The first table below looks at the demand for Unified Communications skills in IT jobs advertised for the Cambridge region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Unified Communications over the 3 months to 23 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 Cambridge region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Unified Communications
Rank 117 - 126
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing Unified Communications 5 0 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cambridge 0.277% - 0.046%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.529% - 0.216%
Number of salaries quoted 5 0 0
Average salary £47,500 - -
UK excluding London average salary £50,000 £50,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year
- -16.66%
All Communications & Networking
Cambridge
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
327 374 463
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cambridge 18.12% 18.51% 21.24%
Number of salaries quoted 254 310 407
Average salary £39,750 £40,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-0.62% +6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,500 £30,650 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £57,500 £53,550
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
Unified Communications
Cambridgeshire

Unified Communications
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cambridge 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 Cambridge region.

Cambridge Unified Communications Salary Trend

Unified Communications
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Unified Communications across the Cambridge region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Cambridge Unified Communications Salary Histogram

Unified Communications
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cambridge 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 9 (75.00%) Cisco
2 8 (66.67%) Citrix
2 8 (66.67%) NetApp
2 8 (66.67%) VMware
2 8 (66.67%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 8 (66.67%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (58.33%) vSphere
3 7 (58.33%) SAN
3 7 (58.33%) HP
4 6 (50.00%) MS Excel
4 6 (50.00%) VMware ESX
4 6 (50.00%) NCIE
4 6 (50.00%) XenApp
4 6 (50.00%) XenServer
4 6 (50.00%) XenDesktop
5 5 (41.67%) Windows Server 2008
5 5 (41.67%) Hyper-V
5 5 (41.67%) NCDA
5 5 (41.67%) MCITP
5 5 (41.67%) Windows
5 5 (41.67%) EMC
6 4 (33.33%) CommVault
6 4 (33.33%) Symantec
6 4 (33.33%) Dell
6 4 (33.33%) Data Management
6 4 (33.33%) SCCM
6 4 (33.33%) SCOM
6 4 (33.33%) MCTS
7 3 (25.00%) Celerra
7 3 (25.00%) VCDX

Unified Communications
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cambridge 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 Platforms
1 3 (25.00%) Exchange Server 2000
1 3 (25.00%) MS Exchange
2 2 (16.67%) Lync
3 1 (8.333%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (50.00%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 7 (58.33%) SAN
2 3 (25.00%) Cisco Nexus
2 3 (25.00%) VoIP
3 2 (16.67%) Wireless
4 1 (8.333%) Cisco ASA
4 1 (8.333%) FWSM
4 1 (8.333%) NetScaler
4 1 (8.333%) Cisco PIX
4 1 (8.333%) Network Security
4 1 (8.333%) Cisco IOS
4 1 (8.333%) H.323
4 1 (8.333%) MGCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (25.00%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (8.333%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 8 (66.67%) Consultant
2 4 (33.33%) Senior Consultant
3 3 (25.00%) Virtualisation Consultant
3 3 (25.00%) Senior Technical Consultant
3 3 (25.00%) Technical Consultant
3 3 (25.00%) Solutions Architect
3 3 (25.00%) Architect
4 1 (8.333%) VMware Consultant
4 1 (8.333%) Virtualisation Architect
4 1 (8.333%) Virtualisation Technical Architect
4 1 (8.333%) Project Manager
4 1 (8.333%) Technical Architect
4 1 (8.333%) Sales Consultant
4 1 (8.333%) Technical Solutions Architect
4 1 (8.333%) Senior Sales Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 3 (25.00%) Celerra
1 3 (25.00%) EqualLogic
2 2 (16.67%) CLARiiON
2 2 (16.67%) Clustering
3 1 (8.333%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 5 (41.67%) Windows Server 2008
1 5 (41.67%) Windows
2 2 (16.67%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (33.33%) Data Management
2 3 (25.00%) Business Development
2 3 (25.00%) PRINCE2
2 3 (25.00%) PRINCE
3 2 (16.67%) MOF
3 2 (16.67%) Project Management
3 2 (16.67%) ITIL
3 2 (16.67%) TOGAF
3 2 (16.67%) High Availability
4 1 (8.333%) Network Management
4 1 (8.333%) Time Management
4 1 (8.333%) Data Protection
4 1 (8.333%) Network Design
4 1 (8.333%) Resource Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (25.00%) SQL
2 2 (16.67%) C
Qualifications
1 8 (66.67%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 6 (50.00%) NCIE
3 5 (41.67%) NCDA
3 5 (41.67%) MCITP
4 4 (33.33%) MCTS
5 3 (25.00%) VCDX
5 3 (25.00%) CCEE
5 3 (25.00%) CCIA
5 3 (25.00%) CCDP
5 3 (25.00%) CCIE
5 3 (25.00%) Citrix Certification
5 3 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (16.67%) CCEA
6 2 (16.67%) VCAP
6 2 (16.67%) HP ASE
6 2 (16.67%) HP MASE
7 1 (8.333%) HP AIS
7 1 (8.333%) CCAA
7 1 (8.333%) CCVP
7 1 (8.333%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (8.333%) QA
1 1 (8.333%) SLA
System Software
1 8 (66.67%) VMware Infrastructure
2 7 (58.33%) vSphere
3 6 (50.00%) VMware ESX
3 6 (50.00%) XenApp
3 6 (50.00%) XenServer
3 6 (50.00%) XenDesktop
4 5 (41.67%) Hyper-V
5 2 (16.67%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (33.33%) SCCM
1 4 (33.33%) SCOM
2 3 (25.00%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
2 3 (25.00%) NetBackup
2 3 (25.00%) Backup Exec
3 2 (16.67%) SCVMM
3 2 (16.67%) Cisco UCCE
4 1 (8.333%) Cisco CUCM
Vendors
1 9 (75.00%) Cisco
2 8 (66.67%) Citrix
2 8 (66.67%) NetApp
2 8 (66.67%) VMware
3 7 (58.33%) HP
4 5 (41.67%) EMC
5 4 (33.33%) CommVault
5 4 (33.33%) Symantec
5 4 (33.33%) Dell
6 3 (25.00%) Microsoft
7 1 (8.333%) AirMagnet
7 1 (8.333%) 3PAR
7 1 (8.333%) AppSense