The first table below looks at the demand for Unified Communications skills in IT contracts advertised for the West Midlands 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 West Midlands 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 93 98 -
Rank change year-on-year
+5 -
Contract jobs citing Unified Communications 2 5 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.122% 0.223% -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.837% 1.730% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 4 0
Average daily rate £175 £425 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-58.82% -
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
West Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
239 289 282
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 14.64% 12.89% 14.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 101 104 117
Average daily rate £283 £265 £310
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.60% -14.51%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £142 £140 £155
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £425 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £338 £325
% change year-on-year
-6.66% +3.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 38 38 44
Average hourly rate £20.00 £22.50 £24.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-11.11% -6.25%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £12.50 £13.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £29.40 £35.00 £35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.75 £25.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-17.00% -9.09%
Unified Communications
England

Unified Communications
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Midlands Unified Communications Jobs Demand Trend

Unified Communications
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Unified Communications across the West Midlands region.

West Midlands Unified Communications Daily Rate Trend

Unified Communications
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Unified Communications across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

West Midlands Unified Communications Daily Rate Histogram

Unified Communications
Hourly Rate Trend

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

West Midlands Unified Communications Hourly Rate Trend

Unified Communications
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Unified Communications within the West Midlands region 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
Halesowen - 1 £175 -
Wednesbury - 1 £175 -
Willenhall - 1 £175 -
Staffordshire - 1 £175 -
Unified Communications
England

Unified Communications
Top 22 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands 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 2 (100.00%) LAN
1 2 (100.00%) WAN
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 2 (100.00%) Network Security
2 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (50.00%) Cisco ASA
2 1 (50.00%) Veeam
2 1 (50.00%) Network Management
2 1 (50.00%) VMware
2 1 (50.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 1 (50.00%) Brocade
2 1 (50.00%) Cisco PIX
2 1 (50.00%) CCIE
2 1 (50.00%) CCNP
2 1 (50.00%) CCNA
2 1 (50.00%) HP
2 1 (50.00%) Citrix
2 1 (50.00%) CCA
2 1 (50.00%) Citrix Certification

Unified Communications
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands 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.

Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) LAN
1 2 (100.00%) WAN
1 2 (100.00%) Network Security
2 1 (50.00%) Cisco ASA
2 1 (50.00%) Cisco PIX
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Network Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Network Technician
1 1 (50.00%) Senior Network Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Network Management
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 1 (50.00%) CCIE
2 1 (50.00%) CCNP
2 1 (50.00%) CCNA
2 1 (50.00%) CCA
2 1 (50.00%) Citrix Certification
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco
2 1 (50.00%) Veeam
2 1 (50.00%) VMware
2 1 (50.00%) Brocade
2 1 (50.00%) HP
2 1 (50.00%) Citrix