The first table below looks at the demand for Lync skills in IT jobs advertised for the Cheshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Lync over the 3 months to 20 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 Cheshire region.

Location
3 months to
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Lync
Rank 102 126 -
Rank change year-on-year
+24 -
Permanent jobs citing Lync 21 13 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheshire 1.131% 0.615% -
As % of the Application Platforms category 5.866% 2.876% -
Number of salaries quoted 21 11 0
Average salary £50,000 £42,500 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
+17.64% -
UK excluding London average salary £47,500 £45,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year
+5.55% -18.18%
All Application Platforms
Cheshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
358 452 346
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheshire 19.29% 21.37% 19.73%
Number of salaries quoted 297 413 324
Average salary £37,500 £35,000 £39,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.14% -10.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £25,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £50,000 £57,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+1.31% +1.33%
Lync
North West

Lync
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cheshire 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 Cheshire region.

Cheshire Lync Salary Trend

Lync
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Lync across the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 20 June 2013.

Cheshire 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 Cheshire region over the 3 months to 20 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Knutsford - 3 £18,000 - 1
Northwich - 1 £35,000 -
Lync
North West

Lync
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the Cheshire 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 25 (89.29%) Windows
2 24 (85.71%) SharePoint
2 24 (85.71%) Microsoft
3 22 (78.57%) MS Exchange
4 20 (71.43%) Windows Server 2008
5 18 (64.29%) Windows Server 2003
6 17 (60.71%) Exchange Server 2010
7 13 (46.43%) Active Directory
8 11 (39.29%) SQL Server
8 11 (39.29%) NetApp
8 11 (39.29%) EMC
8 11 (39.29%) SharePoint 2010
8 11 (39.29%) Office Communications Server
9 10 (35.71%) PowerShell
9 10 (35.71%) Exchange Server 2003
9 10 (35.71%) Exchange Server 2007
9 10 (35.71%) Blackberry
9 10 (35.71%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
9 10 (35.71%) VBScript
9 10 (35.71%) Service Delivery
10 9 (32.14%) Finance
10 9 (32.14%) Service Management
10 9 (32.14%) ITIL
10 9 (32.14%) ITIL Certification
10 9 (32.14%) Business Development
10 9 (32.14%) Root Cause Analysis
11 7 (25.00%) Network Management
11 7 (25.00%) UNIX
11 7 (25.00%) Linux
12 6 (21.43%) Project Management

Lync
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the Cheshire 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 24 (85.71%) SharePoint
2 22 (78.57%) MS Exchange
3 17 (60.71%) Exchange Server 2010
4 11 (39.29%) SharePoint 2010
4 11 (39.29%) Office Communications Server
5 10 (35.71%) Exchange Server 2003
5 10 (35.71%) Exchange Server 2007
5 10 (35.71%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
6 1 (3.571%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 4 (14.29%) MS Excel
1 4 (14.29%) Office 365
2 1 (3.571%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 5 (17.86%) LAN
1 5 (17.86%) WAN
2 2 (7.143%) Unified Communications
3 1 (3.571%) NetScaler
3 1 (3.571%) SAN
3 1 (3.571%) H.323
3 1 (3.571%) MGCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (39.29%) SQL Server
2 6 (21.43%) SQL Server 2005
2 6 (21.43%) SQL Server 2012
General
1 9 (32.14%) Finance
Job Titles
1 10 (35.71%) Services Delivery Manager
1 10 (35.71%) Service Manager
1 10 (35.71%) Delivery Manager
2 5 (17.86%) Architect
2 5 (17.86%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 5 (17.86%) Infrastructure Architect
3 4 (14.29%) Analyst
3 4 (14.29%) Infrastructure Analyst
4 3 (10.71%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
4 3 (10.71%) Senior Architect
4 3 (10.71%) 1st Line Support
4 3 (10.71%) Senior Analyst
4 3 (10.71%) Help Desk Support
4 3 (10.71%) Senior Infrastructure Analyst
4 3 (10.71%) Senior Infrastructure Architect
5 2 (7.143%) IT Architect
5 2 (7.143%) Support Engineer
5 2 (7.143%) 3rd Line Support
5 2 (7.143%) Solutions Architect
5 2 (7.143%) Infrastructure Solutions Architect
Miscellaneous
1 10 (35.71%) Blackberry
2 1 (3.571%) Celerra
2 1 (3.571%) Video Conferencing
2 1 (3.571%) EqualLogic
2 1 (3.571%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 25 (89.29%) Windows
2 20 (71.43%) Windows Server 2008
3 18 (64.29%) Windows Server 2003
4 7 (25.00%) UNIX
4 7 (25.00%) Linux
5 3 (10.71%) Windows 7
6 1 (3.571%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (35.71%) Service Delivery
2 9 (32.14%) Service Management
2 9 (32.14%) ITIL
2 9 (32.14%) Business Development
2 9 (32.14%) Root Cause Analysis
3 7 (25.00%) Network Management
4 6 (21.43%) Project Management
5 2 (7.143%) Supplier Management
5 2 (7.143%) Stakeholder Management
6 1 (3.571%) Network Design
Programming Languages
1 10 (35.71%) PowerShell
1 10 (35.71%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 9 (32.14%) ITIL Certification
2 4 (14.29%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (7.143%) MCTS
3 2 (7.143%) CCVP
3 2 (7.143%) CCNP
3 2 (7.143%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (7.143%) MCITP
4 1 (3.571%) VCDX
4 1 (3.571%) VCAP
4 1 (3.571%) CCEE
4 1 (3.571%) CCAA
4 1 (3.571%) CCIA
4 1 (3.571%) CCIE
4 1 (3.571%) MCSE
4 1 (3.571%) Citrix Certification
4 1 (3.571%) CCEA
4 1 (3.571%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
System Software
1 13 (46.43%) Active Directory
2 1 (3.571%) Hyper-V
2 1 (3.571%) XenApp
2 1 (3.571%) XenServer
2 1 (3.571%) XenDesktop
2 1 (3.571%) vSphere
2 1 (3.571%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (3.571%) VMware ESX
Systems Management
1 2 (7.143%) Cisco UCCX
Vendors
1 24 (85.71%) Microsoft
2 11 (39.29%) NetApp
2 11 (39.29%) EMC
3 3 (10.71%) VMware
4 2 (7.143%) Mitel
4 2 (7.143%) Cisco
4 2 (7.143%) HP
5 1 (3.571%) SolarWinds
5 1 (3.571%) Draytek
5 1 (3.571%) Dell
5 1 (3.571%) Avaya
5 1 (3.571%) Citrix
5 1 (3.571%) 3Com
5 1 (3.571%) AppSense
Knutsford, North West
The role would focus on user support (mainly by telephone) and be in a Microsoft environment (Windows 7, Office 2010/2013, Windows Servers, Office 365 - Email, SharePoint, Lync).
Adria Solutions Ltd
Salary: £17000 - £19000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 22 May 2013