Office Communications Server Contracts in England
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for Office Communications Server 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 Office Communications Server 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 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
20 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Office Communications Server (OCS)
Rank 472 525 482
Rank change year-on-year
+53 -43
Contract jobs citing Office Communications Server 31 41 88
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.074% 0.077% 0.159%
As % of the Application Platforms category 0.406% 0.467% 0.939%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 30 37
Average daily rate £354 £463 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-23.51% +42.30%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £325 £275 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £416 £600 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £340 £375 £388
% change year-on-year
-9.33% -3.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 2
Average hourly rate £17.50 - £33.31
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £25.38
All Application Platforms
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category		 7641 8780 9370
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 18.32% 16.45% 16.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 4380 4962 5059
Average daily rate £360 £350 £388
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.85% -9.67%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £225 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £515 £500 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £350
% change year-on-year
- -7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 430 398 526
Average hourly rate £21.75 £20.00 £19.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+8.75% +5.26%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £12.00 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.20 £40.00 £41.70
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.50 £20.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.50% -
Office Communications Server
UK

Office Communications Server
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England 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 England region.

England Office Communications Server Daily Rate Trend

Office Communications Server
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Office Communications Server across the England region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

England Office Communications Server Daily Rate Histogram

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 England region.

England Office Communications Server Hourly Rate Trend

Office Communications Server
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Office Communications Server within the England region over the 3 months to 20 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 +16 16 £369 -32.95%
South East +25 10 £360 +125.00%
East of England +11 2 - -
Midlands - 2 £325 -
West Midlands - 1 £340 -
Office Communications Server
UK

Office Communications Server
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England 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 54 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 48 (88.89%) MS Exchange
3 45 (83.33%) Exchange Server 2010
4 34 (62.96%) Lync
4 34 (62.96%) Blackberry
5 32 (59.26%) Active Directory
6 29 (53.70%) Windows
7 27 (50.00%) SCOM
8 26 (48.15%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
9 23 (42.59%) VMware
9 23 (42.59%) Exchange Server 2003
10 22 (40.74%) Windows Server 2008
11 21 (38.89%) Migration
12 18 (33.33%) Microsoft Certification
13 16 (29.63%) Windows Server 2003
14 15 (27.78%) SQL Server
14 15 (27.78%) MCSE
14 15 (27.78%) Disaster Recovery
15 14 (25.93%) PowerShell
16 13 (24.07%) Exchange Server 2007
16 13 (24.07%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
16 13 (24.07%) ITIL
16 13 (24.07%) Lotus Notes
16 13 (24.07%) Lotus
17 12 (22.22%) DNS
17 12 (22.22%) vSphere
18 11 (20.37%) SSL
18 11 (20.37%) Business Continuity
19 10 (18.52%) Cisco
19 10 (18.52%) Symantec

Office Communications Server
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England 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 (3.704%) COM
Application Platforms
1 48 (88.89%) MS Exchange
2 45 (83.33%) Exchange Server 2010
3 34 (62.96%) Lync
4 26 (48.15%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
5 23 (42.59%) Exchange Server 2003
6 13 (24.07%) Exchange Server 2007
6 13 (24.07%) Lotus Notes
7 7 (12.96%) Lotus Domino
8 6 (11.11%) SharePoint
9 3 (5.556%) IIS
9 3 (5.556%) SharePoint 2010
10 1 (1.852%) Apache
Applications
1 5 (9.259%) MS Office
1 5 (9.259%) MS Excel
2 1 (1.852%) MS PowerPoint
2 1 (1.852%) Office 365
Communications & Networking
1 12 (22.22%) DNS
2 11 (20.37%) SSL
3 9 (16.67%) LDAP
4 8 (14.81%) TCP/IP
5 7 (12.96%) POP3
5 7 (12.96%) SMTP
5 7 (12.96%) Firewall
6 5 (9.259%) SAN
6 5 (9.259%) DHCP
6 5 (9.259%) Unified Communications
7 4 (7.407%) Network Security
8 3 (5.556%) NAS
9 2 (3.704%) HTTP
9 2 (3.704%) PBX
10 1 (1.852%) VoIP
10 1 (1.852%) VPN
10 1 (1.852%) 3G
10 1 (1.852%) MPLS
10 1 (1.852%) IPsec
10 1 (1.852%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (27.78%) SQL Server
2 8 (14.81%) SQL Server 2008
3 5 (9.259%) SQL Server 2005
4 3 (5.556%) SQL Server 2000
5 1 (1.852%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 1 (1.852%) VSS/SourceSafe
General
1 7 (12.96%) Publishing
2 6 (11.11%) Banking
2 6 (11.11%) Legal
3 2 (3.704%) Telecoms
4 1 (1.852%) Finance
4 1 (1.852%) Retail
4 1 (1.852%) Investment Banking
4 1 (1.852%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 14 (25.93%) Consultant
2 8 (14.81%) Messaging Consultant
2 8 (14.81%) Messaging Engineer
3 6 (11.11%) Analyst
3 6 (11.11%) Systems Manager
4 5 (9.259%) Support Engineer
5 4 (7.407%) Service Analyst
5 4 (7.407%) Operations Analyst
5 4 (7.407%) Exchange Consultant
6 3 (5.556%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 3 (5.556%) Server Engineer
6 3 (5.556%) Architect
7 2 (3.704%) Support Consultant
7 2 (3.704%) 3rd Line Support
7 2 (3.704%) Messaging Specialist
7 2 (3.704%) Communications Engineer
7 2 (3.704%) Microsoft Consultant
8 1 (1.852%) Storage Engineer
8 1 (1.852%) Wintel Support
8 1 (1.852%) Senior Technical Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 34 (62.96%) Blackberry
2 7 (12.96%) Clustering
2 7 (12.96%) Smartphone
2 7 (12.96%) Mobile Computing
3 4 (7.407%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (3.704%) Replication
5 1 (1.852%) Video Conferencing
5 1 (1.852%) iPhone
5 1 (1.852%) iPad
5 1 (1.852%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.852%) Handset
5 1 (1.852%) Streaming Video
Operating Systems
1 29 (53.70%) Windows
2 22 (40.74%) Windows Server 2008
3 16 (29.63%) Windows Server 2003
4 4 (7.407%) Windows 7
5 2 (3.704%) Windows Mobile
5 2 (3.704%) Android
5 2 (3.704%) Windows 2000 Server
5 2 (3.704%) Windows 2000
6 1 (1.852%) Windows XP
6 1 (1.852%) Mac OS X
6 1 (1.852%) Linux
6 1 (1.852%) Mac OS
6 1 (1.852%) Apple iOS
6 1 (1.852%) Windows Phone
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (38.89%) Migration
2 15 (27.78%) Disaster Recovery
3 13 (24.07%) ITIL
4 11 (20.37%) Business Continuity
5 10 (18.52%) Data Protection
6 7 (12.96%) Capacity Planning
7 4 (7.407%) Project Management
8 3 (5.556%) Service Delivery
8 3 (5.556%) Incident Management
8 3 (5.556%) Load Balancing
9 2 (3.704%) High Availability
9 2 (3.704%) Change Control
9 2 (3.704%) Problem Management
10 1 (1.852%) Performance Testing
10 1 (1.852%) Network Load Balancing
10 1 (1.852%) Enterprise Architecture
10 1 (1.852%) Operations Management
10 1 (1.852%) Change Management
10 1 (1.852%) PRINCE2
10 1 (1.852%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 14 (25.93%) PowerShell
2 5 (9.259%) C
2 5 (9.259%) SQL
3 1 (1.852%) Shell Script
3 1 (1.852%) Perl
Qualifications
1 18 (33.33%) Microsoft Certification
2 15 (27.78%) MCSE
3 13 (24.07%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 7 (12.96%) MCITP
5 3 (5.556%) VCP5
6 2 (3.704%) Microsoft Certified Master
6 2 (3.704%) Security Cleared
7 1 (1.852%) NCDA
7 1 (1.852%) SC Cleared
7 1 (1.852%) MCTS
7 1 (1.852%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (9.259%) ISO 9001
2 1 (1.852%) SLA
System Software
1 32 (59.26%) Active Directory
2 12 (22.22%) vSphere
3 10 (18.52%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (14.81%) ISA Server
5 5 (9.259%) XenApp
5 5 (9.259%) Forefront TMG
6 4 (7.407%) Hyper-V
7 2 (3.704%) XenServer
8 1 (1.852%) XenDesktop
8 1 (1.852%) VMware ESX
8 1 (1.852%) Microsoft App-V
8 1 (1.852%) UAG
8 1 (1.852%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (1.852%) vCloud
8 1 (1.852%) NFS
Systems Management
1 27 (50.00%) SCOM
2 10 (18.52%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
3 9 (16.67%) SCCM
4 7 (12.96%) Tivoli
4 7 (12.96%) Norton AntiVirus
4 7 (12.96%) MAILsweeper
5 3 (5.556%) WSUS
5 3 (5.556%) EMC NetWorker
5 3 (5.556%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
6 1 (1.852%) Plesk
6 1 (1.852%) Cisco CUCM
6 1 (1.852%) DameWare
6 1 (1.852%) NetBackup
6 1 (1.852%) MIMEsweeper
6 1 (1.852%) MOM
Vendors
1 54 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 23 (42.59%) VMware
3 13 (24.07%) Lotus
4 10 (18.52%) Cisco
4 10 (18.52%) Symantec
4 10 (18.52%) MobileIron
5 7 (12.96%) Postini
5 7 (12.96%) McAfee
6 6 (11.11%) EMC
7 5 (9.259%) HP
8 4 (7.407%) Citrix
8 4 (7.407%) Veritas
9 3 (5.556%) NetApp
9 3 (5.556%) Dell
9 3 (5.556%) Altiris
10 2 (3.704%) Polycom
10 2 (3.704%) Mercator
10 2 (3.704%) Siemens
10 2 (3.704%) Avaya
11 1 (1.852%) Nortel
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
Senior Messaging Engineer - Contract | Oxford | Exchange 2003 | Exchan
Oxford, Oxfordshire
This includes coordinating the migration of all mail services from the business unit into the Exchange 2010 service... -Provide senior technical leadership in the project to migrate all...
Square One Resources
Rate: From £350 to £370 per day
Posted: 17 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
3rd line Exchange / Messaging Support Consultant (Contract)
City, London
Technical environment MsExchange 2003 - 2010, Symantec Enterprise Vault BlackBerry Enterprise Server Active Directory Skilled in TCPIP and common networking protocols i.e. SMTP, POP3, LDAP, SSL, TLS, and...
Deerfoot IT Resources Ltd
Rate: £300 - £350 per day
Posted: 16 May 2013
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