The first table below looks at the demand for Lync skills in IT jobs advertised for the Berkshire 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 Berkshire region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Lync
Rank 144 215 192
Rank change year-on-year
+71 -23
Permanent jobs citing Lync 71 8 4
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Berkshire 1.380% 0.130% 0.078%
As % of the Application Platforms category 6.443% 0.833% 0.489%
Number of salaries quoted 60 7 4
Average salary £57,500 £50,000 £54,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+15.00% -7.40%
90% offered a salary of more than £37,500 £42,500 £45,000
10% offered a salary of more than £75,000 £62,500 £63,000
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £45,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year
- -18.18%
All Application Platforms
Berkshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
1102 960 818
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Berkshire 21.42% 15.65% 15.88%
Number of salaries quoted 881 871 689
Average salary £45,000 £42,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.88% +6.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £29,000 £30,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £67,500 £57,500 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+2.66% -
Lync
South East

Lync
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Berkshire 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 Berkshire region.

Berkshire Lync Salary Trend

Lync
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Lync across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Berkshire 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 Berkshire region over the 3 months to 17 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
Reading +34 37 £60,000 +20.00%
Slough - 7 £58,750 -
Maidenhead - 3 £60,000 -
Windsor +1 2 £35,000 -17.64%
Wokingham - 2 £58,750 -
Newbury - 2 £58,750 -
Ascot - 1 £40,000 -
Bracknell - 1 £30,000 -
Lync
South East

Lync
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Berkshire 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 78 (78.79%) Microsoft
2 77 (77.78%) Windows
3 61 (61.62%) Active Directory
4 58 (58.59%) MS Exchange
5 55 (55.56%) Windows Server 2008
6 53 (53.54%) Exchange Server 2010
7 43 (43.43%) Unified Communications
8 37 (37.37%) Hyper-V
8 37 (37.37%) MS Excel
9 34 (34.34%) SQL
10 33 (33.33%) MCITP
11 32 (32.32%) DNS
11 32 (32.32%) VMware
12 31 (31.31%) DHCP
12 31 (31.31%) Office 365
13 29 (29.29%) VMware Infrastructure
14 27 (27.27%) Windows Server 2012
15 26 (26.26%) ITIL
16 24 (24.24%) SCOM
17 23 (23.23%) Cisco
17 23 (23.23%) Citrix
17 23 (23.23%) Firewall
18 22 (22.22%) SAN
18 22 (22.22%) Exchange Server 2007
18 22 (22.22%) SCCM
19 21 (21.21%) SharePoint
20 20 (20.20%) vSphere
21 18 (18.18%) NAS
22 17 (17.17%) XenServer
22 17 (17.17%) XenDesktop

Lync
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Berkshire 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 Development
1 3 (3.030%) CGI
1 3 (3.030%) XMPP
2 2 (2.020%) COM
Application Platforms
1 58 (58.59%) MS Exchange
2 53 (53.54%) Exchange Server 2010
3 22 (22.22%) Exchange Server 2007
4 21 (21.21%) SharePoint
5 17 (17.17%) Exchange Server 2013
6 12 (12.12%) Office Communications Server
7 10 (10.10%) Exchange Server 2003
8 7 (7.071%) Exchange Server 5.5
8 7 (7.071%) Exchange Server 2000
9 3 (3.030%) Apache
9 3 (3.030%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
10 1 (1.010%) Windows Azure
10 1 (1.010%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 37 (37.37%) MS Excel
2 31 (31.31%) Office 365
3 16 (16.16%) MS Office
4 1 (1.010%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (1.010%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (1.010%) Sage 200
Communications & Networking
1 43 (43.43%) Unified Communications
2 32 (32.32%) DNS
3 31 (31.31%) DHCP
4 23 (23.23%) Firewall
5 22 (22.22%) SAN
6 18 (18.18%) NAS
7 10 (10.10%) TCP/IP
7 10 (10.10%) VoIP
8 9 (9.091%) iSCSI
9 8 (8.081%) VPN
10 7 (7.071%) LAN
11 6 (6.061%) WAN
11 6 (6.061%) MPLS
12 5 (5.051%) Internet
12 5 (5.051%) PPTP
12 5 (5.051%) SSL
13 4 (4.040%) PBX
14 3 (3.030%) IPv4
14 3 (3.030%) IPv6
14 3 (3.030%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (7.071%) NonStop SQL
2 6 (6.061%) SQL Server
3 4 (4.040%) SQL Server 2005
4 3 (3.030%) SQL Server 2008
5 2 (2.020%) SQL Server 2000
6 1 (1.010%) SQL Server 2012
General
1 15 (15.15%) Back Office
2 3 (3.030%) Telecoms
2 3 (3.030%) Marketing
3 1 (1.010%) Finance
3 1 (1.010%) Advertising
3 1 (1.010%) Multimedia
3 1 (1.010%) Billing
Job Titles
1 45 (45.45%) Consultant
2 19 (19.19%) Technical Consultant
3 18 (18.18%) Architect
4 16 (16.16%) Support Engineer
4 16 (16.16%) Microsoft Consultant
5 11 (11.11%) Technical Solutions Architect
5 11 (11.11%) Technical Architect
5 11 (11.11%) Solutions Architect
6 10 (10.10%) Senior Consultant
7 9 (9.091%) 3rd Line Support
8 6 (6.061%) Analyst
9 5 (5.051%) Support Analyst
9 5 (5.051%) Technical Support
9 5 (5.051%) Applications Support
10 4 (4.040%) Applications Support Analyst
10 4 (4.040%) Senior Technical Consultant
11 3 (3.030%) Technical Support Engineer
11 3 (3.030%) Principal Consultant
11 3 (3.030%) Technical Engineer
11 3 (3.030%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 7 (7.071%) Clustering
2 6 (6.061%) Video Conferencing
2 6 (6.061%) Blackberry
2 6 (6.061%) Enterprise Software
3 5 (5.051%) Cloud Computing
3 5 (5.051%) Open Source
4 4 (4.040%) EqualLogic
5 2 (2.020%) Celerra
6 1 (1.010%) iPhone
6 1 (1.010%) iPad
6 1 (1.010%) Digital Media
Operating Systems
1 77 (77.78%) Windows
2 55 (55.56%) Windows Server 2008
3 27 (27.27%) Windows Server 2012
4 16 (16.16%) Windows Server 2003
5 12 (12.12%) Linux
6 9 (9.091%) UNIX
7 6 (6.061%) Windows Vista
8 4 (4.040%) Windows 7
9 3 (3.030%) Debian
9 3 (3.030%) Windows XP
10 2 (2.020%) Windows 2000
10 2 (2.020%) Windows 8
11 1 (1.010%) Windows 2000 Server
11 1 (1.010%) Windows Phone
11 1 (1.010%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (26.26%) ITIL
2 11 (11.11%) Service Delivery
3 9 (9.091%) Migration
4 7 (7.071%) Identity Management
5 6 (6.061%) Root Cause Analysis
6 5 (5.051%) PRINCE2
7 4 (4.040%) Network Management
8 3 (3.030%) Network Architecture
8 3 (3.030%) Project Management
8 3 (3.030%) Network Design
8 3 (3.030%) Supplier Management
8 3 (3.030%) Business Development
8 3 (3.030%) Load Balancing
9 2 (2.020%) Change Management
9 2 (2.020%) CRM
10 1 (1.010%) Configuration Management
10 1 (1.010%) Disaster Recovery
10 1 (1.010%) Integration Testing
10 1 (1.010%) Time Management
10 1 (1.010%) Product Management
Programming Languages
1 34 (34.34%) SQL
2 3 (3.030%) Perl
3 1 (1.010%) C
3 1 (1.010%) Scala
Qualifications
1 33 (33.33%) MCITP
2 15 (15.15%) Microsoft Certification
2 15 (15.15%) MCTS
3 11 (11.11%) MCSE
4 6 (6.061%) Cisco Certification
5 4 (4.040%) MCP
5 4 (4.040%) MCSA
6 3 (3.030%) CCIE
6 3 (3.030%) CCIP
7 2 (2.020%) Citrix Certification
7 2 (2.020%) CCEA
7 2 (2.020%) CCVP
7 2 (2.020%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 2 (2.020%) SC Cleared
7 2 (2.020%) Security Cleared
7 2 (2.020%) VCDX
7 2 (2.020%) VCAP
7 2 (2.020%) CCEE
7 2 (2.020%) CCAA
7 2 (2.020%) CCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (4.040%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (3.030%) PCI DSS
2 3 (3.030%) ISO 9001
2 3 (3.030%) SLA
System Software
1 61 (61.62%) Active Directory
2 37 (37.37%) Hyper-V
3 29 (29.29%) VMware Infrastructure
4 20 (20.20%) vSphere
5 17 (17.17%) XenServer
5 17 (17.17%) XenDesktop
6 16 (16.16%) UAG
7 7 (7.071%) Terminal Server
8 4 (4.040%) VMware ESX
9 3 (3.030%) FreeRADIUS
10 2 (2.020%) VMware ESXi
10 2 (2.020%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 2 (2.020%) XenApp
11 1 (1.010%) ISA Server
Systems Management
1 24 (24.24%) SCOM
2 22 (22.22%) SCCM
3 10 (10.10%) Cisco CUCM
4 8 (8.081%) SCVMM
5 7 (7.071%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
6 6 (6.061%) WSUS
7 5 (5.051%) MOM
8 3 (3.030%) FortiGate
9 2 (2.020%) Cisco UCCX
9 2 (2.020%) ARCserve
9 2 (2.020%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 78 (78.79%) Microsoft
2 32 (32.32%) VMware
3 23 (23.23%) Cisco
3 23 (23.23%) Citrix
4 14 (14.14%) Avaya
5 12 (12.12%) HP
6 6 (6.061%) CA
7 4 (4.040%) Dell
8 3 (3.030%) Huawei
8 3 (3.030%) ZyXEL
8 3 (3.030%) Draytek
8 3 (3.030%) Tandberg
8 3 (3.030%) BT
9 2 (2.020%) IPFX
9 2 (2.020%) F5
9 2 (2.020%) Veeam
9 2 (2.020%) Kaseya
9 2 (2.020%) CheckPoint
9 2 (2.020%) EMC
9 2 (2.020%) NetApp
Reading, Berkshire
EXCHANGE 2010 CONSULTANT-work for an award winning Microsoft Gold Partner My client is an award winning Microsoft Gold Partner. They are a Microsoft Gold Partner for Identity...
Sanderson
Salary: £40000 - £45000 per annum + bonus and benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013
Reading, Berkshire
Technical Consultant - Exchange 2010, Active Directory, Server 2008. Train in Exchange 2013, Server 2012 and Lync!!... Windows Server 2012. Active Directory... Training in Exchange 2013 and Windows Server...
Sanderson
Salary: £30000 - £45000 per annum + Bonus
Posted: 14 May 2013
Reading, Berkshire
Messaging Consultant - Exchange 2010, Active Directory, Server 2008. Train in Exchange 2013, Server 2012 and Lync!!... Windows Server 2012. Active Directory... Training in Exchange 2013 and Windows Server...
Sanderson
Salary: £30000 - £45000 per annum + 10% Bonus + Bens
Posted: 14 May 2013
Berkshire
Cisco, Avaya, Lync, Alcatel) - Windows Server 2008 - Exchange 2007/ Exchange 2010 - Active Directory - Unix / Linux The ideal candidate will have had experience of implementing, troubleshooting, and supporting monitoring...
Sanderson
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 3 May 2013
Bracknell, Berkshire
SCCM and SCOM 2007... office365. App-V... VmWare. Citrix. Windows 7 and Windows 8 Deployment... TOGAF... Key Words: App-V, Lync, 365, Microsoft, Infrastructure, Technical Architect, Windows 2003 /...
Aximis (West) Limited
Salary: Up to £60K basic + 5K Car Allow + Excellent bonus and Benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013
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Aximis (West) Limited
Salary: Up to £65K basic + 5K Car Allow + Excellent bonus and Benefits
Posted: 12 May 2013
Reading, Berkshire
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Woodrow Mercer Recruitment
Salary: Up to £90,000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 14 May 2013
Reading, Berkshire
Technical Consultant / Lync Consultant required for my client based in Reading for a permanent role. You will be required to work at enterprise level visiting client sites, mainly...
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Salary: £40000 - £80000 per annum
Posted: 16 May 2013