The first table below looks at the demand for Office Communications Server skills in IT jobs advertised for the Cheshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Office Communications Server 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 Application Platforms category for the Cheshire region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Office Communications Server (OCS)
Rank 115 126 -
Rank change year-on-year
+11 -
Permanent jobs citing Office Communications Server 8 2 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheshire 0.445% 0.100% -
As % of the Application Platforms category 2.353% 0.508% -
Number of salaries quoted 8 0 0
Average salary £80,000 - -
UK excluding London average salary £57,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year
+15.00% -
All Application Platforms
Cheshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
340 394 357
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheshire 18.90% 19.62% 21.62%
Number of salaries quoted 282 361 324
Average salary £36,500 £35,000 £38,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+4.28% -7.89%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,000 £25,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £80,000 £48,500 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £39,000 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+4.00% -
Office Communications Server
North West

Office Communications Server
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cheshire Office Communications Server Jobs Demand Trend

Office Communications Server
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Office Communications Server across the Cheshire region.

Cheshire Office Communications Server Salary Trend

Office Communications Server
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cheshire region citing Office Communications Server 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 Office Communications Server.

1 11 (100.00%) Windows
1 11 (100.00%) MS Exchange
1 11 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 11 (100.00%) Windows Server 2003
1 11 (100.00%) Windows Server 2008
1 11 (100.00%) Lync
2 10 (90.91%) Blackberry
2 10 (90.91%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
2 10 (90.91%) EMC
2 10 (90.91%) NetApp
2 10 (90.91%) SharePoint
2 10 (90.91%) VBScript
2 10 (90.91%) Service Delivery
2 10 (90.91%) Exchange Server 2003
2 10 (90.91%) Exchange Server 2007
2 10 (90.91%) PowerShell
2 10 (90.91%) Exchange Server 2010
3 9 (81.82%) Root Cause Analysis
3 9 (81.82%) Service Management
3 9 (81.82%) Business Development
3 9 (81.82%) ITIL
3 9 (81.82%) ITIL Certification
4 2 (18.18%) Active Directory
5 1 (9.091%) MS Office
5 1 (9.091%) MCSE
5 1 (9.091%) MS Excel
5 1 (9.091%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (9.091%) Replication
5 1 (9.091%) MCTS
5 1 (9.091%) MCITP

Office Communications Server
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cheshire region citing Office Communications Server 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 Office Communications Server. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 11 (100.00%) MS Exchange
1 11 (100.00%) Lync
2 10 (90.91%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
2 10 (90.91%) SharePoint
2 10 (90.91%) Exchange Server 2003
2 10 (90.91%) Exchange Server 2007
2 10 (90.91%) Exchange Server 2010
3 1 (9.091%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 1 (9.091%) MS Office
1 1 (9.091%) MS Excel
1 1 (9.091%) Office 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (9.091%) Unified Communications
Job Titles
1 10 (90.91%) Services Delivery Manager
1 10 (90.91%) Service Manager
1 10 (90.91%) Delivery Manager
2 1 (9.091%) Senior Manager
2 1 (9.091%) Senior Service Manager
2 1 (9.091%) Senior Services Delivery Manager
Miscellaneous
1 10 (90.91%) Blackberry
2 1 (9.091%) Replication
2 1 (9.091%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 11 (100.00%) Windows
1 11 (100.00%) Windows Server 2003
1 11 (100.00%) Windows Server 2008
2 1 (9.091%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (90.91%) Service Delivery
2 9 (81.82%) Root Cause Analysis
2 9 (81.82%) Service Management
2 9 (81.82%) Business Development
2 9 (81.82%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 10 (90.91%) VBScript
1 10 (90.91%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 9 (81.82%) ITIL Certification
2 1 (9.091%) MCSE
2 1 (9.091%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (9.091%) MCTS
2 1 (9.091%) MCITP
System Software
1 2 (18.18%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 11 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 10 (90.91%) EMC
2 10 (90.91%) NetApp