The first table below looks at the demand for Unified Communications skills in IT jobs advertised for the Cheshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Unified Communications over the 3 months to 21 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 Cheshire region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Unified Communications
Rank 111 124 115
Rank change year-on-year
+13 -9
Permanent jobs citing Unified Communications 7 3 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheshire 0.388% 0.153% 0.122%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.741% 1.190% 0.683%
Number of salaries quoted 6 2 2
Average salary £46,750 £43,750 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.85% +16.66%
UK excluding London average salary £50,000 £50,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year
- -16.66%
All Communications & Networking
Cheshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
402 252 293
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheshire 22.30% 12.86% 17.91%
Number of salaries quoted 307 226 245
Average salary £30,500 £35,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-12.85% -
90% offered a salary of more than £22,000 £24,000 £26,900
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £45,000 £62,100
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
Unified Communications
North West

Unified Communications
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cheshire 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 Cheshire region.

Cheshire Unified Communications Salary Trend

Unified Communications
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Unified Communications across the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Cheshire 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 Cheshire region over the 3 months to 21 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
Chester - 3 £46,500 -
Warrington +20 2 £56,250 +28.57%
Unified Communications
North West

Unified Communications
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cheshire 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 5 (50.00%) UNIX
1 5 (50.00%) Cisco
2 4 (40.00%) Firewall
3 3 (30.00%) Microsoft
3 3 (30.00%) Citrix
3 3 (30.00%) Business Intelligence
4 2 (20.00%) Service Management
4 2 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (20.00%) Celerra
4 2 (20.00%) Test Management
4 2 (20.00%) MCTS
4 2 (20.00%) MCITP
4 2 (20.00%) Lync
4 2 (20.00%) TCP/IP
4 2 (20.00%) MS Excel
4 2 (20.00%) ATM
4 2 (20.00%) ISDN
4 2 (20.00%) VoIP
4 2 (20.00%) Ethernet
4 2 (20.00%) Windows
4 2 (20.00%) Oracle
4 2 (20.00%) EMC
4 2 (20.00%) Nortel
4 2 (20.00%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (20.00%) Avaya
4 2 (20.00%) SAN
4 2 (20.00%) CTI
4 2 (20.00%) Middleware
4 2 (20.00%) DPNSS
4 2 (20.00%) Q.931

Unified Communications
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cheshire 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 Development
1 2 (20.00%) Middleware
Application Platforms
1 2 (20.00%) Lync
2 1 (10.00%) Exchange Server 2007
2 1 (10.00%) MS Exchange
2 1 (10.00%) Exchange Server 2010
2 1 (10.00%) Exchange Server 2003
2 1 (10.00%) Office Communications Server
2 1 (10.00%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 2 (20.00%) MS Excel
2 1 (10.00%) MS Office
2 1 (10.00%) Office 365
Communications & Networking
1 4 (40.00%) Firewall
2 2 (20.00%) TCP/IP
2 2 (20.00%) ATM
2 2 (20.00%) ISDN
2 2 (20.00%) VoIP
2 2 (20.00%) Ethernet
2 2 (20.00%) SAN
2 2 (20.00%) CTI
2 2 (20.00%) DPNSS
2 2 (20.00%) Q.931
2 2 (20.00%) QSIG
3 1 (10.00%) Wireless
3 1 (10.00%) Fibre Channel
3 1 (10.00%) NAS
3 1 (10.00%) NetScaler
General
1 1 (10.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 5 (50.00%) Architect
2 3 (30.00%) Consultant
2 3 (30.00%) Domain Architect
3 2 (20.00%) Solutions Architect
4 1 (10.00%) Implementation Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) Technical Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) Cisco Consultant
4 1 (10.00%) Technical Consultant
4 1 (10.00%) Voice Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) Virtualisation Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 2 (20.00%) Celerra
1 2 (20.00%) IVR
2 1 (10.00%) CLARiiON
2 1 (10.00%) EMC Centera
2 1 (10.00%) Replication
2 1 (10.00%) Video Conferencing
2 1 (10.00%) EqualLogic
Operating Systems
1 5 (50.00%) UNIX
2 2 (20.00%) Windows
3 1 (10.00%) Windows Server 2003
3 1 (10.00%) AIX
3 1 (10.00%) HPUX
3 1 (10.00%) Solaris
3 1 (10.00%) Linux
3 1 (10.00%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (10.00%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (30.00%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (20.00%) Service Management
2 2 (20.00%) Test Management
2 2 (20.00%) WFM
3 1 (10.00%) TOGAF
3 1 (10.00%) ITIL
3 1 (10.00%) PRINCE2
3 1 (10.00%) Communications Security
3 1 (10.00%) P3M3
Qualifications
1 2 (20.00%) MCTS
1 2 (20.00%) MCITP
1 2 (20.00%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (10.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 1 (10.00%) CCVP
2 1 (10.00%) EMC Certification
2 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (10.00%) Citrix Certification
2 1 (10.00%) CCEA
2 1 (10.00%) CCIE
2 1 (10.00%) CCNP
2 1 (10.00%) CCDP
2 1 (10.00%) MCSE
2 1 (10.00%) VCDX
2 1 (10.00%) VCAP
2 1 (10.00%) CCEE
2 1 (10.00%) CCAA
2 1 (10.00%) CCIA
System Software
1 2 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (10.00%) VMware ESX
2 1 (10.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (10.00%) NFS
2 1 (10.00%) Hyper-V
2 1 (10.00%) XenApp
2 1 (10.00%) XenServer
2 1 (10.00%) XenDesktop
2 1 (10.00%) EMC RecoverPoint
2 1 (10.00%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 1 (10.00%) EMC NetWorker
1 1 (10.00%) NetBackup
1 1 (10.00%) Backup Exec
1 1 (10.00%) Cisco UCCX
1 1 (10.00%) Cisco CUCM
Vendors
1 5 (50.00%) Cisco
2 3 (30.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (30.00%) Citrix
3 2 (20.00%) Oracle
3 2 (20.00%) EMC
3 2 (20.00%) Nortel
3 2 (20.00%) Avaya
3 2 (20.00%) VMware
4 1 (10.00%) AppSense
4 1 (10.00%) NetApp
4 1 (10.00%) HP
4 1 (10.00%) Dell