Lync Contracts in England
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Hourly Rate Histogram Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for Lync skills in IT contracts advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Lync 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 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
24 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Lync
Rank 306 393 534
Rank change year-on-year
+87 +141
Contract jobs citing Lync 219 167 37
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.527% 0.313% 0.066%
As % of the Application Platforms category 2.883% 1.907% 0.391%
Number of daily rates quoted 126 100 13
Average daily rate £380 £425 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-10.58% +21.42%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £263 £282 £263
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £600 £470
UK excluding London average daily rate £364 £350 £288
% change year-on-year
+3.92% +21.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 6 3
Average hourly rate £22.25 £21.44 £25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+3.76% -14.25%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.00 £16.50 £23.10
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £32.50 £30.19 £26.60
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.50 £21.44 £26.00
% change year-on-year
-23.03% -17.54%
Search 99 Lync jobs in England
All Application Platforms
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category		 7597 8759 9463
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 18.27% 16.42% 16.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 4350 4939 5121
Average daily rate £363 £350 £385
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.57% -9.09%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £225 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £513 £500 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £343
% change year-on-year
- -5.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted 423 407 529
Average hourly rate £21.50 £20.00 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+7.50% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £12.00 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.20 £38.00 £42.35
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.50 £20.00 £20.50
% change year-on-year
-2.50% -2.43%
Lync
UK

Lync
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Lync across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Platforms category.

England Lync Jobs Demand Trend

Lync
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Lync across the England region.

England Lync Daily Rate Trend

Lync
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Lync across the England region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

England Lync Daily Rate Histogram

Lync
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Lync across the England region.

England Lync Hourly Rate Trend

Lync
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Lync across the England region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

England Lync Hourly Rate Histogram

Lync
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Lync within the England region over the 3 months to 24 May 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
London +50 118 £409 -17.42%
South East +48 49 £375 +25.00%
East of England +7 16 £225 -40.00%
East Midlands +8 12 - -
South West +37 11 £373 +112.85%
West Midlands +12 6 £365 +4.28%
North West +11 4 £325 +150.38%
Yorkshire +2 3 - -
Lync
UK

Lync
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing Lync 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 Lync.

1 221 (57.40%) Microsoft
2 192 (49.87%) MS Exchange
3 162 (42.08%) Exchange Server 2010
4 148 (38.44%) Windows
5 123 (31.95%) Active Directory
6 99 (25.71%) Migration
7 94 (24.42%) Windows Server 2008
8 80 (20.78%) Blackberry
9 78 (20.26%) SharePoint
10 75 (19.48%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
11 69 (17.92%) Exchange Server 2003
12 61 (15.84%) VMware
13 57 (14.81%) Cisco
14 56 (14.55%) Unified Communications
15 55 (14.29%) HP
15 55 (14.29%) ITIL
16 50 (12.99%) VoIP
17 47 (12.21%) MS Excel
17 47 (12.21%) SQL Server
18 44 (11.43%) SCOM
19 43 (11.17%) Finance
20 41 (10.65%) Project Management
20 41 (10.65%) Windows Server 2003
21 40 (10.39%) DNS
22 39 (10.13%) SAN
23 38 (9.870%) Firewall
23 38 (9.870%) Windows 7
24 37 (9.610%) Office Communications Server
24 37 (9.610%) Citrix
25 35 (9.091%) Microsoft Certification

Lync
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing Lync 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 Lync. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 8 (2.078%) Application Packaging
2 7 (1.818%) XML
3 5 (1.299%) COM
4 3 (0.779%) JMS
4 3 (0.779%) SOAP
4 3 (0.779%) Web Services
5 1 (0.260%) REST
5 1 (0.260%) WPF
5 1 (0.260%) Ajax
5 1 (0.260%) XHTML
5 1 (0.260%) XSL
5 1 (0.260%) ASP.NET
5 1 (0.260%) CSS
5 1 (0.260%) .NET
5 1 (0.260%) HTML
Application Platforms
1 192 (49.87%) MS Exchange
2 162 (42.08%) Exchange Server 2010
3 78 (20.26%) SharePoint
4 75 (19.48%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
5 69 (17.92%) Exchange Server 2003
6 37 (9.610%) Office Communications Server
7 32 (8.312%) Exchange Server 2007
8 27 (7.013%) SharePoint 2010
9 21 (5.455%) IIS
10 17 (4.416%) Lotus Notes
11 10 (2.597%) CMS
11 10 (2.597%) Exchange Server 2013
12 6 (1.558%) Oracle Collaboration Suite
12 6 (1.558%) Apache
13 5 (1.299%) Tomcat
14 4 (1.039%) Lotus Domino
14 4 (1.039%) BizTalk Server
15 2 (0.519%) Documentum
15 2 (0.519%) WorkSite
16 1 (0.260%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 47 (12.21%) MS Excel
2 32 (8.312%) MS Office
3 19 (4.935%) Office 365
4 6 (1.558%) MS PowerPoint
5 2 (0.519%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.260%) MS Project
6 1 (0.260%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 1 (0.260%) SAP Oil and Gas
1 1 (0.260%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 56 (14.55%) Unified Communications
2 50 (12.99%) VoIP
3 40 (10.39%) DNS
4 39 (10.13%) SAN
5 38 (9.870%) Firewall
6 29 (7.532%) LAN
7 28 (7.273%) WAN
8 17 (4.416%) DHCP
8 17 (4.416%) Wireless
8 17 (4.416%) NAS
9 16 (4.156%) Internet
10 15 (3.896%) SMTP
11 14 (3.636%) IP Telephony
11 14 (3.636%) PBX
12 12 (3.117%) HTTP
12 12 (3.117%) TCP/IP
13 10 (2.597%) Ethernet
13 10 (2.597%) MPLS
13 10 (2.597%) SSL
13 10 (2.597%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 47 (12.21%) SQL Server
2 21 (5.455%) SQL Server 2008
3 6 (1.558%) SQL Server 2005
4 4 (1.039%) SQL Server 2012
5 2 (0.519%) Oracle Reports
5 2 (0.519%) Oracle 8/8i
6 1 (0.260%) EDRMS
6 1 (0.260%) MS Access
6 1 (0.260%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 5 (1.299%) MSI
2 3 (0.779%) InstallShield
3 1 (0.260%) SilkPerformer
3 1 (0.260%) Subversion
3 1 (0.260%) LoadRunner
3 1 (0.260%) Visual Studio
3 1 (0.260%) VSS/SourceSafe
General
1 43 (11.17%) Finance
2 27 (7.013%) Banking
3 26 (6.753%) Telecoms
4 17 (4.416%) Investment Banking
5 10 (2.597%) Law
6 9 (2.338%) Publishing
7 4 (1.039%) Legal
8 2 (0.519%) Advertising
8 2 (0.519%) Marketing
9 1 (0.260%) Electronics
9 1 (0.260%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 52 (13.51%) Consultant
2 48 (12.47%) Analyst
3 34 (8.831%) Architect
4 33 (8.571%) Administrator
5 32 (8.312%) Project Manager
6 23 (5.974%) Messaging Engineer
7 16 (4.156%) Voice Engineer
8 15 (3.896%) Support Engineer
9 14 (3.636%) Exchange Engineer
9 14 (3.636%) Technical Consultant
10 13 (3.377%) Trainer
10 13 (3.377%) Systems Administrator
10 13 (3.377%) Communications Engineer
11 12 (3.117%) Exchange Administrator
11 12 (3.117%) Technical Analyst
12 11 (2.857%) Technical Architect
13 10 (2.597%) 3rd Line Support
13 10 (2.597%) Support Analyst
13 10 (2.597%) Messaging Specialist
13 10 (2.597%) Messaging Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 80 (20.78%) Blackberry
2 22 (5.714%) Clustering
3 12 (3.117%) PKI
4 9 (2.338%) iPhone
5 7 (1.818%) Video Conferencing
6 5 (1.299%) Management Information System
7 4 (1.039%) Thin Client
7 4 (1.039%) Mathematics
7 4 (1.039%) Fat Client
7 4 (1.039%) Cloud Computing
7 4 (1.039%) Mobile App
8 3 (0.779%) Cryptography
8 3 (0.779%) PMI
8 3 (0.779%) Handset
9 2 (0.519%) Streaming Video
9 2 (0.519%) Replication
9 2 (0.519%) Computer Science
9 2 (0.519%) Statistics
9 2 (0.519%) Enterprise Software
10 1 (0.260%) SaaS
Operating Systems
1 148 (38.44%) Windows
2 94 (24.42%) Windows Server 2008
3 41 (10.65%) Windows Server 2003
4 38 (9.870%) Windows 7
5 16 (4.156%) UNIX
6 13 (3.377%) Linux
6 13 (3.377%) Android
7 11 (2.857%) Windows XP
8 10 (2.597%) Windows Server 2012
9 9 (2.338%) Apple iOS
10 8 (2.078%) Windows Mobile
10 8 (2.078%) Windows Phone
11 5 (1.299%) Windows 8
12 3 (0.779%) Mac OS
12 3 (0.779%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 2 (0.519%) Windows 2000
13 2 (0.519%) Solaris
13 2 (0.519%) Windows Vista
13 2 (0.519%) Windows 2000 Server
13 2 (0.519%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 99 (25.71%) Migration
2 55 (14.29%) ITIL
3 41 (10.65%) Project Management
4 32 (8.312%) Disaster Recovery
5 24 (6.234%) PRINCE2
6 22 (5.714%) Data Protection
7 16 (4.156%) Change Management
8 13 (3.377%) Problem Management
9 12 (3.117%) Change Control
9 12 (3.117%) Service Management
9 12 (3.117%) Business Continuity
10 11 (2.857%) Service Delivery
10 11 (2.857%) Configuration Management
11 10 (2.597%) Performance Management
11 10 (2.597%) Mobile Device Management
12 8 (2.078%) High Availability
12 8 (2.078%) Capacity Management
13 7 (1.818%) CRM
14 6 (1.558%) Resource Management
14 6 (1.558%) Project Planning
Programming Languages
1 34 (8.831%) PowerShell
2 32 (8.312%) SQL
3 6 (1.558%) C
4 4 (1.039%) Shell Script
5 3 (0.779%) VBScript
6 1 (0.260%) C#
6 1 (0.260%) Perl
Qualifications
1 35 (9.091%) Microsoft Certification
2 33 (8.571%) Security Cleared
3 31 (8.052%) MCSE
4 24 (6.234%) SC Cleared
5 17 (4.416%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 12 (3.117%) Degree
6 12 (3.117%) MCITP
7 9 (2.338%) Cisco Certification
8 8 (2.078%) MCP
8 8 (2.078%) CCNA
9 6 (1.558%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 6 (1.558%) ITIL Certification
9 6 (1.558%) MCTS
9 6 (1.558%) HP AIS
9 6 (1.558%) HP ASE
10 5 (1.299%) DV Cleared
10 5 (1.299%) PMI Certification
10 5 (1.299%) ISEB
11 3 (0.779%) PMP
11 3 (0.779%) CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (2.078%) SLA
2 4 (1.039%) ISO 9001
2 4 (1.039%) QA
System Software
1 123 (31.95%) Active Directory
2 31 (8.052%) VMware Infrastructure
3 25 (6.494%) Hyper-V
4 19 (4.935%) vSphere
5 15 (3.896%) XenApp
6 7 (1.818%) Forefront TMG
7 6 (1.558%) VMware ESX
7 6 (1.558%) ISA Server
7 6 (1.558%) UAG
8 4 (1.039%) VMware Server
9 3 (0.779%) Terminal Services
10 2 (0.519%) Oracle RMAN
10 2 (0.519%) NFS
10 2 (0.519%) XenServer
11 1 (0.260%) VMware ESXi
11 1 (0.260%) vCloud
11 1 (0.260%) XenDesktop
11 1 (0.260%) Microsoft App-V
11 1 (0.260%) Samba
11 1 (0.260%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 44 (11.43%) SCOM
2 26 (6.753%) SCCM
2 26 (6.753%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
3 8 (2.078%) OpenView
4 4 (1.039%) Backup Exec
5 3 (0.779%) WSUS
5 3 (0.779%) WMI
5 3 (0.779%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
5 3 (0.779%) AppManager
5 3 (0.779%) MAILsweeper
6 2 (0.519%) ARCserve
6 2 (0.519%) Tivoli
6 2 (0.519%) SCVMM
6 2 (0.519%) Oracle Identity Manager
7 1 (0.260%) Cisco CUCM
7 1 (0.260%) Plesk
7 1 (0.260%) HP Quality Center
7 1 (0.260%) Tivoli Storage Manager
7 1 (0.260%) MOM
7 1 (0.260%) Norton AntiVirus
Vendors
1 221 (57.40%) Microsoft
2 61 (15.84%) VMware
3 57 (14.81%) Cisco
4 55 (14.29%) HP
5 37 (9.610%) Citrix
6 27 (7.013%) Symantec
7 22 (5.714%) Avaya
8 20 (5.195%) MobileIron
9 18 (4.675%) Lotus
10 15 (3.896%) Dell
10 15 (3.896%) Postini
11 14 (3.636%) Oracle
11 14 (3.636%) NetApp
12 12 (3.117%) Mitel
13 10 (2.597%) Apple
13 10 (2.597%) CheckPoint
13 10 (2.597%) Verint
13 10 (2.597%) Polycom
14 8 (2.078%) Juniper
14 8 (2.078%) Altiris
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