The first table below looks at the demand for Unified Communications skills in IT jobs advertised for the Berkshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Unified Communications over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Berkshire region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Unified Communications
Rank 107 147 164
Rank change year-on-year
+40 +17
Permanent jobs citing Unified Communications 110 80 43
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Berkshire 2.072% 1.289% 0.798%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 7.111% 4.558% 3.959%
Number of salaries quoted 92 64 29
Average salary £47,500 £51,250 £57,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-7.31% -10.86%
90% offered a salary of more than £37,500 £34,250 £41,500
10% offered a salary of more than £74,000 £75,000 £75,000
UK excluding London average salary £50,000 £50,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year
- -13.04%
All Communications & Networking
Berkshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
1547 1755 1086
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Berkshire 29.14% 28.27% 20.16%
Number of salaries quoted 1173 1366 866
Average salary £40,000 £42,500 £42,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.88% +1.19%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £31,000 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £60,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
Unified Communications
South East

Unified Communications
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Berkshire Unified Communications Jobs Demand Trend

Unified Communications
Salary Trend

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

Berkshire Unified Communications Salary Trend

Unified Communications
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Unified Communications across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Berkshire Unified Communications Salary Histogram

Unified Communications
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Unified Communications within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Reading +9 54 £46,250 -1.59% 7
Slough +17 17 £50,000 -20.00% 1
Bracknell -11 12 £42,500 +21.42%
Newbury +8 4 £57,500 +41.97% 1
Maidenhead - 4 £57,500 -
Wokingham - 4 £57,500 -
Windsor +7 3 £37,500 -30.23%
Ascot - 2 £40,000 -
Unified Communications
South East

Unified Communications
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Berkshire 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 IT job ads sampled that cited Unified Communications.

1 96 (53.33%) Cisco
2 80 (44.44%) MPLS
3 70 (38.89%) Cisco Certification
4 59 (32.78%) CCIE
5 58 (32.22%) CCNP
6 49 (27.22%) Juniper
6 49 (27.22%) Windows
6 49 (27.22%) Lync
7 45 (25.00%) Microsoft
8 40 (22.22%) Firewall
9 39 (21.67%) CCIP
10 36 (20.00%) Windows Server 2008
11 34 (18.89%) Active Directory
12 33 (18.33%) MS Exchange
13 32 (17.78%) ITIL
14 31 (17.22%) JNCIS
14 31 (17.22%) JNCIP
15 28 (15.56%) Telecoms
16 25 (13.89%) VMware
17 24 (13.33%) VMware Infrastructure
17 24 (13.33%) MS Excel
17 24 (13.33%) CCSP
17 24 (13.33%) CCNA
18 21 (11.67%) VoIP
18 21 (11.67%) Exchange Server 2010
19 20 (11.11%) VPN
20 19 (10.56%) DNS
20 19 (10.56%) JNCIA
20 19 (10.56%) MCITP
21 18 (10.00%) SAN

Unified Communications
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Berkshire 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 IT job ads sampled that cited Unified Communications. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 3 (1.667%) XMPP
1 3 (1.667%) CGI
2 1 (0.556%) COM
Application Platforms
1 49 (27.22%) Lync
2 33 (18.33%) MS Exchange
3 21 (11.67%) Exchange Server 2010
4 15 (8.333%) Exchange Server 2007
5 12 (6.667%) SharePoint
5 12 (6.667%) Exchange Server 2003
6 9 (5.000%) Exchange Server 2013
6 9 (5.000%) IIS
6 9 (5.000%) Tomcat
7 4 (2.222%) Office Communications Server
8 3 (1.667%) Apache
9 2 (1.111%) Exchange Server 2000
10 1 (0.556%) Windows Azure
Applications
1 24 (13.33%) MS Excel
2 6 (3.333%) Office 365
3 3 (1.667%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 80 (44.44%) MPLS
2 40 (22.22%) Firewall
3 21 (11.67%) VoIP
4 20 (11.11%) VPN
5 19 (10.56%) DNS
6 18 (10.00%) SAN
7 17 (9.444%) DHCP
8 14 (7.778%) Network Security
9 13 (7.222%) IPsec
10 11 (6.111%) LAN
10 11 (6.111%) TCP/IP
10 11 (6.111%) BGP
11 10 (5.556%) IP Telephony
11 10 (5.556%) Cisco ASA
11 10 (5.556%) Cisco PIX
12 8 (4.444%) SSL
12 8 (4.444%) iSCSI
13 7 (3.889%) Wireless
14 6 (3.333%) H.323
14 6 (3.333%) MGCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (3.333%) NonStop SQL
2 2 (1.111%) SQL Server
General
1 28 (15.56%) Telecoms
2 10 (5.556%) Finance
3 9 (5.000%) Retail
4 3 (1.667%) German Language
4 3 (1.667%) Marketing
5 1 (0.556%) Multimedia
5 1 (0.556%) French Language
5 1 (0.556%) Manufacturing
5 1 (0.556%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 65 (36.11%) Network Engineer
2 54 (30.00%) Support Engineer
3 50 (27.78%) Consultant
4 37 (20.56%) Cisco Engineer
5 36 (20.00%) 2nd Line Support
6 35 (19.44%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
6 35 (19.44%) 2nd Line Network Engineer
7 33 (18.33%) Cisco Network Engineer
8 30 (16.67%) 3rd Line Support
9 15 (8.333%) Cisco Support
9 15 (8.333%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
10 14 (7.778%) Network Support
11 13 (7.222%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
12 9 (5.000%) Network Consultant
13 8 (4.444%) Technical Consultant
13 8 (4.444%) Senior Consultant
13 8 (4.444%) Security Engineer
13 8 (4.444%) Security Support Engineer
14 6 (3.333%) Architect
14 6 (3.333%) Implementation Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 11 (6.111%) Clustering
2 10 (5.556%) Digital Media
3 8 (4.444%) Video Conferencing
4 7 (3.889%) Cloud Computing
5 6 (3.333%) Celerra
6 5 (2.778%) Open Source
7 4 (2.222%) CLARiiON
7 4 (2.222%) EqualLogic
8 2 (1.111%) Replication
8 2 (1.111%) IVR
8 2 (1.111%) EMC Centera
9 1 (0.556%) iPad
9 1 (0.556%) iPhone
9 1 (0.556%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 49 (27.22%) Windows
2 36 (20.00%) Windows Server 2008
3 17 (9.444%) UNIX
4 16 (8.889%) Windows Server 2003
5 12 (6.667%) Windows Server 2012
6 11 (6.111%) Solaris
6 11 (6.111%) Linux
7 9 (5.000%) Windows XP
8 4 (2.222%) Windows 7
9 3 (1.667%) Windows Vista
9 3 (1.667%) Debian
10 2 (1.111%) AIX
10 2 (1.111%) Windows 8
11 1 (0.556%) Windows Phone
11 1 (0.556%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (17.78%) ITIL
2 15 (8.333%) PRINCE2
3 10 (5.556%) Time Management
4 9 (5.000%) Business Development
4 9 (5.000%) Stakeholder Management
5 6 (3.333%) Migration
6 5 (2.778%) Root Cause Analysis
6 5 (2.778%) Load Balancing
6 5 (2.778%) ITSM
6 5 (2.778%) Service Management
7 4 (2.222%) Project Management
7 4 (2.222%) Network Design
8 3 (1.667%) Product Management
8 3 (1.667%) Network Architecture
8 3 (1.667%) Network Management
8 3 (1.667%) Supplier Management
8 3 (1.667%) Data Management
8 3 (1.667%) TOGAF
8 3 (1.667%) MOF
8 3 (1.667%) Six Sigma
Programming Languages
1 11 (6.111%) SQL
2 3 (1.667%) C
2 3 (1.667%) Perl
Qualifications
1 70 (38.89%) Cisco Certification
2 59 (32.78%) CCIE
3 58 (32.22%) CCNP
4 39 (21.67%) CCIP
5 31 (17.22%) JNCIS
5 31 (17.22%) JNCIP
6 24 (13.33%) CCSP
6 24 (13.33%) CCNA
7 19 (10.56%) JNCIA
7 19 (10.56%) MCITP
8 15 (8.333%) JNCIE
9 12 (6.667%) MCTS
10 11 (6.111%) SC Cleared
10 11 (6.111%) Security Cleared
11 10 (5.556%) DV Cleared
12 9 (5.000%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 9 (5.000%) CCVP
13 8 (4.444%) MCSE
13 8 (4.444%) Microsoft Certification
14 6 (3.333%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (4.444%) SLA
2 3 (1.667%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (1.667%) PCI DSS
2 3 (1.667%) ISO 9001
3 1 (0.556%) QA
System Software
1 34 (18.89%) Active Directory
2 24 (13.33%) VMware Infrastructure
3 18 (10.00%) Hyper-V
4 7 (3.889%) vSphere
5 6 (3.333%) VMware ESX
5 6 (3.333%) XenApp
5 6 (3.333%) XenServer
5 6 (3.333%) XenDesktop
6 3 (1.667%) FreeRADIUS
7 2 (1.111%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 2 (1.111%) EMC RecoverPoint
8 1 (0.556%) UAG
Systems Management
1 14 (7.778%) Cisco CUCM
2 12 (6.667%) SCOM
3 11 (6.111%) Cisco UCCX
4 8 (4.444%) Cisco UCCE
5 7 (3.889%) SCCM
6 5 (2.778%) MOM
7 3 (1.667%) FortiGate
7 3 (1.667%) SCVMM
8 2 (1.111%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
8 2 (1.111%) NetBackup
8 2 (1.111%) Backup Exec
8 2 (1.111%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
9 1 (0.556%) Cisco IPCC
Vendors
1 96 (53.33%) Cisco
2 49 (27.22%) Juniper
3 45 (25.00%) Microsoft
4 25 (13.89%) VMware
5 17 (9.444%) CheckPoint
5 17 (9.444%) EMC
6 16 (8.889%) HP
7 13 (7.222%) Citrix
7 13 (7.222%) Avaya
8 9 (5.000%) McAfee
8 9 (5.000%) Veritas
9 8 (4.444%) NetApp
9 8 (4.444%) Fujitsu
9 8 (4.444%) Twitter
10 6 (3.333%) CA
10 6 (3.333%) Symantec
11 5 (2.778%) Brocade
11 5 (2.778%) Tandberg
11 5 (2.778%) Dell
12 4 (2.222%) IPFX
Reading, Berkshire
Our client has group revenues in excess of £2.5 billion and seeks best of breed sales professionals to assist their customers through the maze of available solutions...
EXCELerate
Salary: From £60,000 to £90,000 per annum Uncapped OTE, Car, Health, Pension
Posted: 13 June 2013
Reading, Berkshire
Senior Lync Consultant - £70k-£80k + 6k car + benefits - South East. I have ana excellent opportunity for a Senior Lync Unified Communications Consultant to work for a large consultancy...
Sanderson
Salary: £70000 - £85000 per annum
Posted: 14 June 2013
Reading, Berkshire, United Kingdom
Accountable for the successful execution of the overall program transition activities and responsible for accomplishing specific program objectives including: Oversee all VZB Program activities worldwide and across all...
Verizon
Salary: Excellent Salary, Bonus & Benefits
Posted: 31 May 2013
Reading, Berkshire
To apply for this position, candidates must be eligible to live and work in the UK Senior Cisco Contact Centre Consultant - Reading - Cisco Unified Contact Centre (UCCE), Intelligent...
Connectus
Posted: 14 June 2013
Reading, Berkshire
Exchange Server 2010, Exchange Server 2003, Exchange Server 2013, Office 365, Active Directory, MCTS, MCITP, Unified Communications, LYNC, Windows Server, Professional Services, EUC, Virtualisation, Windows 2003, DNS, DHCP,...
Woodrow Mercer Recruitment
Salary: From £55,000 to £60,000 per annum + 10-15% bonus + mileage + benefits
Posted: 17 June 2013
Reading, South East
eChoice Consulting
Salary: £55k - 65k per year + Bonus, Car allowance and bens
Posted: 23 May 2013
Slough, South East
eChoice Consulting
Salary: £35k - 40k per year + Bonus
Posted: 29 May 2013
Berkshire
Rullion IT Plus
Salary: £70000 - £80000 per annum + package
Posted: 18 June 2013
Reading, South East
eChoice Consulting
Salary: 100k OTE
Posted: 23 May 2013