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This section looks at the demand for Microsoft Office Communications Server (OCS) skills within the England region with a comparison to our Application Platforms category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Office Communications Server over the 3 months to 21 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkMicrosoft Office Communications Server (OCS)
Location
3 months to
21 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank734961
Rank change on same period last yearUp+227
Matching permanent IT job ads16329
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.088 %0.012 %
As % of the category below0.600 %0.085 %
Salaries quoted14816
Average minimum salary£44,943£45,500
Average salary£51,110£47,656
% change on same period last year+7.24 %
Average maximum salary£57,277£49,813
UK excluding London average salary£49,693£48,333
% change on same period last year+2.81 %
England IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
England
Matching permanent IT job ads2716633929
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled14.62 %14.15 %
Salaries quoted2309427870
Average minimum salary£37,733£38,517
Average salary£40,993£41,997
% change on same period last year-2.39 %
Average maximum salary£44,252£45,478
UK excluding London average salary£37,938£39,255
% change on same period last year-3.35 %
Office Communications Server UKOffice Communications Server
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Office Communications Server
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Office Communications Server across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Platforms category.

England Office Communications Server Demand Trend

Office Communications Server
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Office Communications Server across the England region.

England Office Communications Server Salary Trend

Office Communications Server
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Office Communications Server across the England region over the 3 months to 21 August 2008.

England Office Communications Server Salary Histogram

Office Communications Server
Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Office Communications Server within the England region over the 3 months to 21 August 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
South EastUp+12594£46,694+9.60 %
LondonUp+10939£60,697+7.90 %
South WestNew entry-8£50,167-
East of EnglandUp+266£52,500-
North WestUp+146£66,250+10.41 %
West MidlandsUp+64£51,250+118.08 %
YorkshireUp+123£57,500+4.54 %
MidlandsNew entry-2£45,000-
Office Communications Server UKOffice Communications Server
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Office Communications Server
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT jobs across the 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.

1270 (100.00 %)Microsoft
2205 (75.93 %)MS Exchange
3185 (68.52 %)Exchange Server 2007
4181 (67.04 %)Windows
5161 (59.63 %)SharePoint
6156 (57.78 %)Microsoft Certification
7154 (57.04 %)Active Directory
8120 (44.44 %)Windows Server 2008
9118 (43.70 %)Windows Server 2003
10100 (37.04 %)MCSE
1192 (34.07 %)MS Excel
1286 (31.85 %)VMware
1376 (28.15 %)Cisco
1463 (23.33 %)Citrix
1562 (22.96 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
1659 (21.85 %)MOM
1659 (21.85 %)VMware Infrastructure
1755 (20.37 %)Education
1845 (16.67 %)Exchange Server 2003
1936 (13.33 %)Windows 2000
2035 (12.96 %)Project Management
2131 (11.48 %)SharePoint Server 2007
2230 (11.11 %)MS Office
2329 (10.74 %)MCSA
2329 (10.74 %)MCTS
2329 (10.74 %)MCITP
2426 (9.630 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
2522 (8.148 %)Pensions
2522 (8.148 %)ISA Server
2621 (7.778 %)SCCM

Office Communications Server
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT jobs across the 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.

England IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
18 (2.963 %)Windows SharePoint Services
26 (2.222 %)WebServices
34 (1.481 %).NET
34 (1.481 %)ASP.NET
43 (1.111 %)ADO
43 (1.111 %)ADO.NET
43 (1.111 %)ASP
43 (1.111 %)XML
52 (0.741 %)J2EE
61 (0.370 %)VXML
61 (0.370 %)AJAX
61 (0.370 %)Silverlight
England IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
1205 (75.93 %)MS Exchange
2185 (68.52 %)Exchange Server 2007
3161 (59.63 %)SharePoint
445 (16.67 %)Exchange Server 2003
531 (11.48 %)SharePoint Server 2007
610 (3.704 %)MindAlign
610 (3.704 %)IIS
77 (2.593 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
77 (2.593 %)Live Communications Server
86 (2.222 %)Lotus Notes
93 (1.111 %)Lotus Domino
93 (1.111 %)SharePoint Portal Server
102 (0.741 %)Oracle Collaboration Suite
111 (0.370 %)Exchange Server 2000
England IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
192 (34.07 %)MS Excel
230 (11.11 %)MS Office
England IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
12 (0.741 %)Oracle EBS
21 (0.370 %)Microsoft CRM
England IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
117 (6.296 %)IP Telephony
213 (4.815 %)WAN
312 (4.444 %)LAN
411 (4.074 %)Cisco IPT
510 (3.704 %)Intranet
69 (3.333 %)Internet
69 (3.333 %)VoIP
78 (2.963 %)Wireless
78 (2.963 %)IPCC
87 (2.593 %)DNS
95 (1.852 %)BGP
95 (1.852 %)Firewall
95 (1.852 %)DHCP
104 (1.481 %)TCP/IP
113 (1.111 %)PBX
113 (1.111 %)Cisco PIX
122 (0.741 %)Nortel Meridian
122 (0.741 %)Symposium
131 (0.370 %)SAN
131 (0.370 %)CTI
England IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
18 (2.963 %)SQL Server
25 (1.852 %)SQL Server 2005
33 (1.111 %)Oracle 9i
33 (1.111 %)MS Access
33 (1.111 %)Oracle 10g
33 (1.111 %)SQL Server 2000
England IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
13 (1.111 %)ProC
21 (0.370 %)Flash
England IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
155 (20.37 %)Education
222 (8.148 %)Pensions
317 (6.296 %)Insurance
416 (5.926 %)Health
512 (4.444 %)Finance
69 (3.333 %)Telecoms
77 (2.593 %)Banking
85 (1.852 %)Back Office
92 (0.741 %)Games
92 (0.741 %)Retail
92 (0.741 %)FMCG
England IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
198 (36.30 %)Consultant
256 (20.74 %)Architect
349 (18.15 %)Systems Engineer
441 (15.19 %)Microsoft Consultant
523 (8.519 %)Lead Systems Engineer
622 (8.148 %)Solutions Architect
717 (6.296 %)Technical Architect
717 (6.296 %)Project Leader
816 (5.926 %)Technical Consultant
914 (5.185 %)Senior Systems Engineer
914 (5.185 %)Principle Consultant
914 (5.185 %)Presales Consultant
1011 (4.074 %)Solutions Consultant
1110 (3.704 %)Technical Project Leader
1110 (3.704 %)Senior Consultant
1110 (3.704 %)Analyst
129 (3.333 %)Developer
129 (3.333 %)Support Engineer
138 (2.963 %)Principal Consultant
138 (2.963 %)Sales Consultant
England IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
115 (5.556 %)Blackberry
23 (1.111 %)Clustering
23 (1.111 %)Computer Science
23 (1.111 %)Video Conferencing
32 (0.741 %)PKI
32 (0.741 %)Management Information System
41 (0.370 %)EFT
England IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1181 (67.04 %)Windows
2120 (44.44 %)Windows Server 2008
3118 (43.70 %)Windows Server 2003
436 (13.33 %)Windows 2000
514 (5.185 %)Windows Mobile
612 (4.444 %)Linux
79 (3.333 %)Windows Vista
79 (3.333 %)Windows 2000 Server
88 (2.963 %)UNIX
94 (1.481 %)Windows XP
94 (1.481 %)Red Hat Linux
101 (0.370 %)Mac OS X
101 (0.370 %)Windows NT
101 (0.370 %)Solaris
England IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
135 (12.96 %)Project Management
213 (4.815 %)PRINCE2
312 (4.444 %)Migration
48 (2.963 %)PRINCE
55 (1.852 %)Validation
55 (1.852 %)CMMI
55 (1.852 %)Service Delivery
55 (1.852 %)Business Desktop Deployment
55 (1.852 %)Time Management
64 (1.481 %)Business Development
64 (1.481 %)ITIL
73 (1.111 %)SOA
73 (1.111 %)UML
73 (1.111 %)Identity Management
73 (1.111 %)Knowledge Management
73 (1.111 %)Data Management
73 (1.111 %)SC Cleared
73 (1.111 %)Security Cleared
82 (0.741 %)Content Management
82 (0.741 %)BPEL
England IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
19 (3.333 %)SQL
24 (1.481 %)C#
24 (1.481 %)PowerShell
33 (1.111 %)Java
33 (1.111 %)Transact-SQL
33 (1.111 %)VB
33 (1.111 %)VB.NET
33 (1.111 %)VBA
33 (1.111 %)VB6
42 (0.741 %)C
England IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1156 (57.78 %)Microsoft Certification
2100 (37.04 %)MCSE
329 (10.74 %)MCSA
329 (10.74 %)MCTS
329 (10.74 %)MCITP
420 (7.407 %)Degree
517 (6.296 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
615 (5.556 %)PRINCE2 Certification
713 (4.815 %)Citrix Certification
811 (4.074 %)CCEA
811 (4.074 %)Cisco Certification
910 (3.704 %)CCNA
910 (3.704 %)CCVP
105 (1.852 %)HND
113 (1.111 %)MCP
122 (0.741 %)CCNP
122 (0.741 %)CCA
England IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
12 (0.741 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
England IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
1154 (57.04 %)Active Directory
259 (21.85 %)VMware Infrastructure
326 (9.630 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
422 (8.148 %)ISA Server
517 (6.296 %)VMware ESX
612 (4.444 %)Terminal Services
79 (3.333 %)Citrix Presentation Server
88 (2.963 %)MailMarshal
93 (1.111 %)Backup Exec
101 (0.370 %)VMware Workstation
England IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
162 (22.96 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
259 (21.85 %)MOM
321 (7.778 %)SCCM
417 (6.296 %)SCOM
57 (2.593 %)CiscoWorks
66 (2.222 %)WSUS
74 (1.481 %)SCVMM
83 (1.111 %)ARCserve
83 (1.111 %)Norton AntiVirus
91 (0.370 %)OpenView
England IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
1270 (100.00 %)Microsoft
286 (31.85 %)VMware
376 (28.15 %)Cisco
463 (23.33 %)Citrix
516 (5.926 %)Nortel
613 (4.815 %)HP
78 (2.963 %)Sun
87 (2.593 %)CommVault
87 (2.593 %)Symantec
87 (2.593 %)IronPort
96 (2.222 %)Avaya
96 (2.222 %)Novell
96 (2.222 %)Lotus
105 (1.852 %)Oracle
105 (1.852 %)Sophos
114 (1.481 %)Red Hat
114 (1.481 %)VERITAS
123 (1.111 %)CA
123 (1.111 %)Mitel
123 (1.111 %)LANDesk