The first table below looks at the demand for Lync skills in IT jobs advertised for the Basingstoke region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Lync over the 3 months to 17 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 for the Basingstoke region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Lync
Rank 79 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing Lync 2 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Basingstoke 0.279% - -
As % of the Application Platforms category 1.250% - -
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 0
Average salary £58,750 - -
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £45,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year
- -18.18%
All Application Platforms
Basingstoke
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
160 121 110
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Basingstoke 22.35% 19.61% 20.52%
Number of salaries quoted 137 106 81
Average salary £42,500 £45,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.55% +12.50%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £32,000 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £62,500 £55,000 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+2.66% -
Lync
Hampshire

Lync
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Lync across the Basingstoke region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Platforms category.

Basingstoke Lync Jobs Demand Trend

Lync
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Lync across the Basingstoke region.

Basingstoke Lync Salary Trend

Lync
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Basingstoke region citing Lync 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 IT job ads sampled that cited Lync.

1 12 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 12 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 11 (91.67%) Active Directory
2 11 (91.67%) Office Communications Server
2 11 (91.67%) Office 365
3 10 (83.33%) Exchange Server 2010
3 10 (83.33%) MS Exchange
3 10 (83.33%) Windows
4 9 (75.00%) Exchange Server 2003
5 8 (66.67%) MCSE
5 8 (66.67%) MS Excel
5 8 (66.67%) SharePoint
6 7 (58.33%) MCSA
6 7 (58.33%) MS Office
6 7 (58.33%) Exchange Server 2007
7 6 (50.00%) Windows Server 2008
7 6 (50.00%) Windows Azure
7 6 (50.00%) MCITP
7 6 (50.00%) Exchange Server 2013
8 5 (41.67%) Windows Server 2003
9 4 (33.33%) SQL
9 4 (33.33%) MCTS
10 3 (25.00%) SCCM
10 3 (25.00%) SCOM
10 3 (25.00%) SCVMM
10 3 (25.00%) Citrix
10 3 (25.00%) Identity Management
11 2 (16.67%) ISA Server
11 2 (16.67%) Juniper
11 2 (16.67%) Cisco

Lync
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Basingstoke region citing Lync also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited Lync. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 11 (91.67%) Office Communications Server
2 10 (83.33%) MS Exchange
2 10 (83.33%) Exchange Server 2010
3 9 (75.00%) Exchange Server 2003
4 8 (66.67%) SharePoint
5 7 (58.33%) Exchange Server 2007
6 6 (50.00%) Windows Azure
6 6 (50.00%) Exchange Server 2013
7 2 (16.67%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 11 (91.67%) Office 365
2 8 (66.67%) MS Excel
3 7 (58.33%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 2 (16.67%) Firewall
1 2 (16.67%) BIG-IP
1 2 (16.67%) NetScaler
2 1 (8.333%) Unified Communications
2 1 (8.333%) DHCP
2 1 (8.333%) DNS
Job Titles
1 4 (33.33%) Consultant
1 4 (33.33%) Exchange Specialist
2 3 (25.00%) Technical Consultant
3 2 (16.67%) Technical Engineer
3 2 (16.67%) Microsoft Consultant
3 2 (16.67%) Wintel Specialist
3 2 (16.67%) Microsoft Specialist
4 1 (8.333%) SCCM Consultant
4 1 (8.333%) Exchange Consultant
4 1 (8.333%) Exchange Engineer
4 1 (8.333%) Messaging Engineer
4 1 (8.333%) Active Directory Consultant
4 1 (8.333%) Senior Consultant
4 1 (8.333%) Senior Technical Consultant
4 1 (8.333%) Support Team Leader
4 1 (8.333%) Technical Support Engineer
4 1 (8.333%) Team Leader
4 1 (8.333%) Technical Support
4 1 (8.333%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (16.67%) Social Media
1 2 (16.67%) IaaS
2 1 (8.333%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (8.333%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 10 (83.33%) Windows
2 6 (50.00%) Windows Server 2008
3 5 (41.67%) Windows Server 2003
4 1 (8.333%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (25.00%) Identity Management
2 2 (16.67%) ITIL
3 1 (8.333%) CRM
3 1 (8.333%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (33.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 12 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 8 (66.67%) MCSE
3 7 (58.33%) MCSA
4 6 (50.00%) MCITP
5 4 (33.33%) MCTS
6 1 (8.333%) MCP
6 1 (8.333%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (8.333%) SLA
System Software
1 11 (91.67%) Active Directory
2 2 (16.67%) ISA Server
2 2 (16.67%) Forefront TMG
2 2 (16.67%) IAG
2 2 (16.67%) UAG
3 1 (8.333%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 3 (25.00%) SCCM
1 3 (25.00%) SCOM
1 3 (25.00%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 12 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (25.00%) Citrix
3 2 (16.67%) Juniper
3 2 (16.67%) Cisco
4 1 (8.333%) EMC
4 1 (8.333%) NetApp
4 1 (8.333%) Remedy
4 1 (8.333%) VMware