
4 2 (20.00%) Problem Management
4 2 (20.00%) Roadmaps
5 1 (10.00%) Information Security Management
5 1 (10.00%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 4 (40.00%) CISSP
1 4 (40.00%) CLAS
1 4 (40.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
1 4 (40.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
2 1 (10.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (10.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (40.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (10.00%) Disclosure Scotland
System Software
1 4 (40.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 2 (20.00%) Cisco
1 2 (20.00%) Google
1 2 (20.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (20.00%) Ping Identity