The first table below looks at the demand for Unified Communications skills in IT contracts advertised for the Reading 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 Reading 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 66 81 -
Rank change year-on-year
+15 -
Contract jobs citing Unified Communications 4 3 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Reading 0.479% 0.269% -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.030% 0.640% -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 0
Average daily rate £350 £375 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.66% -
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
All Communications & Networking
Reading
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
197 469 207
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Reading 23.59% 42.06% 19.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 72 112 71
Average daily rate £275 £280 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-1.78% -25.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £133 £213 £203
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £400 £495
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £338 £325
% change year-on-year
-6.66% +3.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 16 6
Average hourly rate £19.00 £15.58 £16.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+21.99% -2.65%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.20 £14.50 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £21.50 £44.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.75 £25.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-17.00% -9.09%
Unified Communications
Berkshire

Unified Communications
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Reading 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 Reading region.

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

Reading Unified Communications Daily Rate Histogram

Unified Communications
Top 26 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Reading 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 2 (40.00%) Cisco
1 2 (40.00%) CCSP
1 2 (40.00%) CCNP
1 2 (40.00%) CCIP
1 2 (40.00%) MPLS
1 2 (40.00%) Cisco Certification
1 2 (40.00%) Avaya
1 2 (40.00%) Lync
2 1 (20.00%) Twitter
2 1 (20.00%) Mobile Device Management
2 1 (20.00%) Siemens
2 1 (20.00%) Project Management
2 1 (20.00%) Quality Management
2 1 (20.00%) Change Management
2 1 (20.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (20.00%) Telecoms
2 1 (20.00%) Migration
2 1 (20.00%) Streaming Video
2 1 (20.00%) Banking
2 1 (20.00%) Project Planning
2 1 (20.00%) Office Communications Server
2 1 (20.00%) CCNA
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (20.00%) CCIE
2 1 (20.00%) SharePoint
2 1 (20.00%) VoIP

Unified Communications
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Reading 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 Platforms
1 2 (40.00%) Lync
2 1 (20.00%) Office Communications Server
2 1 (20.00%) SharePoint
Communications & Networking
1 2 (40.00%) MPLS
2 1 (20.00%) VoIP
General
1 1 (20.00%) Telecoms
1 1 (20.00%) Banking
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Consultant
1 2 (40.00%) Network Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Architect
2 1 (20.00%) Project Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Solutions Architect
2 1 (20.00%) Cisco Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Cisco Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Streaming Video
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (20.00%) Mobile Device Management
1 1 (20.00%) Project Management
1 1 (20.00%) Quality Management
1 1 (20.00%) Change Management
1 1 (20.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (20.00%) Migration
1 1 (20.00%) Project Planning
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) CCSP
1 2 (40.00%) CCNP
1 2 (40.00%) CCIP
1 2 (40.00%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (20.00%) CCNA
2 1 (20.00%) CCIE
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Cisco
1 2 (40.00%) Avaya
2 1 (20.00%) Twitter
2 1 (20.00%) Siemens
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft