The first table below looks at the demand for Unified Communications skills in IT jobs advertised for the Edinburgh region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Unified Communications over the 3 months to 20 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 Communications & Networking category for the Edinburgh region.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Unified Communications
Rank 67 90 94
Rank change year-on-year
+23 +4
Permanent jobs citing Unified Communications 20 2 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Edinburgh 1.885% 0.147% 0.131%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 16.81% 1.176% 1.227%
Number of salaries quoted 5 2 1
Average salary £47,500 £35,000 £65,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+35.71% -46.15%
UK excluding London average salary £50,000 £50,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year
- -16.66%
All Communications & Networking
Edinburgh
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
119 170 163
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Edinburgh 11.22% 12.54% 10.70%
Number of salaries quoted 65 107 106
Average salary £35,000 £34,000 £47,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.94% -28.42%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £27,500 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £73,000 £77,500 £43,500
UK excluding London average salary £39,750 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-0.62% +6.66%
Unified Communications
Scotland

Unified Communications
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Edinburgh 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 Edinburgh region.

Edinburgh Unified Communications Salary Trend

Unified Communications
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Unified Communications across the Edinburgh region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

Edinburgh Unified Communications Salary Histogram

Unified Communications
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Edinburgh 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 32 (66.67%) Finance
2 18 (37.50%) Project Management
3 13 (27.08%) Oracle
4 11 (22.92%) Stakeholder Management
4 11 (22.92%) Service Delivery
4 11 (22.92%) Resource Management
5 10 (20.83%) Intranet
5 10 (20.83%) SharePoint
5 10 (20.83%) TCP/IP
6 9 (18.75%) ITIL Certification
6 9 (18.75%) PRINCE2
6 9 (18.75%) ITIL
7 8 (16.67%) DNS
7 8 (16.67%) SIEM
8 6 (12.50%) Business Continuity
8 6 (12.50%) Firewall
9 5 (10.42%) Wireless
9 5 (10.42%) IPsec
9 5 (10.42%) Change Management
9 5 (10.42%) OSPF
9 5 (10.42%) BCP
9 5 (10.42%) BGP-4
9 5 (10.42%) Internet
9 5 (10.42%) IPv4
9 5 (10.42%) IPv6
9 5 (10.42%) Windows
9 5 (10.42%) LAN
9 5 (10.42%) WAN
9 5 (10.42%) DHCP
9 5 (10.42%) IKE

Unified Communications
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Edinburgh 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 Platforms
1 10 (20.83%) SharePoint
2 1 (2.083%) MS Exchange
2 1 (2.083%) Lync
2 1 (2.083%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 1 (2.083%) MS Excel
1 1 (2.083%) Office 365
Business Applications
1 1 (2.083%) Oracle EBS
Communications & Networking
1 10 (20.83%) TCP/IP
1 10 (20.83%) Intranet
2 8 (16.67%) DNS
3 6 (12.50%) Firewall
4 5 (10.42%) Wireless
4 5 (10.42%) IPsec
4 5 (10.42%) Internet
4 5 (10.42%) OSPF
4 5 (10.42%) BGP-4
4 5 (10.42%) EIGRP
4 5 (10.42%) IPv4
4 5 (10.42%) IPv6
4 5 (10.42%) LAN
4 5 (10.42%) WAN
4 5 (10.42%) DHCP
4 5 (10.42%) IKE
4 5 (10.42%) SNMP
5 3 (6.250%) Cisco IOS
6 1 (2.083%) Network Security
6 1 (2.083%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.167%) Oracle 11g
2 1 (2.083%) Oracle 10g
General
1 32 (66.67%) Finance
2 4 (8.333%) Banking
3 3 (6.250%) Retail
3 3 (6.250%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 13 (27.08%) Consultant
2 12 (25.00%) Analyst
3 10 (20.83%) Project Manager
4 6 (12.50%) Security Analyst
5 5 (10.42%) Security Consultant
5 5 (10.42%) Data Consultant
6 3 (6.250%) Delivery Manager
6 3 (6.250%) Graduate
6 3 (6.250%) Services Delivery Manager
6 3 (6.250%) Service Manager
6 3 (6.250%) Business Analyst
6 3 (6.250%) Delivery Project Manager
7 2 (4.167%) DBA
7 2 (4.167%) Oracle DBA
8 1 (2.083%) Team Leader
8 1 (2.083%) IT Security Consultant
8 1 (2.083%) Infrastructure Specialist
8 1 (2.083%) Operations Analyst
8 1 (2.083%) Technical Consultant
8 1 (2.083%) Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (6.250%) Blackberry
1 3 (6.250%) Management Information System
2 1 (2.083%) Replication
2 1 (2.083%) CLARiiON
2 1 (2.083%) EMC Centera
2 1 (2.083%) Celerra
Operating Systems
1 5 (10.42%) Windows
1 5 (10.42%) Windows Server 2008
2 3 (6.250%) Mac OS
2 3 (6.250%) Windows Mobile
2 3 (6.250%) Android
3 1 (2.083%) UNIX
3 1 (2.083%) Windows 7
3 1 (2.083%) Windows Server 2012
3 1 (2.083%) AIX
3 1 (2.083%) Solaris
3 1 (2.083%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (37.50%) Project Management
2 11 (22.92%) Service Delivery
2 11 (22.92%) Stakeholder Management
2 11 (22.92%) Resource Management
3 9 (18.75%) ITIL
3 9 (18.75%) PRINCE2
4 8 (16.67%) SIEM
5 6 (12.50%) Business Continuity
6 5 (10.42%) BCP
6 5 (10.42%) Change Management
6 5 (10.42%) Network Architecture
6 5 (10.42%) Network Management
6 5 (10.42%) Network Design
7 4 (8.333%) Vulnerability Management
7 4 (8.333%) Security Testing
8 3 (6.250%) Information Security
8 3 (6.250%) Scrum
8 3 (6.250%) Change Control
8 3 (6.250%) Business Analysis
8 3 (6.250%) Project Planning
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.083%) PL/SQL
1 1 (2.083%) SQL
1 1 (2.083%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 9 (18.75%) ITIL Certification
2 2 (4.167%) Degree
3 1 (2.083%) CCSE
3 1 (2.083%) MCTS
3 1 (2.083%) MCSE
3 1 (2.083%) MCSA
3 1 (2.083%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 4 (8.333%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (6.250%) Active Directory
2 3 (6.250%) VMware ESX
3 1 (2.083%) Oracle RAC
3 1 (2.083%) Hyper-V
3 1 (2.083%) EMC RecoverPoint
Systems Management
1 1 (2.083%) SCCM
1 1 (2.083%) Data Guard
Vendors
1 13 (27.08%) Oracle
2 4 (8.333%) Cisco
2 4 (8.333%) VMware
3 2 (4.167%) Citrix
4 1 (2.083%) Juniper
4 1 (2.083%) Nokia
4 1 (2.083%) CheckPoint
4 1 (2.083%) Microsoft
4 1 (2.083%) EMC
4 1 (2.083%) Brocade
Edinburgh, Scotland
Business Development Manager - £50K - Edinburgh £50K Basic + OTE + Benefits A leading provider of unified communications is looking to add an experienced business development manager to their team. Partnering...
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Salary: £50000 - £100000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013