The first table below looks at the demand for Unified Communications 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 Unified Communications over the 3 months to 22 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 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Unified Communications
Rank 359 337 405
Rank change year-on-year
-22 +68
Contract jobs citing Unified Communications 28 81 28
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 0.127% 0.296% 0.091%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.975% 2.166% 0.840%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 44 15
Average daily rate £410 £488 £410
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-15.89% +18.90%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £361 £292 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £443 £650 £570
UK excluding London average daily rate £345 £358 £388
% change year-on-year
-3.49% -7.74%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £40.00 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £24.50 - £35.00
All Communications & Networking
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
2871 3739 3333
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 13.05% 13.68% 10.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 1749 2268 1921
Average daily rate £400 £399 £393
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+0.25% +1.65%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £240 £240
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £525 £520
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £335 £325
% change year-on-year
-5.97% +3.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 136 153 215
Average hourly rate £22.50 £22.50 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +12.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.48 £15.00 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £135.00 £40.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.75 £25.38 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-18.22% -7.72%
Unified Communications
England

Unified Communications
Jobs Demand Trend

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

London 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 London region.

London Unified Communications Daily Rate Trend

Unified Communications
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Unified Communications across the London region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

London Unified Communications Daily Rate Histogram

Unified Communications
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Unified Communications across the London region.

London Unified Communications Hourly 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 London region over the 3 months to 22 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 -7 4 £400 -11.11%
Brentford - 1 £425 -
Unified Communications
England

Unified Communications
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London 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 31 (43.66%) Cisco
2 25 (35.21%) Lync
3 20 (28.17%) Microsoft
4 15 (21.13%) VoIP
5 13 (18.31%) Cisco UCCX
6 10 (14.08%) Project Management
6 10 (14.08%) H.323
6 10 (14.08%) Finance
7 9 (12.68%) MGCP
8 8 (11.27%) QSIG
8 8 (11.27%) PRINCE2
8 8 (11.27%) Telecoms
8 8 (11.27%) Capacity Management
9 7 (9.859%) Cisco CUCM
9 7 (9.859%) Migration
9 7 (9.859%) ITIL
9 7 (9.859%) Juniper
9 7 (9.859%) Cisco Certification
10 6 (8.451%) Microsoft Certification
10 6 (8.451%) CCNP
10 6 (8.451%) MCSE
10 6 (8.451%) MS Exchange
10 6 (8.451%) CCIE
10 6 (8.451%) Disaster Recovery
10 6 (8.451%) Service Management
10 6 (8.451%) IP Telephony
10 6 (8.451%) Exchange Server 2010
10 6 (8.451%) Change Control
11 5 (7.042%) Spanish Language
11 5 (7.042%) XMPP

Unified Communications
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London 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 5 (7.042%) XMPP
2 1 (1.408%) XML
2 1 (1.408%) VXML
Application Platforms
1 25 (35.21%) Lync
2 6 (8.451%) MS Exchange
2 6 (8.451%) Exchange Server 2010
3 1 (1.408%) Exchange Server 2007
3 1 (1.408%) Office Communications Server
3 1 (1.408%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (5.634%) MS Excel
2 2 (2.817%) MS Project
2 2 (2.817%) Office 365
3 1 (1.408%) MS PowerPoint
3 1 (1.408%) MS Visio
3 1 (1.408%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 15 (21.13%) VoIP
2 10 (14.08%) H.323
3 9 (12.68%) MGCP
4 8 (11.27%) QSIG
5 6 (8.451%) IP Telephony
6 5 (7.042%) TCP/IP
7 4 (5.634%) MPLS
8 3 (4.225%) LAN
8 3 (4.225%) PBX
8 3 (4.225%) WAN
9 2 (2.817%) Firewall
9 2 (2.817%) Wireless
9 2 (2.817%) Cisco ASA
9 2 (2.817%) NetScaler
10 1 (1.408%) Cisco Nexus
10 1 (1.408%) Asterisk PBX
10 1 (1.408%) xDSL
10 1 (1.408%) WAAS
10 1 (1.408%) FWSM
10 1 (1.408%) Cisco IPT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.408%) Oracle 11g
1 1 (1.408%) Oracle 10g
1 1 (1.408%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 1 (1.408%) CruiseControl
1 1 (1.408%) ClearCase
1 1 (1.408%) ClearQuest
General
1 10 (14.08%) Finance
2 8 (11.27%) Telecoms
3 5 (7.042%) Spanish Language
3 5 (7.042%) Law
4 4 (5.634%) Banking
5 3 (4.225%) Legal
6 2 (2.817%) Retail
7 1 (1.408%) French Language
7 1 (1.408%) Back Office
7 1 (1.408%) Billing
Job Titles
1 19 (26.76%) Communications Engineer
2 10 (14.08%) Project Manager
3 9 (12.68%) Architect
4 5 (7.042%) Cisco Engineer
5 4 (5.634%) Technical Architect
5 4 (5.634%) Analyst
5 4 (5.634%) Consultant
5 4 (5.634%) Network Engineer
5 4 (5.634%) Senior Communications Engineer
6 3 (4.225%) Voice Engineer
6 3 (4.225%) Infrastructure Analyst
6 3 (4.225%) Communications Manager
6 3 (4.225%) Cisco Support
7 2 (2.817%) Cisco Architect
7 2 (2.817%) Senior Network Engineer
7 2 (2.817%) Technical Manager
7 2 (2.817%) 2nd Line Support
7 2 (2.817%) Solutions Architect
7 2 (2.817%) Support Engineer
8 1 (1.408%) IT Infrastructure Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (1.408%) Enterprise Software
1 1 (1.408%) Smartphone
1 1 (1.408%) Video Conferencing
1 1 (1.408%) IVR
1 1 (1.408%) Management Information System
1 1 (1.408%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 2 (2.817%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (14.08%) Project Management
2 8 (11.27%) PRINCE2
2 8 (11.27%) Capacity Management
3 7 (9.859%) Migration
3 7 (9.859%) ITIL
4 6 (8.451%) Disaster Recovery
4 6 (8.451%) Service Management
4 6 (8.451%) Change Control
5 5 (7.042%) Configuration Management
6 4 (5.634%) Technical Architecture
7 3 (4.225%) User Acceptance Testing
7 3 (4.225%) Time Management
8 2 (2.817%) Quality Management
8 2 (2.817%) Change Management
8 2 (2.817%) Stakeholder Management
8 2 (2.817%) DMAIC
8 2 (2.817%) Matrix Management
8 2 (2.817%) Release Management
8 2 (2.817%) Project Planning
9 1 (1.408%) Network Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.408%) C
1 1 (1.408%) Java
1 1 (1.408%) Perl
1 1 (1.408%) PL/SQL
1 1 (1.408%) SQL
1 1 (1.408%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 7 (9.859%) Cisco Certification
2 6 (8.451%) Microsoft Certification
2 6 (8.451%) CCNP
2 6 (8.451%) MCSE
2 6 (8.451%) CCIE
3 5 (7.042%) MCSA
3 5 (7.042%) MCP
3 5 (7.042%) CISSP
4 4 (5.634%) CCIP
4 4 (5.634%) MCITP
5 3 (4.225%) CCSP
5 3 (4.225%) CCNA
5 3 (4.225%) PMP
5 3 (4.225%) PMI Certification
6 2 (2.817%) MCTS
6 2 (2.817%) Degree
7 1 (1.408%) SC Cleared
7 1 (1.408%) Security Cleared
7 1 (1.408%) CCDE
7 1 (1.408%) CCVP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.408%) QA
1 1 (1.408%) ISO 9000
1 1 (1.408%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (7.042%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.408%) Oracle RAC
2 1 (1.408%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 13 (18.31%) Cisco UCCX
2 7 (9.859%) Cisco CUCM
3 3 (4.225%) Cisco UCCE
4 1 (1.408%) Data Guard
4 1 (1.408%) CiscoWorks
Vendors
1 31 (43.66%) Cisco
2 20 (28.17%) Microsoft
3 7 (9.859%) Juniper
4 3 (4.225%) Oracle
4 3 (4.225%) Avaya
5 2 (2.817%) CheckPoint
5 2 (2.817%) Polycom
5 2 (2.817%) Tandberg
6 1 (1.408%) CyberTech
6 1 (1.408%) Riverbed
6 1 (1.408%) F5
6 1 (1.408%) VMware
6 1 (1.408%) BT
6 1 (1.408%) NetApp
6 1 (1.408%) Siemens
6 1 (1.408%) Dell
6 1 (1.408%) Citrix
London
Urgent requirement for support focused 2nd / 3rd line IP Telephony / Unified Comms Engineer with excellent CUCM support experience for this London based contract role- You`ll be an...
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Rate: GBP360 per day
Posted: 10 May 2013
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Rate: £350 - £450 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013
City of London
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Rate: £350 - £450 per day
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