The first table below looks at the demand for Live Communications Server skills in IT contracts advertised for the City of London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Live Communications Server over the 3 months to 24 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 Application Platforms category for the City of London 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Office Live Communications Server
Rank - - 243
Contract jobs citing Live Communications Server 0 0 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London - - 0.020%
As % of the Application Platforms category - - 0.139%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate - £263 £700
% change year-on-year
- -62.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Application Platforms
City of London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
1088 1193 1435
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 17.06% 15.17% 14.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 753 808 1010
Average daily rate £405 £400 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.25% -5.88%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £245 £253 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £550 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £343
% change year-on-year
- -5.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted 54 35 63
Average hourly rate £30.00 £20.00 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+50.00% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.00 £15.00 £12.65
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £135.00 £40.20 £49.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.50 £20.00 £20.50
% change year-on-year
-2.50% -2.43%
Live Communications Server
London

Live Communications Server
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Live Communications Server across the City of London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Platforms category.

City of London Live Communications Server Jobs Demand Trend

Live Communications Server
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Live Communications Server across the City of London region.

City of London Live Communications Server Daily Rate Trend