Office Communications Server Contracts in the City of London
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Hourly Rate Trend Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for Office 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 Office 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 Communications Server (OCS)
Rank 194 213 230
Rank change year-on-year
+19 +17
Contract jobs citing Office Communications Server 9 5 15
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 0.141% 0.064% 0.153%
As % of the Application Platforms category 0.827% 0.419% 1.045%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 5 10
Average daily rate £325 £575 £225
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-43.47% +155.55%
UK excluding London average daily rate £340 £375 £381
% change year-on-year
-9.33% -1.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
Average hourly rate £17.50 - £41.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £25.38
Search 5 Office Communications Server jobs in the City of London
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%
Office Communications Server
London

Office Communications Server
Jobs Demand Trend

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

City of London Office Communications Server Jobs Demand Trend

Office Communications Server
Daily Rate Trend

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

City of London Office Communications Server Daily Rate Trend

Office Communications Server
Hourly Rate Trend

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

City of London Office Communications Server Hourly Rate Trend

Office Communications Server
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region citing Office Communications Server 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 Office Communications Server.

1 18 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 17 (94.44%) MS Exchange
2 17 (94.44%) Blackberry
3 16 (88.89%) Windows
4 15 (83.33%) Active Directory
4 15 (83.33%) Exchange Server 2010
5 12 (66.67%) Windows Server 2008
6 11 (61.11%) SCOM
7 10 (55.56%) Exchange Server 2003
7 10 (55.56%) SSL
7 10 (55.56%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
7 10 (55.56%) VMware
8 9 (50.00%) Migration
8 9 (50.00%) LDAP
8 9 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
8 9 (50.00%) PowerShell
9 8 (44.44%) Banking
9 8 (44.44%) TCP/IP
10 7 (38.89%) POP3
10 7 (38.89%) SMTP
10 7 (38.89%) Lotus Notes
10 7 (38.89%) Lotus Domino
10 7 (38.89%) Lotus
10 7 (38.89%) Tivoli
10 7 (38.89%) Symantec
10 7 (38.89%) McAfee
10 7 (38.89%) Norton AntiVirus
10 7 (38.89%) MAILsweeper
10 7 (38.89%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
11 6 (33.33%) ITIL

Office Communications Server
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region citing Office Communications Server 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 Office Communications Server. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (11.11%) COM
Application Platforms
1 17 (94.44%) MS Exchange
2 15 (83.33%) Exchange Server 2010
3 10 (55.56%) Exchange Server 2003
3 10 (55.56%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
4 7 (38.89%) Lotus Notes
4 7 (38.89%) Lotus Domino
5 5 (27.78%) Lync
6 2 (11.11%) Exchange Server 2007
6 2 (11.11%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (27.78%) MS Office
2 4 (22.22%) MS Excel
3 1 (5.556%) MS PowerPoint
3 1 (5.556%) Office 365
Communications & Networking
1 10 (55.56%) SSL
2 9 (50.00%) LDAP
3 8 (44.44%) TCP/IP
4 7 (38.89%) POP3
4 7 (38.89%) SMTP
5 5 (27.78%) DNS
6 3 (16.67%) Firewall
7 2 (11.11%) Network Security
7 2 (11.11%) DHCP
7 2 (11.11%) HTTP
8 1 (5.556%) VPN
8 1 (5.556%) 3G
8 1 (5.556%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (16.67%) SQL Server
1 3 (16.67%) SQL Server 2005
1 3 (16.67%) SQL Server 2008
General
1 8 (44.44%) Banking
2 2 (11.11%) Retail
2 2 (11.11%) Investment Banking
2 2 (11.11%) Retail Banking
2 2 (11.11%) Telecoms
2 2 (11.11%) Publishing
3 1 (5.556%) Finance
3 1 (5.556%) Legal
Job Titles
1 5 (27.78%) Consultant
2 4 (22.22%) Messaging Consultant
3 3 (16.67%) 3rd Line Support
3 3 (16.67%) Support Consultant
3 3 (16.67%) Messaging Specialist
3 3 (16.67%) Exchange Consultant
4 2 (11.11%) Messaging Engineer
4 2 (11.11%) Architect
5 1 (5.556%) Support Analyst
5 1 (5.556%) Support Engineer
5 1 (5.556%) Desktop Support
5 1 (5.556%) Analyst
5 1 (5.556%) Systems Manager
5 1 (5.556%) Desktop Support Analyst
5 1 (5.556%) IT Support Engineer
5 1 (5.556%) Migration Engineer
5 1 (5.556%) Migration Consultant
5 1 (5.556%) Exchange Engineer
5 1 (5.556%) Desktop Analyst
5 1 (5.556%) IT Support
Miscellaneous
1 17 (94.44%) Blackberry
2 4 (22.22%) Smartphone
3 3 (16.67%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (11.11%) Mobile Computing
4 2 (11.11%) Clustering
4 2 (11.11%) Replication
5 1 (5.556%) Video Conferencing
5 1 (5.556%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 16 (88.89%) Windows
2 12 (66.67%) Windows Server 2008
3 5 (27.78%) Windows Server 2003
4 2 (11.11%) Windows 7
4 2 (11.11%) Windows Mobile
5 1 (5.556%) Mac OS X
5 1 (5.556%) Android
5 1 (5.556%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (50.00%) Migration
2 6 (33.33%) ITIL
3 3 (16.67%) Project Management
3 3 (16.67%) Business Continuity
4 2 (11.11%) Capacity Planning
4 2 (11.11%) Service Delivery
4 2 (11.11%) Disaster Recovery
5 1 (5.556%) Problem Management
5 1 (5.556%) Asset Management
5 1 (5.556%) Supplier Management
5 1 (5.556%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 9 (50.00%) PowerShell
2 6 (33.33%) C
Qualifications
1 4 (22.22%) Microsoft Certification
1 4 (22.22%) MCSE
2 3 (16.67%) MCITP
3 1 (5.556%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (33.33%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 15 (83.33%) Active Directory
2 9 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (16.67%) ISA Server
3 3 (16.67%) Forefront TMG
4 1 (5.556%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 11 (61.11%) SCOM
2 7 (38.89%) Tivoli
2 7 (38.89%) Norton AntiVirus
2 7 (38.89%) MAILsweeper
2 7 (38.89%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
3 3 (16.67%) SCCM
4 2 (11.11%) NetBackup
4 2 (11.11%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
5 1 (5.556%) DameWare
Vendors
1 18 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 10 (55.56%) VMware
3 7 (38.89%) Lotus
3 7 (38.89%) Symantec
3 7 (38.89%) McAfee
4 4 (22.22%) Cisco
5 3 (16.67%) Dell
6 2 (11.11%) IronPort
6 2 (11.11%) NetApp
6 2 (11.11%) Veritas
7 1 (5.556%) Avaya
7 1 (5.556%) HP
7 1 (5.556%) MobileIron
Messaging Consultant
City of London
To be eligible for this role you must * Have at least 5 years experience in a L3/Engineering role within a corporate messaging environment * Be qualified to MCSE...
Rate: £380 per day
Posted: 11 May 2013
3rd line Exchange / Messaging Support Consultant (Contract)
City of London
SMTP, POP3, LDAP, SSL, TLS, and knowledge of basic network troubleshooting. Outlook Client Support Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Lotus Domino Server, Lotus Notes Client E-Mail Migration and...
Deerfoot IT Resources Ltd
Rate: £300 - £350 per day
Posted: 17 May 2013
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