The first table below looks at the demand for Unified Communications skills in IT jobs advertised for the Buckinghamshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Unified Communications over the 3 months to 24 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 Communications & Networking category for the Buckinghamshire region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Unified Communications
Rank 105 104 133
Rank change year-on-year
-1 +29
Permanent jobs citing Unified Communications 29 22 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Buckinghamshire 1.426% 1.148% 0.095%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 7.754% 4.955% 0.587%
Number of salaries quoted 23 22 2
Average salary £50,000 £42,500 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+17.64% -
UK excluding London average salary £50,000 £50,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year
- -16.66%
All Communications & Networking
Buckinghamshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
374 444 341
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Buckinghamshire 18.39% 23.16% 16.22%
Number of salaries quoted 301 368 274
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £22,500 £24,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
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 Buckinghamshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

Buckinghamshire 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 Buckinghamshire region.

Buckinghamshire Unified Communications Salary Trend

Unified Communications
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Unified Communications across the Buckinghamshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Buckinghamshire 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 Buckinghamshire region over the 3 months to 24 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
Milton Keynes -11 16 £48,750 +21.87%
Aylesbury - 2 £27,500 -
High Wycombe -3 1 £75,000 +66.66%
Marlow - 1 £55,000 -
Unified Communications
South East

Unified Communications
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Buckinghamshire 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 45 (71.43%) Cisco
2 32 (50.79%) Cisco Certification
3 27 (42.86%) CCIE
4 24 (38.10%) ITIL
5 22 (34.92%) Microsoft
6 21 (33.33%) Microsoft Certification
7 19 (30.16%) CCVP
7 19 (30.16%) Cisco UCCX
8 18 (28.57%) Network Design
9 17 (26.98%) Wireless
9 17 (26.98%) CCNP
10 16 (25.40%) Cisco UCCE
11 15 (23.81%) CCNA
11 15 (23.81%) Finance
12 14 (22.22%) MCSE
13 13 (20.63%) VMware
13 13 (20.63%) VMware Infrastructure
14 12 (19.05%) IP Telephony
14 12 (19.05%) Windows
14 12 (19.05%) VoIP
15 11 (17.46%) MS Excel
15 11 (17.46%) PRINCE2
15 11 (17.46%) Network Security
16 10 (15.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
16 10 (15.87%) Network Management
16 10 (15.87%) Lync
16 10 (15.87%) ISO 9000
16 10 (15.87%) HP
16 10 (15.87%) CCSA
16 10 (15.87%) MCITP

Unified Communications
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Buckinghamshire 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 1 (1.587%) COM
Application Platforms
1 10 (15.87%) Lync
2 1 (1.587%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.587%) MS Exchange
2 1 (1.587%) Exchange Server 2010
2 1 (1.587%) Exchange Server 2007
Applications
1 11 (17.46%) MS Excel
2 1 (1.587%) MS Office
2 1 (1.587%) MS PowerPoint
Communications & Networking
1 17 (26.98%) Wireless
2 12 (19.05%) IP Telephony
2 12 (19.05%) VoIP
3 11 (17.46%) Network Security
4 9 (14.29%) Cisco IPT
5 6 (9.524%) LAN
6 5 (7.937%) WLAN
7 4 (6.349%) Cisco ASA
7 4 (6.349%) H.323
7 4 (6.349%) MGCP
7 4 (6.349%) Firewall
7 4 (6.349%) WAN
8 3 (4.762%) SAN
8 3 (4.762%) FWSM
8 3 (4.762%) Cisco PIX
9 1 (1.587%) MPLS
9 1 (1.587%) PSTN
9 1 (1.587%) VPN
9 1 (1.587%) DNS
9 1 (1.587%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.587%) SQL Server
General
1 15 (23.81%) Finance
2 2 (3.175%) Telecoms
2 2 (3.175%) Marketing
3 1 (1.587%) Local Government
3 1 (1.587%) Billing
Job Titles
1 17 (26.98%) Consultant
2 13 (20.63%) Cisco Engineer
3 10 (15.87%) Voice Engineer
4 9 (14.29%) Cisco Support
4 9 (14.29%) Support Manager
4 9 (14.29%) Support Engineer
4 9 (14.29%) Cisco Support Engineer
5 7 (11.11%) Project Manager
5 7 (11.11%) Cisco Voice Engineer
6 6 (9.524%) Voice Support Engineer
6 6 (9.524%) 3rd Line Support
7 5 (7.937%) Architect
7 5 (7.937%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
7 5 (7.937%) 3rd Line Support Manager
7 5 (7.937%) Implementation Engineer
8 4 (6.349%) Network Consultant
8 4 (6.349%) Technical Architect
9 3 (4.762%) Cisco Consultant
9 3 (4.762%) PRINCE2 Project Manager
9 3 (4.762%) Network Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 7 (11.11%) Management Information System
1 7 (11.11%) Computer Science
2 4 (6.349%) Celerra
3 3 (4.762%) Replication
3 3 (4.762%) CLARiiON
3 3 (4.762%) EMC Centera
3 3 (4.762%) Enterprise Storage
4 1 (1.587%) Blackberry
4 1 (1.587%) EqualLogic
4 1 (1.587%) HP StorageWorks
4 1 (1.587%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 12 (19.05%) Windows
2 4 (6.349%) Linux
3 3 (4.762%) Solaris
3 3 (4.762%) AIX
4 2 (3.175%) Windows Server 2008
4 2 (3.175%) Windows Server 2012
4 2 (3.175%) Windows Server 2003
5 1 (1.587%) UNIX
5 1 (1.587%) HPUX
5 1 (1.587%) Windows Phone
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (38.10%) ITIL
2 18 (28.57%) Network Design
3 11 (17.46%) PRINCE2
4 10 (15.87%) Network Management
5 7 (11.11%) Information Security
5 7 (11.11%) Operations Management
5 7 (11.11%) ISMS
5 7 (11.11%) Change Control
6 4 (6.349%) Business Development
6 4 (6.349%) Project Management
7 3 (4.762%) Asset Management
7 3 (4.762%) Service Management
8 2 (3.175%) Data Migration
8 2 (3.175%) Business Transformation
8 2 (3.175%) Service Delivery
8 2 (3.175%) Migration
9 1 (1.587%) PRINCE
9 1 (1.587%) TOGAF
9 1 (1.587%) Disaster Recovery
9 1 (1.587%) MOF
Programming Languages
1 7 (11.11%) PowerShell
2 1 (1.587%) C
2 1 (1.587%) SQL
Qualifications
1 32 (50.79%) Cisco Certification
2 27 (42.86%) CCIE
3 21 (33.33%) Microsoft Certification
4 19 (30.16%) CCVP
5 17 (26.98%) CCNP
6 15 (23.81%) CCNA
7 14 (22.22%) MCSE
8 10 (15.87%) CCSA
8 10 (15.87%) MCITP
9 9 (14.29%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 7 (11.11%) Degree
11 5 (7.937%) CCSP
11 5 (7.937%) PRINCE2 Certification
12 4 (6.349%) HP AIS
12 4 (6.349%) VCAP
12 4 (6.349%) CCDP
13 3 (4.762%) MCSA
13 3 (4.762%) CCIP
13 3 (4.762%) CCDA
13 3 (4.762%) CCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (15.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 10 (15.87%) ISO 9000
System Software
1 13 (20.63%) VMware Infrastructure
2 8 (12.70%) Active Directory
3 7 (11.11%) Terminal Services
4 3 (4.762%) Hyper-V
4 3 (4.762%) EMC RecoverPoint
5 2 (3.175%) vSphere
6 1 (1.587%) NFS
6 1 (1.587%) VMware ESX
6 1 (1.587%) XenApp
6 1 (1.587%) XenServer
6 1 (1.587%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 19 (30.16%) Cisco UCCX
2 16 (25.40%) Cisco UCCE
3 7 (11.11%) Cisco CUCM
4 3 (4.762%) CiscoWorks
4 3 (4.762%) Cisco IPCC
5 1 (1.587%) NetBackup
5 1 (1.587%) Backup Exec
5 1 (1.587%) SCCM
5 1 (1.587%) SCOM
5 1 (1.587%) EMC NetWorker
Vendors
1 45 (71.43%) Cisco
2 22 (34.92%) Microsoft
3 13 (20.63%) VMware
4 10 (15.87%) HP
5 7 (11.11%) Citrix
5 7 (11.11%) Twitter
6 5 (7.937%) EMC
7 4 (6.349%) Brocade
7 4 (6.349%) CheckPoint
7 4 (6.349%) Symantec
7 4 (6.349%) IBM
8 3 (4.762%) Oracle
8 3 (4.762%) Adobe
8 3 (4.762%) McAfee
8 3 (4.762%) NetApp
8 3 (4.762%) Mitel
9 2 (3.175%) Dell
9 2 (3.175%) Avaya
10 1 (1.587%) Salesforce.com
10 1 (1.587%) CommVault
Buckinghamshire
CCIE, CCNP, CCNP voice, CCSP, Unified Communications, call manager, CUCM, Unity, CUC, UCCX, UCCE, Contact Centre, MeetingPlace, Telepresence, ARC, IPT... experience in implementation and support of Cisco IP...
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Salary: From £50,000 to £70,000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013