Unified Communications Contracts in the North West
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for Unified Communications skills in IT contracts advertised for the North West region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Unified Communications 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 Communications & Networking category for the North West 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
Unified Communications
Rank 110 130 121
Rank change year-on-year
+20 -9
Contract jobs citing Unified Communications 8 2 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 0.343% 0.064% 0.164%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.685% 0.355% 1.057%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 3
Average daily rate £438 £550 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-20.38% +69.23%
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
Search 3 Unified Communications jobs in the North West
All Communications & Networking
North West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category		 298 563 473
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 12.78% 18.10% 15.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 121 222 238
Average daily rate £313 £325 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.84% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £175 £175 £231
10% offered a daily rate of more than £465 £462 £398
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £338 £325
% change year-on-year
-6.66% +3.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 36 45
Average hourly rate £22.25 £22.00 £36.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+1.13% -38.88%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.65 £14.00 £12.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £30.00 £40.40
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.75 £25.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-17.00% -9.09%
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 North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

North West 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 North West region.

North West Unified Communications Daily Rate Trend

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 North West region.

North West 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 North West 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
Manchester +11 4 - -
Cheshire - 3 £438 -
Lancashire - 1 - -
Unified Communications
England

Unified Communications
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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 8 (72.73%) Oracle
2 6 (54.55%) SQL
2 6 (54.55%) Oracle 10g
3 5 (45.45%) Finance
4 3 (27.27%) WebSphere
4 3 (27.27%) Oracle RAC
4 3 (27.27%) Oracle 11g
4 3 (27.27%) Data Guard
4 3 (27.27%) Oracle Identity Manager
4 3 (27.27%) Shell Script
4 3 (27.27%) J2EE
4 3 (27.27%) PRINCE2
4 3 (27.27%) UNIX
4 3 (27.27%) UML
4 3 (27.27%) RAD
4 3 (27.27%) Java
4 3 (27.27%) PL/SQL
4 3 (27.27%) JDBC
4 3 (27.27%) Struts
5 2 (18.18%) ITIL
5 2 (18.18%) Change Management
5 2 (18.18%) Business Continuity
5 2 (18.18%) Project Management
5 2 (18.18%) Business Intelligence
5 2 (18.18%) Performance Improvement
5 2 (18.18%) Local Government
5 2 (18.18%) Data Management
5 2 (18.18%) TOGAF
6 1 (9.091%) Enterprise Architecture
6 1 (9.091%) PowerShell

Unified Communications
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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 3 (27.27%) WebSphere
1 3 (27.27%) J2EE
1 3 (27.27%) JDBC
1 3 (27.27%) Struts
Application Platforms
1 1 (9.091%) SharePoint
Communications & Networking
1 1 (9.091%) DHCP
1 1 (9.091%) DNS
1 1 (9.091%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (54.55%) Oracle 10g
2 3 (27.27%) Oracle 11g
3 1 (9.091%) RDBMS
General
1 5 (45.45%) Finance
2 2 (18.18%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 4 (36.36%) Developer
1 4 (36.36%) Oracle Developer
2 3 (27.27%) Access Developer
2 3 (27.27%) Oracle DBA
2 3 (27.27%) DBA
3 2 (18.18%) Architect
3 2 (18.18%) Enterprise Architect
4 1 (9.091%) Active Directory Specialist
4 1 (9.091%) PMO Analyst
4 1 (9.091%) Analyst
4 1 (9.091%) Project Manager
Operating Systems
1 3 (27.27%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (27.27%) PRINCE2
1 3 (27.27%) UML
1 3 (27.27%) RAD
2 2 (18.18%) ITIL
2 2 (18.18%) Change Management
2 2 (18.18%) Business Continuity
2 2 (18.18%) Project Management
2 2 (18.18%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (18.18%) Performance Improvement
2 2 (18.18%) Data Management
2 2 (18.18%) TOGAF
3 1 (9.091%) Enterprise Architecture
3 1 (9.091%) Migration
3 1 (9.091%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (9.091%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 6 (54.55%) SQL
2 3 (27.27%) Shell Script
2 3 (27.27%) Java
2 3 (27.27%) PL/SQL
3 1 (9.091%) PowerShell
3 1 (9.091%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 1 (9.091%) ITIL Certification
System Software
1 3 (27.27%) Oracle RAC
2 1 (9.091%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (27.27%) Data Guard
1 3 (27.27%) Oracle Identity Manager
Vendors
1 8 (72.73%) Oracle
2 1 (9.091%) Citrix
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