The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Video Conferencing in IT contracts advertised for the London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Video Conferencing over the 3 months to 21 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 terms in our Miscellaneous 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Videoconferencing
Rank 338 327 368
Rank change year-on-year
-11 +41
Contract jobs citing Video Conferencing 51 78 62
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 0.232% 0.289% 0.202%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.700% 0.900% 0.534%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 54 31
Average daily rate £421 £420 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+0.29% +29.23%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £191 £154 £190
10% offered a daily rate of more than £498 £540 £575
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £351 £263
% change year-on-year
-0.35% +33.80%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 7 4
Average hourly rate £21.75 £21.00 £16.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+3.57% +25.37%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £18.55 £18.00 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £26.70 £22.40 £18.35
UK excluding London average hourly rate £10.00 £16.50 £13.50
% change year-on-year
-39.39% +22.22%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
7287 8670 11603
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 33.08% 32.13% 37.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 5064 5888 7838
Average daily rate £475 £475 £550
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -13.63%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £283 £325
10% offered a daily rate of more than £625 £625 £650
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £340
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +1.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 167 211 195
Average hourly rate £23.50 £22.50 £21.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+4.44% +7.14%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.00 £13.50 £11.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £54.00 £52.50 £50.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £23.00 £26.50
% change year-on-year
-4.34% -13.20%
Video Conferencing
England

Video Conferencing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

London Video Conferencing Jobs Demand Trend

Video Conferencing
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Video Conferencing across the London region.

London Video Conferencing Daily Rate Trend

Video Conferencing
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Video Conferencing across the London region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

London Video Conferencing Daily Rate Histogram

Video Conferencing
Hourly Rate Trend

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

London Video Conferencing Hourly Rate Trend

Video Conferencing
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Video Conferencing within the London region over the 3 months to 21 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 +16 20 £440 +10.00%
Docklands, London +2 1 £450 -11.76%
Video Conferencing
England

Video Conferencing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing Video Conferencing 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 Video Conferencing.

1 39 (41.49%) Cisco
2 27 (28.72%) WAN
3 26 (27.66%) LAN
4 21 (22.34%) VoIP
5 20 (21.28%) MS Office
5 20 (21.28%) Finance
6 19 (20.21%) Windows
6 19 (20.21%) Telecoms
7 18 (19.15%) VPN
8 17 (18.09%) Cisco Certification
8 17 (18.09%) Wireless
8 17 (18.09%) Polycom
9 16 (17.02%) Blackberry
9 16 (17.02%) Active Directory
10 14 (14.89%) MPLS
10 14 (14.89%) Internet
11 13 (13.83%) Project Management
11 13 (13.83%) TCP/IP
12 12 (12.77%) CCIE
13 11 (11.70%) Microsoft
13 11 (11.70%) SQL
13 11 (11.70%) Firewall
13 11 (11.70%) Windows 7
14 10 (10.64%) Cisco ASA
14 10 (10.64%) OSPF
14 10 (10.64%) MS Excel
15 9 (9.574%) ITIL
15 9 (9.574%) DNS
15 9 (9.574%) HP
15 9 (9.574%) Citrix

Video Conferencing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing Video Conferencing 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 Video Conferencing. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (2.128%) Middleware
2 1 (1.064%) .NET
2 1 (1.064%) ASP.NET
2 1 (1.064%) Web Services
2 1 (1.064%) Silverlight
Application Platforms
1 5 (5.319%) Lync
2 4 (4.255%) SharePoint
3 3 (3.191%) WorkSite
3 3 (3.191%) SharePoint 2010
4 2 (2.128%) MS Exchange
4 2 (2.128%) Apache
4 2 (2.128%) IIS
5 1 (1.064%) Lotus Notes
5 1 (1.064%) Lotus Domino
5 1 (1.064%) SharePoint Server
5 1 (1.064%) Office Communications Server
Applications
1 20 (21.28%) MS Office
2 10 (10.64%) MS Excel
3 5 (5.319%) MS Visio
4 4 (4.255%) MS PowerPoint
5 2 (2.128%) Acrobat
6 1 (1.064%) MS Project
6 1 (1.064%) Photoshop
6 1 (1.064%) Adobe Illustrator
Communications & Networking
1 27 (28.72%) WAN
2 26 (27.66%) LAN
3 21 (22.34%) VoIP
4 18 (19.15%) VPN
5 17 (18.09%) Wireless
6 14 (14.89%) MPLS
6 14 (14.89%) Internet
7 13 (13.83%) TCP/IP
8 11 (11.70%) Firewall
9 10 (10.64%) Cisco ASA
9 10 (10.64%) OSPF
10 9 (9.574%) DNS
10 9 (9.574%) Cisco IOS
11 8 (8.511%) IP Telephony
11 8 (8.511%) BGP
11 8 (8.511%) DHCP
12 7 (7.447%) SAN
13 6 (6.383%) Cisco IPT
13 6 (6.383%) Ethernet
14 5 (5.319%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (4.255%) SQL Server
2 2 (2.128%) SQL Server 2008
General
1 20 (21.28%) Finance
2 19 (20.21%) Telecoms
3 5 (5.319%) Law
3 5 (5.319%) Legal
3 5 (5.319%) Banking
4 3 (3.191%) Marketing
4 3 (3.191%) German Language
5 2 (2.128%) Dutch Language
6 1 (1.064%) Financial Institution
6 1 (1.064%) Publishing
6 1 (1.064%) Investment Banking
6 1 (1.064%) Retail Banking
6 1 (1.064%) Retail
6 1 (1.064%) French Language
Job Titles
1 16 (17.02%) Analyst
2 15 (15.96%) Project Manager
3 10 (10.64%) Support Analyst
3 10 (10.64%) Consultant
4 9 (9.574%) Desktop Support
5 8 (8.511%) Network Engineer
6 6 (6.383%) IT Trainer
6 6 (6.383%) Trainer
7 5 (5.319%) Network Consultant
7 5 (5.319%) Support Engineer
7 5 (5.319%) IT Support
8 4 (4.255%) Desktop Analyst
8 4 (4.255%) Help Desk Support
8 4 (4.255%) Desktop Support Analyst
8 4 (4.255%) NOC Engineer
8 4 (4.255%) Firewall Engineer
8 4 (4.255%) 2nd Line Support
8 4 (4.255%) Business Analyst
9 3 (3.191%) Technical Architect
9 3 (3.191%) Architect
Miscellaneous
1 16 (17.02%) Blackberry
2 8 (8.511%) iPhone
2 8 (8.511%) iPad
3 6 (6.383%) E-Learning
4 5 (5.319%) Mobile App
5 4 (4.255%) Streaming Video
6 2 (2.128%) IaaS
6 2 (2.128%) SaaS
6 2 (2.128%) PaaS
6 2 (2.128%) Computer Science
6 2 (2.128%) CCTV
7 1 (1.064%) Management Information System
7 1 (1.064%) BBC
7 1 (1.064%) IPTV
7 1 (1.064%) Graphic Design
7 1 (1.064%) Fixed Income
7 1 (1.064%) Equities
7 1 (1.064%) IVR
7 1 (1.064%) Video on Demand
7 1 (1.064%) Visualisation
Operating Systems
1 19 (20.21%) Windows
2 11 (11.70%) Windows 7
3 7 (7.447%) Windows XP
4 5 (5.319%) Linux
4 5 (5.319%) Android
5 3 (3.191%) Mac OS X
6 2 (2.128%) CentOS
6 2 (2.128%) Ubuntu
7 1 (1.064%) Mac OS
7 1 (1.064%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (13.83%) Project Management
2 9 (9.574%) ITIL
3 7 (7.447%) Change Management
3 7 (7.447%) Network Management
4 6 (6.383%) Load Balancing
4 6 (6.383%) Service Management
4 6 (6.383%) Migration
5 5 (5.319%) Service Delivery
6 4 (4.255%) Network Architecture
6 4 (4.255%) WAN Optimisation
6 4 (4.255%) Incident Management
6 4 (4.255%) Project Planning
6 4 (4.255%) PRINCE2
7 3 (3.191%) SOA
7 3 (3.191%) BCP
7 3 (3.191%) Stakeholder Management
7 3 (3.191%) Disaster Recovery
7 3 (3.191%) Supplier Management
7 3 (3.191%) Technical Architecture
8 2 (2.128%) Product Marketing
Programming Languages
1 11 (11.70%) SQL
2 2 (2.128%) Java
3 1 (1.064%) C
3 1 (1.064%) ActionScript
3 1 (1.064%) Python
3 1 (1.064%) ActionScript 3.0
Qualifications
1 17 (18.09%) Cisco Certification
2 12 (12.77%) CCIE
3 7 (7.447%) Security Cleared
4 6 (6.383%) CCNA
5 4 (4.255%) SC Cleared
5 4 (4.255%) Degree
5 4 (4.255%) JNCIE
6 3 (3.191%) CCNP
6 3 (3.191%) Microsoft Certification
6 3 (3.191%) DV Cleared
7 2 (2.128%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 2 (2.128%) CISSP
8 1 (1.064%) CCSP
8 1 (1.064%) PMP
8 1 (1.064%) PMI Certification
8 1 (1.064%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 1 (1.064%) A+ Certification
8 1 (1.064%) ITIL Certification
8 1 (1.064%) MCSE
8 1 (1.064%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (4.255%) PCI DSS
2 1 (1.064%) SLA
2 1 (1.064%) QA
System Software
1 16 (17.02%) Active Directory
2 8 (8.511%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (2.128%) vSphere
3 2 (2.128%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 8 (8.511%) Cisco CUCM
2 4 (4.255%) FortiGate
3 3 (3.191%) Cisco UCCX
4 1 (1.064%) DameWare
4 1 (1.064%) Cisco UCCE
Vendors
1 39 (41.49%) Cisco
2 17 (18.09%) Polycom
3 11 (11.70%) Microsoft
4 9 (9.574%) HP
4 9 (9.574%) Citrix
5 8 (8.511%) Tandberg
5 8 (8.511%) VMware
5 8 (8.511%) Oracle
6 6 (6.383%) Juniper
6 6 (6.383%) JD Edwards
6 6 (6.383%) Siebel
7 5 (5.319%) Aruba
7 5 (5.319%) Riverbed
8 4 (4.255%) F5
8 4 (4.255%) Fortinet
8 4 (4.255%) Sourcefire
8 4 (4.255%) BT
9 3 (3.191%) Adobe
9 3 (3.191%) CyberTech
9 3 (3.191%) SolarWinds
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...
IT Human Resources
Rate: £550 per day
Posted: 14 May 2013
City of London
Search terms: - network, engineer, networking, communications, juniper, tcp/ip, lan, wan, unified communications, netscaler, windows, video conference, load balancing Top global law firm requires 2 x Network & Communications...
Hudson IT London
Rate: £350 - £450 per day
Posted: 14 May 2013
Docklands, London
The ideal candidate will have a solid understanding of large scale Cisco / Tandberg Video Conferencing systems/services across a global organisation. The project will involve completing a "permit...
Rate: £400 - £500 per day
Posted: 10 May 2013
London
PMP, PRINCE 2 Practioner)-A sound project management background gained within an international organisation managing projects through the entire project life cycle-Core competence in Planning, Cost Estimating,...
Hays Specialist Recruitment
Rate: £425.00 - £450.00 per day
Posted: 10 May 2013
City of London
The successful candidate will be able to carry out secretarial, administrative and PA duties at a senior level with an interest in investment banking (ideally a background). The...
Orgtel
Rate: £100 - £200 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
City of London
ASP.NET/SILVERLIGHT DEVELOPER sought by Tier 1 Investment Bank based in the city of London.Responsibilities: * Leverage deep technical knowledge to create technology solutions that address complex...
Harvey Nash plc
Rate: £450 - £500 per day
Posted: 16 May 2013
City of London
This is a unique opportunity to join a newly developed team at a leading financial services company - the rate range is £40-520/day based in their London...
Real Staffing
Rate: £400 - £520 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013