The first table below looks at the demand for Lync skills in IT contracts advertised for the Glasgow 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 Glasgow 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 68 61 -
Rank change year-on-year
-7 -
Contract jobs citing Lync 8 1 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Glasgow 0.857% 0.127% -
As % of the Application Platforms category 4.819% 0.746% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
Average daily rate £363 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £364 £350 £288
% change year-on-year
+3.92% +21.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.50 £21.44 £26.00
% change year-on-year
-23.03% -17.54%
All Application Platforms
Glasgow
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
166 134 160
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Glasgow 17.79% 17.03% 23.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 91 50 79
Average daily rate £338 £313 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+8.00% -10.71%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £233 £238 £240
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £400 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £343
% change year-on-year
- -5.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 9 5
Average hourly rate £14.00 £26.00 £40.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-46.15% -35.00%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.50 £20.00 £20.50
% change year-on-year
-2.50% -2.43%
Lync
Scotland

Lync
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Glasgow 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 Glasgow region.

Glasgow Lync Daily Rate Trend

Lync
Top 24 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Glasgow 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 4 (44.44%) Active Directory
1 4 (44.44%) VMware
2 3 (33.33%) Migration
2 3 (33.33%) MS Exchange
2 3 (33.33%) SQL Server
2 3 (33.33%) IIS
2 3 (33.33%) Microsoft
3 2 (22.22%) Office 365
3 2 (22.22%) SharePoint 2013
3 2 (22.22%) Exchange Server 2003
3 2 (22.22%) PureDisk
3 2 (22.22%) SharePoint 2010
3 2 (22.22%) SharePoint
3 2 (22.22%) C#
3 2 (22.22%) SQL
3 2 (22.22%) .NET
3 2 (22.22%) NetBackup
4 1 (11.11%) Backup Exec
4 1 (11.11%) Server+ Certification
4 1 (11.11%) DNS
4 1 (11.11%) Unified Communications
4 1 (11.11%) Exchange Server 2010
4 1 (11.11%) QA
4 1 (11.11%) PowerShell

Lync
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Glasgow 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 2 (22.22%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 3 (33.33%) MS Exchange
1 3 (33.33%) IIS
2 2 (22.22%) SharePoint 2013
2 2 (22.22%) Exchange Server 2003
2 2 (22.22%) SharePoint 2010
2 2 (22.22%) SharePoint
3 1 (11.11%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 2 (22.22%) Office 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (11.11%) DNS
1 1 (11.11%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (33.33%) SQL Server
Job Titles
1 3 (33.33%) Consultant
2 2 (22.22%) Architect
2 2 (22.22%) Administrator
2 2 (22.22%) Infrastructure Architect
3 1 (11.11%) IT Architect
3 1 (11.11%) SharePoint Administrator
3 1 (11.11%) IT Support
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (33.33%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 2 (22.22%) C#
1 2 (22.22%) SQL
2 1 (11.11%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (11.11%) Server+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (11.11%) QA
System Software
1 4 (44.44%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (22.22%) PureDisk
1 2 (22.22%) NetBackup
2 1 (11.11%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 4 (44.44%) VMware
2 3 (33.33%) Microsoft
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