The first table below looks at the demand for Unified Communications skills in IT jobs advertised for the Cambridgeshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Unified Communications over the 3 months to 22 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 Cambridgeshire region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Unified Communications
Rank 131 150 146
Rank change year-on-year
+19 -4
Permanent jobs citing Unified Communications 12 2 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire 0.460% 0.069% 0.034%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.581% 0.375% 0.159%
Number of salaries quoted 12 2 0
Average salary £51,250 £55,000 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.81% -
UK excluding London average salary £50,000 £50,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year
- -16.66%
All Communications & Networking
Cambridgeshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
465 534 628
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire 17.84% 18.31% 21.28%
Number of salaries quoted 370 452 542
Average salary £37,500 £40,000 £37,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.25% +8.10%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £30,000 £29,500
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £57,500 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
Unified Communications
East of England

Unified Communications
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cambridgeshire 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 Cambridgeshire region.

Cambridgeshire Unified Communications Salary Trend

Unified Communications
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Unified Communications across the Cambridgeshire region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Cambridgeshire 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 Cambridgeshire region over the 3 months to 22 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
Cambridge - 5 £47,500 -
Peterborough 0 4 £32,000 -8.57%
Unified Communications
East of England

Unified Communications
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cambridgeshire 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 14 (66.67%) Cisco
2 12 (57.14%) VMware
2 12 (57.14%) VMware Infrastructure
3 11 (52.38%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 10 (47.62%) HP
4 10 (47.62%) MS Excel
5 9 (42.86%) Cisco Certification
6 8 (38.10%) NetApp
6 8 (38.10%) Citrix
7 7 (33.33%) Microsoft
7 7 (33.33%) SAN
7 7 (33.33%) Business Development
7 7 (33.33%) vSphere
8 6 (28.57%) NCIE
8 6 (28.57%) Windows Server 2008
8 6 (28.57%) XenApp
8 6 (28.57%) XenServer
8 6 (28.57%) XenDesktop
8 6 (28.57%) VMware ESX
8 6 (28.57%) CCNA
8 6 (28.57%) EMC
8 6 (28.57%) PRINCE2
8 6 (28.57%) Windows
9 5 (23.81%) ITIL
9 5 (23.81%) Wireless
9 5 (23.81%) Hyper-V
9 5 (23.81%) HP ASE
9 5 (23.81%) NCDA
9 5 (23.81%) MCITP
10 4 (19.05%) Data Management

Unified Communications
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cambridgeshire 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 (14.29%) MS Exchange
1 3 (14.29%) Lync
1 3 (14.29%) Exchange Server 2000
2 1 (4.762%) SharePoint
Applications
1 10 (47.62%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 7 (33.33%) SAN
2 5 (23.81%) Wireless
3 4 (19.05%) Network Security
3 4 (19.05%) VoIP
4 3 (14.29%) SMTP
4 3 (14.29%) FTP
4 3 (14.29%) HTTP
4 3 (14.29%) Cisco Nexus
5 2 (9.524%) H.323
6 1 (4.762%) PSTN
6 1 (4.762%) VPN
6 1 (4.762%) MGCP
6 1 (4.762%) Firewall
6 1 (4.762%) Cisco ASA
6 1 (4.762%) FWSM
6 1 (4.762%) NetScaler
6 1 (4.762%) Cisco PIX
6 1 (4.762%) Cisco IOS
6 1 (4.762%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (14.29%) SQL Server
General
1 2 (9.524%) Telecoms
2 1 (4.762%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 9 (42.86%) Consultant
2 6 (28.57%) Architect
3 4 (19.05%) Technical Consultant
3 4 (19.05%) Technical Architect
3 4 (19.05%) Senior Consultant
4 3 (14.29%) Solutions Architect
4 3 (14.29%) Virtualisation Consultant
4 3 (14.29%) Senior Technical Consultant
5 2 (9.524%) Network Support
5 2 (9.524%) Security Engineer
5 2 (9.524%) Network Security Engineer
5 2 (9.524%) Network Engineer
6 1 (4.762%) Sales Consultant
6 1 (4.762%) Project Manager
6 1 (4.762%) Analyst
6 1 (4.762%) Support Analyst
6 1 (4.762%) Network Support Analyst
6 1 (4.762%) Support Engineer
6 1 (4.762%) Network Analyst
6 1 (4.762%) VMware Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 4 (19.05%) Celerra
2 3 (14.29%) CLARiiON
2 3 (14.29%) Enterprise Storage
2 3 (14.29%) EqualLogic
2 3 (14.29%) PKI
3 2 (9.524%) Clustering
4 1 (4.762%) Replication
4 1 (4.762%) EMC Centera
4 1 (4.762%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 6 (28.57%) Windows Server 2008
1 6 (28.57%) Windows
2 3 (14.29%) Windows Server 2003
3 1 (4.762%) AIX
3 1 (4.762%) Solaris
3 1 (4.762%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (33.33%) Business Development
2 6 (28.57%) PRINCE2
3 5 (23.81%) ITIL
4 4 (19.05%) Data Management
5 3 (14.29%) PRINCE
5 3 (14.29%) Information Security
6 2 (9.524%) TOGAF
6 2 (9.524%) Network Design
6 2 (9.524%) High Availability
6 2 (9.524%) Risk Management
6 2 (9.524%) MOF
6 2 (9.524%) Project Management
7 1 (4.762%) Migration
7 1 (4.762%) Service Delivery
7 1 (4.762%) Network Management
7 1 (4.762%) Time Management
7 1 (4.762%) Data Migration
7 1 (4.762%) Data Protection
7 1 (4.762%) Resource Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (14.29%) SQL
2 2 (9.524%) C
Qualifications
1 11 (52.38%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 9 (42.86%) Cisco Certification
3 6 (28.57%) NCIE
3 6 (28.57%) CCNA
4 5 (23.81%) HP ASE
4 5 (23.81%) NCDA
4 5 (23.81%) MCITP
5 4 (19.05%) MCTS
5 4 (19.05%) HP AIS
5 4 (19.05%) CCNP
6 3 (14.29%) CCDP
6 3 (14.29%) CCIE
6 3 (14.29%) Citrix Certification
6 3 (14.29%) Microsoft Certification
6 3 (14.29%) MCSE
6 3 (14.29%) MCSA
6 3 (14.29%) VCDX
6 3 (14.29%) CCIA
6 3 (14.29%) CCEE
7 2 (9.524%) VCAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.762%) SLA
1 1 (4.762%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (4.762%) QA
System Software
1 12 (57.14%) VMware Infrastructure
2 7 (33.33%) vSphere
3 6 (28.57%) XenApp
3 6 (28.57%) XenServer
3 6 (28.57%) XenDesktop
3 6 (28.57%) VMware ESX
4 5 (23.81%) Hyper-V
5 2 (9.524%) Active Directory
6 1 (4.762%) EMC RecoverPoint
6 1 (4.762%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 4 (19.05%) SCCM
1 4 (19.05%) SCOM
2 3 (14.29%) NetBackup
2 3 (14.29%) Backup Exec
2 3 (14.29%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
3 2 (9.524%) SCVMM
3 2 (9.524%) Cisco UCCE
4 1 (4.762%) Cisco UCCX
4 1 (4.762%) Cisco CUCM
Vendors
1 14 (66.67%) Cisco
2 12 (57.14%) VMware
3 10 (47.62%) HP
4 8 (38.10%) NetApp
4 8 (38.10%) Citrix
5 7 (33.33%) Microsoft
6 6 (28.57%) EMC
7 4 (19.05%) CommVault
7 4 (19.05%) Symantec
7 4 (19.05%) Dell
8 1 (4.762%) Juniper
8 1 (4.762%) AirMagnet
8 1 (4.762%) 3PAR
8 1 (4.762%) Brocade
8 1 (4.762%) AppSense