The first table below looks at the demand for Unified Communications skills in IT contracts advertised for the East of England 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 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 of England 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 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Unified Communications
Rank 115 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Unified Communications 8 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 0.357% - -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.036% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
Average daily rate £225 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £413 £394 £360
% change year-on-year
+4.76% +9.37%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.50 - £35.00
All Communications & Networking
East of England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
393 597 385
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 17.52% 19.87% 14.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 158 199 108
Average daily rate £320 £325 £299
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-1.53% +8.78%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £225 £175
10% offered a daily rate of more than £413 £450 £433
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-4.54% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 62 67 78
Average hourly rate £25.00 £29.50 £27.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-15.25% +7.27%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.00 £12.00 £11.04
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £50.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.00 £25.00 £25.00
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 of England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

East of England 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 of England region.

East of England Unified Communications Daily 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 of England region over the 3 months to 17 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
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Job
Vacancies
Cambridgeshire - 4 £225 -
Essex - 2 - -
Hertfordshire - 2 - - 3
Bedfordshire - 1 - - 2
Unified Communications
England

Unified Communications
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East of England 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 9 (81.82%) Lync
2 8 (72.73%) Cisco
2 8 (72.73%) Microsoft
3 7 (63.64%) Active Directory
4 6 (54.55%) MS Exchange
4 6 (54.55%) Exchange Server 2010
4 6 (54.55%) Exchange Server 2003
5 5 (45.45%) Windows Server 2008
5 5 (45.45%) Windows
5 5 (45.45%) Windows Server 2003
6 4 (36.36%) Cisco Certification
6 4 (36.36%) CCNP
6 4 (36.36%) Migration
7 3 (27.27%) Disaster Recovery
7 3 (27.27%) Firewall
7 3 (27.27%) Wireless
7 3 (27.27%) WAN
7 3 (27.27%) Altiris
7 3 (27.27%) SQL Server 2008
7 3 (27.27%) Hyper-V
7 3 (27.27%) Riverbed
7 3 (27.27%) Windows 7
7 3 (27.27%) Exinda
7 3 (27.27%) ITIL
7 3 (27.27%) SQL Server
7 3 (27.27%) HP
7 3 (27.27%) Intranet
7 3 (27.27%) Internet
7 3 (27.27%) Symantec
8 2 (18.18%) MPLS

Unified Communications
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East of England 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 Development
1 2 (18.18%) XMPP
Application Platforms
1 9 (81.82%) Lync
2 6 (54.55%) Exchange Server 2010
2 6 (54.55%) MS Exchange
2 6 (54.55%) Exchange Server 2003
3 2 (18.18%) Exchange Server 2007
3 2 (18.18%) Office Communications Server
3 2 (18.18%) IIS
4 1 (9.091%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (9.091%) MS Excel
1 1 (9.091%) Office 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (27.27%) WAN
1 3 (27.27%) Intranet
1 3 (27.27%) Internet
1 3 (27.27%) Firewall
1 3 (27.27%) Wireless
2 2 (18.18%) IP Telephony
2 2 (18.18%) Cisco ASA
2 2 (18.18%) MPLS
2 2 (18.18%) DPNSS
2 2 (18.18%) Q.931
2 2 (18.18%) H.323
2 2 (18.18%) VoIP
3 1 (9.091%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (27.27%) SQL Server
1 3 (27.27%) SQL Server 2008
2 1 (9.091%) SQL Server 2005
General
1 2 (18.18%) Telecoms
2 1 (9.091%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 3 (27.27%) Architect
2 2 (18.18%) Solutions Architect
2 2 (18.18%) Support Engineer
2 2 (18.18%) Cisco Engineer
2 2 (18.18%) Communications Engineer
2 2 (18.18%) Cisco Support
2 2 (18.18%) Cisco Support Engineer
3 1 (9.091%) Business Manager
3 1 (9.091%) Network Analyst
3 1 (9.091%) Business Development Manager
3 1 (9.091%) Technical Analyst
3 1 (9.091%) Development Manager
3 1 (9.091%) Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (18.18%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 5 (45.45%) Windows
1 5 (45.45%) Windows Server 2003
1 5 (45.45%) Windows Server 2008
2 3 (27.27%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (36.36%) Migration
2 3 (27.27%) ITIL
2 3 (27.27%) Disaster Recovery
3 2 (18.18%) High Availability
4 1 (9.091%) CRM
4 1 (9.091%) Business Development
Programming Languages
1 2 (18.18%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 4 (36.36%) CCNP
1 4 (36.36%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (18.18%) CCIP
2 2 (18.18%) CCNA
2 2 (18.18%) CCDP
3 1 (9.091%) CCIE
System Software
1 7 (63.64%) Active Directory
2 3 (27.27%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 2 (18.18%) Cisco UCCX
1 2 (18.18%) Cisco CUCM
1 2 (18.18%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
Vendors
1 8 (72.73%) Cisco
1 8 (72.73%) Microsoft
2 3 (27.27%) HP
2 3 (27.27%) Symantec
2 3 (27.27%) Altiris
2 3 (27.27%) Riverbed
2 3 (27.27%) Exinda
3 2 (18.18%) BT
3 2 (18.18%) Siemens
4 1 (9.091%) IronPort