The first table below looks at the demand for Unified Communications 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 Unified Communications over the 3 months to 18 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 Communications & Networking category for the East of England region.

Location
3 months to
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Unified Communications
Rank 196 257 279
Rank change year-on-year
+61 +22
Permanent jobs citing Unified Communications 71 14 5
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the East of England 0.868% 0.165% 0.050%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 4.071% 0.920% 0.265%
Number of salaries quoted 66 12 3
Average salary £50,000 £60,000 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-16.66% +33.33%
UK excluding London average salary £50,000 £48,750 £59,000
% change year-on-year
+2.56% -17.37%
All Communications & Networking
East of England
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
1744 1521 1888
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the East of England 21.31% 17.89% 18.96%
Number of salaries quoted 1387 1259 1510
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
90% offered a salary of more than £29,000 £27,500 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £55,000 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
Unified Communications
England

Unified Communications
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East of England 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 East of England region.

East of England Unified Communications Salary Trend

Unified Communications
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Unified Communications across the East of England region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

East of England 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 East of England region over the 3 months to 18 June 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
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Job
Vacancies
Bedfordshire +32 43 £50,000 -16.66% 2
Hertfordshire +21 24 £50,000 -23.07% 3
Essex +23 7 £55,000 -
Cambridgeshire +19 6 £58,750 +6.81%
Unified Communications
England

Unified Communications
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the East of England 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 77 (66.96%) Cisco
2 62 (53.91%) Cisco Certification
3 37 (32.17%) CCNP
4 33 (28.70%) CCIE
5 30 (26.09%) Telecoms
6 29 (25.22%) Microsoft
6 29 (25.22%) MS Excel
6 29 (25.22%) VoIP
7 28 (24.35%) Cisco UCCX
8 27 (23.48%) SLA
9 25 (21.74%) CCVP
10 24 (20.87%) Cisco CUCM
11 23 (20.00%) Lync
12 21 (18.26%) Wireless
12 21 (18.26%) Windows
13 20 (17.39%) CCNA
13 20 (17.39%) H.323
14 18 (15.65%) MGCP
14 18 (15.65%) Cisco ASA
15 17 (14.78%) Microsoft Certification
15 17 (14.78%) LAN
15 17 (14.78%) VMware
16 16 (13.91%) MCSE
16 16 (13.91%) Tandberg
16 16 (13.91%) IPFX
17 14 (12.17%) VMware Infrastructure
17 14 (12.17%) Firewall
17 14 (12.17%) Finance
18 13 (11.30%) Project Management
18 13 (11.30%) PRINCE2

Unified Communications
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the East of England 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 (1.739%) XMPP
Application Platforms
1 23 (20.00%) Lync
2 11 (9.565%) Office Communications Server
3 9 (7.826%) SharePoint
4 6 (5.217%) MS Exchange
5 4 (3.478%) Exchange Server 2010
6 3 (2.609%) Exchange Server 2000
7 1 (0.870%) Exchange Server 2003
7 1 (0.870%) Exchange Server 2007
7 1 (0.870%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 29 (25.22%) MS Excel
2 3 (2.609%) MS Office
3 1 (0.870%) Office 365
Communications & Networking
1 29 (25.22%) VoIP
2 21 (18.26%) Wireless
3 20 (17.39%) H.323
4 18 (15.65%) Cisco ASA
4 18 (15.65%) MGCP
5 17 (14.78%) LAN
6 14 (12.17%) Firewall
7 11 (9.565%) WAN
7 11 (9.565%) Ethernet
7 11 (9.565%) TCP/IP
8 10 (8.696%) PBX
9 8 (6.957%) Cisco Nexus
10 7 (6.087%) Network Security
10 7 (6.087%) SAN
11 4 (3.478%) VPN
11 4 (3.478%) WLAN
11 4 (3.478%) SMTP
11 4 (3.478%) Cisco PIX
12 3 (2.609%) IP Telephony
12 3 (2.609%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.609%) SQL Server
General
1 30 (26.09%) Telecoms
2 14 (12.17%) Finance
3 5 (4.348%) Marketing
4 3 (2.609%) Local Government
5 1 (0.870%) Billing
Job Titles
1 26 (22.61%) Voice Engineer
2 24 (20.87%) Consultant
2 24 (20.87%) Cisco Engineer
3 23 (20.00%) Cisco Voice Engineer
4 15 (13.04%) Senior Voice Engineer
4 15 (13.04%) Senior Cisco Engineer
5 12 (10.43%) Network Manager
6 7 (6.087%) Architect
7 6 (5.217%) Infrastructure Specialist
8 5 (4.348%) Installations Engineer
8 5 (4.348%) Project Manager
8 5 (4.348%) Cisco Consultant
8 5 (4.348%) Telecoms Engineer
8 5 (4.348%) Pre Sales Engineer
9 4 (3.478%) Virtualisation Consultant
9 4 (3.478%) Business Manager
9 4 (3.478%) Technical Architect
9 4 (3.478%) Senior Consultant
9 4 (3.478%) Development Manager
9 4 (3.478%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 11 (9.565%) Handset
2 6 (5.217%) Celerra
3 4 (3.478%) CLARiiON
3 4 (3.478%) EqualLogic
4 3 (2.609%) Enterprise Storage
4 3 (2.609%) PKI
5 2 (1.739%) Video Conferencing
5 2 (1.739%) EMC Centera
5 2 (1.739%) Clustering
5 2 (1.739%) Replication
5 2 (1.739%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (0.870%) iPhone
6 1 (0.870%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 21 (18.26%) Windows
2 8 (6.957%) Windows Server 2008
3 6 (5.217%) Windows Server 2003
4 2 (1.739%) Windows Server 2012
4 2 (1.739%) AIX
4 2 (1.739%) Solaris
5 1 (0.870%) Windows 2000
5 1 (0.870%) Windows Phone
5 1 (0.870%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (11.30%) PRINCE2
1 13 (11.30%) Project Management
2 11 (9.565%) Business Development
3 9 (7.826%) ITIL
3 9 (7.826%) Capacity Management
4 4 (3.478%) Network Design
4 4 (3.478%) Service Management
5 3 (2.609%) Service Delivery
5 3 (2.609%) ITSM
5 3 (2.609%) PRINCE
5 3 (2.609%) Six Sigma
5 3 (2.609%) Information Security
5 3 (2.609%) Data Management
6 2 (1.739%) TOGAF
6 2 (1.739%) MOF
6 2 (1.739%) B2B
6 2 (1.739%) Risk Management
6 2 (1.739%) Migration
6 2 (1.739%) High Availability
6 2 (1.739%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (6.087%) C
2 3 (2.609%) SQL
Qualifications
1 62 (53.91%) Cisco Certification
2 37 (32.17%) CCNP
3 33 (28.70%) CCIE
4 25 (21.74%) CCVP
5 20 (17.39%) CCNA
6 17 (14.78%) Microsoft Certification
7 16 (13.91%) MCSE
8 11 (9.565%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 9 (7.826%) MCITP
9 9 (7.826%) Degree
10 8 (6.957%) PRINCE2 Certification
11 6 (5.217%) MCTS
11 6 (5.217%) NCIE
12 5 (4.348%) NCDA
12 5 (4.348%) Security Cleared
12 5 (4.348%) HP AIS
12 5 (4.348%) HP ASE
12 5 (4.348%) CCDP
13 4 (3.478%) Citrix Certification
13 4 (3.478%) VCDX
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (23.48%) SLA
2 1 (0.870%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (0.870%) QA
2 1 (0.870%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 14 (12.17%) VMware Infrastructure
2 13 (11.30%) Active Directory
3 7 (6.087%) vSphere
3 7 (6.087%) Hyper-V
4 6 (5.217%) XenApp
4 6 (5.217%) XenServer
4 6 (5.217%) XenDesktop
4 6 (5.217%) VMware ESX
5 2 (1.739%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (1.739%) EMC RecoverPoint
Systems Management
1 28 (24.35%) Cisco UCCX
2 24 (20.87%) Cisco CUCM
3 7 (6.087%) Cisco UCCE
4 5 (4.348%) SCCM
4 5 (4.348%) SCOM
5 3 (2.609%) SCVMM
6 2 (1.739%) NetBackup
6 2 (1.739%) Backup Exec
6 2 (1.739%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
7 1 (0.870%) MAILsweeper
Vendors
1 77 (66.96%) Cisco
2 29 (25.22%) Microsoft
3 17 (14.78%) VMware
4 16 (13.91%) Tandberg
4 16 (13.91%) IPFX
5 12 (10.43%) HP
5 12 (10.43%) CheckPoint
6 11 (9.565%) Citrix
6 11 (9.565%) EMC
6 11 (9.565%) NetApp
7 5 (4.348%) Dell
7 5 (4.348%) Symantec
8 4 (3.478%) BT
9 3 (2.609%) CommVault
9 3 (2.609%) Apple
9 3 (2.609%) Brocade
9 3 (2.609%) Twitter
10 2 (1.739%) Juniper
11 1 (0.870%) Oracle
11 1 (0.870%) Avaya
Watford, South East
We are seeking professionals from either a strong background of training within contact centres in a unified communications environment or a business analyst with experience within Microsoft Lync.....
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Salary: £35000 - £50000 per annum
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