The first table below looks at the demand for Unified Communications 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 Unified Communications 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 Communications & Networking 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Unified Communications
Rank 106 139 117
Rank change year-on-year
+33 -22
Contract jobs citing Unified Communications 11 3 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 0.528% 0.092% 0.109%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 3.741% 0.549% 0.802%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 3 0
Average daily rate £495 £575 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-13.91% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £340 £365 £388
% change year-on-year
-6.84% -5.80%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £24.50 - £35.00
All Communications & Networking
South West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
294 546 374
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 14.11% 16.72% 13.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 162 280 153
Average daily rate £350 £400 £335
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-12.50% +19.40%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £199 £240 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £434
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £335 £325
% change year-on-year
-5.97% +3.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 37 55
Average hourly rate £20.50 £27.50 £29.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-25.45% -5.17%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.96 £20.00 £14.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.50 £42.50 £42.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.50 £25.75 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-16.50% -6.36%
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 West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

South West 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 West region.

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

South West Unified Communications Daily Rate Histogram

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 West 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
Bristol +15 6 £500 -13.04%
Somerset +5 3 £200 -16.66%
Wiltshire - 2 £495 -
Unified Communications
England

Unified Communications
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West 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 8 (50.00%) Cisco
2 6 (37.50%) ITIL
2 6 (37.50%) LAN
2 6 (37.50%) WAN
2 6 (37.50%) Nokia
2 6 (37.50%) Cisco IPT
3 5 (31.25%) IP Telephony
3 5 (31.25%) IVR
3 5 (31.25%) IronPort
3 5 (31.25%) Firewall
3 5 (31.25%) Wireless
3 5 (31.25%) Handset
3 5 (31.25%) CheckPoint
3 5 (31.25%) MPLS
3 5 (31.25%) VoIP
3 5 (31.25%) TCP/IP
3 5 (31.25%) VPN
3 5 (31.25%) Cisco ASA
3 5 (31.25%) PABX
3 5 (31.25%) FWSM
4 4 (25.00%) Cisco Nexus
4 4 (25.00%) SolarWinds
4 4 (25.00%) Network Management
4 4 (25.00%) HP
4 4 (25.00%) IBM
4 4 (25.00%) BGP
4 4 (25.00%) OSPF
4 4 (25.00%) Siemens
4 4 (25.00%) CA
4 4 (25.00%) CiscoWorks

Unified Communications
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West 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 3 (18.75%) Lync
2 1 (6.250%) MS Exchange
2 1 (6.250%) Exchange Server 2007
Applications
1 1 (6.250%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 6 (37.50%) LAN
1 6 (37.50%) WAN
1 6 (37.50%) Cisco IPT
2 5 (31.25%) IP Telephony
2 5 (31.25%) Firewall
2 5 (31.25%) Wireless
2 5 (31.25%) MPLS
2 5 (31.25%) VoIP
2 5 (31.25%) TCP/IP
2 5 (31.25%) VPN
2 5 (31.25%) Cisco ASA
2 5 (31.25%) PABX
2 5 (31.25%) FWSM
3 4 (25.00%) Cisco Nexus
3 4 (25.00%) BGP
3 4 (25.00%) OSPF
4 3 (18.75%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (6.250%) Ethernet
5 1 (6.250%) ATM
General
1 2 (12.50%) Finance
Job Titles
1 5 (31.25%) Senior Network Analyst
1 5 (31.25%) Senior Analyst
1 5 (31.25%) Network Analyst
1 5 (31.25%) Analyst
2 3 (18.75%) Architect
2 3 (18.75%) Technical Architect
2 3 (18.75%) Support Technician
3 2 (12.50%) Voice Support Technician
4 1 (6.250%) Consultant
4 1 (6.250%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (6.250%) Technical Consultant
4 1 (6.250%) 2nd Line Support
4 1 (6.250%) Voice Specialist
4 1 (6.250%) Integration Consultant
4 1 (6.250%) Cisco IPT Engineer
4 1 (6.250%) Communications Engineer
4 1 (6.250%) Cisco Engineer
4 1 (6.250%) 2nd Line Support Technician
Miscellaneous
1 5 (31.25%) IVR
1 5 (31.25%) Handset
2 1 (6.250%) Thin Client
2 1 (6.250%) Fat Client
Operating Systems
1 1 (6.250%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (37.50%) ITIL
2 4 (25.00%) Network Management
3 3 (18.75%) Network Load Balancing
3 3 (18.75%) Supplier Management
4 1 (6.250%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 1 (6.250%) C
Qualifications
1 2 (12.50%) Security Cleared
2 1 (6.250%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (6.250%) SC Cleared
System Software
1 1 (6.250%) Active Directory
1 1 (6.250%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (25.00%) CiscoWorks
2 1 (6.250%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 8 (50.00%) Cisco
2 6 (37.50%) Nokia
3 5 (31.25%) IronPort
3 5 (31.25%) CheckPoint
4 4 (25.00%) SolarWinds
4 4 (25.00%) HP
4 4 (25.00%) IBM
4 4 (25.00%) Siemens
4 4 (25.00%) CA
5 3 (18.75%) Blue Coat
6 2 (12.50%) VMware
6 2 (12.50%) Juniper
7 1 (6.250%) CosmoCom
7 1 (6.250%) NetApp
7 1 (6.250%) Sophos
7 1 (6.250%) Microsoft
7 1 (6.250%) Dell
7 1 (6.250%) BT
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