The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Video Conferencing 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 Video Conferencing over the 3 months to 18 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 terms in our Miscellaneous 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
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Videoconferencing
Rank 102 127 124
Rank change year-on-year
+25 -3
Contract jobs citing Video Conferencing 8 10 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 0.389% 0.319% 0.100%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.878% 1.724% 0.585%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 0
Average daily rate £450 £450 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £375 £263
% change year-on-year
-20.00% +42.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 2
Average hourly rate £10.00 £20.00 £17.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-50.00% +15.94%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £12.75 £17.00 £13.00
% change year-on-year
-25.00% +30.76%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
South West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
426 580 513
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 20.73% 18.50% 17.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 219 305 227
Average daily rate £370 £360 £363
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.77% -0.68%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £205 £250 £214
10% offered a daily rate of more than £512 £520 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £340 £330
% change year-on-year
+2.94% +3.03%
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 38 50
Average hourly rate £17.50 £31.00 £23.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-43.54% +34.78%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.00 £10.62 £12.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £48.00 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.00 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-6.66% -10.00%
Video Conferencing
England

Video Conferencing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South West Video Conferencing Jobs Demand Trend

Video Conferencing
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Video Conferencing across the South West region.

South West Video Conferencing Daily Rate Trend

Video Conferencing
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South West Video Conferencing Hourly Rate Trend

Video Conferencing
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Video Conferencing within the South West region over the 3 months to 18 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
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Job
Vacancies
Somerset - 6 - -
Wiltshire -6 2 £450 -
Bristol - - - -
Dorset - - - -
Video Conferencing
England

Video Conferencing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West region citing Video Conferencing 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 Video Conferencing.

1 15 (78.95%) Cisco
2 13 (68.42%) Windows
2 13 (68.42%) Blackberry
2 13 (68.42%) VMware
2 13 (68.42%) VMware Infrastructure
3 12 (63.16%) Kaspersky
3 12 (63.16%) SCCM
3 12 (63.16%) Windows 7
3 12 (63.16%) MS Excel
3 12 (63.16%) MS Office
3 12 (63.16%) Windows XP
3 12 (63.16%) Microsoft
3 12 (63.16%) Active Directory
3 12 (63.16%) Apple
4 2 (10.53%) SC Cleared
4 2 (10.53%) Security Cleared
4 2 (10.53%) CCNP
4 2 (10.53%) Wireless
4 2 (10.53%) Juniper
4 2 (10.53%) JNCIS
4 2 (10.53%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (10.53%) LAN
4 2 (10.53%) WAN
4 2 (10.53%) SQL Server
5 1 (5.263%) SQL
5 1 (5.263%) PRINCE2
5 1 (5.263%) SharePoint
5 1 (5.263%) AIX
5 1 (5.263%) Ethernet
5 1 (5.263%) VPN

Video Conferencing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West region citing Video Conferencing 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 Video Conferencing. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 1 (5.263%) SharePoint
1 1 (5.263%) MS Exchange
1 1 (5.263%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
1 1 (5.263%) Exchange Server 2007
1 1 (5.263%) Drupal
1 1 (5.263%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 12 (63.16%) MS Office
1 12 (63.16%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 2 (10.53%) WAN
1 2 (10.53%) LAN
1 2 (10.53%) Wireless
2 1 (5.263%) IPsec
2 1 (5.263%) Network Security
2 1 (5.263%) VoIP
2 1 (5.263%) Ethernet
2 1 (5.263%) VPN
2 1 (5.263%) IPv4
2 1 (5.263%) IPv6
2 1 (5.263%) Intranet
2 1 (5.263%) MPLS
2 1 (5.263%) OSPF
2 1 (5.263%) BGP
2 1 (5.263%) H.323
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (10.53%) SQL Server
2 1 (5.263%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 1 (5.263%) SQL Server 2005
2 1 (5.263%) SQL Server 2008
General
1 1 (5.263%) Telecoms
1 1 (5.263%) Finance
1 1 (5.263%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 12 (63.16%) 2nd Line Support
2 11 (57.89%) Help Desk Support
3 9 (47.37%) Support Technician
3 9 (47.37%) Helpdesk Technician
3 9 (47.37%) 2nd Line Support Technician
3 9 (47.37%) Service Desk Technician
3 9 (47.37%) Help Desk Support Technician
4 2 (10.53%) Designer
4 2 (10.53%) Consultant
4 2 (10.53%) Network Designer
5 1 (5.263%) Developer
5 1 (5.263%) Analyst
5 1 (5.263%) Technical Support
5 1 (5.263%) Support Engineer
5 1 (5.263%) Technical Consultant
5 1 (5.263%) Technical Analyst
5 1 (5.263%) Technical Support Consultant
5 1 (5.263%) Senior Technical Analyst
5 1 (5.263%) Support Consultant
5 1 (5.263%) Senior Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 13 (68.42%) Blackberry
2 1 (5.263%) Handset
2 1 (5.263%) Cryptography
2 1 (5.263%) Wiki
2 1 (5.263%) Blog
2 1 (5.263%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (5.263%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 13 (68.42%) Windows
2 12 (63.16%) Windows XP
2 12 (63.16%) Windows 7
3 1 (5.263%) Windows Server 2003
3 1 (5.263%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (5.263%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (5.263%) PRINCE2
1 1 (5.263%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.263%) Quality Management
1 1 (5.263%) Requirements Analysis
1 1 (5.263%) Technical Architecture
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.263%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (10.53%) CCNP
1 2 (10.53%) Cisco Certification
1 2 (10.53%) JNCIS
1 2 (10.53%) SC Cleared
1 2 (10.53%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 13 (68.42%) VMware Infrastructure
2 12 (63.16%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 12 (63.16%) SCCM
2 1 (5.263%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 15 (78.95%) Cisco
2 13 (68.42%) VMware
3 12 (63.16%) Kaspersky
3 12 (63.16%) Microsoft
3 12 (63.16%) Apple
4 2 (10.53%) Juniper
5 1 (5.263%) Alcatel-Lucent
5 1 (5.263%) Symantec
5 1 (5.263%) HP
5 1 (5.263%) Nortel
5 1 (5.263%) Avaya
5 1 (5.263%) Mitel
5 1 (5.263%) Tandberg
5 1 (5.263%) ProCurve
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