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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Lync
Rank 124 123 115
Rank change year-on-year
-1 -8
Permanent jobs citing Lync 24 11 5
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leeds 0.924% 0.527% 0.270%
As % of the Application Platforms category 4.380% 2.489% 1.182%
Number of salaries quoted 20 11 5
Average salary £48,750 £50,000 £55,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-2.50% -9.09%
UK excluding London average salary £47,500 £45,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year
+5.55% -14.28%
All Application Platforms
Leeds
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
548 442 423
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leeds 21.09% 21.19% 22.86%
Number of salaries quoted 440 386 349
Average salary £32,500 £34,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-4.41% -2.85%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,000 £24,500 £28,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £50,000 £48,200
UK excluding London average salary £39,000 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+4.00% -
Lync
West Yorkshire

Lync
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Leeds 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 Leeds region.

Leeds Lync Salary Trend

Lync
Salary Histogram

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

Leeds Lync Salary Histogram

Lync
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Leeds 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 49 (80.33%) Microsoft
2 37 (60.66%) WAN
2 37 (60.66%) LAN
2 37 (60.66%) Cisco
3 35 (57.38%) MS Excel
4 34 (55.74%) MCITP
4 34 (55.74%) Unified Communications
5 31 (50.82%) SQL
6 29 (47.54%) Video Conferencing
7 27 (44.26%) CCNA
7 27 (44.26%) Cisco Certification
8 24 (39.34%) Microsoft Certification
9 22 (36.07%) Active Directory
9 22 (36.07%) Office Communications Server
10 20 (32.79%) SQL Server
11 19 (31.15%) Tandberg
12 17 (27.87%) MS Exchange
13 16 (26.23%) MCSE
14 14 (22.95%) Change Control
15 13 (21.31%) SharePoint
16 12 (19.67%) Law
17 7 (11.48%) BizTalk Server
17 7 (11.48%) Windows
17 7 (11.48%) InfoPath
18 6 (9.836%) VoIP
19 5 (8.197%) ITIL
19 5 (8.197%) Windows Server 2008
19 5 (8.197%) Office 365
20 4 (6.557%) MCTS
20 4 (6.557%) VMware

Lync
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Leeds 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 22 (36.07%) Office Communications Server
2 17 (27.87%) MS Exchange
3 13 (21.31%) SharePoint
4 7 (11.48%) BizTalk Server
5 3 (4.918%) CMS
5 3 (4.918%) Exchange Server 2013
5 3 (4.918%) Exchange Server 2010
6 2 (3.279%) SharePoint Server
7 1 (1.639%) Exchange Server 2007
7 1 (1.639%) Exchange Server 2003
7 1 (1.639%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 35 (57.38%) MS Excel
2 7 (11.48%) InfoPath
3 5 (8.197%) Office 365
4 1 (1.639%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 2 (3.279%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 37 (60.66%) WAN
1 37 (60.66%) LAN
2 34 (55.74%) Unified Communications
3 6 (9.836%) VoIP
4 3 (4.918%) DNS
5 2 (3.279%) PABX
5 2 (3.279%) SSH
5 2 (3.279%) Symposium
5 2 (3.279%) SMTP
5 2 (3.279%) DHCP
5 2 (3.279%) FTP
5 2 (3.279%) HTTP
5 2 (3.279%) TCP/IP
5 2 (3.279%) SAN
6 1 (1.639%) Firewall
6 1 (1.639%) NAS
6 1 (1.639%) Cisco ASA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (32.79%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (4.918%) Visual Studio
General
1 12 (19.67%) Law
2 2 (3.279%) Billing
2 2 (3.279%) Finance
3 1 (1.639%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 17 (27.87%) Communications Manager
2 14 (22.95%) Communications Engineer
3 8 (13.11%) Telephony Engineer
4 7 (11.48%) Systems Architect
4 7 (11.48%) Architect
5 4 (6.557%) Consultant
5 4 (6.557%) Business Architect
6 3 (4.918%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 3 (4.918%) Network Engineer
6 3 (4.918%) Technical Consultant
6 3 (4.918%) Microsoft Consultant
6 3 (4.918%) Voice Engineer
6 3 (4.918%) Avaya Engineer
7 2 (3.279%) CRM Developer
7 2 (3.279%) Applications Architect
7 2 (3.279%) Developer
7 2 (3.279%) Senior Consultant
7 2 (3.279%) Systems Engineer
7 2 (3.279%) Senior Technical Consultant
8 1 (1.639%) Enterprise Architect
Miscellaneous
1 29 (47.54%) Video Conferencing
2 2 (3.279%) Enterprise Software
2 2 (3.279%) Replication
3 1 (1.639%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 7 (11.48%) Windows
2 5 (8.197%) Windows Server 2008
3 3 (4.918%) Windows Server 2012
4 1 (1.639%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (22.95%) Change Control
2 5 (8.197%) ITIL
3 3 (4.918%) Service Delivery
3 3 (4.918%) Agile Software Development
4 2 (3.279%) Data Transformation
4 2 (3.279%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (3.279%) Incident Management
4 2 (3.279%) CRM
4 2 (3.279%) Identity Management
5 1 (1.639%) Migration
5 1 (1.639%) Business Development
5 1 (1.639%) Zachman Framework
5 1 (1.639%) TOGAF
5 1 (1.639%) High Availability
Programming Languages
1 31 (50.82%) SQL
2 2 (3.279%) C#
2 2 (3.279%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 34 (55.74%) MCITP
2 27 (44.26%) CCNA
2 27 (44.26%) Cisco Certification
3 24 (39.34%) Microsoft Certification
4 16 (26.23%) MCSE
5 4 (6.557%) MCTS
6 3 (4.918%) MCSA
6 3 (4.918%) SC Cleared
6 3 (4.918%) Security Cleared
7 2 (3.279%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 1 (1.639%) MCP
8 1 (1.639%) CCA
8 1 (1.639%) Citrix Certification
8 1 (1.639%) CCDA
8 1 (1.639%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.639%) SLA
System Software
1 22 (36.07%) Active Directory
2 2 (3.279%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (1.639%) Hyper-V
3 1 (1.639%) XenServer
3 1 (1.639%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 2 (3.279%) SCCM
1 2 (3.279%) SCOM
1 2 (3.279%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 49 (80.33%) Microsoft
2 37 (60.66%) Cisco
3 19 (31.15%) Tandberg
4 4 (6.557%) VMware
5 3 (4.918%) Avaya
5 3 (4.918%) Verint
6 2 (3.279%) Nortel
7 1 (1.639%) NetApp
7 1 (1.639%) Juniper
7 1 (1.639%) Citrix
7 1 (1.639%) HP
7 1 (1.639%) Dell