Lync Contracts in the South East
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for Lync skills in IT contracts advertised for the South East region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Lync 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 of the Application Platforms category for the South East 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
Microsoft Lync
Rank 175 229 229
Rank change year-on-year
+54 0
Contract jobs citing Lync 45 16 24
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 0.568% 0.157% 0.234%
As % of the Application Platforms category 3.045% 1.001% 1.376%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 8 7
Average daily rate £375 £300 £263
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+25.00% +14.28%
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £350 £313
% change year-on-year
+4.28% +12.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 0
Average hourly rate £23.60 £37.50 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-37.08% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.60 £22.88 £26.00
% change year-on-year
-14.33% -12.01%
All Application Platforms
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category		 1478 1599 1744
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 18.66% 15.74% 16.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 768 778 731
Average daily rate £340 £325 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.61% -7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £215 £210 £215
10% offered a daily rate of more than £471 £475 £463
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £345
% change year-on-year
- -5.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 103 83 153
Average hourly rate £18.00 £19.00 £20.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-5.26% -7.31%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.20 £12.45 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £39.60 £40.00 £43.20
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.50 £20.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.50% -
Lync
England

Lync
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East 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 South East region.

South East 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 South East region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

South East Lync Daily Rate Histogram

Lync
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Lync across the South East region.

South East Lync Hourly Rate Trend

Lync
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Lync within the South East 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
Berkshire +20 12 £438 -
Buckinghamshire +5 11 £371 +23.75%
Oxfordshire - 10 £368 -
Kent - 5 £325 -
Middlesex +6 3 £445 +122.50%
Hampshire -10 3 £390 +47.16%
Lync
England

Lync
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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 40 (61.54%) Microsoft
2 34 (52.31%) MS Exchange
3 31 (47.69%) Windows
4 26 (40.00%) Exchange Server 2010
5 23 (35.38%) VMware
6 20 (30.77%) Microsoft Certification
7 19 (29.23%) MCSE
8 18 (27.69%) SharePoint
9 17 (26.15%) Migration
10 14 (21.54%) Windows Server 2008
10 14 (21.54%) Exchange Server 2003
11 13 (20.00%) SCOM
11 13 (20.00%) PowerShell
12 12 (18.46%) Citrix
12 12 (18.46%) HP
12 12 (18.46%) Security Cleared
12 12 (18.46%) Hyper-V
13 11 (16.92%) Office Communications Server
13 11 (16.92%) Data Protection
13 11 (16.92%) SQL Server
13 11 (16.92%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
13 11 (16.92%) Disaster Recovery
14 10 (15.38%) SQL
14 10 (15.38%) VMware Infrastructure
14 10 (15.38%) vSphere
14 10 (15.38%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
15 9 (13.85%) SC Cleared
15 9 (13.85%) MobileIron
15 9 (13.85%) UNIX
15 9 (13.85%) Cisco

Lync
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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 Development
1 3 (4.615%) SOAP
1 3 (4.615%) JMS
2 1 (1.538%) XML
2 1 (1.538%) XSL
2 1 (1.538%) HTML
2 1 (1.538%) .NET
2 1 (1.538%) ASP.NET
2 1 (1.538%) COM
2 1 (1.538%) CSS
2 1 (1.538%) XHTML
2 1 (1.538%) Application Packaging
2 1 (1.538%) Ajax
2 1 (1.538%) WPF
2 1 (1.538%) REST
Application Platforms
1 34 (52.31%) MS Exchange
2 26 (40.00%) Exchange Server 2010
3 18 (27.69%) SharePoint
4 14 (21.54%) Exchange Server 2003
5 11 (16.92%) Office Communications Server
5 11 (16.92%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
6 6 (9.231%) Exchange Server 2007
6 6 (9.231%) SharePoint 2010
7 2 (3.077%) Exchange Server 2013
8 1 (1.538%) IIS
Applications
1 8 (12.31%) MS Excel
2 6 (9.231%) Office 365
3 1 (1.538%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 1 (1.538%) SAP Oil and Gas
1 1 (1.538%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 8 (12.31%) Firewall
1 8 (12.31%) DNS
2 7 (10.77%) DHCP
3 6 (9.231%) Unified Communications
3 6 (9.231%) TCP/IP
3 6 (9.231%) SAN
4 5 (7.692%) HTTP
4 5 (7.692%) VoIP
4 5 (7.692%) IP Telephony
4 5 (7.692%) iSCSI
5 4 (6.154%) NAS
5 4 (6.154%) Internet
5 4 (6.154%) PBX
6 3 (4.615%) SMTP
6 3 (4.615%) SS7
7 2 (3.077%) LAN
7 2 (3.077%) WAN
7 2 (3.077%) VPN
8 1 (1.538%) MPLS
8 1 (1.538%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (16.92%) SQL Server
2 7 (10.77%) SQL Server 2008
3 1 (1.538%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 1 (1.538%) MSI
General
1 4 (6.154%) Publishing
2 3 (4.615%) Finance
3 2 (3.077%) Telecoms
4 1 (1.538%) Manufacturing
4 1 (1.538%) Electronics
4 1 (1.538%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 13 (20.00%) Consultant
2 10 (15.38%) Architect
3 9 (13.85%) Messaging Engineer
4 8 (12.31%) Project Manager
4 8 (12.31%) Analyst
5 6 (9.231%) Support Analyst
6 5 (7.692%) Support Engineer
6 5 (7.692%) Technical Architect
7 4 (6.154%) 3rd Line Support Analyst
7 4 (6.154%) Microsoft Consultant
7 4 (6.154%) Messaging Consultant
7 4 (6.154%) Messaging Support Engineer
7 4 (6.154%) 3rd Line Support
8 3 (4.615%) Technical Consultant
9 2 (3.077%) IT Support
9 2 (3.077%) Deployment Specialist
9 2 (3.077%) Exchange Consultant
9 2 (3.077%) Infrastructure Manager
9 2 (3.077%) Senior Project Manager
9 2 (3.077%) IT Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 7 (10.77%) Clustering
2 4 (6.154%) Cloud Computing
2 4 (6.154%) Mathematics
3 3 (4.615%) Cryptography
4 2 (3.077%) Video Conferencing
4 2 (3.077%) Fat Client
4 2 (3.077%) Management Information System
4 2 (3.077%) Thin Client
5 1 (1.538%) Client/Server
5 1 (1.538%) DTV
5 1 (1.538%) Streaming Video
5 1 (1.538%) PKI
5 1 (1.538%) SaaS
Operating Systems
1 31 (47.69%) Windows
2 14 (21.54%) Windows Server 2008
3 9 (13.85%) UNIX
4 6 (9.231%) Linux
5 2 (3.077%) Windows 7
6 1 (1.538%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (26.15%) Migration
2 11 (16.92%) Data Protection
2 11 (16.92%) Disaster Recovery
3 7 (10.77%) Project Management
4 5 (7.692%) CRM
4 5 (7.692%) Service Management
5 4 (6.154%) Change Management
5 4 (6.154%) ITIL
6 3 (4.615%) Risk Management
6 3 (4.615%) TOGAF
7 2 (3.077%) ITIL V3
7 2 (3.077%) Time Management
7 2 (3.077%) Project Planning
7 2 (3.077%) Mobile Device Management
7 2 (3.077%) Programme Management
7 2 (3.077%) Quality Management
7 2 (3.077%) Service Delivery
7 2 (3.077%) GAP Analysis
7 2 (3.077%) PRINCE2
8 1 (1.538%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 13 (20.00%) PowerShell
2 10 (15.38%) SQL
3 4 (6.154%) C
4 1 (1.538%) C#
Qualifications
1 20 (30.77%) Microsoft Certification
2 19 (29.23%) MCSE
3 12 (18.46%) Security Cleared
4 10 (15.38%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 9 (13.85%) SC Cleared
6 7 (10.77%) MCP
7 5 (7.692%) DV Cleared
8 4 (6.154%) Cisco Certification
9 3 (4.615%) ISEB
9 3 (4.615%) CCSP
9 3 (4.615%) CCNA
9 3 (4.615%) MCTS
10 1 (1.538%) PMP
10 1 (1.538%) PMI Certification
10 1 (1.538%) PRINCE2 Certification
10 1 (1.538%) Degree
10 1 (1.538%) MCITP
10 1 (1.538%) VCP5
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.077%) SLA
System Software
1 12 (18.46%) Hyper-V
2 10 (15.38%) VMware Infrastructure
2 10 (15.38%) vSphere
3 8 (12.31%) Active Directory
4 4 (6.154%) XenApp
5 2 (3.077%) Forefront TMG
6 1 (1.538%) ISA Server
6 1 (1.538%) VMware ESX
Systems Management
1 13 (20.00%) SCOM
2 4 (6.154%) Backup Exec
3 3 (4.615%) OpenView
3 3 (4.615%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
3 3 (4.615%) SCCM
4 2 (3.077%) SCVMM
4 2 (3.077%) AppManager
Vendors
1 40 (61.54%) Microsoft
2 23 (35.38%) VMware
3 12 (18.46%) Citrix
3 12 (18.46%) HP
4 9 (13.85%) MobileIron
4 9 (13.85%) Cisco
5 7 (10.77%) Postini
6 4 (6.154%) Dell
7 3 (4.615%) NetApp
7 3 (4.615%) StorageTek
7 3 (4.615%) Sun
7 3 (4.615%) Oracle
7 3 (4.615%) Polycom
8 2 (3.077%) WatchGuard
8 2 (3.077%) Mercator
8 2 (3.077%) NetIQ
8 2 (3.077%) Avaya
9 1 (1.538%) Juniper
9 1 (1.538%) Remedy
9 1 (1.538%) Siemens
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