The first table below looks at the demand for Lync skills in IT jobs advertised for the Buckinghamshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Lync over the 3 months to 18 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 Application Platforms category for the Buckinghamshire region.

Location
3 months to
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Lync
Rank 121 122 131
Rank change year-on-year
+1 +9
Permanent jobs citing Lync 12 3 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Buckinghamshire 0.583% 0.158% 0.146%
As % of the Application Platforms category 2.632% 0.779% 0.658%
Number of salaries quoted 12 3 3
Average salary £46,000 £60,000 £60,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-23.33% -
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £48,000 £52,000
10% offered a salary of more than £70,000 £66,000 £78,000
UK excluding London average salary £46,000 £45,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year
+2.22% -18.18%
All Application Platforms
Buckinghamshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
456 385 456
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Buckinghamshire 22.16% 20.30% 22.13%
Number of salaries quoted 412 335 413
Average salary £39,246 £35,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+12.13% -6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £24,000 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,300 £52,500 £48,400
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 Buckinghamshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Platforms category.

Buckinghamshire 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 Buckinghamshire region.

Buckinghamshire Lync Salary Trend

Lync
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Lync across the Buckinghamshire region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

Buckinghamshire 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 Buckinghamshire region over the 3 months to 18 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
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Job
Vacancies
Milton Keynes -5 11 £45,500 -19.11%
High Wycombe - 1 £75,000 -
Lync
South East

Lync
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Buckinghamshire 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 23 (85.19%) Active Directory
2 18 (66.67%) MCITP
3 17 (62.96%) Microsoft
3 17 (62.96%) Windows
4 13 (48.15%) Microsoft Certification
5 11 (40.74%) ITIL
6 10 (37.04%) MCTS
6 10 (37.04%) Unified Communications
7 8 (29.63%) MS Excel
8 7 (25.93%) Terminal Services
8 7 (25.93%) Management Information System
8 7 (25.93%) Information Security
8 7 (25.93%) PowerShell
8 7 (25.93%) Operations Management
8 7 (25.93%) Degree
8 7 (25.93%) Computer Science
8 7 (25.93%) ISMS
8 7 (25.93%) Change Control
9 6 (22.22%) Office Communications Server
9 6 (22.22%) VMware Infrastructure
9 6 (22.22%) Office 365
9 6 (22.22%) VMware
9 6 (22.22%) SharePoint
9 6 (22.22%) MS Exchange
10 5 (18.52%) SQL
10 5 (18.52%) SQL Server
10 5 (18.52%) HP
10 5 (18.52%) Dell
10 5 (18.52%) Citrix
10 5 (18.52%) Citrix Certification

Lync
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Buckinghamshire 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 6 (22.22%) SharePoint
1 6 (22.22%) MS Exchange
1 6 (22.22%) Office Communications Server
2 5 (18.52%) Exchange Server 2010
3 4 (14.81%) Exchange Server 2013
4 2 (7.407%) Exchange Server 2003
5 1 (3.704%) Exchange Server 2007
Applications
1 8 (29.63%) MS Excel
2 6 (22.22%) Office 365
3 2 (7.407%) MS Office
4 1 (3.704%) MS Project
Communications & Networking
1 10 (37.04%) Unified Communications
2 1 (3.704%) LAN
2 1 (3.704%) PBX
2 1 (3.704%) WAN
2 1 (3.704%) TCP/IP
2 1 (3.704%) DNS
2 1 (3.704%) SAN
2 1 (3.704%) Internet
2 1 (3.704%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (18.52%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (3.704%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 9 (33.33%) Support Engineer
1 9 (33.33%) 3rd Line Support
1 9 (33.33%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
2 7 (25.93%) Consultant
3 6 (22.22%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 6 (22.22%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
3 6 (22.22%) Senior Support Engineer
3 6 (22.22%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
3 6 (22.22%) Senior Infrastructure Support Engineer
4 3 (11.11%) SCCM Consultant
4 3 (11.11%) Microsoft Consultant
4 3 (11.11%) Technical Consultant
5 2 (7.407%) Senior Consultant
5 2 (7.407%) Senior Technical Consultant
6 1 (3.704%) IT Project Manager
6 1 (3.704%) Senior Support Analyst
6 1 (3.704%) Citrix Engineer
6 1 (3.704%) Senior Analyst
6 1 (3.704%) Support Analyst
6 1 (3.704%) Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 7 (25.93%) Management Information System
1 7 (25.93%) Computer Science
2 2 (7.407%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (3.704%) Blackberry
3 1 (3.704%) Celerra
3 1 (3.704%) iPhone
3 1 (3.704%) EqualLogic
Operating Systems
1 17 (62.96%) Windows
2 4 (14.81%) Windows Server 2008
3 2 (7.407%) Windows Server 2003
4 1 (3.704%) Windows Phone
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (40.74%) ITIL
2 7 (25.93%) Information Security
2 7 (25.93%) Operations Management
2 7 (25.93%) ISMS
2 7 (25.93%) Change Control
3 4 (14.81%) Identity Management
4 2 (7.407%) Project Management
5 1 (3.704%) Service Delivery
5 1 (3.704%) PRINCE2
5 1 (3.704%) Time Management
5 1 (3.704%) Business Development
5 1 (3.704%) ITIL V3
Programming Languages
1 7 (25.93%) PowerShell
2 5 (18.52%) SQL
Qualifications
1 18 (66.67%) MCITP
2 13 (48.15%) Microsoft Certification
3 10 (37.04%) MCTS
4 7 (25.93%) Degree
5 5 (18.52%) Citrix Certification
5 5 (18.52%) CCEE
5 5 (18.52%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 4 (14.81%) MCSE
7 2 (7.407%) MCSA
7 2 (7.407%) CCEA
7 2 (7.407%) CCAA
8 1 (3.704%) CCIA
8 1 (3.704%) Microsoft Certified Master
8 1 (3.704%) CCA
8 1 (3.704%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 1 (3.704%) HP AIS
8 1 (3.704%) HP MASE
8 1 (3.704%) VCDX
8 1 (3.704%) NCDA
8 1 (3.704%) NCIE
System Software
1 23 (85.19%) Active Directory
2 7 (25.93%) Terminal Services
3 6 (22.22%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (18.52%) Hyper-V
4 5 (18.52%) XenApp
4 5 (18.52%) XenDesktop
5 2 (7.407%) XenServer
6 1 (3.704%) vSphere
6 1 (3.704%) VMware ESX
Systems Management
1 4 (14.81%) SCCM
1 4 (14.81%) SCOM
1 4 (14.81%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 17 (62.96%) Microsoft
2 6 (22.22%) VMware
3 5 (18.52%) HP
3 5 (18.52%) Dell
3 5 (18.52%) Citrix
4 1 (3.704%) Avaya
4 1 (3.704%) NetApp
4 1 (3.704%) SAP
4 1 (3.704%) Cisco
4 1 (3.704%) EMC
4 1 (3.704%) Nortel
4 1 (3.704%) Mitel
4 1 (3.704%) Dialogic