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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Unified Communications
Rank 328 432 489
Rank change year-on-year
+104 +57
Permanent jobs citing Unified Communications 758 523 400
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 0.749% 0.461% 0.340%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 3.841% 2.619% 2.123%
Number of salaries quoted 650 423 347
Average salary £53,000 £52,500 £60,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+0.95% -12.50%
90% offered a salary of more than £37,500 £34,400 £40,000
10% offered a salary of more than £75,000 £75,000 £75,000
UK excluding London average salary £50,000 £50,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year
- -16.66%
All Communications & Networking
England
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
19732 19973 18837
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 19.51% 17.62% 15.99%
Number of salaries quoted 16042 16804 15735
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +6.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £27,500 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £65,000 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
Unified Communications
UK

Unified Communications
Jobs Demand Trend

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

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 England region.

England Unified Communications Salary Trend

Unified Communications
Salary Histogram

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

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 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
London +93 313 £55,000 -8.33%
South East +65 269 £50,000 +6.38%
East of England +45 57 £50,000 -16.66%
West Midlands 0 48 £50,000 -16.66%
Yorkshire +27 39 £52,500 +10.52%
North West +11 35 £46,750 +33.57%
East Midlands +5 23 £55,000 -
South West 0 9 £60,000 +84.61%
North East -2 1 £52,500 -4.54%
Midlands - 1 £60,000 -
Unified Communications
UK

Unified Communications
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the 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.

1 745 (53.83%) Cisco
2 525 (37.93%) Microsoft
3 498 (35.98%) Cisco Certification
4 410 (29.62%) Lync
5 274 (19.80%) Windows
6 270 (19.51%) CCNP
7 261 (18.86%) CCIE
8 239 (17.27%) VoIP
9 234 (16.91%) MS Excel
10 233 (16.84%) CCNA
11 227 (16.40%) MPLS
12 226 (16.33%) Firewall
13 213 (15.39%) LAN
14 201 (14.52%) WAN
15 199 (14.38%) Active Directory
15 199 (14.38%) VMware
16 195 (14.09%) Finance
17 186 (13.44%) MS Exchange
18 182 (13.15%) Telecoms
19 161 (11.63%) Microsoft Certification
20 153 (11.05%) ITIL
21 152 (10.98%) Avaya
21 152 (10.98%) VMware Infrastructure
22 150 (10.84%) Juniper
23 139 (10.04%) Wireless
23 139 (10.04%) CCVP
24 133 (9.610%) Office Communications Server
25 126 (9.104%) Project Management
25 126 (9.104%) Exchange Server 2010
26 124 (8.960%) Cisco UCCX

Unified Communications
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the 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 16 (1.156%) XMPP
2 15 (1.084%) .NET
3 14 (1.012%) COM
4 12 (0.867%) LAMP
5 9 (0.650%) EDI
6 8 (0.578%) Middleware
6 8 (0.578%) XML
7 6 (0.434%) JSP
8 5 (0.361%) Application Packaging
8 5 (0.361%) SOAP
8 5 (0.361%) REST
9 4 (0.289%) XML-RPC
10 3 (0.217%) CGI
10 3 (0.217%) EDIFACT
11 2 (0.145%) Mason
11 2 (0.145%) TAPI
11 2 (0.145%) CSS
12 1 (0.072%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 410 (29.62%) Lync
2 186 (13.44%) MS Exchange
3 133 (9.610%) Office Communications Server
4 126 (9.104%) Exchange Server 2010
5 104 (7.514%) SharePoint
6 80 (5.780%) Exchange Server 2007
7 27 (1.951%) Exchange Server 2003
8 24 (1.734%) Exchange Server 2013
9 16 (1.156%) CMS
10 14 (1.012%) SharePoint 2010
11 12 (0.867%) nginx
12 10 (0.723%) BizTalk Server
12 10 (0.723%) IIS
13 9 (0.650%) Tomcat
14 7 (0.506%) Exchange Server 2000
15 6 (0.434%) Windows Azure
16 5 (0.361%) Apache
17 2 (0.145%) Lotus Notes
18 1 (0.072%) MS Project Server
18 1 (0.072%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 234 (16.91%) MS Excel
2 38 (2.746%) MS Office
3 27 (1.951%) Office 365
4 11 (0.795%) MS PowerPoint
5 7 (0.506%) MS Project
6 4 (0.289%) MS Visio
7 3 (0.217%) Google Apps
Business Applications
1 15 (1.084%) SAP Business One
2 9 (0.650%) Dynamics AX
3 2 (0.145%) Oracle CRM
4 1 (0.072%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 239 (17.27%) VoIP
2 227 (16.40%) MPLS
3 226 (16.33%) Firewall
4 213 (15.39%) LAN
5 201 (14.52%) WAN
6 139 (10.04%) Wireless
7 122 (8.815%) IP Telephony
8 117 (8.454%) VPN
9 108 (7.803%) Cisco ASA
10 104 (7.514%) TCP/IP
11 91 (6.575%) DNS
12 84 (6.069%) Network Security
13 70 (5.058%) Ethernet
14 67 (4.841%) PBX
15 64 (4.624%) SAN
16 62 (4.480%) Internet
17 58 (4.191%) H.323
18 56 (4.046%) BGP
19 53 (3.829%) Cisco PIX
20 49 (3.540%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 52 (3.757%) SQL Server
2 12 (0.867%) MySQL
3 6 (0.434%) NonStop SQL
4 4 (0.289%) Oracle Reports
4 4 (0.289%) Oracle 10g
4 4 (0.289%) Oracle 11g
5 3 (0.217%) Data Mining
6 2 (0.145%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (0.072%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 1 (0.072%) PowerCenter
7 1 (0.072%) Oracle 8/8i
7 1 (0.072%) SQL Server 2012
Development Applications
1 2 (0.145%) Introscope
1 2 (0.145%) VSS/SourceSafe
2 1 (0.072%) Bugzilla
General
1 195 (14.09%) Finance
2 182 (13.15%) Telecoms
3 41 (2.962%) Advertising
3 41 (2.962%) Marketing
4 29 (2.095%) Retail
5 21 (1.517%) Banking
6 15 (1.084%) Local Government
6 15 (1.084%) Law
7 7 (0.506%) Manufacturing
8 6 (0.434%) French Language
8 6 (0.434%) German Language
8 6 (0.434%) Spanish Language
8 6 (0.434%) Multimedia
9 5 (0.361%) Investment Banking
10 4 (0.289%) Pharmaceutical
10 4 (0.289%) Electronics
10 4 (0.289%) Italian Language
11 3 (0.217%) Billing
11 3 (0.217%) Dutch Language
11 3 (0.217%) Games
Job Titles
1 348 (25.14%) Consultant
2 169 (12.21%) Cisco Engineer
3 168 (12.14%) Network Engineer
4 156 (11.27%) Support Engineer
5 128 (9.249%) Architect
6 105 (7.587%) Project Manager
7 91 (6.575%) 2nd Line Support
7 91 (6.575%) Cisco Network Engineer
8 90 (6.503%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
9 88 (6.358%) 2nd Line Network Engineer
10 80 (5.780%) Voice Engineer
11 70 (5.058%) Pre Sales Consultant
12 68 (4.913%) 3rd Line Support
13 56 (4.046%) Cisco Voice Engineer
14 51 (3.685%) Cisco Support
15 48 (3.468%) Analyst
16 47 (3.396%) Microsoft Consultant
17 46 (3.324%) Communications Engineer
18 43 (3.107%) Solutions Architect
19 40 (2.890%) Technical Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 85 (6.142%) Video Conferencing
2 40 (2.890%) SaaS
3 38 (2.746%) Handset
4 34 (2.457%) iPhone
5 32 (2.312%) Blackberry
6 31 (2.240%) Cloud Computing
7 24 (1.734%) Mobile App
7 24 (1.734%) Computer Science
8 23 (1.662%) IaaS
9 20 (1.445%) Open Source
10 17 (1.228%) Digital Media
11 16 (1.156%) Mathematics
11 16 (1.156%) Physics
12 14 (1.012%) Social Media
12 14 (1.012%) Clustering
13 13 (0.939%) Management Information System
13 13 (0.939%) PaaS
14 12 (0.867%) IVR
15 11 (0.795%) Celerra
15 11 (0.795%) iPad
Operating Systems
1 274 (19.80%) Windows
2 94 (6.792%) Windows Server 2008
3 74 (5.347%) UNIX
4 65 (4.697%) Linux
5 43 (3.107%) Windows Server 2003
6 33 (2.384%) Windows 7
6 33 (2.384%) Windows Phone
7 32 (2.312%) Windows Server 2012
7 32 (2.312%) Windows Vista
7 32 (2.312%) Solaris
8 25 (1.806%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 15 (1.084%) OpenVMS
10 12 (0.867%) Windows XP
11 11 (0.795%) CentOS
12 9 (0.650%) Android
13 8 (0.578%) AIX
14 6 (0.434%) Windows 8
15 3 (0.217%) HPUX
15 3 (0.217%) Debian
16 1 (0.072%) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
1 153 (11.05%) ITIL
2 126 (9.104%) Project Management
3 116 (8.382%) PRINCE2
4 81 (5.853%) Business Development
5 75 (5.419%) Network Design
6 60 (4.335%) Change Control
7 58 (4.191%) Migration
8 50 (3.613%) Service Delivery
9 44 (3.179%) Load Balancing
10 40 (2.890%) Disaster Recovery
11 39 (2.818%) Time Management
12 37 (2.673%) Service Management
13 35 (2.529%) Network Management
14 34 (2.457%) Project Planning
15 32 (2.312%) Change Management
15 32 (2.312%) Stakeholder Management
16 30 (2.168%) Product Management
17 25 (1.806%) ITSM
18 20 (1.445%) PRINCE
18 20 (1.445%) B2B
Programming Languages
1 62 (4.480%) SQL
2 35 (2.529%) C
3 11 (0.795%) Java
3 11 (0.795%) PowerShell
4 10 (0.723%) Perl
5 8 (0.578%) PHP
6 5 (0.361%) Shell Script
6 5 (0.361%) Scala
6 5 (0.361%) R
7 4 (0.289%) VB.NET
7 4 (0.289%) PL/SQL
7 4 (0.289%) C#
7 4 (0.289%) C++
8 1 (0.072%) Tcl
8 1 (0.072%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 498 (35.98%) Cisco Certification
2 270 (19.51%) CCNP
3 261 (18.86%) CCIE
4 233 (16.84%) CCNA
5 161 (11.63%) Microsoft Certification
6 139 (10.04%) CCVP
7 124 (8.960%) MCITP
8 118 (8.526%) MCSE
9 102 (7.370%) CCIP
10 70 (5.058%) CCSP
11 67 (4.841%) JNCIS
12 65 (4.697%) JNCIP
13 59 (4.263%) PRINCE2 Certification
14 57 (4.118%) Degree
15 47 (3.396%) JNCIA
16 41 (2.962%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
17 39 (2.818%) Security Cleared
17 39 (2.818%) CCDP
18 34 (2.457%) ITIL Certification
19 32 (2.312%) MCTS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 48 (3.468%) SLA
2 24 (1.734%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 22 (1.590%) ISO 9000
4 13 (0.939%) QA
5 6 (0.434%) ISO 9001
6 3 (0.217%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 199 (14.38%) Active Directory
2 152 (10.98%) VMware Infrastructure
3 53 (3.829%) Hyper-V
4 21 (1.517%) vSphere
5 20 (1.445%) XenApp
5 20 (1.445%) XenDesktop
6 15 (1.084%) XenServer
7 14 (1.012%) ProxySG
8 10 (0.723%) VMware ESX
9 8 (0.578%) Terminal Services
10 7 (0.506%) Microsoft App-V
10 7 (0.506%) EMC RecoverPoint
11 6 (0.434%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 5 (0.361%) VMware ESXi
13 4 (0.289%) Oracle RAC
14 3 (0.217%) Citrix Presentation Server
14 3 (0.217%) NFS
14 3 (0.217%) MetaFrame
14 3 (0.217%) UAG
14 3 (0.217%) FreeRADIUS
Systems Management
1 124 (8.960%) Cisco UCCX
2 105 (7.587%) Cisco CUCM
3 69 (4.986%) Cisco UCCE
4 38 (2.746%) SCCM
5 25 (1.806%) Cisco IPCC
6 20 (1.445%) SCOM
7 13 (0.939%) Norton AntiVirus
8 11 (0.795%) Backup Exec
9 10 (0.723%) CiscoWorks
10 9 (0.650%) NetBackup
11 7 (0.506%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
12 5 (0.361%) EMC NetWorker
12 5 (0.361%) MOM
12 5 (0.361%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
13 4 (0.289%) SCVMM
13 4 (0.289%) Data Guard
14 3 (0.217%) FortiGate
15 2 (0.145%) CA Wily
15 2 (0.145%) HP NNM
16 1 (0.072%) MAILsweeper
Vendors
1 745 (53.83%) Cisco
2 525 (37.93%) Microsoft
3 199 (14.38%) VMware
4 152 (10.98%) Avaya
5 150 (10.84%) Juniper
6 117 (8.454%) CheckPoint
7 109 (7.876%) HP
8 103 (7.442%) Citrix
9 77 (5.564%) Mitel
10 58 (4.191%) Twitter
11 54 (3.902%) Nortel
12 49 (3.540%) Oracle
13 46 (3.324%) Symantec
14 38 (2.746%) Blue Coat
15 37 (2.673%) EMC
16 35 (2.529%) Tandberg
17 32 (2.312%) Brocade
18 31 (2.240%) F5
19 29 (2.095%) NetApp
20 27 (1.951%) CommVault
London
We require an experience mid-level Cisco presales professional with solid exposure to a client facing advisory role focused upon Cisco Routing and switching plus ideally a specialisation...
Perfect People Recruitment Solutions Ltd
Salary: From £35,000 to £40,000 per annum plus 20% bonus, pension, medical
Posted: 23 May 2013
London
The client are looking for a Cisco CCNP Unified Communications Consultant with a background in working in a client facing roles and experience in low level & detailed design...
Lawrence Harvey IT & Change
Salary: £50000 - £70000 per annum
Posted: 20 May 2013
Hitchin, Hertfordshire
Unified Communications Consultant/Engineer for CISCO Silver Partner... The Unified Communications Consultant/Engineer will provide third level technical support, installation and consultancy services to my client's customer...
Jam Recruitment Ltd
Posted: 23 May 2013
Reigate, Surrey
Role & Responsibilities: - Superior Microsoft Lync support to our customer base in Essex - Maintenance and monitoring of resilient Lync platform for circa 7000 enterprise users - Adhere to strict Service...
Coal IT Services
Salary: From £50,000 to £60,000 per annum + Bonus & Excellent Benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
London
Block is a fast rising, strategic partner to global brands including Cisco, EMC, VMware, AppSense and VCE and maintains the highest accreditation and training standards with each of...
Block Solutions
Salary: Negotiable from £30,000 - £40,000,
Posted: 24 May 2013
City, London
Microsoft Lync Pre-Sales Architect - London - £65-75K + bonus. Microsoft Lync Pre-Sales Architect - Microsoft Lync, Exchange, OCS. My client are a leading Microsoft gold partnered service provider...
Lawrence Harvey IT & Change
Salary: £65000 - £75000 per annum
Posted: 20 May 2013
London
They provide detailed information and skills around Microsoft Lync, Unified Communications, Collaboration, Video Collaboration, User Collaboration, Digital Media, and Signage and deliver the true benefits of Microsoft Lync,...
Satigo
Salary: £60000.00 - £80000.00 per annum + Car, Pension, Life, Health
Posted: 18 May 2013
England
In order to be successful in this role you must have - - previous exposure selling Unified Communications with an established network of contacts ideally UC marketplace experience for Mitel/...
Computer Futures
Salary: £50000 - £550000 per annum + uncapped commision
Posted: 18 May 2013
South East
Principal Technical Consultant (Lync Unified Communications) - South East - £60-70k + 6k + Benefits. My Client is a Microsoft Gold partner who are currently looking for a Principal Technical Consultant...
Lawrence Harvey IT & Change
Salary: £60000 - £70000 per annum + 6k Car allowance
Posted: 21 May 2013
London
Other desirable skills are:- Exchange Server 2010- SharePoint 2010- Cisco UCS- Large scale telephony architecture experienceOnly the most ambitious, hungry Unified Comms Consultants looking to expand their MS...
Nigel Frank International Ltd
Salary: £60000 - £75000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 24 May 2013
City, London
The Cisco Voice Engineer will be responsible for the configuration and installation of large international Cisco Unified Communications projects for our international clients. Unified Communications entails basic IPT,...
Jam Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £50000 - £60000 per annum + Bonus + Benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
Reading, Berkshire
Technical Consultant: Unified Communications (Lync Server 2010, Enterprise Voice, Exchange 2010) Learn Lync 2013 & Exchange 2013! Technical Consultant: Unified Communications (Lync Server 2010, Microsoft Unified Comms, Exchange 2010)...
Sanderson
Salary: £60000 - £75000 per annum + Car Allowance + BENS
Posted: 21 May 2013
Reading, Berkshire
EXCHANGE 2010 CONSULTANT-work for an award winning Microsoft Gold Partner My client is an award winning Microsoft Gold Partner. They are a Microsoft Gold Partner for Identity...
Sanderson
Salary: £40000 - £50000 per annum + bonus and benefits
Posted: 23 May 2013
Basingstoke, Hampshire
Their flexible, integrated communications services encompass IP and mobile telephony, converged networks, unified communications, contact centres and document solutions. Due to rapid growth they're currently looking for...
Jam Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £25000 - £35000 per annum
Posted: 20 May 2013
City, London
Their flexible, integrated communications services encompass IP and mobile telephony, converged networks, unified communications, contact centres and document solutions. Due to rapid growth they're currently looking for...
Jam Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £26 - £35000 per annum
Posted: 20 May 2013
Reading, Berkshire
Their flexible, integrated communications services encompass IP and mobile telephony, converged networks, unified communications, contact centres and document solutions. Due to rapid growth they're currently looking for...
Jam Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £25000 - £35000 per annum
Posted: 20 May 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
Work as part of a highly focused and proactive eam to ensure VoIP, Lync and unified communications solutions are operational and available in line with SLAs... - Active Directory...
Outsourcery Hosting Ltd
Salary: From £30,000 to £40,000 per annum Bonus - Pension - Benefits.
Posted: 21 May 2013
Manchester or Leicester, North West, Midlands,...
We currently have an exciting opportunity for a forward thinking 3rd UC Engineer to join our team.Reporting to the Unified Communications Manager, the 3rd Line Unified Communications...
Outsourcery
Salary: £30,000 - £40,000 per year
Posted: 24 May 2013
Kent
CCIE, CCNP, CCNP voice, CCSP, Unified Communications, call manager, CUCM, Unity, CUC, UCCX, UCCE, Contact Centre, MeetingPlace, Telepresence, ARC, IPT. Cisco Unified Communications Consultant... experience in implementation and...
Woodrow Mercer Recruitment
Salary: From £50,000 to £70,000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
Derby, Derbyshire
Person Specification VMware / Virtualisation / Cisco / CCNA / CCNP / Microsoft Windows Server / Netapp / (OnTap 8.12) / NCIE / NCDA / Linux / Red Hat / Citrix / Unified Comms Technology / Senior Infrastructure Engineer / Derby / Derbyshire...
Reed Technology
Salary: £42000 - £45000 per annum
Posted: 22 May 2013
Hertfordshire
CCIE, CCNP, CCNP voice, CCSP, Unified Communications, call manager, CUCM, Unity, CUC, UCCX, UCCE, Contact Centre, MeetingPlace, Telepresence, ARC, IPT... experience in implementation and support of Cisco IP...
Woodrow Mercer Recruitment
Salary: From £50,000 to £70,000 per annum + car + pension + bonus
Posted: 21 May 2013
Buckinghamshire
CCIE, CCNP, CCNP voice, CCSP, Unified Communications, call manager, CUCM, Unity, CUC, UCCX, UCCE, Contact Centre, MeetingPlace, Telepresence, ARC, IPT... experience in implementation and support of Cisco IP...
Woodrow Mercer Recruitment
Salary: From £50,000 to £70,000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
Surrey
CCIE, CCNP, CCNP voice, CCSP, Unified Communications, call manager, CUCM, Unity, CUC, UCCX, UCCE, Contact Centre, MeetingPlace, Telepresence, ARC, IPT... experience in implementation and support of Cisco IP...
Woodrow Mercer Recruitment
Salary: From £50,000 to £70,000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
London
CCIE, CCNP, CCNP voice, CCSP, Unified Communications, call manager, CUCM, Unity, CUC, UCCX, UCCE, Contact Centre, MeetingPlace, Telepresence, ARC, IPT... experience in implementation and support of Cisco IP...
Woodrow Mercer Recruitment
Salary: From £50,000 to £70,000 per annum + car + bonus + pension
Posted: 21 May 2013
Essex
CCIE, CCNP, CCNP voice, CCSP, Unified Communications, call manager, CUCM, Unity, CUC, UCCX, UCCE, Contact Centre, MeetingPlace, Telepresence, ARC, IPT... experience in implementation and support of Cisco IP...
Woodrow Mercer Recruitment
Salary: From £50,000 to £70,000 per annum + car + benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013