West Midlands Live Communications Server Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Microsoft Office Live Communications Server skills within the West Midlands region with a comparison to our Application Platforms category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Live Communications Server over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Microsoft Office Live Communications Server
Location City of London Docklands, London England London South East South West Swindon Twickenham UK West Midlands Wiltshire	3 months to 25 Jul 2008	Same period last year
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As % of the category below	0.000 %	0.000 %
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UK excluding London average daily rate	-	£395
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Application Platforms West Midlands
Matching contract IT job ads	419	460
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.558 %	0.465 %
Daily rates quoted	79	99
Average minimum daily rate	£353	£306
Average daily rate	£379	£322
% change on same period last year	+17.77 %
Average maximum daily rate	£404	£337
UK excluding London average daily rate	£355	£349
% change on same period last year	+1.64 %
Hourly rates quoted	47	80
Average minimum hourly rate	£15.66	£17.13
Average hourly rate	£16.68	£18.37
% change on same period last year	-9.20 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£17.69	£19.61
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£24.28	£23.70
% change on same period last year	+2.44 %
Live Communications Server England

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

Live Communications Server
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Live Communications Server across the West Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Platforms category.

Live Communications Server
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Live Communications Server across the West Midlands region.