The first table below looks at the demand for Unified Communications skills in IT contracts advertised for the Bristol region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Unified Communications over the 3 months to 17 May 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 Communications & Networking category for the Bristol 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Unified Communications
Rank 44 59 48
Rank change year-on-year
+15 -11
Contract jobs citing Unified Communications 6 2 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bristol 1.124% 0.235% 0.155%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 8.696% 1.681% 1.639%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 2 0
Average daily rate £500 £575 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-13.04% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £313 £365 £400
% change year-on-year
-14.38% -8.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £24.50 - £35.00
All Communications & Networking
Bristol
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
69 119 61
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bristol 12.92% 14.00% 9.457%
Number of daily rates quoted 31 71 18
Average daily rate £300 £403 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-25.46% +15.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £183 £238 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £461 £476 £390
UK excluding London average daily rate £313 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-5.30% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 13 9
Average hourly rate £20.50 £21.25 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-3.52% -39.28%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £19.00 £16.50 £7.59
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £35.00 £41.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.50 £26.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-21.15% -5.45%
Unified Communications
South West

Unified Communications
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Unified Communications across the Bristol region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

Bristol Unified Communications Jobs Demand Trend

Unified Communications
Daily Rate Trend

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

Bristol Unified Communications Daily Rate Trend

Unified Communications
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Unified Communications across the Bristol region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Bristol Unified Communications Daily Rate Histogram

Unified Communications
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bristol region citing Unified Communications 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 Unified Communications.

1 6 (75.00%) Cisco
1 6 (75.00%) Cisco IPT
2 5 (62.50%) IP Telephony
2 5 (62.50%) IronPort
2 5 (62.50%) Cisco ASA
2 5 (62.50%) Nokia
2 5 (62.50%) CheckPoint
2 5 (62.50%) MPLS
2 5 (62.50%) VPN
2 5 (62.50%) Firewall
2 5 (62.50%) Wireless
2 5 (62.50%) FWSM
3 4 (50.00%) Cisco Nexus
3 4 (50.00%) CA
3 4 (50.00%) OSPF
3 4 (50.00%) BGP
3 4 (50.00%) IBM
3 4 (50.00%) HP
3 4 (50.00%) CiscoWorks
3 4 (50.00%) SolarWinds
3 4 (50.00%) Network Management
4 3 (37.50%) Blue Coat
4 3 (37.50%) Wi-Fi
4 3 (37.50%) Network Load Balancing
5 2 (25.00%) Finance
5 2 (25.00%) Lync
6 1 (12.50%) SC Cleared
6 1 (12.50%) Security Cleared
6 1 (12.50%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (12.50%) Cisco Certification

Unified Communications
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bristol region citing Unified Communications 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 Unified Communications. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 2 (25.00%) Lync
Communications & Networking
1 6 (75.00%) Cisco IPT
2 5 (62.50%) Cisco ASA
2 5 (62.50%) FWSM
2 5 (62.50%) VPN
2 5 (62.50%) MPLS
2 5 (62.50%) Firewall
2 5 (62.50%) Wireless
2 5 (62.50%) IP Telephony
3 4 (50.00%) OSPF
3 4 (50.00%) BGP
3 4 (50.00%) Cisco Nexus
4 3 (37.50%) Wi-Fi
General
1 2 (25.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 5 (62.50%) Analyst
1 5 (62.50%) Senior Analyst
1 5 (62.50%) Network Analyst
1 5 (62.50%) Senior Network Analyst
2 2 (25.00%) Architect
2 2 (25.00%) Technical Architect
3 1 (12.50%) Cisco Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Communications Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Cisco IPT Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (50.00%) Network Management
2 3 (37.50%) Network Load Balancing
3 1 (12.50%) Service Delivery
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (12.50%) SC Cleared
1 1 (12.50%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (12.50%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (50.00%) CiscoWorks
Vendors
1 6 (75.00%) Cisco
2 5 (62.50%) Nokia
2 5 (62.50%) CheckPoint
2 5 (62.50%) IronPort
3 4 (50.00%) SolarWinds
3 4 (50.00%) IBM
3 4 (50.00%) HP
3 4 (50.00%) CA
4 3 (37.50%) Blue Coat
5 1 (12.50%) VMware
Bristol, Avon, South West
Customer facing Cisco certified IPT/UC Level 2 Engineer required to be on-site in Bristol for 9 months- Your role will focus on the following:- Maintenance operations,...
GSA Techsource
Rate: Please quote your best daily rate
Posted: 4 May 2013
Bristol, South West
The Lync Technical Architect - Bristol, 6 MonthsThe Lync Technical Architect/Lync Integration Architect/Unified Comms Architect (Exchange, AD, Unified Comms)You will be responsible for supporting some small...
OPUS
Rate: GBP500 per day
Posted: 10 May 2013