The first table below looks at the demand for Unified Communications skills in IT contracts advertised for the Watford region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Unified Communications 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 Communications & Networking category for the Watford 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Unified Communications
Rank - - -
Contract jobs citing Unified Communications 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Watford - - -
As % of the Communications & Networking category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £358 £388
% change year-on-year
-2.09% -7.74%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.50 - £35.00
All Communications & Networking
Watford
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
10 14 9
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Watford 13.89% 13.59% 11.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 2
Average daily rate £275 £235 £301
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+17.02% -21.99%
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £338 £325
% change year-on-year
-6.66% +3.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 2 1
Average hourly rate £35.00 £11.75 £11.20
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+197.87% +4.91%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.75 £25.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-17.00% -9.09%
Unified Communications
Hertfordshire

Unified Communications
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Unified Communications across the Watford region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

Watford Unified Communications Jobs Demand Trend

Unified Communications
Top 8 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Watford 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 1 (100.00%) MS Exchange
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Symantec
1 1 (100.00%) Exchange Server 2003
1 1 (100.00%) IronPort
1 1 (100.00%) Lync
1 1 (100.00%) Exchange Server 2010

Unified Communications
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Watford 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 1 (100.00%) MS Exchange
1 1 (100.00%) Exchange Server 2003
1 1 (100.00%) Lync
1 1 (100.00%) Exchange Server 2010
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Architect
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Symantec
1 1 (100.00%) IronPort