The first table below looks at the demand for Lync skills in IT jobs advertised for the Kingston Upon Thames 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 Kingston Upon Thames region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Lync
Rank 36 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing Lync 2 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Kingston Upon Thames 1.198% - -
As % of the Application Platforms category 4.255% - -
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 0
Average salary £55,000 - -
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £45,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year
- -18.18%
All Application Platforms
Kingston Upon Thames
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
47 40 46
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Kingston Upon Thames 28.14% 20.62% 26.44%
Number of salaries quoted 44 39 46
Average salary £40,000 £42,500 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.88% -
90% offered a salary of more than £32,000 £20,000 £35,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £50,000 £47,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+2.66% -
Lync
London

Lync
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Kingston Upon Thames 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 Kingston Upon Thames region.

Kingston Upon Thames Lync Salary Trend

Lync
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Kingston Upon Thames 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 4 (80.00%) Windows
2 3 (60.00%) MCSE
2 3 (60.00%) Cisco
2 3 (60.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (60.00%) Active Directory
2 3 (60.00%) SQL
2 3 (60.00%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (40.00%) NetApp
3 2 (40.00%) SQL Server
3 2 (40.00%) HP
3 2 (40.00%) MS Excel
3 2 (40.00%) CRM
3 2 (40.00%) SharePoint
3 2 (40.00%) Replication
3 2 (40.00%) VMware
3 2 (40.00%) Backup Exec
3 2 (40.00%) MCITP
3 2 (40.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (40.00%) HP AIS
3 2 (40.00%) HP ASE
3 2 (40.00%) Windows Server 2008
3 2 (40.00%) Veeam
3 2 (40.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
3 2 (40.00%) 3PAR
4 1 (20.00%) Office 365
4 1 (20.00%) Cisco IPT
4 1 (20.00%) SCCM
4 1 (20.00%) Office Communications Server
4 1 (20.00%) IP Telephony
4 1 (20.00%) MS Exchange

Lync
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Kingston Upon Thames 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 Platforms
1 2 (40.00%) SharePoint
2 1 (20.00%) MS Exchange
2 1 (20.00%) Office Communications Server
Applications
1 2 (40.00%) MS Excel
2 1 (20.00%) Office 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) IP Telephony
1 1 (20.00%) Cisco IPT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (40.00%) SQL Server
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) Consultant
2 2 (40.00%) Sales Consultant
2 2 (40.00%) Technical Consultant
2 2 (40.00%) Virtualisation Consultant
2 2 (40.00%) Storage Consultant
2 2 (40.00%) Pre Sales Consultant
3 1 (20.00%) Senior Storage Consultant
3 1 (20.00%) Deployment Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Storage Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Data Consultant
3 1 (20.00%) Virtualisation Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Data Storage Consultant
3 1 (20.00%) HP Storage Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) HP Storage Consultant
3 1 (20.00%) Service Desk Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Technical Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Senior Technical Consultant
3 1 (20.00%) Senior Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 4 (80.00%) Windows
2 2 (40.00%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) CRM
2 1 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 3 (60.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) MCSE
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (40.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 2 (40.00%) MCITP
2 2 (40.00%) HP AIS
2 2 (40.00%) HP ASE
3 1 (20.00%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (60.00%) Active Directory
2 2 (40.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (40.00%) Backup Exec
2 1 (20.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) Cisco
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (40.00%) HP
2 2 (40.00%) NetApp
2 2 (40.00%) VMware
2 2 (40.00%) Veeam
2 2 (40.00%) 3PAR