The first table below looks at the demand for Lync skills in IT contracts advertised for the Middlesex region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Lync over the 3 months to 17 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 Middlesex 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Lync
Rank 25 33 36
Rank change year-on-year
+8 +3
Contract jobs citing Lync 3 1 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Middlesex 1.435% 0.309% 0.568%
As % of the Application Platforms category 9.677% 2.778% 3.333%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 0
Average daily rate £445 £200 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+122.50% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £368 £350 £313
% change year-on-year
+5.00% +12.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.60 £22.88 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-14.33% -8.50%
All Application Platforms
Middlesex
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
31 36 60
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Middlesex 14.83% 11.11% 17.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 19 29
Average daily rate £443 £365 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+21.23% -18.88%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £234 £288
10% offered a daily rate of more than £625 £495 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £350
% change year-on-year
- -7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 8
Average hourly rate £16.00 £19.52 £16.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-18.03% +22.00%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £20.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-5.00% -
Lync
South East

Lync
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Middlesex 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 Middlesex region.

Middlesex 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 Middlesex region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Middlesex Lync Daily Rate Histogram

Lync
Top 18 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Middlesex 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 4 (80.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (60.00%) Project Management
3 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (40.00%) Service Delivery
3 2 (40.00%) Polycom
3 2 (40.00%) MS Excel
3 2 (40.00%) Unified Communications
4 1 (20.00%) Video Conferencing
4 1 (20.00%) Office Communications Server
4 1 (20.00%) PRINCE2
4 1 (20.00%) MCSE
4 1 (20.00%) Risk Management
4 1 (20.00%) Programme Management
4 1 (20.00%) MCITP
4 1 (20.00%) Degree
4 1 (20.00%) Resource Management
4 1 (20.00%) PMP
4 1 (20.00%) PMI Certification

Lync
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Middlesex 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 Platforms
1 1 (20.00%) Office Communications Server
Applications
1 2 (40.00%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 2 (40.00%) Unified Communications
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Project Manager
2 2 (40.00%) Senior Manager
2 2 (40.00%) Senior Project Manager
3 1 (20.00%) Technical Manager
3 1 (20.00%) Training Consultant
3 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Consultant
3 1 (20.00%) Senior Technical Project Manager
3 1 (20.00%) Senior Technical Manager
3 1 (20.00%) Consultant
3 1 (20.00%) Technical Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Video Conferencing
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Project Management
2 2 (40.00%) Service Delivery
3 1 (20.00%) Risk Management
3 1 (20.00%) Programme Management
3 1 (20.00%) Resource Management
3 1 (20.00%) PRINCE2
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (20.00%) PMP
2 1 (20.00%) PMI Certification
2 1 (20.00%) MCITP
2 1 (20.00%) Degree
2 1 (20.00%) MCSE
Vendors
1 4 (80.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (40.00%) Polycom