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

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Lync
Rank 55 43 54
Rank change year-on-year
-12 +11
Permanent jobs citing Lync 8 1 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Coventry 1.238% 0.285% 0.433%
As % of the Application Platforms category 5.882% 2.222% 2.597%
Number of salaries quoted 6 1 2
Average salary £60,000 £52,500 £50,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+14.28% +5.00%
UK excluding London average salary £45,500 £45,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year
+1.11% -18.18%
All Application Platforms
Coventry
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
136 45 77
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Coventry 21.05% 12.82% 16.67%
Number of salaries quoted 102 44 75
Average salary £42,500 £33,500 £50,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+26.86% -33.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £28,800 £26,000 £30,150
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £65,000 £51,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+1.31% +1.33%
Lync
West Midlands

Lync
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Coventry 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 Coventry region.

Coventry Lync Salary Trend

Lync
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Lync across the Coventry region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Coventry Lync Salary Histogram

Lync
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Coventry 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 18 (90.00%) Microsoft
2 17 (85.00%) MS Exchange
2 17 (85.00%) Windows
2 17 (85.00%) MCITP
3 16 (80.00%) Cisco
3 16 (80.00%) Active Directory
4 15 (75.00%) Microsoft Certification
4 15 (75.00%) Nortel
4 15 (75.00%) Avaya
4 15 (75.00%) MS Office
4 15 (75.00%) Mitel
4 15 (75.00%) Dialogic
5 14 (70.00%) Exchange Server 2010
5 14 (70.00%) Exchange Server 2007
6 12 (60.00%) iPhone
6 12 (60.00%) Service Delivery
6 12 (60.00%) SQL Server
6 12 (60.00%) MCSE
6 12 (60.00%) DNS
6 12 (60.00%) Blackberry
6 12 (60.00%) Windows Phone
6 12 (60.00%) Unified Communications
7 11 (55.00%) SharePoint
8 10 (50.00%) OpenVMS
8 10 (50.00%) Solaris
8 10 (50.00%) SAP
8 10 (50.00%) UNIX
8 10 (50.00%) SAP Business One
9 4 (20.00%) MS Excel
9 4 (20.00%) MCTS

Lync
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Coventry 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 17 (85.00%) MS Exchange
2 14 (70.00%) Exchange Server 2010
2 14 (70.00%) Exchange Server 2007
3 11 (55.00%) SharePoint
4 3 (15.00%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 15 (75.00%) MS Office
2 4 (20.00%) MS Excel
3 3 (15.00%) Office 365
Business Applications
1 10 (50.00%) SAP Business One
Communications & Networking
1 12 (60.00%) DNS
1 12 (60.00%) Unified Communications
2 2 (10.00%) Wireless
2 2 (10.00%) PBX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (60.00%) SQL Server
General
1 2 (10.00%) Banking
Job Titles
1 18 (90.00%) Consultant
2 10 (50.00%) Technical Specialist
3 6 (30.00%) Technical Consultant
4 2 (10.00%) Microsoft Consultant
5 1 (5.000%) 2nd Line Support
5 1 (5.000%) IT Consultant
5 1 (5.000%) Senior Consultant
5 1 (5.000%) Deployment Manager
5 1 (5.000%) Team Leader
5 1 (5.000%) Senior Infrastructure Consultant
5 1 (5.000%) Support Manager
5 1 (5.000%) Support Team Leader
5 1 (5.000%) Delivery Manager
5 1 (5.000%) Infrastructure Consultant
5 1 (5.000%) 2nd Line Support Manager
5 1 (5.000%) Messaging Consultant
5 1 (5.000%) Deployment Team Leader
Miscellaneous
1 12 (60.00%) iPhone
1 12 (60.00%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 17 (85.00%) Windows
2 12 (60.00%) Windows Phone
3 10 (50.00%) OpenVMS
3 10 (50.00%) Solaris
3 10 (50.00%) UNIX
4 3 (15.00%) Windows Server 2008
5 2 (10.00%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (60.00%) Service Delivery
2 2 (10.00%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.000%) SQL
Qualifications
1 17 (85.00%) MCITP
2 15 (75.00%) Microsoft Certification
3 12 (60.00%) MCSE
4 4 (20.00%) MCTS
5 3 (15.00%) Microsoft Certified Master
6 1 (5.000%) CCIE
6 1 (5.000%) CCSP
6 1 (5.000%) EMC Certification
6 1 (5.000%) CCA
6 1 (5.000%) Citrix Certification
6 1 (5.000%) CCEA
6 1 (5.000%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (5.000%) Check Point Certification
6 1 (5.000%) CCSA
6 1 (5.000%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 1 (5.000%) CCSE
6 1 (5.000%) HP AIS
6 1 (5.000%) HP ASE
6 1 (5.000%) HP MASE
6 1 (5.000%) NCIE
System Software
1 16 (80.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (5.000%) Microsoft App-V
2 1 (5.000%) Hyper-V
2 1 (5.000%) XenApp
2 1 (5.000%) XenServer
2 1 (5.000%) XenDesktop
2 1 (5.000%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (5.000%) vSphere
2 1 (5.000%) Forefront TMG
2 1 (5.000%) UAG
Systems Management
1 2 (10.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 18 (90.00%) Microsoft
2 16 (80.00%) Cisco
3 15 (75.00%) Nortel
3 15 (75.00%) Avaya
3 15 (75.00%) Mitel
3 15 (75.00%) Dialogic
4 10 (50.00%) SAP
5 3 (15.00%) Polycom
6 1 (5.000%) NetApp
6 1 (5.000%) CheckPoint
6 1 (5.000%) Citrix
6 1 (5.000%) HP
6 1 (5.000%) EMC
6 1 (5.000%) VMware
Coventry, West Midlands (County)
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Salary: From £28,000 to £40,000 per annum dep on exp, plus bonus & benefits
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