The first table below looks at the demand for Unified Communications skills in IT contracts advertised for the Hertfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Unified Communications over the 3 months to 23 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 Hertfordshire 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Unified Communications
Rank 61 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Unified Communications 2 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 0.314% - -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.739% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
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
Hertfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
115 197 211
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 18.05% 20.29% 23.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 31 46 62
Average daily rate £300 £325 £298
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.69% +9.24%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £208 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £403 £475 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £338 £325
% change year-on-year
-6.66% +3.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 9 28
Average hourly rate £15.00 £19.47 £33.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-22.93% -41.01%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £11.45 £10.45
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £35.00 £34.10 £42.65
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.50 £25.38 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-15.27% -7.72%
Unified Communications
East of England

Unified Communications
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire region.

Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 23 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
Hitchin - 2 - -
Unified Communications
East of England

Unified Communications
Top 18 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire 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 3 (75.00%) Cisco
1 3 (75.00%) Active Directory
2 2 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (50.00%) XMPP
2 2 (50.00%) Lync
2 2 (50.00%) Exchange Server 2010
2 2 (50.00%) Cisco UCCX
2 2 (50.00%) Cisco CUCM
2 2 (50.00%) MS Exchange
2 2 (50.00%) CCNP
3 1 (25.00%) Exchange Server 2003
3 1 (25.00%) IronPort
3 1 (25.00%) Symantec
3 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (25.00%) CCIE
3 1 (25.00%) MS Office
3 1 (25.00%) Windows
3 1 (25.00%) MS Excel

Unified Communications
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire 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 (50.00%) XMPP
Application Platforms
1 2 (50.00%) Lync
1 2 (50.00%) Exchange Server 2010
1 2 (50.00%) MS Exchange
2 1 (25.00%) Exchange Server 2003
Applications
1 1 (25.00%) MS Office
1 1 (25.00%) MS Excel
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Support Engineer
1 2 (50.00%) Cisco Engineer
1 2 (50.00%) Cisco Support
1 2 (50.00%) Cisco Support Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Consultant
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Windows
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
1 2 (50.00%) CCNP
2 1 (25.00%) CCIE
System Software
1 3 (75.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (50.00%) Cisco UCCX
1 2 (50.00%) Cisco CUCM
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Cisco
2 1 (25.00%) IronPort
2 1 (25.00%) Symantec
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft