The first table below looks at the demand for Lync skills in IT jobs advertised for the Hertfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Lync over the 3 months to 17 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 Application Platforms category for the Hertfordshire region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Lync
Rank 120 146 166
Rank change year-on-year
+26 +20
Permanent jobs citing Lync 24 4 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 0.978% 0.160% 0.030%
As % of the Application Platforms category 4.938% 0.666% 0.154%
Number of salaries quoted 24 2 1
Average salary £41,250 £71,455 £25,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-42.27% +180.21%
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £45,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year
- -18.18%
All Application Platforms
Hertfordshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
486 601 650
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 19.80% 24.00% 19.79%
Number of salaries quoted 412 443 487
Average salary £45,000 £42,500 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.88% -5.55%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,250 £28,000 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+2.66% -
Lync
East of England

Lync
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Lync across the Hertfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Platforms category.

Hertfordshire Lync Jobs Demand Trend

Lync
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Lync across the Hertfordshire region.

Hertfordshire Lync Salary Trend

Lync
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Lync across the Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Hertfordshire Lync Salary Histogram

Lync
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Lync within the Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 17 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
St Albans - 11 £28,500 -
Stevenage - 6 £42,500 -
Watford - 4 £65,000 -
Hitchin - 1 £70,000 -
Lync
East of England

Lync
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Hertfordshire region citing Lync 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 Lync.

1 27 (93.10%) Microsoft
2 22 (75.86%) Active Directory
3 14 (48.28%) MS Excel
3 14 (48.28%) SharePoint
3 14 (48.28%) MS Exchange
3 14 (48.28%) Exchange Server 2010
4 13 (44.83%) Windows
5 12 (41.38%) Cisco
6 11 (37.93%) VMware
7 10 (34.48%) VMware Infrastructure
8 8 (27.59%) Change Control
9 7 (24.14%) ITIL
9 7 (24.14%) SMTP
9 7 (24.14%) Apple
9 7 (24.14%) Unified Communications
9 7 (24.14%) vSphere
9 7 (24.14%) Exchange Server 2003
9 7 (24.14%) SC Cleared
9 7 (24.14%) Security Cleared
10 6 (20.69%) SLA
11 5 (17.24%) Firewall
11 5 (17.24%) IIS
11 5 (17.24%) Cisco ASA
11 5 (17.24%) Windows Vista
11 5 (17.24%) VMware ESX
11 5 (17.24%) MCITP
11 5 (17.24%) NAS
11 5 (17.24%) VMware ESXi
11 5 (17.24%) iSCSI
12 4 (13.79%) Windows Server 2008

Lync
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Hertfordshire region citing Lync 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 Lync. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (3.448%) Middleware
1 1 (3.448%) XMPP
1 1 (3.448%) SAP Business Workflow
Application Platforms
1 14 (48.28%) SharePoint
1 14 (48.28%) MS Exchange
1 14 (48.28%) Exchange Server 2010
2 7 (24.14%) Exchange Server 2003
3 5 (17.24%) IIS
4 2 (6.897%) Exchange Server 2013
4 2 (6.897%) Exchange Server 2007
5 1 (3.448%) Office Communications Server
5 1 (3.448%) WorkSite
5 1 (3.448%) Exchange Server 2000
Applications
1 14 (48.28%) MS Excel
2 3 (10.34%) MS Office
3 2 (6.897%) Office 365
4 1 (3.448%) MS PowerPoint
Communications & Networking
1 7 (24.14%) SMTP
1 7 (24.14%) Unified Communications
2 5 (17.24%) Firewall
2 5 (17.24%) iSCSI
2 5 (17.24%) Cisco ASA
2 5 (17.24%) NAS
3 2 (6.897%) DNS
4 1 (3.448%) SAN
4 1 (3.448%) DHCP
4 1 (3.448%) IP Telephony
4 1 (3.448%) Cisco IPT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (10.34%) SQL Server
2 2 (6.897%) SQL Server 2008
3 1 (3.448%) SQL Server 2012
General
1 1 (3.448%) Telecoms
1 1 (3.448%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 8 (27.59%) Support Engineer
2 6 (20.69%) Consultant
3 4 (13.79%) Messaging Engineer
4 3 (10.34%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
4 3 (10.34%) IT Support
4 3 (10.34%) 3rd Line Support
4 3 (10.34%) IT Support Engineer
5 2 (6.897%) Project Manager
5 2 (6.897%) Messaging Support Engineer
5 2 (6.897%) Desktop Engineer
5 2 (6.897%) Exchange Engineer
6 1 (3.448%) Solutions Consultant
6 1 (3.448%) Messaging Consultant
6 1 (3.448%) Virtualisation Consultant
6 1 (3.448%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
6 1 (3.448%) Network Consultant
6 1 (3.448%) Senior Consultant
6 1 (3.448%) Sales Consultant
6 1 (3.448%) Technical Consultant
6 1 (3.448%) 2nd Line Support
Miscellaneous
1 1 (3.448%) Blackberry
1 1 (3.448%) Celerra
1 1 (3.448%) iPhone
1 1 (3.448%) SaaS
1 1 (3.448%) EqualLogic
1 1 (3.448%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 13 (44.83%) Windows
2 5 (17.24%) Windows Vista
3 4 (13.79%) Windows Server 2008
4 3 (10.34%) Windows Server 2003
5 2 (6.897%) Windows 7
6 1 (3.448%) Windows 8
6 1 (3.448%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (3.448%) Windows Phone
6 1 (3.448%) Windows 2000
6 1 (3.448%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (27.59%) Change Control
2 7 (24.14%) ITIL
3 2 (6.897%) PRINCE2
3 2 (6.897%) Configuration Management
3 2 (6.897%) Project Management
3 2 (6.897%) Programme Management
4 1 (3.448%) Asset Management
4 1 (3.448%) Document Management
4 1 (3.448%) Knowledge Management
4 1 (3.448%) Business Development
4 1 (3.448%) Load Balancing
4 1 (3.448%) Time Management
4 1 (3.448%) Service Delivery
4 1 (3.448%) Identity Management
4 1 (3.448%) Workflow
4 1 (3.448%) Practice Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (6.897%) SQL
2 1 (3.448%) C
Qualifications
1 7 (24.14%) SC Cleared
1 7 (24.14%) Security Cleared
2 5 (17.24%) MCITP
3 3 (10.34%) Microsoft Certification
3 3 (10.34%) MCTS
4 2 (6.897%) Degree
4 2 (6.897%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
4 2 (6.897%) MCP
4 2 (6.897%) MCSE
5 1 (3.448%) Citrix Certification
5 1 (3.448%) CCEA
5 1 (3.448%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 1 (3.448%) HP AIS
5 1 (3.448%) HP MASE
5 1 (3.448%) VCDX
5 1 (3.448%) NCDA
5 1 (3.448%) NCIE
5 1 (3.448%) VCAP
5 1 (3.448%) CCEE
5 1 (3.448%) CCAA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (20.69%) SLA
2 1 (3.448%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 22 (75.86%) Active Directory
2 10 (34.48%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (24.14%) vSphere
4 5 (17.24%) VMware ESXi
4 5 (17.24%) VMware ESX
5 3 (10.34%) Hyper-V
6 1 (3.448%) XenApp
6 1 (3.448%) XenServer
6 1 (3.448%) XenDesktop
6 1 (3.448%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 2 (6.897%) MAILsweeper
1 2 (6.897%) SCCM
1 2 (6.897%) SCOM
1 2 (6.897%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 27 (93.10%) Microsoft
2 12 (41.38%) Cisco
3 11 (37.93%) VMware
4 7 (24.14%) Apple
5 4 (13.79%) Citrix
6 2 (6.897%) HP
6 2 (6.897%) Sophos
6 2 (6.897%) Trend Micro
7 1 (3.448%) F5
7 1 (3.448%) Dialogic
7 1 (3.448%) Kofax
7 1 (3.448%) Mitel
7 1 (3.448%) Dell
7 1 (3.448%) EMC
7 1 (3.448%) Nortel
7 1 (3.448%) Avaya
7 1 (3.448%) NetApp
7 1 (3.448%) SAP
Watford, Hertfordshire
Key Responsibilities: - Self-generate opportunities for Microsoft Lync, Data Infrastructure and Office 365... - Good all round understanding of Networking, Wireless & Mobility applications specifically related to MS Lync, Office...
Woodrow Mercer Recruitment
Salary: Up to £90,000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 14 May 2013