Lync Contracts in London
 
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 London 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 London 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 263 313 432
Rank change year-on-year
+50 +119
Contract jobs citing Lync 118 102 10
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 0.545% 0.379% 0.032%
As % of the Application Platforms category 2.941% 2.341% 0.194%
Number of daily rates quoted 78 67 5
Average daily rate £409 £495 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-17.42% +16.47%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £274 £321 £380
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £610 £465
UK excluding London average daily rate £364 £350 £288
% change year-on-year
+3.92% +21.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 1
Average hourly rate £26.12 - £22.63
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.50 £21.44 £26.00
% change year-on-year
-23.03% -17.54%
All Application Platforms
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category		 4012 4358 5145
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 18.53% 16.18% 16.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 2559 2703 3152
Average daily rate £400 £385 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.89% -9.41%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £239 £250 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £550 £575
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £343
% change year-on-year
- -5.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted 161 128 175
Average hourly rate £22.00 £20.00 £19.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+10.00% +2.56%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.00 £13.00 £13.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £54.00 £40.00 £41.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.50 £20.00 £20.50
% change year-on-year
-2.50% -2.43%
Lync
England

Lync
Jobs Demand Trend

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

London 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 London region.

London 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 London region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

London 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 London region.

London 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 London region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

London 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 London 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
City of London +20 29 £400 -23.07%
Croydon - 2 £390 -
Enfield - 2 £213 -
Docklands, London +1 1 £400 -21.56%
Lync
England

Lync
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 124 (54.87%) Microsoft
2 107 (47.35%) MS Exchange
3 95 (42.04%) Exchange Server 2010
4 74 (32.74%) Active Directory
5 64 (28.32%) Windows
5 64 (28.32%) Blackberry
6 60 (26.55%) Migration
7 50 (22.12%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
8 42 (18.58%) ITIL
9 41 (18.14%) Windows Server 2008
10 40 (17.70%) SharePoint
10 40 (17.70%) VoIP
11 39 (17.26%) Exchange Server 2003
12 38 (16.81%) Finance
13 30 (13.27%) Cisco
14 29 (12.83%) MS Excel
15 28 (12.39%) Project Management
16 27 (11.95%) Banking
17 25 (11.06%) LAN
17 25 (11.06%) Unified Communications
18 24 (10.62%) HP
18 24 (10.62%) Windows Server 2003
19 23 (10.18%) Symantec
19 23 (10.18%) Exchange Server 2007
19 23 (10.18%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
20 22 (9.735%) DNS
20 22 (9.735%) WAN
20 22 (9.735%) SQL Server
21 21 (9.292%) SCOM
22 20 (8.850%) PowerShell

Lync
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London 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 6 (2.655%) XML
2 5 (2.212%) Application Packaging
3 3 (1.327%) COM
3 3 (1.327%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 107 (47.35%) MS Exchange
2 95 (42.04%) Exchange Server 2010
3 50 (22.12%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
4 40 (17.70%) SharePoint
5 39 (17.26%) Exchange Server 2003
6 23 (10.18%) Exchange Server 2007
7 18 (7.965%) Office Communications Server
8 15 (6.637%) Lotus Notes
9 14 (6.195%) IIS
10 13 (5.752%) SharePoint 2010
11 10 (4.425%) CMS
12 6 (2.655%) Oracle Collaboration Suite
12 6 (2.655%) Apache
13 5 (2.212%) Exchange Server 2013
13 5 (2.212%) Tomcat
14 4 (1.770%) Lotus Domino
15 3 (1.327%) BizTalk Server
16 1 (0.442%) Confluence
Applications
1 29 (12.83%) MS Excel
2 16 (7.080%) MS Office
3 12 (5.310%) Office 365
4 2 (0.885%) MS PowerPoint
4 2 (0.885%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.442%) MS Project
Communications & Networking
1 40 (17.70%) VoIP
2 25 (11.06%) LAN
2 25 (11.06%) Unified Communications
3 22 (9.735%) DNS
3 22 (9.735%) WAN
4 19 (8.407%) Firewall
5 12 (5.310%) SMTP
6 10 (4.425%) SAN
6 10 (4.425%) Ethernet
6 10 (4.425%) NAS
7 8 (3.540%) Wireless
8 7 (3.097%) PBX
8 7 (3.097%) SSL
8 7 (3.097%) MPLS
8 7 (3.097%) VLAN
9 6 (2.655%) HTTP
9 6 (2.655%) TCP/IP
9 6 (2.655%) VPN
9 6 (2.655%) DHCP
10 5 (2.212%) Cisco ASA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (9.735%) SQL Server
2 6 (2.655%) SQL Server 2008
3 4 (1.770%) SQL Server 2005
3 4 (1.770%) SQL Server 2012
4 2 (0.885%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (0.442%) MySQL
5 1 (0.442%) Oracle 8/8i
Development Applications
1 3 (1.327%) InstallShield
2 2 (0.885%) MSI
3 1 (0.442%) Visual Studio
3 1 (0.442%) VSS/SourceSafe
3 1 (0.442%) LoadRunner
3 1 (0.442%) SilkPerformer
General
1 38 (16.81%) Finance
2 27 (11.95%) Banking
3 20 (8.850%) Telecoms
4 17 (7.522%) Investment Banking
5 8 (3.540%) Law
6 4 (1.770%) Publishing
7 2 (0.885%) Legal
7 2 (0.885%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 31 (13.72%) Analyst
2 26 (11.50%) Consultant
3 20 (8.850%) Administrator
4 19 (8.407%) Project Manager
5 16 (7.080%) Voice Engineer
6 15 (6.637%) Architect
7 13 (5.752%) Messaging Engineer
8 12 (5.310%) Exchange Administrator
9 11 (4.867%) Communications Engineer
10 10 (4.425%) Messaging Specialist
10 10 (4.425%) Messaging Administrator
11 9 (3.982%) Senior Voice Engineer
11 9 (3.982%) Technical Analyst
12 8 (3.540%) Infrastructure Analyst
13 7 (3.097%) Network Engineer
14 5 (2.212%) Trainer
14 5 (2.212%) Business Analyst
14 5 (2.212%) Technical Consultant
14 5 (2.212%) Service Analyst
14 5 (2.212%) Infrastructure Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 64 (28.32%) Blackberry
2 9 (3.982%) PKI
2 9 (3.982%) Clustering
3 8 (3.540%) iPhone
4 5 (2.212%) Video Conferencing
5 4 (1.770%) Mobile App
6 3 (1.327%) PMI
6 3 (1.327%) Handset
6 3 (1.327%) Management Information System
7 2 (0.885%) Replication
7 2 (0.885%) Statistics
7 2 (0.885%) Fat Client
7 2 (0.885%) Thin Client
7 2 (0.885%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (0.442%) IIBA
8 1 (0.442%) iPad
8 1 (0.442%) Computer Science
8 1 (0.442%) Smartphone
8 1 (0.442%) PDA
8 1 (0.442%) Streaming Video
Operating Systems
1 64 (28.32%) Windows
2 41 (18.14%) Windows Server 2008
3 24 (10.62%) Windows Server 2003
4 14 (6.195%) Windows 7
5 13 (5.752%) Android
6 9 (3.982%) Apple iOS
7 8 (3.540%) Windows Mobile
7 8 (3.540%) Windows Phone
7 8 (3.540%) Windows Server 2012
8 6 (2.655%) UNIX
9 4 (1.770%) Linux
10 3 (1.327%) Mac OS
10 3 (1.327%) Windows 8
10 3 (1.327%) Windows XP
11 2 (0.885%) Windows Vista
11 2 (0.885%) CentOS
12 1 (0.442%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 1 (0.442%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 60 (26.55%) Migration
2 42 (18.58%) ITIL
3 28 (12.39%) Project Management
4 19 (8.407%) PRINCE2
5 13 (5.752%) Problem Management
6 12 (5.310%) Business Continuity
7 11 (4.867%) Configuration Management
7 11 (4.867%) Change Management
7 11 (4.867%) Disaster Recovery
8 9 (3.982%) Change Control
9 8 (3.540%) Capacity Management
10 7 (3.097%) Mobile Device Management
10 7 (3.097%) Service Delivery
11 6 (2.655%) Release Management
11 6 (2.655%) Service Management
11 6 (2.655%) High Availability
11 6 (2.655%) Data Migration
11 6 (2.655%) Test Management
12 5 (2.212%) User Acceptance Testing
12 5 (2.212%) Network Management
Programming Languages
1 20 (8.850%) PowerShell
2 15 (6.637%) SQL
3 3 (1.327%) VBScript
3 3 (1.327%) Shell Script
4 2 (0.885%) C
5 1 (0.442%) Perl
Qualifications
1 14 (6.195%) Security Cleared
2 9 (3.982%) SC Cleared
2 9 (3.982%) Degree
3 8 (3.540%) MCITP
4 6 (2.655%) HP AIS
4 6 (2.655%) HP ASE
5 5 (2.212%) Microsoft Certification
5 5 (2.212%) ITIL Certification
6 4 (1.770%) PMI Certification
7 3 (1.327%) MCSE
7 3 (1.327%) PRINCE2 Certification
7 3 (1.327%) MCTS
8 2 (0.885%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 2 (0.885%) PMP
8 2 (0.885%) ISEB
9 1 (0.442%) CTC Cleared
9 1 (0.442%) Microsoft Certified Master
9 1 (0.442%) MCSA
9 1 (0.442%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (0.442%) Avaya Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (1.770%) QA
1 4 (1.770%) ISO 9001
1 4 (1.770%) SLA
System Software
1 74 (32.74%) Active Directory
2 13 (5.752%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (2.655%) UAG
4 5 (2.212%) XenApp
5 4 (1.770%) vSphere
6 3 (1.327%) Forefront TMG
6 3 (1.327%) ISA Server
6 3 (1.327%) VMware ESX
7 2 (0.885%) Terminal Services
7 2 (0.885%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.442%) XenServer
8 1 (0.442%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.442%) vCloud
8 1 (0.442%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 23 (10.18%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
2 21 (9.292%) SCOM
3 17 (7.522%) SCCM
4 5 (2.212%) OpenView
5 3 (1.327%) MAILsweeper
5 3 (1.327%) WMI
6 2 (0.885%) ARCserve
6 2 (0.885%) Oracle Identity Manager
7 1 (0.442%) HP Quality Center
7 1 (0.442%) Plesk
7 1 (0.442%) Cisco CUCM
7 1 (0.442%) MIMEsweeper
7 1 (0.442%) Norton AntiVirus
7 1 (0.442%) Tivoli
7 1 (0.442%) MOM
7 1 (0.442%) Cisco IPCC
Vendors
1 124 (54.87%) Microsoft
2 30 (13.27%) Cisco
3 24 (10.62%) HP
4 23 (10.18%) Symantec
5 19 (8.407%) Avaya
6 18 (7.965%) VMware
7 16 (7.080%) Lotus
8 12 (5.310%) Citrix
9 10 (4.425%) Verint
10 9 (3.982%) Dell
10 9 (3.982%) Apple
11 8 (3.540%) Mitel
11 8 (3.540%) CheckPoint
11 8 (3.540%) Oracle
11 8 (3.540%) MobileIron
12 7 (3.097%) Polycom
12 7 (3.097%) Juniper
13 6 (2.655%) Postini
13 6 (2.655%) NetApp
13 6 (2.655%) Websense
MS Lync Contractor (Windows Migration)
City, London
Configure performance monitoring & alerts for the Lync Infrastructure. Assist in world-wide delivery of Lync client. The person: Degree educated, or equivalent. Minimum of Microsoft MCSE qualification (or...
Sanderson
Rate: £450 - £650 per day
Posted: 21 May 2013
SENIOR EXCHANGE ENGINEER, GLOBAL FINANCIAL FIRM, LONDON!
City, London
The core environment consists of the following (you don’t have to have everything on this list): Exchange 2010. Exchange 2007. Windows 2008... BES. SAN. Lync 2010. iPhone /...
De Facto IT
Rate: Unspecified £EXCELLENT/DAY
Posted: 17 May 2013
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
EXCHANGE 2010 ENGINEER, GLOBAL FINANCIAL FIRM, LONDON!
City, London
A solid Exchange 2010 Engineer is required for global financial firm in the City, London... The core environment consists of the following (you don’t have to have...
De Facto IT
Rate: Unspecified £MKT RATES
Posted: 17 May 2013
Technical Analyst x 2
City of London
infrastructure, windows server, network, exchange, cisco, active directory, windows server, sql, citrix, lyncA leading investment firm require two Windows Infrastructure Analysts with different technical focuses for a minimum...
Hudson IT London
Rate: £350 - £465 per day
Posted: 19 May 2013
Test Manager - Messaging & Collaboration
City of London
Candidates must have a demonstrable history of successfully delivering testing within high value, long term Messaging & Collaboration projects or programmes utilizing Microsoft's M&C tools such as...
IT Human Resources
Rate: £500 - £550 per day
Posted: 14 May 2013
Exchange Messaging Administrator - Lync 10 - London
London
Microsoft and IBM will also be considered... Supporting Lync 2010 within an enterprise environment. Scripting skills - strong knowledge of Shellscript... Blackberry Server... Disaster Recovery experience. Proactive problem management...
iKas International
Rate: £425 - £475 per day
Posted: 21 May 2013
Lync Service Operations Engineer
City of London
As part of a virtual, Global team you will provide level 3 incident, problem and change management for Instant Messaging, Web Conferencing, Lync voice, Lync video, audio and...
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Rate: £550 per day
Posted: 14 May 2013
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