The first table below looks at the demand for Lync skills in IT jobs advertised for the Bedfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Lync over the 3 months to 22 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 Bedfordshire region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Lync
Rank 77 - 72
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing Lync 18 0 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bedfordshire 1.653% - 0.237%
As % of the Application Platforms category 8.182% - 1.481%
Number of salaries quoted 15 0 2
Average salary £36,834 - £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £45,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year
- -14.28%
All Application Platforms
Bedfordshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
220 199 135
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bedfordshire 20.20% 20.47% 15.98%
Number of salaries quoted 202 166 130
Average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £28,600 £22,850
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £60,000 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+2.66% -
Lync
East of England

Lync
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bedfordshire 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 Bedfordshire region.

Bedfordshire Lync Salary Trend

Lync
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Lync across the Bedfordshire region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Bedfordshire Lync Salary Histogram

Lync
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Lync within the Bedfordshire region over the 3 months to 22 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Dunstable - 9 £29,000 -
Luton - 6 £53,750 -
Lync
East of England

Lync
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bedfordshire 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 24 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 23 (95.83%) MS Exchange
2 23 (95.83%) Windows
2 23 (95.83%) Exchange Server 2010
3 22 (91.67%) Citrix
4 21 (87.50%) Firewall
4 21 (87.50%) VMware
4 21 (87.50%) VMware Infrastructure
5 20 (83.33%) HP
5 20 (83.33%) SAN
6 19 (79.17%) Active Directory
7 17 (70.83%) SQL Server
7 17 (70.83%) Exchange Server 2007
7 17 (70.83%) Network Security
8 16 (66.67%) iSCSI
8 16 (66.67%) Office Communications Server
8 16 (66.67%) Windows Server 2008
8 16 (66.67%) SQL Server 2008
8 16 (66.67%) NAS
8 16 (66.67%) XenApp
8 16 (66.67%) XenDesktop
8 16 (66.67%) Windows 7
8 16 (66.67%) NFS
8 16 (66.67%) DNS
8 16 (66.67%) SQL Server 2005
8 16 (66.67%) WSUS
8 16 (66.67%) Network Load Balancing
8 16 (66.67%) LANDesk
9 15 (62.50%) DHCP
9 15 (62.50%) XenServer

Lync
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bedfordshire 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 23 (95.83%) MS Exchange
1 23 (95.83%) Exchange Server 2010
2 17 (70.83%) Exchange Server 2007
3 16 (66.67%) Office Communications Server
4 1 (4.167%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (4.167%) MS Excel
1 1 (4.167%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 21 (87.50%) Firewall
2 20 (83.33%) SAN
3 17 (70.83%) Network Security
4 16 (66.67%) iSCSI
4 16 (66.67%) NAS
4 16 (66.67%) DNS
5 15 (62.50%) DHCP
6 6 (25.00%) VPN
7 4 (16.67%) LAN
7 4 (16.67%) WAN
8 2 (8.333%) Cisco ASA
8 2 (8.333%) DMVPN
8 2 (8.333%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (70.83%) SQL Server
2 16 (66.67%) SQL Server 2008
2 16 (66.67%) SQL Server 2005
General
1 10 (41.67%) Finance
2 2 (8.333%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 15 (62.50%) Wintel Engineer
2 6 (25.00%) Analyst
3 4 (16.67%) Senior Analyst
3 4 (16.67%) Network Analyst
3 4 (16.67%) Server Engineer
3 4 (16.67%) Systems Analyst
4 3 (12.50%) Wintel Server Engineer
5 2 (8.333%) Senior Systems Analyst
5 2 (8.333%) Senior Network Analyst
5 2 (8.333%) Senior Support Analyst
5 2 (8.333%) Support Analyst
6 1 (4.167%) Support Engineer
6 1 (4.167%) Business Development Manager
6 1 (4.167%) Windows Server Engineer
6 1 (4.167%) Wintel Support
6 1 (4.167%) Business Manager
6 1 (4.167%) Messaging Consultant
6 1 (4.167%) Consultant
6 1 (4.167%) Development Manager
6 1 (4.167%) Wintel Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (4.167%) Blackberry
1 1 (4.167%) iPhone
1 1 (4.167%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 23 (95.83%) Windows
2 16 (66.67%) Windows Server 2008
2 16 (66.67%) Windows 7
3 9 (37.50%) Windows Server 2003
4 1 (4.167%) Windows Phone
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (66.67%) Network Load Balancing
2 2 (8.333%) Project Management
3 1 (4.167%) Service Delivery
3 1 (4.167%) Change Management
3 1 (4.167%) Business Development
3 1 (4.167%) Configuration Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.167%) SQL
Qualifications
1 13 (54.17%) Microsoft Certification
1 13 (54.17%) MCSE
2 12 (50.00%) MCP
3 11 (45.83%) MCITP
4 10 (41.67%) MCTS
4 10 (41.67%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 10 (41.67%) MCSA
5 9 (37.50%) CCA
5 9 (37.50%) Citrix Certification
6 2 (8.333%) CCNP
6 2 (8.333%) CCNA
6 2 (8.333%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (41.67%) PCI DSS
2 1 (4.167%) QA
System Software
1 21 (87.50%) VMware Infrastructure
2 19 (79.17%) Active Directory
3 16 (66.67%) XenApp
3 16 (66.67%) XenDesktop
3 16 (66.67%) NFS
4 15 (62.50%) XenServer
4 15 (62.50%) Hyper-V
5 14 (58.33%) Microsoft App-V
6 6 (25.00%) VMware ESX
7 2 (8.333%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 16 (66.67%) WSUS
Vendors
1 24 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 22 (91.67%) Citrix
3 21 (87.50%) VMware
4 20 (83.33%) HP
5 16 (66.67%) LANDesk
6 14 (58.33%) EMC
6 14 (58.33%) CommVault
7 7 (29.17%) Cisco
8 1 (4.167%) Avaya
8 1 (4.167%) Mitel
8 1 (4.167%) Nortel
8 1 (4.167%) Dialogic
8 1 (4.167%) VocaLink
Bedfordshire
Infrastructure Consultant will have good solid skills in their agreed technical area(s) of specialism.(AD, Exchange, windows 7) plus a solid understanding of Infrastructure technologies including some...
NES Global Talent
Salary: £45000 to £60000 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013
Bedfordshire, South East
In-depth knowledge and practical experience of Microsoft Windows 2003+ and Microsoft Exchange 2010 administration for a medium size commercial organisation. Good knowledge of virtualisation technologies preferable VMware...
montreal
Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum + Yearly Bonus and On call duty Bonus
Posted: 8 May 2013