The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Video Conferencing in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Video Conferencing 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 terms in our Miscellaneous 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Videoconferencing
Rank 456 432 471
Rank change year-on-year
-24 +39
Contract jobs citing Video Conferencing 84 151 109
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.178% 0.258% 0.181%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.674% 1.051% 0.644%
Number of daily rates quoted 30 82 40
Average daily rate £410 £375 £263
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+9.33% +42.85%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £172 £150 £187
10% offered a daily rate of more than £503 £540 £530
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £351 £263
% change year-on-year
-0.35% +33.80%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 25 21
Average hourly rate £17.50 £17.00 £14.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+2.94% +21.42%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.00 £11.66 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £28.50 £22.30 £23.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £10.00 £16.50 £13.50
% change year-on-year
-39.39% +22.22%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
12468 14366 16938
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 26.41% 24.57% 28.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 7504 8442 10060
Average daily rate £425 £425 £525
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -19.04%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £252 £280
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £600 £650
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £340
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +1.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 553 669 716
Average hourly rate £22.50 £22.50 £23.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -5.26%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £12.33 £11.29
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £44.85 £45.00 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £23.00 £26.50
% change year-on-year
-4.34% -13.20%

Video Conferencing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

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 within the UK.

Video Conferencing Daily Rate Trend

Video Conferencing
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Video Conferencing within the UK over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Video Conferencing Daily Rate Histogram

Video Conferencing
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Video Conferencing within the UK.

Video Conferencing Hourly Rate Trend

Video Conferencing
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Video Conferencing within the UK over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Video Conferencing Hourly Rate Histogram

Video Conferencing
Top 30 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 UK 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
England -6 79 £421 +8.01%
London -11 51 £421 +0.29%
City of London +16 20 £440 +10.00%
South East +2 10 £425 +41.66%
South West +26 7 - -
Taunton - 7 - -
Somerset - 7 - -
Surrey +13 3 - -
North East +12 3 - -
East Midlands +1 3 £275 +52.77%
Berkshire -9 3 £425 +41.66%
Nottinghamshire - 3 £275 -
North West +15 2 £450 -
East of England +8 2 £300 +93.54%
Scotland -28 2 - -
Manchester +14 1 £450 -
Edinburgh +7 1 - -
Yorkshire +5 1 - -
Middlesex +4 1 £580 +5.45%
West Yorkshire +3 1 - -
Docklands, London +2 1 £450 -11.76%
Aberdeen -4 1 - -
Hampshire -10 1 - -
Oxfordshire - 1 £145 -
Kent - 1 - -
Hertfordshire - 1 - -
Bedfordshire - 1 £300 -
Potters Bar - 1 - -
Nottingham - 1 £275 -
Luton - 1 £300 -

Video Conferencing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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 77 (46.67%) Cisco
2 55 (33.33%) Windows
3 45 (27.27%) MS Office
4 40 (24.24%) Active Directory
5 38 (23.03%) Microsoft
6 36 (21.82%) LAN
7 35 (21.21%) Blackberry
8 34 (20.61%) WAN
9 32 (19.39%) Windows 7
10 31 (18.79%) VoIP
11 29 (17.58%) VPN
11 29 (17.58%) Windows XP
11 29 (17.58%) Wireless
12 28 (16.97%) Telecoms
12 28 (16.97%) VMware
12 28 (16.97%) VMware Infrastructure
13 27 (16.36%) Cisco Certification
14 25 (15.15%) Finance
15 24 (14.55%) MS Excel
15 24 (14.55%) ITIL
15 24 (14.55%) TCP/IP
16 22 (13.33%) Polycom
17 20 (12.12%) Firewall
17 20 (12.12%) IP Telephony
18 19 (11.52%) Project Management
19 18 (10.91%) Apple
19 18 (10.91%) MPLS
20 17 (10.30%) Internet
21 15 (9.091%) HP
21 15 (9.091%) SCCM

Video Conferencing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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 Development
1 2 (1.212%) Middleware
2 1 (0.606%) HTML
2 1 (0.606%) .NET
2 1 (0.606%) ASP.NET
2 1 (0.606%) Web Services
2 1 (0.606%) Silverlight
Application Platforms
1 10 (6.061%) SharePoint
2 7 (4.242%) MS Exchange
2 7 (4.242%) Lync
3 4 (2.424%) Exchange Server 2007
3 4 (2.424%) Exchange Server 2003
4 3 (1.818%) IIS
4 3 (1.818%) SharePoint 2010
4 3 (1.818%) WorkSite
5 2 (1.212%) Lotus Notes
5 2 (1.212%) Apache
6 1 (0.606%) SharePoint Server
6 1 (0.606%) Lotus Domino
6 1 (0.606%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
6 1 (0.606%) Exchange Server 2010
6 1 (0.606%) Drupal
6 1 (0.606%) Office Communications Server
Applications
1 45 (27.27%) MS Office
2 24 (14.55%) MS Excel
3 6 (3.636%) MS Visio
4 4 (2.424%) MS PowerPoint
5 2 (1.212%) Acrobat
5 2 (1.212%) MS Project
5 2 (1.212%) Photoshop
6 1 (0.606%) Adobe Illustrator
Business Applications
1 2 (1.212%) Maximo
Communications & Networking
1 36 (21.82%) LAN
2 34 (20.61%) WAN
3 31 (18.79%) VoIP
4 29 (17.58%) VPN
4 29 (17.58%) Wireless
5 24 (14.55%) TCP/IP
6 20 (12.12%) Firewall
6 20 (12.12%) IP Telephony
7 18 (10.91%) MPLS
8 17 (10.30%) Internet
9 13 (7.879%) Cisco ASA
10 12 (7.273%) BGP
10 12 (7.273%) OSPF
11 11 (6.667%) DNS
12 10 (6.061%) Cisco IOS
12 10 (6.061%) Cisco IPT
13 8 (4.848%) SAN
13 8 (4.848%) DHCP
14 7 (4.242%) Ethernet
14 7 (4.242%) Cisco Nexus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (4.242%) SQL Server
2 4 (2.424%) SQL Server 2008
3 1 (0.606%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (0.606%) SQL Server 2005
General
1 28 (16.97%) Telecoms
2 25 (15.15%) Finance
3 6 (3.636%) Banking
4 5 (3.030%) Law
4 5 (3.030%) Legal
5 4 (2.424%) German Language
6 3 (1.818%) Marketing
7 2 (1.212%) Dutch Language
7 2 (1.212%) Local Government
7 2 (1.212%) Multimedia
7 2 (1.212%) Manufacturing
8 1 (0.606%) Publishing
8 1 (0.606%) Financial Institution
8 1 (0.606%) Billing
8 1 (0.606%) Retail
8 1 (0.606%) Investment Banking
8 1 (0.606%) Retail Banking
8 1 (0.606%) Pharmaceutical
8 1 (0.606%) French Language
Job Titles
1 27 (16.36%) Analyst
2 23 (13.94%) Project Manager
3 22 (13.33%) 2nd Line Support
4 18 (10.91%) Network Engineer
5 17 (10.30%) Help Desk Support
6 15 (9.091%) Support Technician
6 15 (9.091%) Consultant
7 14 (8.485%) Support Analyst
8 13 (7.879%) IT Support
9 12 (7.273%) Desktop Support
10 10 (6.061%) 2nd Line Support Technician
10 10 (6.061%) Help Desk Support Technician
10 10 (6.061%) Service Desk Technician
10 10 (6.061%) Support Engineer
10 10 (6.061%) Helpdesk Technician
11 6 (3.636%) Trainer
11 6 (3.636%) IT Trainer
12 5 (3.030%) Desktop Engineer
12 5 (3.030%) Business Analyst
12 5 (3.030%) Network Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 35 (21.21%) Blackberry
2 10 (6.061%) iPhone
3 9 (5.455%) iPad
4 7 (4.242%) CCTV
5 6 (3.636%) E-Learning
6 5 (3.030%) Mobile App
6 5 (3.030%) SCADA
7 4 (2.424%) Computer Science
7 4 (2.424%) Streaming Video
8 3 (1.818%) Management Information System
8 3 (1.818%) Mainframe
9 2 (1.212%) SaaS
9 2 (1.212%) PaaS
9 2 (1.212%) IaaS
9 2 (1.212%) Handset
10 1 (0.606%) Equities
10 1 (0.606%) IVR
10 1 (0.606%) Fixed Income
10 1 (0.606%) BBC
10 1 (0.606%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 55 (33.33%) Windows
2 32 (19.39%) Windows 7
3 29 (17.58%) Windows XP
4 10 (6.061%) Linux
5 6 (3.636%) Windows Server 2003
6 5 (3.030%) Windows Server 2008
6 5 (3.030%) Android
7 4 (2.424%) Windows 8
7 4 (2.424%) AIX
8 3 (1.818%) UNIX
8 3 (1.818%) Mac OS X
9 2 (1.212%) CentOS
9 2 (1.212%) Ubuntu
10 1 (0.606%) Windows Vista
10 1 (0.606%) Windows 2000
10 1 (0.606%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (14.55%) ITIL
2 19 (11.52%) Project Management
3 13 (7.879%) PRINCE2
4 10 (6.061%) Service Management
5 8 (4.848%) Migration
6 7 (4.242%) Change Management
6 7 (4.242%) Incident Management
6 7 (4.242%) Network Management
7 6 (3.636%) Load Balancing
7 6 (3.636%) Network Architecture
7 6 (3.636%) Service Delivery
8 5 (3.030%) Disaster Recovery
8 5 (3.030%) Project Planning
8 5 (3.030%) WAN Optimisation
9 4 (2.424%) PRINCE
9 4 (2.424%) Stakeholder Management
10 3 (1.818%) Risk Management
10 3 (1.818%) Supplier Management
10 3 (1.818%) Technical Architecture
10 3 (1.818%) SOA
Programming Languages
1 13 (7.879%) SQL
2 6 (3.636%) C
3 2 (1.212%) Java
4 1 (0.606%) Python
4 1 (0.606%) ActionScript
4 1 (0.606%) ActionScript 3.0
Qualifications
1 27 (16.36%) Cisco Certification
2 13 (7.879%) CCIE
2 13 (7.879%) Security Cleared
3 11 (6.667%) CCNA
4 10 (6.061%) SC Cleared
5 8 (4.848%) Degree
6 6 (3.636%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 6 (3.636%) CCNP
7 4 (2.424%) DV Cleared
7 4 (2.424%) ITIL Certification
7 4 (2.424%) JNCIE
8 3 (1.818%) Microsoft Certification
9 2 (1.212%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 2 (1.212%) CISSP
9 2 (1.212%) PMP
9 2 (1.212%) PMI Certification
10 1 (0.606%) MOS
10 1 (0.606%) MCDST
10 1 (0.606%) MCSE
10 1 (0.606%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (2.424%) PCI DSS
1 4 (2.424%) SLA
2 2 (1.212%) ISO 9001
3 1 (0.606%) GxP
3 1 (0.606%) GAMP
3 1 (0.606%) QA
System Software
1 40 (24.24%) Active Directory
2 28 (16.97%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (1.818%) vSphere
4 2 (1.212%) XenDesktop
4 2 (1.212%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.606%) DFS Replication
Systems Management
1 15 (9.091%) SCCM
2 8 (4.848%) Cisco CUCM
3 5 (3.030%) FortiGate
4 3 (1.818%) Cisco UCCX
5 2 (1.212%) DameWare
6 1 (0.606%) Backup Exec
6 1 (0.606%) OVSD
6 1 (0.606%) OpenView
6 1 (0.606%) Nagios
6 1 (0.606%) Cacti
6 1 (0.606%) Cisco UCCE
Vendors
1 77 (46.67%) Cisco
2 38 (23.03%) Microsoft
3 28 (16.97%) VMware
4 22 (13.33%) Polycom
5 18 (10.91%) Apple
6 15 (9.091%) HP
7 14 (8.485%) Kaspersky
8 11 (6.667%) Tandberg
9 10 (6.061%) Citrix
10 9 (5.455%) Juniper
11 8 (4.848%) Oracle
12 7 (4.242%) JD Edwards
12 7 (4.242%) Riverbed
13 6 (3.636%) F5
13 6 (3.636%) Siebel
14 5 (3.030%) Aruba
15 4 (2.424%) Fortinet
15 4 (2.424%) Avaya
15 4 (2.424%) Sourcefire
15 4 (2.424%) BT
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