The first table below looks at the demand for Unified Communications skills in IT contracts advertised for the Hampshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Unified Communications 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 Communications & Networking category for the Hampshire 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
Unified Communications
Rank 93 91 103
Rank change year-on-year
-2 +12
Contract jobs citing Unified Communications 10 3 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hampshire 0.655% 0.189% 0.108%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 3.175% 0.980% 0.730%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 1 0
Average daily rate £400 £550 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-27.27% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £358 £388
% change year-on-year
-2.09% -7.74%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.50 - £35.00
All Communications & Networking
Hampshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
315 306 274
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hampshire 20.64% 19.23% 14.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 128 128 81
Average daily rate £340 £361 £311
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.88% +16.06%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £220 £225 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £488 £450 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £338 £325
% change year-on-year
-6.66% +3.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 64 53 75
Average hourly rate £31.25 £35.00 £31.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-10.71% +11.11%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.00 £21.50 £16.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £42.50 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.75 £25.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-17.00% -9.09%
Unified Communications
South East

Unified Communications
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Hampshire 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 Hampshire region.

Hampshire 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 Hampshire 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
Basingstoke -10 4 £425 -22.72%
Unified Communications
South East

Unified Communications
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hampshire 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 6 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 5 (41.67%) Change Management
3 4 (33.33%) Configuration Management
3 4 (33.33%) VoIP
3 4 (33.33%) Cisco
3 4 (33.33%) Microsoft
3 4 (33.33%) Citrix
3 4 (33.33%) VMware
3 4 (33.33%) VMware Server
3 4 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (33.33%) Cisco CUCM
4 3 (25.00%) MPLS
4 3 (25.00%) Digital Media
4 3 (25.00%) PRINCE2
4 3 (25.00%) Telecoms
4 3 (25.00%) Finance
5 2 (16.67%) Migration
5 2 (16.67%) SUSE
5 2 (16.67%) SS7
5 2 (16.67%) Red Hat
5 2 (16.67%) UNIX
5 2 (16.67%) Windows
5 2 (16.67%) Linux
5 2 (16.67%) MS Excel
5 2 (16.67%) ATM
5 2 (16.67%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (16.67%) CCIE
5 2 (16.67%) CCNP
5 2 (16.67%) SC Cleared
5 2 (16.67%) Security Cleared

Unified Communications
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hampshire 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.

Applications
1 2 (16.67%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 4 (33.33%) VoIP
2 3 (25.00%) MPLS
3 2 (16.67%) SS7
3 2 (16.67%) ATM
3 2 (16.67%) SIGTRAN
4 1 (8.333%) BSS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (8.333%) Oracle 11g
1 1 (8.333%) Oracle 10g
General
1 3 (25.00%) Telecoms
1 3 (25.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 4 (33.33%) Consultant
2 2 (16.67%) Project Manager
2 2 (16.67%) Designer
3 1 (8.333%) Oracle DBA
3 1 (8.333%) Technical Designer
3 1 (8.333%) Infrastructure Designer
3 1 (8.333%) Telecoms Project Manager
3 1 (8.333%) DBA
3 1 (8.333%) Solutions Designer
3 1 (8.333%) Programme Manager
Miscellaneous
1 3 (25.00%) Digital Media
2 1 (8.333%) SaaS
2 1 (8.333%) IaaS
2 1 (8.333%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 2 (16.67%) SUSE
1 2 (16.67%) UNIX
1 2 (16.67%) Windows
1 2 (16.67%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 5 (41.67%) Change Management
3 4 (33.33%) Configuration Management
4 3 (25.00%) PRINCE2
5 2 (16.67%) Migration
6 1 (8.333%) Performance Management
6 1 (8.333%) Programme Management
6 1 (8.333%) Network Design
6 1 (8.333%) Capacity Planning
6 1 (8.333%) Performance Improvement
6 1 (8.333%) B2B
6 1 (8.333%) PRINCE
6 1 (8.333%) Project Management
6 1 (8.333%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 1 (8.333%) PL/SQL
1 1 (8.333%) SQL
1 1 (8.333%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 2 (16.67%) Cisco Certification
1 2 (16.67%) CCIE
1 2 (16.67%) CCNP
1 2 (16.67%) SC Cleared
1 2 (16.67%) Security Cleared
2 1 (8.333%) PMI Certification
System Software
1 4 (33.33%) VMware Server
1 4 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (8.333%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 4 (33.33%) Cisco CUCM
2 1 (8.333%) Data Guard
Vendors
1 4 (33.33%) Cisco
1 4 (33.33%) Microsoft
1 4 (33.33%) Citrix
1 4 (33.33%) VMware
2 2 (16.67%) Red Hat
3 1 (8.333%) Oracle