The first table below looks at the demand for Office Communications Server 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 Office Communications Server over the 3 months to 19 June 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Office Communications Server (OCS)
Rank 206 236 226
Rank change year-on-year
+30 -10
Contract jobs citing Office Communications Server 14 11 20
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 0.175% 0.110% 0.189%
As % of the Application Platforms category 1.017% 0.717% 1.140%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 4 5
Average daily rate £360 £330 £263
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+9.09% +25.71%
UK excluding London average daily rate £340 £400 £338
% change year-on-year
-15.00% +18.51%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £16.50
All Application Platforms
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
1377 1535 1754
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 17.20% 15.36% 16.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 725 744 794
Average daily rate £350 £325 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.69% -7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £200 £215
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £475 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £340
% change year-on-year
- -4.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 104 89 146
Average hourly rate £18.50 £22.50 £18.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-17.77% +25.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.00 £12.50 £11.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £39.30 £40.00 £42.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £20.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year
-5.00% +5.26%
Office Communications Server
England

Office Communications Server
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East Office Communications Server Jobs Demand Trend

Office Communications Server
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Office Communications Server across the South East region.

South East Office Communications Server Daily Rate Trend

Office Communications Server
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South East Office Communications Server Hourly Rate Trend

Office Communications Server
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Office Communications Server within the South East region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Oxfordshire - 13 £360 -
Berkshire +11 1 - - 3
Buckinghamshire - - - - 1
Hampshire - - - -
Surrey - - - - 1
West Sussex - - - -
Office Communications Server
England

Office Communications Server
Top 26 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing Office Communications Server 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 Office Communications Server.

1 14 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 14 (100.00%) Lync
2 13 (92.86%) SCOM
2 13 (92.86%) Data Protection
2 13 (92.86%) vSphere
2 13 (92.86%) Exchange Server 2010
2 13 (92.86%) MobileIron
2 13 (92.86%) VMware
2 13 (92.86%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 13 (92.86%) Exchange Server 2003
2 13 (92.86%) Microsoft Certification
2 13 (92.86%) MCSE
2 13 (92.86%) MS Exchange
2 13 (92.86%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
3 11 (78.57%) Migration
4 10 (71.43%) Disaster Recovery
4 10 (71.43%) Postini
5 6 (42.86%) Publishing
6 3 (21.43%) Mercator
7 1 (7.143%) Unified Communications
7 1 (7.143%) Streaming Video
7 1 (7.143%) VoIP
7 1 (7.143%) Cisco
7 1 (7.143%) SharePoint
7 1 (7.143%) Avaya
7 1 (7.143%) Siemens

Office Communications Server
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing Office Communications Server 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 Office Communications Server. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 14 (100.00%) Lync
2 13 (92.86%) Exchange Server 2010
2 13 (92.86%) Exchange Server 2003
2 13 (92.86%) MS Exchange
2 13 (92.86%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
3 1 (7.143%) SharePoint
Communications & Networking
1 1 (7.143%) Unified Communications
1 1 (7.143%) VoIP
General
1 6 (42.86%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 7 (50.00%) Messaging Engineer
1 7 (50.00%) Consultant
2 5 (35.71%) Messaging Consultant
3 3 (21.43%) Exchange Consultant
4 1 (7.143%) Microsoft Consultant
4 1 (7.143%) Solutions Architect
4 1 (7.143%) Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.143%) Streaming Video
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (92.86%) Data Protection
2 11 (78.57%) Migration
3 10 (71.43%) Disaster Recovery
Qualifications
1 13 (92.86%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
1 13 (92.86%) Microsoft Certification
1 13 (92.86%) MCSE
System Software
1 13 (92.86%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 13 (92.86%) SCOM
Vendors
1 14 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 13 (92.86%) MobileIron
2 13 (92.86%) VMware
3 10 (71.43%) Postini
4 3 (21.43%) Mercator
5 1 (7.143%) Cisco
5 1 (7.143%) Avaya
5 1 (7.143%) Siemens