The first table below looks at the demand for Unified Communications skills in IT contracts advertised for the East Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Unified Communications 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 Communications & Networking category for the East Midlands 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
Unified Communications
Rank 79 74 -
Rank change year-on-year
-5 -
Contract jobs citing Unified Communications 3 2 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East Midlands 0.232% 0.148% -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.744% 1.600% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £413 £394 £375
% change year-on-year
+4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £13.50 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.50 - £35.00
All Communications & Networking
East Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
172 125 164
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East Midlands 13.30% 9.273% 11.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 83 46 56
Average daily rate £313 £269 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+16.27% -10.41%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £228 £131 £175
10% offered a daily rate of more than £435 £474 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £320 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-3.03% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 22 16
Average hourly rate £15.00 £18.00 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-16.66% -10.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.75 £10.50 £9.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £28.75 £57.50 £32.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £25.00 £25.50
% change year-on-year
- -1.96%
Unified Communications
England

Unified Communications
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East Midlands 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 East Midlands region.

East Midlands Unified Communications Daily Rate Trend

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 East Midlands region.

East Midlands Unified Communications Hourly Rate Trend

Unified Communications
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Unified Communications within the East Midlands region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Find
Job
Vacancies
Leicestershire -5 3 - - 3
Northamptonshire - 1 - -
Nottinghamshire - 1 - -
Derbyshire - - - -
Unified Communications
England

Unified Communications
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands 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 7 (70.00%) Lync
2 6 (60.00%) Microsoft
3 5 (50.00%) Active Directory
3 5 (50.00%) Windows
4 3 (30.00%) MS Excel
4 3 (30.00%) MS Exchange
4 3 (30.00%) SAN
4 3 (30.00%) Exchange Server 2010
4 3 (30.00%) Performance Management
4 3 (30.00%) Windows Server 2008
5 2 (20.00%) SQL Server 2008
5 2 (20.00%) Data Protection
5 2 (20.00%) Windows XP
5 2 (20.00%) Exchange Server 2013
5 2 (20.00%) Internet
5 2 (20.00%) Citrix
5 2 (20.00%) SQL Server
5 2 (20.00%) MS Office
5 2 (20.00%) Data Security
5 2 (20.00%) MS PowerPoint
6 1 (10.00%) Marketing
6 1 (10.00%) Business Development
6 1 (10.00%) IP Telephony
6 1 (10.00%) Wireless
6 1 (10.00%) Migration
6 1 (10.00%) PRINCE2
6 1 (10.00%) Project Management
6 1 (10.00%) PBX
6 1 (10.00%) VoIP
6 1 (10.00%) Cisco

Unified Communications
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands 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 7 (70.00%) Lync
2 3 (30.00%) Exchange Server 2010
2 3 (30.00%) MS Exchange
3 2 (20.00%) Exchange Server 2013
4 1 (10.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (30.00%) MS Excel
2 2 (20.00%) MS PowerPoint
2 2 (20.00%) MS Office
3 1 (10.00%) Office 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (30.00%) SAN
2 2 (20.00%) Internet
3 1 (10.00%) Wireless
3 1 (10.00%) IP Telephony
3 1 (10.00%) PBX
3 1 (10.00%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (20.00%) SQL Server
1 2 (20.00%) SQL Server 2008
General
1 1 (10.00%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 2 (20.00%) Trainer
1 2 (20.00%) Desktop Support
1 2 (20.00%) Server Support
1 2 (20.00%) 2nd Line Support
1 2 (20.00%) IT Trainer
1 2 (20.00%) Desktop Engineer
2 1 (10.00%) Server Engineer
2 1 (10.00%) Server Support Engineer
2 1 (10.00%) Business Manager
2 1 (10.00%) Exchange Engineer
2 1 (10.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (10.00%) Business Development Manager
2 1 (10.00%) Support Engineer
2 1 (10.00%) Development Manager
2 1 (10.00%) Architect
2 1 (10.00%) Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (10.00%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 5 (50.00%) Windows
2 3 (30.00%) Windows Server 2008
3 2 (20.00%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (30.00%) Performance Management
2 2 (20.00%) Data Protection
2 2 (20.00%) Data Security
3 1 (10.00%) Migration
3 1 (10.00%) Business Development
3 1 (10.00%) PRINCE2
3 1 (10.00%) CRM
3 1 (10.00%) Project Management
System Software
1 5 (50.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 6 (60.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (20.00%) Citrix
3 1 (10.00%) Cisco