The first table below looks at the demand for Unified Communications skills in IT jobs advertised for the Essex region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Unified Communications over the 3 months to 23 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 Essex region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Unified Communications
Rank 78 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing Unified Communications 6 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Essex 0.606% - -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.620% - -
Number of salaries quoted 5 0 0
Average salary £55,000 - -
UK excluding London average salary £50,000 £50,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year
- -16.66%
All Communications & Networking
Essex
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
229 189 196
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Essex 23.13% 13.73% 15.32%
Number of salaries quoted 176 152 174
Average salary £37,500 £40,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.25% -
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £25,000 £24,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
Unified Communications
East of England

Unified Communications
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Essex 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 Essex region.

Essex Unified Communications Salary Trend

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 Essex region over the 3 months to 23 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
Chelmsford - 3 £55,000 -
Unified Communications
East of England

Unified Communications
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Essex 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 14 (100.00%) Cisco
2 13 (92.86%) Cisco Certification
2 13 (92.86%) Cisco ASA
3 12 (85.71%) Windows
4 11 (78.57%) VoIP
4 11 (78.57%) MCSE
4 11 (78.57%) MS Excel
4 11 (78.57%) Microsoft Certification
4 11 (78.57%) CheckPoint
4 11 (78.57%) Microsoft
4 11 (78.57%) Ethernet
4 11 (78.57%) TCP/IP
4 11 (78.57%) CCNA
4 11 (78.57%) Handset
4 11 (78.57%) Firewall
4 11 (78.57%) Office Communications Server
4 11 (78.57%) Lync
5 6 (42.86%) Active Directory
5 6 (42.86%) SharePoint
6 2 (14.29%) Network Design
6 2 (14.29%) Wireless
6 2 (14.29%) Cisco PIX
6 2 (14.29%) Network Security
6 2 (14.29%) LAN
6 2 (14.29%) WLAN
6 2 (14.29%) VPN
6 2 (14.29%) CCIE
6 2 (14.29%) Cisco Nexus
6 2 (14.29%) SC Cleared
6 2 (14.29%) DV Cleared

Unified Communications
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Essex 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 11 (78.57%) Office Communications Server
1 11 (78.57%) Lync
2 6 (42.86%) SharePoint
Applications
1 11 (78.57%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 13 (92.86%) Cisco ASA
2 11 (78.57%) VoIP
2 11 (78.57%) Ethernet
2 11 (78.57%) TCP/IP
2 11 (78.57%) Firewall
3 2 (14.29%) Wireless
3 2 (14.29%) Cisco PIX
3 2 (14.29%) Network Security
3 2 (14.29%) LAN
3 2 (14.29%) WLAN
3 2 (14.29%) VPN
3 2 (14.29%) Cisco Nexus
Job Titles
1 6 (42.86%) Infrastructure Specialist
2 5 (35.71%) Consultant
3 3 (21.43%) Microsoft Consultant
4 2 (14.29%) Security Consultant
4 2 (14.29%) Microsoft Specialist
4 2 (14.29%) Network Consultant
5 1 (7.143%) Professional Services Engineer
5 1 (7.143%) EMC Engineer
5 1 (7.143%) Implementation Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 11 (78.57%) Handset
2 2 (14.29%) Cloud Computing
3 1 (7.143%) Replication
3 1 (7.143%) CLARiiON
3 1 (7.143%) EMC Centera
3 1 (7.143%) Celerra
Operating Systems
1 12 (85.71%) Windows
2 1 (7.143%) Windows Server 2008
2 1 (7.143%) Windows Server 2012
2 1 (7.143%) Windows Server 2003
2 1 (7.143%) AIX
2 1 (7.143%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (14.29%) Network Design
2 1 (7.143%) Data Migration
2 1 (7.143%) Migration
Qualifications
1 13 (92.86%) Cisco Certification
2 11 (78.57%) MCSE
2 11 (78.57%) Microsoft Certification
2 11 (78.57%) CCNA
3 2 (14.29%) CCIE
3 2 (14.29%) SC Cleared
3 2 (14.29%) DV Cleared
3 2 (14.29%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 6 (42.86%) Active Directory
2 1 (7.143%) EMC RecoverPoint
2 1 (7.143%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 14 (100.00%) Cisco
2 11 (78.57%) CheckPoint
2 11 (78.57%) Microsoft
3 1 (7.143%) Twitter
3 1 (7.143%) EMC
3 1 (7.143%) VMware
3 1 (7.143%) Brocade
Essex
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