The first table below looks at the demand for Office Communications Server 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 Office Communications Server over the 3 months to 22 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Office Communications Server (OCS)
Rank 249 270 262
Rank change year-on-year
+21 -8
Permanent jobs citing Office Communications Server 16 4 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the East of England 0.193% 0.045% 0.032%
As % of the Application Platforms category 0.947% 0.217% 0.169%
Number of salaries quoted 15 3 3
Average salary £36,834 £37,500 £50,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-1.77% -25.00%
UK excluding London average salary £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year
+10.00% -
All Application Platforms
East of England
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
1690 1847 1770
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the East of England 20.38% 20.84% 18.86%
Number of salaries quoted 1532 1525 1428
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 £29,500 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+2.66% -
Office Communications Server
England

Office Communications Server
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East of England 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 East of England region.

East of England 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 East of England region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

East of England Office Communications Server Salary Histogram

Office Communications Server
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Office Communications Server within the East of England region over the 3 months to 22 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
Bedfordshire - 10 £29,000 -
Essex - 5 £55,000 -
Cambridgeshire - 1 £60,000 -
Office Communications Server
England

Office Communications Server
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the East of England 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 34 (100.00%) Windows
1 34 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 32 (94.12%) Lync
3 27 (79.41%) Active Directory
3 27 (79.41%) Firewall
4 24 (70.59%) Microsoft Certification
5 22 (64.71%) MCSE
6 21 (61.76%) MS Exchange
7 20 (58.82%) Exchange Server 2010
8 19 (55.88%) Windows Server 2008
8 19 (55.88%) SQL Server
8 19 (55.88%) Citrix
8 19 (55.88%) HP
9 18 (52.94%) VMware
9 18 (52.94%) Hyper-V
9 18 (52.94%) VMware Infrastructure
9 18 (52.94%) XenApp
9 18 (52.94%) XenDesktop
10 17 (50.00%) Windows 7
10 17 (50.00%) XenServer
11 16 (47.06%) iSCSI
11 16 (47.06%) NAS
11 16 (47.06%) SQL Server 2008
11 16 (47.06%) LANDesk
11 16 (47.06%) Exchange Server 2007
11 16 (47.06%) SQL Server 2005
11 16 (47.06%) WSUS
11 16 (47.06%) Network Load Balancing
11 16 (47.06%) NFS
11 16 (47.06%) DNS

Office Communications Server
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the East of England 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 2 (5.882%) Application Packaging
2 1 (2.941%) XML
Application Platforms
1 32 (94.12%) Lync
2 21 (61.76%) MS Exchange
3 20 (58.82%) Exchange Server 2010
4 16 (47.06%) Exchange Server 2007
5 8 (23.53%) SharePoint
6 3 (8.824%) Exchange Server 2013
7 1 (2.941%) IIS
Applications
1 15 (44.12%) MS Excel
2 3 (8.824%) Office 365
3 1 (2.941%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 27 (79.41%) Firewall
2 16 (47.06%) iSCSI
2 16 (47.06%) NAS
2 16 (47.06%) DNS
2 16 (47.06%) DHCP
3 15 (44.12%) Network Security
4 14 (41.18%) SAN
5 12 (35.29%) VoIP
5 12 (35.29%) Unified Communications
6 11 (32.35%) Cisco ASA
6 11 (32.35%) Ethernet
6 11 (32.35%) TCP/IP
7 1 (2.941%) LAN
7 1 (2.941%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (55.88%) SQL Server
2 16 (47.06%) SQL Server 2008
2 16 (47.06%) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications
1 1 (2.941%) AdminStudio
General
1 10 (29.41%) Finance
Job Titles
1 15 (44.12%) Wintel Engineer
2 7 (20.59%) Consultant
3 6 (17.65%) Infrastructure Specialist
4 4 (11.76%) Server Engineer
4 4 (11.76%) Microsoft Consultant
5 3 (8.824%) Wintel Server Engineer
6 2 (5.882%) Microsoft Specialist
6 2 (5.882%) Senior Citrix Engineer
6 2 (5.882%) Technical Consultant
6 2 (5.882%) Citrix Engineer
7 1 (2.941%) Wintel Support
7 1 (2.941%) Senior Technical Consultant
7 1 (2.941%) Windows Server Engineer
7 1 (2.941%) Infrastructure Analyst
7 1 (2.941%) Analyst
7 1 (2.941%) Senior Consultant
7 1 (2.941%) Support Engineer
7 1 (2.941%) Wintel Support Engineer
7 1 (2.941%) SCCM Consultant
7 1 (2.941%) Storage Systems Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 11 (32.35%) Handset
2 1 (2.941%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 34 (100.00%) Windows
2 19 (55.88%) Windows Server 2008
3 17 (50.00%) Windows 7
4 5 (14.71%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (47.06%) Network Load Balancing
2 3 (8.824%) ITIL
2 3 (8.824%) Identity Management
3 2 (5.882%) Time Management
3 2 (5.882%) Migration
4 1 (2.941%) Technical Architecture
4 1 (2.941%) Change Management
4 1 (2.941%) Configuration Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (11.76%) SQL
Qualifications
1 24 (70.59%) Microsoft Certification
2 22 (64.71%) MCSE
3 15 (44.12%) MCITP
4 14 (41.18%) MCTS
5 12 (35.29%) CCNA
5 12 (35.29%) MCSA
5 12 (35.29%) Cisco Certification
5 12 (35.29%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 11 (32.35%) CCA
6 11 (32.35%) Citrix Certification
7 10 (29.41%) MCP
8 2 (5.882%) CCEE
8 2 (5.882%) CCEA
9 1 (2.941%) Degree
9 1 (2.941%) CCAA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (29.41%) PCI DSS
2 1 (2.941%) QA
System Software
1 27 (79.41%) Active Directory
2 18 (52.94%) Hyper-V
2 18 (52.94%) VMware Infrastructure
2 18 (52.94%) XenApp
2 18 (52.94%) XenDesktop
3 17 (50.00%) XenServer
4 16 (47.06%) NFS
5 15 (44.12%) Microsoft App-V
6 2 (5.882%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 1 (2.941%) Terminal Services
7 1 (2.941%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 16 (47.06%) WSUS
2 3 (8.824%) SCCM
2 3 (8.824%) SCOM
3 2 (5.882%) SCVMM
4 1 (2.941%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 34 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 19 (55.88%) Citrix
2 19 (55.88%) HP
3 18 (52.94%) VMware
4 16 (47.06%) LANDesk
5 14 (41.18%) EMC
5 14 (41.18%) CommVault
6 12 (35.29%) Cisco
7 11 (32.35%) CheckPoint
8 3 (8.824%) Dell
9 1 (2.941%) VocaLink