Office Communications Server Contracts
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for Office Communications Server skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Office Communications Server over the 3 months to 24 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 Application Platforms category.

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
24 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Office Communications Server (OCS)
Rank 493 536 505
Rank change year-on-year
+43 -31
Contract jobs citing Office Communications Server 36 48 79
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.078% 0.082% 0.129%
As % of the Application Platforms category 0.429% 0.505% 0.774%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 32 31
Average daily rate £354 £438 £285
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-19.14% +53.50%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £325 £275 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £409 £600 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £340 £375 £381
% change year-on-year
-9.33% -1.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 2
Average hourly rate £17.50 - £33.31
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £25.38
Search 35 Office Communications Server jobs
All Application Platforms
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category		 8396 9507 10206
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 18.10% 16.30% 16.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 4754 5212 5447
Average daily rate £359 £350 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.64% -6.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £225 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £343
% change year-on-year
- -5.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted 446 431 562
Average hourly rate £21.00 £20.00 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+5.00% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £11.85 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £41.75 £37.50 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.50 £20.00 £20.50
% change year-on-year
-2.50% -2.43%

Office Communications Server
Jobs Demand Trend

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

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 within the UK.

Office Communications Server Daily Rate Trend

Office Communications Server
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Office Communications Server within the UK over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Office Communications Server Daily Rate Histogram

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 within the UK.

Office Communications Server Hourly Rate Trend

Office Communications Server
Top 12 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 UK over the 3 months to 24 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
England +37 36 £354 -21.38%
London +33 18 £358 -35.00%
South East +21 13 £360 +125.00%
Oxfordshire - 12 £360 -
Oxford - 11 £360 -
City of London +19 9 £325 -43.47%
East of England +6 2 - -
Essex -1 2 - -
Midlands - 2 £325 -
Berkshire +14 1 - -
Reading +13 1 - -
West Midlands - 1 £340 -

Office Communications Server
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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 59 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 53 (89.83%) MS Exchange
3 49 (83.05%) Exchange Server 2010
4 37 (62.71%) Lync
5 36 (61.02%) Blackberry
6 34 (57.63%) Active Directory
7 31 (52.54%) Windows
7 31 (52.54%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
7 31 (52.54%) SCOM
8 28 (47.46%) Exchange Server 2003
9 27 (45.76%) VMware
10 24 (40.68%) Migration
10 24 (40.68%) Windows Server 2008
11 22 (37.29%) Microsoft Certification
12 19 (32.20%) MCSE
13 17 (28.81%) Windows Server 2003
13 17 (28.81%) Disaster Recovery
14 16 (27.12%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
15 15 (25.42%) SQL Server
15 15 (25.42%) PowerShell
15 15 (25.42%) vSphere
16 14 (23.73%) Exchange Server 2007
16 14 (23.73%) ITIL
16 14 (23.73%) Lotus Notes
16 14 (23.73%) Lotus
17 13 (22.03%) DNS
17 13 (22.03%) Data Protection
17 13 (22.03%) MobileIron
18 12 (20.34%) SSL
19 11 (18.64%) Symantec

Office Communications Server
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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 Development
1 2 (3.390%) COM
Application Platforms
1 53 (89.83%) MS Exchange
2 49 (83.05%) Exchange Server 2010
3 37 (62.71%) Lync
4 31 (52.54%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
5 28 (47.46%) Exchange Server 2003
6 14 (23.73%) Exchange Server 2007
6 14 (23.73%) Lotus Notes
7 8 (13.56%) Lotus Domino
8 7 (11.86%) SharePoint
9 3 (5.085%) IIS
9 3 (5.085%) SharePoint 2010
10 1 (1.695%) Apache
Applications
1 5 (8.475%) MS Office
1 5 (8.475%) MS Excel
2 1 (1.695%) MS PowerPoint
2 1 (1.695%) Office 365
Communications & Networking
1 13 (22.03%) DNS
2 12 (20.34%) SSL
3 11 (18.64%) LDAP
4 9 (15.25%) TCP/IP
5 8 (13.56%) POP3
5 8 (13.56%) SMTP
6 7 (11.86%) Firewall
7 6 (10.17%) DHCP
8 5 (8.475%) SAN
8 5 (8.475%) Unified Communications
9 4 (6.780%) Network Security
10 3 (5.085%) NAS
11 2 (3.390%) HTTP
11 2 (3.390%) PBX
12 1 (1.695%) IPsec
12 1 (1.695%) 3G
12 1 (1.695%) MPLS
12 1 (1.695%) VoIP
12 1 (1.695%) VPN
12 1 (1.695%) iSCSI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (25.42%) SQL Server
2 8 (13.56%) SQL Server 2008
3 5 (8.475%) SQL Server 2005
4 3 (5.085%) SQL Server 2000
5 1 (1.695%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 1 (1.695%) VSS/SourceSafe
General
1 8 (13.56%) Banking
1 8 (13.56%) Publishing
2 6 (10.17%) Legal
3 2 (3.390%) Retail Banking
3 2 (3.390%) Telecoms
3 2 (3.390%) Retail
3 2 (3.390%) Investment Banking
4 1 (1.695%) Finance
Job Titles
1 16 (27.12%) Consultant
2 10 (16.95%) Messaging Consultant
2 10 (16.95%) Messaging Engineer
3 6 (10.17%) Analyst
3 6 (10.17%) Exchange Consultant
3 6 (10.17%) Systems Manager
4 5 (8.475%) Support Engineer
5 4 (6.780%) Service Analyst
5 4 (6.780%) Operations Analyst
6 3 (5.085%) Messaging Specialist
6 3 (5.085%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 3 (5.085%) Server Engineer
6 3 (5.085%) Support Consultant
6 3 (5.085%) Architect
6 3 (5.085%) 3rd Line Support
7 2 (3.390%) Communications Engineer
7 2 (3.390%) Microsoft Consultant
8 1 (1.695%) Migration Engineer
8 1 (1.695%) Migration Consultant
8 1 (1.695%) Desktop Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 36 (61.02%) Blackberry
2 8 (13.56%) Clustering
3 7 (11.86%) Smartphone
3 7 (11.86%) Mobile Computing
4 4 (6.780%) Enterprise Software
5 2 (3.390%) Replication
6 1 (1.695%) Handset
6 1 (1.695%) Streaming Video
6 1 (1.695%) Management Information System
6 1 (1.695%) Video Conferencing
6 1 (1.695%) iPhone
6 1 (1.695%) iPad
Operating Systems
1 31 (52.54%) Windows
2 24 (40.68%) Windows Server 2008
3 17 (28.81%) Windows Server 2003
4 4 (6.780%) Windows 7
5 2 (3.390%) Android
5 2 (3.390%) Windows 2000 Server
5 2 (3.390%) Windows Mobile
5 2 (3.390%) Windows 2000
6 1 (1.695%) Mac OS X
6 1 (1.695%) Windows XP
6 1 (1.695%) Linux
6 1 (1.695%) Mac OS
6 1 (1.695%) Apple iOS
6 1 (1.695%) Windows Phone
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (40.68%) Migration
2 17 (28.81%) Disaster Recovery
3 14 (23.73%) ITIL
4 13 (22.03%) Data Protection
5 11 (18.64%) Business Continuity
6 7 (11.86%) Capacity Planning
7 4 (6.780%) Project Management
7 4 (6.780%) Service Delivery
8 3 (5.085%) Load Balancing
8 3 (5.085%) Incident Management
9 2 (3.390%) Change Control
9 2 (3.390%) High Availability
9 2 (3.390%) Problem Management
10 1 (1.695%) Supplier Management
10 1 (1.695%) Asset Management
10 1 (1.695%) Change Management
10 1 (1.695%) ETL
10 1 (1.695%) PRINCE2
10 1 (1.695%) Performance Testing
10 1 (1.695%) Network Load Balancing
Programming Languages
1 15 (25.42%) PowerShell
2 6 (10.17%) C
3 5 (8.475%) SQL
4 1 (1.695%) Shell Script
4 1 (1.695%) Perl
Qualifications
1 22 (37.29%) Microsoft Certification
2 19 (32.20%) MCSE
3 16 (27.12%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 7 (11.86%) MCITP
5 3 (5.085%) VCP5
6 2 (3.390%) Microsoft Certified Master
6 2 (3.390%) Security Cleared
7 1 (1.695%) MCTS
7 1 (1.695%) MCSA
7 1 (1.695%) SC Cleared
7 1 (1.695%) NCDA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (10.17%) ISO 9001
2 1 (1.695%) SLA
System Software
1 34 (57.63%) Active Directory
2 15 (25.42%) vSphere
3 11 (18.64%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (13.56%) ISA Server
5 5 (8.475%) XenApp
5 5 (8.475%) Forefront TMG
6 4 (6.780%) Hyper-V
7 2 (3.390%) XenServer
8 1 (1.695%) Microsoft App-V
8 1 (1.695%) VMware ESX
8 1 (1.695%) NFS
8 1 (1.695%) XenDesktop
8 1 (1.695%) UAG
8 1 (1.695%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (1.695%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 31 (52.54%) SCOM
2 11 (18.64%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
3 9 (15.25%) SCCM
4 8 (13.56%) Norton AntiVirus
4 8 (13.56%) Tivoli
4 8 (13.56%) MAILsweeper
5 3 (5.085%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
5 3 (5.085%) EMC NetWorker
5 3 (5.085%) WSUS
6 2 (3.390%) NetBackup
7 1 (1.695%) DameWare
7 1 (1.695%) MIMEsweeper
7 1 (1.695%) MOM
7 1 (1.695%) Plesk
7 1 (1.695%) Cisco CUCM
Vendors
1 59 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 27 (45.76%) VMware
3 14 (23.73%) Lotus
4 13 (22.03%) MobileIron
5 11 (18.64%) Symantec
6 10 (16.95%) Cisco
7 9 (15.25%) Postini
8 8 (13.56%) McAfee
9 6 (10.17%) EMC
10 5 (8.475%) HP
10 5 (8.475%) Veritas
11 4 (6.780%) Citrix
12 3 (5.085%) Altiris
12 3 (5.085%) Dell
12 3 (5.085%) NetApp
12 3 (5.085%) Mercator
13 2 (3.390%) IronPort
13 2 (3.390%) Polycom
13 2 (3.390%) Siemens
13 2 (3.390%) Avaya
Messaging Consultant
City of London
To be eligible for this role you must * Have at least 5 years experience in a L3/Engineering role within a corporate messaging environment * Be qualified to MCSE...
Rate: £380 per day
Posted: 11 May 2013
3rd line Exchange / Messaging Support Consultant (Contract)
City of London
SMTP, POP3, LDAP, SSL, TLS, and knowledge of basic network troubleshooting. Outlook Client Support Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Lotus Domino Server, Lotus Notes Client E-Mail Migration and...
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Rate: £300 - £350 per day
Posted: 17 May 2013
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