The first table below looks at the demand for Lync skills in IT contracts advertised for the Birmingham region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Lync over the 3 months to 18 June 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Application Platforms category for the Birmingham region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Lync
Rank 43 53 -
Rank change year-on-year
+10 -
Contract jobs citing Lync 4 1 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Birmingham 0.826% 0.156% -
As % of the Application Platforms category 4.598% 0.909% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
Average daily rate £370 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £375 £288
% change year-on-year
-6.66% +30.43%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £23.10 £22.88 £25.00
% change year-on-year
+0.96% -8.50%
All Application Platforms
Birmingham
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
87 110 120
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Birmingham 17.98% 17.19% 23.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 46 58 68
Average daily rate £363 £313 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+16.00% -3.84%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £210 £183 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £455 £400 £490
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £340
% change year-on-year
- -4.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 6 3
Average hourly rate £12.00 £30.00 £11.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-60.00% +172.72%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £20.00 £19.50
% change year-on-year
-5.00% +2.56%
Lync
West Midlands

Lync
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Lync across the Birmingham region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Platforms category.

Birmingham Lync Jobs Demand Trend

Lync
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Lync across the Birmingham region.

Birmingham Lync Daily Rate Trend

Lync
Top 27 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Birmingham region citing Lync also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited Lync.

1 5 (83.33%) Windows
1 5 (83.33%) SAN
2 4 (66.67%) Microsoft
3 3 (50.00%) NetApp
3 3 (50.00%) Citrix
3 3 (50.00%) VMware
3 3 (50.00%) VMware Server
3 3 (50.00%) Windows Server 2008
4 2 (33.33%) Hyper-V
4 2 (33.33%) Exchange Server 2003
4 2 (33.33%) Exchange Server 2010
4 2 (33.33%) Migration
4 2 (33.33%) Blackberry
4 2 (33.33%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
4 2 (33.33%) Active Directory
4 2 (33.33%) EMC
4 2 (33.33%) MS Exchange
5 1 (16.67%) HTTP
5 1 (16.67%) MS Excel
5 1 (16.67%) CRM
5 1 (16.67%) SharePoint
5 1 (16.67%) Wireless
5 1 (16.67%) COM
5 1 (16.67%) Office 365
5 1 (16.67%) Marketing
5 1 (16.67%) Business Development
5 1 (16.67%) Unified Communications

Lync
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Birmingham region citing Lync also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited Lync. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (16.67%) COM
Application Platforms
1 2 (33.33%) MS Exchange
1 2 (33.33%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
1 2 (33.33%) Exchange Server 2003
1 2 (33.33%) Exchange Server 2010
2 1 (16.67%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (16.67%) MS Excel
1 1 (16.67%) Office 365
Communications & Networking
1 5 (83.33%) SAN
2 1 (16.67%) Wireless
2 1 (16.67%) Unified Communications
2 1 (16.67%) HTTP
General
1 1 (16.67%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) 3rd Line Support
2 1 (16.67%) Business Development Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Business Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Exchange Consultant
2 1 (16.67%) Consultant
2 1 (16.67%) Development Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 5 (83.33%) Windows
2 3 (50.00%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (33.33%) Migration
2 1 (16.67%) Business Development
2 1 (16.67%) CRM
System Software
1 3 (50.00%) VMware Server
2 2 (33.33%) Hyper-V
2 2 (33.33%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 4 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 3 (50.00%) Citrix
2 3 (50.00%) NetApp
2 3 (50.00%) VMware
3 2 (33.33%) EMC
Birmingham, West Midlands
Messaging Lead (Exchange/Lync/Enterprise) requiredThe Ideal Candidate will be responsible for:-Supporting Lync 2010 environment -Supporting Messaging environment (Exchange 2003 and Exchange 2010, BlackBerry, Good Technology, Enterprise...
OPUS
Rate: GBP500 per day
Posted: 14 June 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
Messaging Lead (Exchange/Lync/Enterprise) required. The Ideal Candidate will be responsible for: -Supporting Lync 2010 environment -Supporting Messaging environment (Exchange 2003 and Exchange 2010, BlackBerry, Good Technology,...
Opus Recruitment Solutions Ltd
Rate: £500
Posted: 14 June 2013