The first table below looks at the demand for Office Communications Server skills in IT jobs advertised for the City of London region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Office Communications Server over the 3 months to 19 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 City of London region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Office Communications Server (OCS)
Rank 290 315 310
Rank change year-on-year
+25 -5
Permanent jobs citing Office Communications Server 33 8 26
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the City of London 0.275% 0.061% 0.165%
As % of the Application Platforms category 1.462% 0.323% 1.032%
Number of salaries quoted 30 8 22
Average salary £67,500 £62,500 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+8.00% +38.88%
90% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £57,000 £32,500
10% offered a salary of more than £72,500 £65,000 £61,500
UK excluding London average salary £57,500 £47,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year
+22.34% -14.54%
All Application Platforms
City of London
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
2257 2473 2520
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the City of London 18.80% 18.78% 15.96%
Number of salaries quoted 1989 2290 2317
Average salary £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.00% -
90% offered a salary of more than £34,500 £33,500 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £72,500 £72,500 £75,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+1.31% +1.33%
Office Communications Server
London

Office Communications Server
Jobs Demand Trend

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

City of London 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 City of London region.

City of London Office Communications Server Salary Trend

Office Communications Server
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Office Communications Server across the City of London region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

City of London Office Communications Server Salary Histogram

Office Communications Server
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the City of London 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 46 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 44 (95.65%) Windows
3 39 (84.78%) MS Exchange
3 39 (84.78%) Active Directory
4 38 (82.61%) Exchange Server 2010
5 31 (67.39%) ITIL
6 30 (65.22%) TCP/IP
6 30 (65.22%) VMware Infrastructure
6 30 (65.22%) Windows Server 2008
6 30 (65.22%) VMware
7 28 (60.87%) Tivoli
8 26 (56.52%) SCOM
9 24 (52.17%) Exchange Server 2003
9 24 (52.17%) Microsoft Certification
9 24 (52.17%) MS Excel
10 23 (50.00%) MCSE
10 23 (50.00%) Migration
10 23 (50.00%) PowerShell
11 22 (47.83%) Banking
12 20 (43.48%) Lync
12 20 (43.48%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
12 20 (43.48%) Blackberry
12 20 (43.48%) Symantec
13 19 (41.30%) McAfee
13 19 (41.30%) Norton AntiVirus
13 19 (41.30%) MAILsweeper
13 19 (41.30%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
13 19 (41.30%) Lotus
13 19 (41.30%) SSL
13 19 (41.30%) LDAP

Office Communications Server
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the City of London 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 Development
1 9 (19.57%) ODBC
2 3 (6.522%) JMS
2 3 (6.522%) XMPP
3 1 (2.174%) XML
3 1 (2.174%) Application Packaging
Application Platforms
1 39 (84.78%) MS Exchange
2 38 (82.61%) Exchange Server 2010
3 24 (52.17%) Exchange Server 2003
4 20 (43.48%) Lync
5 19 (41.30%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
5 19 (41.30%) IBM Notes
5 19 (41.30%) Lotus Domino
6 15 (32.61%) Exchange Server 2007
7 12 (26.09%) SharePoint
8 9 (19.57%) Oracle Collaboration Suite
8 9 (19.57%) IIS
9 3 (6.522%) MindAlign
10 2 (4.348%) Exchange Server 2000
11 1 (2.174%) Exchange Server 2013
11 1 (2.174%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 24 (52.17%) MS Excel
2 9 (19.57%) MS Office
3 3 (6.522%) Office 365
Communications & Networking
1 30 (65.22%) TCP/IP
2 19 (41.30%) SSL
2 19 (41.30%) LDAP
2 19 (41.30%) POP3
2 19 (41.30%) SMTP
3 9 (19.57%) LAN
3 9 (19.57%) DNS
3 9 (19.57%) FTP
3 9 (19.57%) HTTP
3 9 (19.57%) ICMP
4 4 (8.696%) Unified Communications
5 3 (6.522%) Firewall
6 2 (4.348%) Cisco ASA
6 2 (4.348%) VoIP
6 2 (4.348%) Ethernet
7 1 (2.174%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (21.74%) SQL Server
2 9 (19.57%) Oracle 8/8i
3 1 (2.174%) SQL Server 2008
3 1 (2.174%) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications
1 1 (2.174%) AdminStudio
General
1 22 (47.83%) Banking
2 12 (26.09%) Finance
3 1 (2.174%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 19 (41.30%) Consultant
2 10 (21.74%) Team Leader
2 10 (21.74%) Messaging Specialist
3 9 (19.57%) Microsoft Consultant
3 9 (19.57%) Messaging Consultant
3 9 (19.57%) Architect
4 8 (17.39%) Exchange Consultant
5 6 (13.04%) Technical Consultant
6 2 (4.348%) Microsoft Specialist
7 1 (2.174%) Junior
7 1 (2.174%) Sales Consultant
7 1 (2.174%) Support Specialist
7 1 (2.174%) Wintel Consultant
7 1 (2.174%) Messaging Engineer
7 1 (2.174%) Pre Sales Consultant
7 1 (2.174%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 1 (2.174%) Junior Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 20 (43.48%) Blackberry
2 9 (19.57%) Management Information System
3 2 (4.348%) Handset
4 1 (2.174%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (2.174%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 44 (95.65%) Windows
2 30 (65.22%) Windows Server 2008
3 12 (26.09%) Linux
4 9 (19.57%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 9 (19.57%) UNIX
4 9 (19.57%) AIX
4 9 (19.57%) HPUX
5 7 (15.22%) Windows Server 2003
6 5 (10.87%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (67.39%) ITIL
2 23 (50.00%) Migration
3 10 (21.74%) Service Delivery
3 10 (21.74%) Disaster Recovery
3 10 (21.74%) IT Governance
4 9 (19.57%) Workflow
4 9 (19.57%) Validation
4 9 (19.57%) Project Management
5 5 (10.87%) Change Management
6 2 (4.348%) Service Management
6 2 (4.348%) Incident Management
6 2 (4.348%) Problem Management
6 2 (4.348%) Release Management
6 2 (4.348%) Root Cause Analysis
7 1 (2.174%) Capacity Planning
7 1 (2.174%) Identity Management
7 1 (2.174%) Business Continuity
Programming Languages
1 23 (50.00%) PowerShell
2 19 (41.30%) C
3 4 (8.696%) SQL
4 3 (6.522%) Java
5 1 (2.174%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 24 (52.17%) Microsoft Certification
2 23 (50.00%) MCSE
3 9 (19.57%) Microsoft Certified Master
3 9 (19.57%) MCP
4 4 (8.696%) MCITP
5 2 (4.348%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (4.348%) CCNA
6 1 (2.174%) MCSA
6 1 (2.174%) Security Cleared
6 1 (2.174%) MCTS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (41.30%) ISO 9001
2 9 (19.57%) SLA
System Software
1 39 (84.78%) Active Directory
2 30 (65.22%) VMware Infrastructure
3 15 (32.61%) Hyper-V
4 9 (19.57%) VMware ESX
5 1 (2.174%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 28 (60.87%) Tivoli
2 26 (56.52%) SCOM
3 20 (43.48%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
4 19 (41.30%) Norton AntiVirus
4 19 (41.30%) MAILsweeper
5 9 (19.57%) ARCserve
5 9 (19.57%) OpenView
6 6 (13.04%) SCCM
7 1 (2.174%) MIMEsweeper
7 1 (2.174%) MOM
7 1 (2.174%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
7 1 (2.174%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 46 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 30 (65.22%) VMware
3 20 (43.48%) Symantec
4 19 (41.30%) McAfee
4 19 (41.30%) Lotus
5 9 (19.57%) Oracle
5 9 (19.57%) IBM
5 9 (19.57%) EMC
5 9 (19.57%) Red Hat
5 9 (19.57%) Veritas
6 7 (15.22%) Cisco
7 5 (10.87%) Twitter
8 3 (6.522%) JBoss
9 2 (4.348%) CheckPoint
10 1 (2.174%) NetApp
10 1 (2.174%) Websense
City of London
This team will deliver both messaging / exchange focused project and BAU / Support functions.Skills requiredGenuine technical strength in messaging (Microsoft Exchange 2003 - 2010)Technical LeadershipTeam LeadershipTechnical environment: Microsoft...
Deerfoot IT Resources Ltd
Salary: £65000 - £77000 per annum + excellent bens
Posted: 26 May 2013