Unified Communications 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 Unified Communications 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 Unified Communications 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 Communications & Networking 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
17 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Unified Communications
Rank 197 230 231
Rank change year-on-year
+33 +1
Contract jobs citing Unified Communications 26 17 21
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 0.333% 0.167% 0.201%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.780% 0.791% 1.113%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 13 12
Average daily rate £326 £350 £405
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.78% -13.58%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £258 £193 £242
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £475 £448
UK excluding London average daily rate £313 £365 £400
% change year-on-year
-14.38% -8.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £24.50 - £35.00
All Communications & Networking
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category		 1461 2149 1886
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 18.70% 21.16% 18.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 547 627 653
Average daily rate £315 £325 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.07% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £175 £190 £210
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £440 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £313 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-5.30% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 160 188 223
Average hourly rate £24.50 £32.50 £26.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-24.61% +22.64%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.00 £14.08 £13.93
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £45.00 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.50 £26.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-21.15% -5.45%
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 South East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

South East 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 South East region.

South East 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 South East region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

South East Unified Communications Daily Rate Histogram

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 South East region.

South East 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 South East region over the 3 months to 17 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 +26 14 £438 +20.68%
Hampshire -2 6 £375 -31.81%
Buckinghamshire +13 4 £263 -16.00%
Middlesex - 3 £313 -
Surrey +21 1 £250 +33.33%
Oxfordshire - 1 £300 -
Unified Communications
England

Unified Communications
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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 30 (61.22%) Cisco
2 18 (36.73%) Telecoms
3 16 (32.65%) VoIP
4 13 (26.53%) Cisco Certification
5 12 (24.49%) PRINCE2
6 11 (22.45%) MPLS
7 10 (20.41%) PMI Certification
7 10 (20.41%) CCIE
7 10 (20.41%) CCNP
8 9 (18.37%) Stakeholder Management
9 8 (16.33%) Cisco CUCM
10 7 (14.29%) PMP
10 7 (14.29%) SS7
10 7 (14.29%) Project Management
10 7 (14.29%) Microsoft
11 6 (12.24%) Lync
12 5 (10.20%) IaaS
12 5 (10.20%) CCSP
12 5 (10.20%) CCIP
12 5 (10.20%) Change Management
12 5 (10.20%) Performance Management
13 4 (8.163%) Tandberg
13 4 (8.163%) SIGTRAN
13 4 (8.163%) VMware Infrastructure
13 4 (8.163%) CCVP
13 4 (8.163%) Finance
13 4 (8.163%) Migration
13 4 (8.163%) VMware
13 4 (8.163%) CCNA
13 4 (8.163%) PRINCE2 Certification

Unified Communications
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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 6 (12.24%) Lync
2 2 (4.082%) Office Communications Server
3 1 (2.041%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (4.082%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 16 (32.65%) VoIP
2 11 (22.45%) MPLS
3 7 (14.29%) SS7
4 4 (8.163%) SIGTRAN
4 4 (8.163%) WAN
5 3 (6.122%) H.323
6 2 (4.082%) PBX
6 2 (4.082%) BSS
6 2 (4.082%) ATM
6 2 (4.082%) ISDN
7 1 (2.041%) LAN
7 1 (2.041%) WLAN
7 1 (2.041%) VPN
7 1 (2.041%) SAN
7 1 (2.041%) CTI
7 1 (2.041%) NAS
7 1 (2.041%) Cisco Nexus
7 1 (2.041%) Wireless
7 1 (2.041%) IP Telephony
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.041%) Oracle 10g
1 1 (2.041%) Oracle 11g
General
1 18 (36.73%) Telecoms
2 4 (8.163%) Finance
3 3 (6.122%) Billing
4 2 (4.082%) Marketing
5 1 (2.041%) Banking
5 1 (2.041%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 23 (46.94%) Project Manager
2 8 (16.33%) Consultant
3 7 (14.29%) Network Engineer
4 5 (10.20%) Senior Manager
4 5 (10.20%) Architect
4 5 (10.20%) Senior Project Manager
4 5 (10.20%) PRINCE2 Project Manager
5 4 (8.163%) Cisco Engineer
5 4 (8.163%) Telecoms Project Manager
6 3 (6.122%) Cisco Network Engineer
7 2 (4.082%) Telecoms Engineer
7 2 (4.082%) Technical Manager
7 2 (4.082%) Solutions Architect
7 2 (4.082%) Service Manager
7 2 (4.082%) Support Engineer
7 2 (4.082%) Technical Project Manager
7 2 (4.082%) VoIP Project Manager
8 1 (2.041%) Telephony Project Manager
8 1 (2.041%) Senior Technical Project Manager
8 1 (2.041%) DBA
Miscellaneous
1 5 (10.20%) IaaS
2 3 (6.122%) SaaS
2 3 (6.122%) Digital Media
2 3 (6.122%) PMI
3 1 (2.041%) Thin Client
3 1 (2.041%) Streaming Video
3 1 (2.041%) CLARiiON
3 1 (2.041%) EMC Centera
3 1 (2.041%) CCTV
3 1 (2.041%) Fat Client
3 1 (2.041%) Celerra
3 1 (2.041%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 2 (4.082%) Windows
2 1 (2.041%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (24.49%) PRINCE2
2 9 (18.37%) Stakeholder Management
3 7 (14.29%) Project Management
4 5 (10.20%) Change Management
4 5 (10.20%) Performance Management
5 4 (8.163%) ITIL
5 4 (8.163%) Migration
6 3 (6.122%) Service Delivery
7 2 (4.082%) Programme Management
7 2 (4.082%) Configuration Management
7 2 (4.082%) B2B
7 2 (4.082%) Logistics
7 2 (4.082%) Project Planning
8 1 (2.041%) WFM
8 1 (2.041%) Communications Security
8 1 (2.041%) Customer Engagement
8 1 (2.041%) Information Architecture
8 1 (2.041%) Capacity Planning
8 1 (2.041%) Performance Improvement
8 1 (2.041%) Business Transformation
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.041%) PL/SQL
1 1 (2.041%) SQL
1 1 (2.041%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 13 (26.53%) Cisco Certification
2 10 (20.41%) CCIE
2 10 (20.41%) CCNP
2 10 (20.41%) PMI Certification
3 7 (14.29%) PMP
4 5 (10.20%) CCIP
4 5 (10.20%) CCSP
5 4 (8.163%) CCNA
5 4 (8.163%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 4 (8.163%) CCVP
6 3 (6.122%) Security Cleared
6 3 (6.122%) SC Cleared
6 3 (6.122%) ITIL Certification
7 2 (4.082%) DV Cleared
8 1 (2.041%) JNCIA
8 1 (2.041%) JNCIS
8 1 (2.041%) JNCIP
8 1 (2.041%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.082%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (8.163%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (4.082%) VMware Server
3 1 (2.041%) Oracle RAC
3 1 (2.041%) Hyper-V
3 1 (2.041%) XenApp
3 1 (2.041%) EMC RecoverPoint
Systems Management
1 8 (16.33%) Cisco CUCM
2 1 (2.041%) EMC NetWorker
2 1 (2.041%) Data Guard
Vendors
1 30 (61.22%) Cisco
2 7 (14.29%) Microsoft
3 4 (8.163%) Avaya
3 4 (8.163%) VMware
3 4 (8.163%) Tandberg
4 3 (6.122%) Citrix
5 2 (4.082%) Oracle
5 2 (4.082%) Polycom
5 2 (4.082%) Twitter
5 2 (4.082%) BT
6 1 (2.041%) Verint
6 1 (2.041%) F5
6 1 (2.041%) Juniper
6 1 (2.041%) Genesys
6 1 (2.041%) Siemens
6 1 (2.041%) CheckPoint
6 1 (2.041%) EMC
6 1 (2.041%) Nortel
PMP/Prince 2 Project Manager - Cisco/Telco
Berkshire, Thames Valley
Cisco Project Manager required - ideally PMP and/or Prince 2 certified - the ideal candidate will have previous experience of managing multiple Cisco / networking based projects including; unified communications,...
Rate: Market rate
Posted: 1 May 2013
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