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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Lync
Rank 198 259 274
Rank change year-on-year
+61 +15
Permanent jobs citing Lync 66 8 4
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the East of England 0.799% 0.092% 0.042%
As % of the Application Platforms category 3.962% 0.442% 0.222%
Number of salaries quoted 63 4 4
Average salary £42,500 £56,250 £38,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-24.44% +46.10%
90% offered a salary of more than £28,500 £37,250 £25,950
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £72,037 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £47,500 £45,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year
+5.55% -14.28%
All Application Platforms
East of England
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
1666 1812 1802
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the East of England 20.16% 20.83% 18.89%
Number of salaries quoted 1503 1495 1452
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +5.26%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £30,000 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £58,500 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £39,000 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+4.00% -
Lync
England

Lync
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East of England 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 East of England region.

East of England Lync Salary Trend

Lync
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Lync across the East of England region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

East of England 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 East of England region over the 3 months to 24 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
Hertfordshire +29 23 £42,500 -40.52%
Cambridgeshire +28 20 £45,000 +16.12%
Bedfordshire - 18 £36,834 -
Essex - 5 £55,000 -
Norfolk - 1 £36,060 -
Lync
England

Lync
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the East of England 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 87 (88.78%) Microsoft
2 71 (72.45%) Windows
3 60 (61.22%) MS Exchange
4 59 (60.20%) Active Directory
4 59 (60.20%) Exchange Server 2010
5 44 (44.90%) SharePoint
6 42 (42.86%) MS Excel
7 39 (39.80%) Citrix
8 37 (37.76%) Firewall
8 37 (37.76%) VMware
9 36 (36.73%) Microsoft Certification
9 36 (36.73%) VMware Infrastructure
10 35 (35.71%) Windows Server 2008
11 34 (34.69%) MCITP
12 32 (32.65%) HP
13 30 (30.61%) Cisco
13 30 (30.61%) Office Communications Server
14 27 (27.55%) Exchange Server 2007
14 27 (27.55%) SQL Server
15 26 (26.53%) MCSE
16 24 (24.49%) Windows 7
17 23 (23.47%) XenApp
17 23 (23.47%) Hyper-V
17 23 (23.47%) MCTS
18 22 (22.45%) XenDesktop
18 22 (22.45%) Unified Communications
18 22 (22.45%) SAN
19 21 (21.43%) NAS
19 21 (21.43%) iSCSI
20 18 (18.37%) SQL Server 2008

Lync
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the East of England 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 Development
1 3 (3.061%) SAP Business Workflow
2 1 (1.020%) SAP PI
2 1 (1.020%) Middleware
2 1 (1.020%) XMPP
Application Platforms
1 60 (61.22%) MS Exchange
2 59 (60.20%) Exchange Server 2010
3 44 (44.90%) SharePoint
4 30 (30.61%) Office Communications Server
5 27 (27.55%) Exchange Server 2007
6 11 (11.22%) Exchange Server 2003
7 9 (9.184%) IIS
8 3 (3.061%) Exchange Server 2013
8 3 (3.061%) WorkSite
9 1 (1.020%) Exchange Server 2000
9 1 (1.020%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
9 1 (1.020%) BizTalk Server
Applications
1 42 (42.86%) MS Excel
2 15 (15.31%) MS Office
3 3 (3.061%) Office 365
4 1 (1.020%) MS PowerPoint
Communications & Networking
1 37 (37.76%) Firewall
2 22 (22.45%) Unified Communications
2 22 (22.45%) SAN
3 21 (21.43%) NAS
3 21 (21.43%) iSCSI
4 18 (18.37%) Cisco ASA
5 17 (17.35%) Network Security
5 17 (17.35%) DNS
6 16 (16.33%) DHCP
7 12 (12.24%) VoIP
8 11 (11.22%) Ethernet
8 11 (11.22%) TCP/IP
9 8 (8.163%) LAN
10 7 (7.143%) SMTP
11 6 (6.122%) VPN
12 4 (4.082%) MPLS
12 4 (4.082%) WAN
12 4 (4.082%) VLAN
13 2 (2.041%) IP Telephony
13 2 (2.041%) DMVPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (27.55%) SQL Server
2 18 (18.37%) SQL Server 2008
3 16 (16.33%) SQL Server 2005
4 1 (1.020%) SQL Server 2012
4 1 (1.020%) SQL Server Integration Services
General
1 10 (10.20%) Finance
2 3 (3.061%) Telecoms
3 2 (2.041%) Advertising
3 2 (2.041%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 25 (25.51%) Consultant
2 15 (15.31%) Wintel Engineer
3 12 (12.24%) Support Engineer
4 7 (7.143%) Microsoft Consultant
5 6 (6.122%) Service Manager
5 6 (6.122%) Infrastructure Specialist
5 6 (6.122%) 3rd Line Support
5 6 (6.122%) Analyst
5 6 (6.122%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
6 5 (5.102%) Server Engineer
6 5 (5.102%) Systems Administrator
6 5 (5.102%) Administrator
7 4 (4.082%) Systems Analyst
7 4 (4.082%) Senior Analyst
7 4 (4.082%) Network Analyst
7 4 (4.082%) Team Leader
7 4 (4.082%) Infrastructure Team Leader
7 4 (4.082%) Project Manager
7 4 (4.082%) Messaging Engineer
8 3 (3.061%) Wintel Server Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 11 (11.22%) Handset
2 10 (10.20%) Blackberry
3 4 (4.082%) Smartphone
3 4 (4.082%) Enterprise Software
4 3 (3.061%) SaaS
5 2 (2.041%) Celerra
5 2 (2.041%) EqualLogic
6 1 (1.020%) iPhone
6 1 (1.020%) Video Conferencing
6 1 (1.020%) PKI
6 1 (1.020%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 71 (72.45%) Windows
2 35 (35.71%) Windows Server 2008
3 24 (24.49%) Windows 7
4 13 (13.27%) Windows Server 2003
5 5 (5.102%) Windows 8
5 5 (5.102%) Windows Vista
6 1 (1.020%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (1.020%) Windows Phone
6 1 (1.020%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (1.020%) Linux
6 1 (1.020%) Windows 2000
6 1 (1.020%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (16.33%) ITIL
1 16 (16.33%) Network Load Balancing
2 10 (10.20%) Change Control
3 7 (7.143%) Project Management
4 6 (6.122%) Time Management
5 5 (5.102%) Configuration Management
6 3 (3.061%) Business Development
6 3 (3.061%) PRINCE2
6 3 (3.061%) Knowledge Management
6 3 (3.061%) Document Management
6 3 (3.061%) Programme Management
6 3 (3.061%) Workflow
6 3 (3.061%) Practice Management
6 3 (3.061%) Service Delivery
7 2 (2.041%) Identity Management
8 1 (1.020%) Infrastructure Management
8 1 (1.020%) Load Balancing
8 1 (1.020%) Asset Management
8 1 (1.020%) Service Management
8 1 (1.020%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (5.102%) SQL
2 4 (4.082%) PowerShell
3 1 (1.020%) T-SQL
3 1 (1.020%) C
Qualifications
1 36 (36.73%) Microsoft Certification
2 34 (34.69%) MCITP
3 26 (26.53%) MCSE
4 23 (23.47%) MCTS
5 16 (16.33%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 15 (15.31%) Citrix Certification
7 14 (14.29%) MCP
7 14 (14.29%) Cisco Certification
8 13 (13.27%) CCNA
9 10 (10.20%) CCA
9 10 (10.20%) MCSA
10 7 (7.143%) SC Cleared
10 7 (7.143%) Security Cleared
11 6 (6.122%) CCEE
12 3 (3.061%) CCAA
12 3 (3.061%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
12 3 (3.061%) Degree
12 3 (3.061%) CCEA
13 2 (2.041%) CCNP
13 2 (2.041%) VCDX
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (10.20%) PCI DSS
2 9 (9.184%) SLA
3 1 (1.020%) QA
3 1 (1.020%) ISO 9001
3 1 (1.020%) GxP
System Software
1 59 (60.20%) Active Directory
2 36 (36.73%) VMware Infrastructure
3 23 (23.47%) XenApp
3 23 (23.47%) Hyper-V
4 22 (22.45%) XenDesktop
5 18 (18.37%) XenServer
6 16 (16.33%) NFS
7 14 (14.29%) Microsoft App-V
8 12 (12.24%) VMware ESX
9 8 (8.163%) vSphere
10 5 (5.102%) VMware ESXi
11 2 (2.041%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 1 (1.020%) Terminal Services
12 1 (1.020%) Oracle RMAN
Systems Management
1 16 (16.33%) WSUS
2 12 (12.24%) SCCM
3 11 (11.22%) SCOM
4 7 (7.143%) SCVMM
5 2 (2.041%) MAILsweeper
6 1 (1.020%) Cisco UCCE
Vendors
1 87 (88.78%) Microsoft
2 39 (39.80%) Citrix
3 37 (37.76%) VMware
4 32 (32.65%) HP
5 30 (30.61%) Cisco
6 16 (16.33%) EMC
6 16 (16.33%) LANDesk
7 14 (14.29%) CommVault
8 11 (11.22%) CheckPoint
9 7 (7.143%) Apple
10 6 (6.122%) Dell
11 5 (5.102%) NetApp
12 3 (3.061%) SAP
12 3 (3.061%) Kofax
13 2 (2.041%) Sophos
13 2 (2.041%) Trend Micro
14 1 (1.020%) Dialogic
14 1 (1.020%) VocaLink
14 1 (1.020%) F5
14 1 (1.020%) Sun
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