The first table below looks at the demand for Unified Communications 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 Unified Communications over the 3 months to 20 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 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Unified Communications
Rank 198 199 233
Rank change year-on-year
+1 +34
Contract jobs citing Unified Communications 3 21 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 0.047% 0.269% 0.031%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.361% 2.079% 0.310%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 15 2
Average daily rate £400 £450 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-11.11% +5.88%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £232 £350 £345
10% offered a daily rate of more than £440 £655 £505
UK excluding London average daily rate £326 £365 £400
% change year-on-year
-10.61% -8.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £40.00 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £24.50 - £35.00
All Communications & Networking
City of London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
831 1010 969
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 13.15% 12.93% 10.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 545 685 634
Average daily rate £390 £413 £390
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.45% +5.76%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £190 £275 £238
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £525 £525
UK excluding London average daily rate £313 £338 £325
% change year-on-year
-7.40% +3.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 42 42 69
Average hourly rate £54.00 £22.00 £20.70
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+145.45% +6.28%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.40 £17.75 £13.35
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £135.00 £41.25 £41.08
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.50 £25.75 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-16.50% -6.36%
Unified Communications
London

Unified Communications
Jobs Demand Trend

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

City of London 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 City of London region.

City of London 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 City of London region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

City of London Unified Communications Daily Rate Histogram

Unified Communications
Hourly Rate Trend

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

City of London Unified Communications Hourly Rate Trend

Unified Communications
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London 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 3 (60.00%) Cisco
2 2 (40.00%) PRINCE2
2 2 (40.00%) CCNP
2 2 (40.00%) CCIP
2 2 (40.00%) CCNA
2 2 (40.00%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (40.00%) Juniper
2 2 (40.00%) MPLS
3 1 (20.00%) Service Management
3 1 (20.00%) Disaster Recovery
3 1 (20.00%) Telecoms
3 1 (20.00%) Finance
3 1 (20.00%) Law
3 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (20.00%) Programme Management
3 1 (20.00%) JNCIA
3 1 (20.00%) JNCIP
3 1 (20.00%) Resource Management
3 1 (20.00%) Matrix Management
3 1 (20.00%) Time Management
3 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
3 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
3 1 (20.00%) Change Control
3 1 (20.00%) Cisco UCCX
3 1 (20.00%) NetScaler
3 1 (20.00%) Project Management
3 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (20.00%) PRINCE2 Certification
3 1 (20.00%) Active Directory
3 1 (20.00%) CISSP

Unified Communications
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London 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.

Communications & Networking
1 2 (40.00%) MPLS
2 1 (20.00%) NetScaler
2 1 (20.00%) PBX
2 1 (20.00%) VoIP
2 1 (20.00%) TCP/IP
General
1 1 (20.00%) Telecoms
1 1 (20.00%) Finance
1 1 (20.00%) Law
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Project Manager
2 1 (20.00%) 2nd Line Support
2 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) IT Project Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Cisco Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Cisco Support
2 1 (20.00%) Principal Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) PRINCE2
2 1 (20.00%) Project Management
2 1 (20.00%) Service Management
2 1 (20.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (20.00%) Programme Management
2 1 (20.00%) Resource Management
2 1 (20.00%) Matrix Management
2 1 (20.00%) Time Management
2 1 (20.00%) Change Control
2 1 (20.00%) ITIL
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) CCNP
1 2 (40.00%) CCIP
1 2 (40.00%) CCNA
1 2 (40.00%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (20.00%) PRINCE2 Certification
2 1 (20.00%) JNCIA
2 1 (20.00%) JNCIP
2 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (20.00%) CISSP
2 1 (20.00%) MCP
2 1 (20.00%) MCSE
2 1 (20.00%) MCSA
2 1 (20.00%) CCIE
2 1 (20.00%) CCSP
System Software
1 1 (20.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) Cisco UCCX
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) Cisco
2 2 (40.00%) Juniper
City, London
The focus is on Juniper networks and LAN / WAN architecture - and less on communication requirements below... Cisco experience is also beneficial... Applies change control procedures... Implements arrangements for...
Aston Carter
Rate: £350 - £450 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013
City of London
Search terms: - network, engineer, networking, communications, juniper, tcp/ip, lan, wan, unified communications, netscaler, windows, video conference, load balancing Top global law firm requires 2 x Network & Communications...
Hudson IT London
Rate: £350 - £450 per day
Posted: 14 May 2013