The first table below looks at the demand for Lync skills in IT contracts advertised for the South West region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Lync over the 3 months to 20 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 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
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Lync
Rank 97 134 -
Rank change year-on-year
+37 -
Contract jobs citing Lync 13 1 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 0.638% 0.032% -
As % of the Application Platforms category 3.683% 0.187% -
Number of daily rates quoted 9 0 0
Average daily rate £495 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £345 £400 £288
% change year-on-year
-13.75% +39.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £20.00 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £23.10 £28.94 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-20.19% +15.75%
All Application Platforms
South West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
353 536 526
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 17.33% 17.39% 17.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 219 329 271
Average daily rate £350 £358 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.09% +19.16%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £220 £170
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £450 £423
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £340
% change year-on-year
- -4.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 28 36
Average hourly rate £19.00 £23.88 £18.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-20.41% +32.63%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.50 £20.00 £13.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £24.50 £30.00 £32.10
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £20.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year
-5.00% +5.26%
Lync
England

Lync
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South West 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 West region.

South West 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 West region over the 3 months to 20 June 2013.

South West 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 West region.

South West 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 West region over the 3 months to 20 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
Bristol - 3 £500 - 5
Wiltshire - 3 £499 - 3
Somerset - 2 £95 -
Devon - - - -
Gloucestershire - - - -
Lync
England

Lync
Top 28 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West 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 11 (57.89%) Windows
1 11 (57.89%) MS Exchange
1 11 (57.89%) Exchange Server 2010
2 9 (47.37%) Windows Server 2008
3 8 (42.11%) 3PAR
3 8 (42.11%) HP
3 8 (42.11%) SAN
4 6 (31.58%) Windows XP
4 6 (31.58%) Windows 7
5 5 (26.32%) Unified Communications
6 4 (21.05%) Microsoft
7 3 (15.79%) VMware
8 2 (10.53%) VMware Server
8 2 (10.53%) MS Office
8 2 (10.53%) Migration
8 2 (10.53%) Windows 8
9 1 (5.263%) Office 365
9 1 (5.263%) Active Directory
9 1 (5.263%) MS Excel
9 1 (5.263%) CRM
9 1 (5.263%) SharePoint
9 1 (5.263%) SC Cleared
9 1 (5.263%) Security Cleared
9 1 (5.263%) VMware Infrastructure
9 1 (5.263%) Marketing
9 1 (5.263%) Business Development
9 1 (5.263%) Wireless
9 1 (5.263%) Telecoms

Lync
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West 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 Platforms
1 11 (57.89%) MS Exchange
1 11 (57.89%) Exchange Server 2010
2 1 (5.263%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (10.53%) MS Office
2 1 (5.263%) Office 365
2 1 (5.263%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 8 (42.11%) SAN
2 5 (26.32%) Unified Communications
3 1 (5.263%) Wireless
General
1 1 (5.263%) Marketing
1 1 (5.263%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 8 (42.11%) Administrator
1 8 (42.11%) Systems Administrator
2 5 (26.32%) Architect
3 4 (21.05%) Technical Architect
4 2 (10.53%) IT Trainer
4 2 (10.53%) Consultant
4 2 (10.53%) Trainer
5 1 (5.263%) Development Manager
5 1 (5.263%) Technical Consultant
5 1 (5.263%) Designer
5 1 (5.263%) Integration Consultant
5 1 (5.263%) Business Manager
5 1 (5.263%) Exchange Engineer
5 1 (5.263%) Messaging Consultant
5 1 (5.263%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 1 (5.263%) Business Development Manager
Operating Systems
1 11 (57.89%) Windows
2 9 (47.37%) Windows Server 2008
3 6 (31.58%) Windows XP
3 6 (31.58%) Windows 7
4 2 (10.53%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (10.53%) Migration
2 1 (5.263%) CRM
2 1 (5.263%) Business Development
Qualifications
1 1 (5.263%) SC Cleared
1 1 (5.263%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 2 (10.53%) VMware Server
2 1 (5.263%) Active Directory
2 1 (5.263%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 8 (42.11%) 3PAR
1 8 (42.11%) HP
2 4 (21.05%) Microsoft
3 3 (15.79%) VMware
South West
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Rate: £250 per day
Posted: 17 June 2013
Bristol, South West
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OPUS
Rate: GBP500 per day
Posted: 14 June 2013
Bristol, Avon
The Lync Technical Architect/Lync Integration Architect/Unified Comms Architect (Exchange, AD, Unified Comms) You will be responsible for supporting some small changes to the original designs, implementation...
Opus Recruitment Solutions Ltd
Rate: £500
Posted: 14 June 2013
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