The first table below looks at the demand for Lync skills in IT jobs advertised for the Cardiff 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 Cardiff region.

Location
3 months to
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Lync
Rank 43 53 -
Rank change year-on-year
+10 -
Permanent jobs citing Lync 22 1 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cardiff 3.880% 0.242% -
As % of the Application Platforms category 23.40% 0.990% -
Number of salaries quoted 20 1 0
Average salary £32,500 £40,000 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
-18.75% -
UK excluding London average salary £46,000 £45,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year
+2.22% -18.18%
All Application Platforms
Cardiff
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
94 101 145
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cardiff 16.58% 24.46% 23.09%
Number of salaries quoted 85 94 127
Average salary £35,500 £30,500 £37,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+16.39% -17.56%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,200 £25,500 £26,500
10% offered a salary of more than £42,500 £47,500 £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+2.66% -
Lync
South Wales

Lync
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Lync across the Cardiff region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Platforms category.

Cardiff 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 Cardiff region.

Cardiff Lync Salary Trend

Lync
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Cardiff 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 24 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 20 (83.33%) DHCP
2 20 (83.33%) DNS
2 20 (83.33%) Unified Communications
3 19 (79.17%) VoIP
4 14 (58.33%) MS Excel
4 14 (58.33%) MS Exchange
5 13 (54.17%) Active Directory
5 13 (54.17%) Microsoft Certification
5 13 (54.17%) Exchange Server 2010
6 12 (50.00%) Office Communications Server
6 12 (50.00%) Windows Server 2012
6 12 (50.00%) Windows
6 12 (50.00%) MCSE
6 12 (50.00%) MCITP
6 12 (50.00%) Windows Server 2008
7 11 (45.83%) Cisco IOS
7 11 (45.83%) Cisco
8 10 (41.67%) MCSA
8 10 (41.67%) Telecoms
8 10 (41.67%) Video Conferencing
8 10 (41.67%) Dialogic
9 9 (37.50%) xDSL
9 9 (37.50%) HSRP
9 9 (37.50%) Network Management
9 9 (37.50%) Junos
9 9 (37.50%) Cisco Certification
9 9 (37.50%) Frame Relay
9 9 (37.50%) Network Design
9 9 (37.50%) VPLS

Lync
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Cardiff 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 Development
1 2 (8.333%) CSS
Application Platforms
1 14 (58.33%) MS Exchange
2 13 (54.17%) Exchange Server 2010
3 12 (50.00%) Office Communications Server
4 3 (12.50%) Exchange Server 2007
5 2 (8.333%) SharePoint
5 2 (8.333%) Exchange Server 2003
6 1 (4.167%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 14 (58.33%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 20 (83.33%) DHCP
1 20 (83.33%) DNS
1 20 (83.33%) Unified Communications
2 19 (79.17%) VoIP
3 11 (45.83%) Cisco IOS
4 9 (37.50%) xDSL
4 9 (37.50%) Junos
4 9 (37.50%) MPLS
4 9 (37.50%) OSPF
4 9 (37.50%) BGP
4 9 (37.50%) EIGRP
4 9 (37.50%) VRRP
4 9 (37.50%) Frame Relay
4 9 (37.50%) VPLS
4 9 (37.50%) WAN
4 9 (37.50%) Ethernet
4 9 (37.50%) PPP
4 9 (37.50%) RIP
4 9 (37.50%) SNMP
4 9 (37.50%) HSRP
General
1 10 (41.67%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 10 (41.67%) Implementation Engineer
2 9 (37.50%) Infrastructure Specialist
3 2 (8.333%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
3 2 (8.333%) Support Engineer
3 2 (8.333%) 3rd Line Support
4 1 (4.167%) Senior Analyst
4 1 (4.167%) Help Desk Support
4 1 (4.167%) Technical Analyst
4 1 (4.167%) Infrastructure Architect
4 1 (4.167%) Support Specialist
4 1 (4.167%) Architect
4 1 (4.167%) Analyst
4 1 (4.167%) Help Desk Specialist
4 1 (4.167%) Microsoft Specialist
4 1 (4.167%) Senior Technical Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 10 (41.67%) Video Conferencing
2 9 (37.50%) Blog
3 1 (4.167%) EqualLogic
Operating Systems
1 12 (50.00%) Windows
1 12 (50.00%) Windows Server 2008
1 12 (50.00%) Windows Server 2012
2 1 (4.167%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (37.50%) Network Design
1 9 (37.50%) Network Management
2 3 (12.50%) ITIL
3 1 (4.167%) CRM
3 1 (4.167%) Project Management
3 1 (4.167%) Change Management
3 1 (4.167%) Time Management
Qualifications
1 13 (54.17%) Microsoft Certification
2 12 (50.00%) MCITP
2 12 (50.00%) MCSE
3 10 (41.67%) MCSA
4 9 (37.50%) CCNP
4 9 (37.50%) Cisco Certification
System Software
1 13 (54.17%) Active Directory
2 2 (8.333%) VMware ESX
3 1 (4.167%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (4.167%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 2 (8.333%) SCCM
2 1 (4.167%) SCOM
2 1 (4.167%) SolarWinds Orion
2 1 (4.167%) ARCserve
2 1 (4.167%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 24 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 11 (45.83%) Cisco
3 10 (41.67%) Dialogic
4 9 (37.50%) Juniper
5 4 (16.67%) VMware
6 1 (4.167%) SolarWinds
6 1 (4.167%) NetApp
6 1 (4.167%) Dell
6 1 (4.167%) Citrix