The first table below looks at the demand for Unified Communications skills in IT jobs advertised for the Leeds region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Unified Communications over the 3 months to 22 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 Leeds region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Unified Communications
Rank 114 130 102
Rank change year-on-year
+16 -28
Permanent jobs citing Unified Communications 31 8 11
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leeds 1.175% 0.375% 0.609%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 6.769% 2.151% 3.630%
Number of salaries quoted 17 8 10
Average salary £55,000 £53,750 £52,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.32% +2.38%
90% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £48,500 £50,000
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £60,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £50,000 £50,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year
- -16.66%
All Communications & Networking
Leeds
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
458 372 303
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leeds 17.36% 17.45% 16.79%
Number of salaries quoted 382 294 250
Average salary £32,500 £35,000 £31,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-7.14% +11.11%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £24,750 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £50,000 £47,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
Unified Communications
West Yorkshire

Unified Communications
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Leeds 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 Leeds region.

Leeds Unified Communications Salary Trend

Unified Communications
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Unified Communications across the Leeds region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Leeds Unified Communications Salary Histogram

Unified Communications
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Leeds 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 49 (59.76%) Cisco
2 36 (43.90%) LAN
2 36 (43.90%) WAN
2 36 (43.90%) Lync
3 30 (36.59%) Microsoft
4 29 (35.37%) Cisco Certification
4 29 (35.37%) MCITP
5 27 (32.93%) SQL
6 26 (31.71%) Change Control
7 25 (30.49%) Video Conferencing
8 23 (28.05%) MS Excel
9 22 (26.83%) SQL Server
10 20 (24.39%) CCNA
11 19 (23.17%) Active Directory
11 19 (23.17%) Microsoft Certification
11 19 (23.17%) Finance
12 17 (20.73%) MS Exchange
13 15 (18.29%) Project Management
13 15 (18.29%) Office Communications Server
13 15 (18.29%) Tandberg
14 14 (17.07%) Project Planning
15 12 (14.63%) Law
15 12 (14.63%) ITIL
16 11 (13.41%) MCSE
16 11 (13.41%) VMware
17 10 (12.20%) Change Management
17 10 (12.20%) Windows
17 10 (12.20%) VMware Infrastructure
18 9 (10.98%) Windows Server 2008
18 9 (10.98%) Citrix

Unified Communications
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Leeds 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 36 (43.90%) Lync
2 17 (20.73%) MS Exchange
3 15 (18.29%) Office Communications Server
4 5 (6.098%) Exchange Server 2000
5 2 (2.439%) SharePoint
6 1 (1.220%) Exchange Server 2003
6 1 (1.220%) Exchange Server 2007
6 1 (1.220%) Exchange Server 2010
6 1 (1.220%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 23 (28.05%) MS Excel
2 1 (1.220%) MS Office
2 1 (1.220%) Office 365
Communications & Networking
1 36 (43.90%) LAN
1 36 (43.90%) WAN
2 9 (10.98%) SAN
3 5 (6.098%) Cisco Nexus
4 3 (3.659%) VPN
4 3 (3.659%) Firewall
5 2 (2.439%) PABX
5 2 (2.439%) NAS
5 2 (2.439%) Symposium
5 2 (2.439%) Intranet
6 1 (1.220%) DNS
6 1 (1.220%) Wireless
6 1 (1.220%) IP Telephony
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (26.83%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.220%) Oracle Reports
General
1 19 (23.17%) Finance
2 12 (14.63%) Law
3 5 (6.098%) Telecoms
4 1 (1.220%) Banking
4 1 (1.220%) Retail
4 1 (1.220%) Retail Banking
4 1 (1.220%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 18 (21.95%) Communications Manager
2 15 (18.29%) Project Manager
3 12 (14.63%) Communications Engineer
3 12 (14.63%) Architect
4 10 (12.20%) Consultant
5 9 (10.98%) Technical Architect
6 8 (9.756%) Telephony Engineer
7 7 (8.537%) Analyst
8 5 (6.098%) Technical Consultant
9 4 (4.878%) Senior Technical Consultant
9 4 (4.878%) Senior Consultant
10 3 (3.659%) Business Analyst
10 3 (3.659%) Infrastructure Project Manager
10 3 (3.659%) Senior Manager
10 3 (3.659%) Infrastructure Manager
10 3 (3.659%) Data Analyst
10 3 (3.659%) Senior Project Manager
10 3 (3.659%) Network Analyst
10 3 (3.659%) Data Network Analyst
11 2 (2.439%) VMware Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 25 (30.49%) Video Conferencing
2 3 (3.659%) Clustering
3 2 (2.439%) EqualLogic
3 2 (2.439%) Celerra
3 2 (2.439%) CLARiiON
4 1 (1.220%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 10 (12.20%) Windows
2 9 (10.98%) Windows Server 2008
3 4 (4.878%) Windows Server 2003
4 1 (1.220%) UNIX
4 1 (1.220%) AIX
4 1 (1.220%) Linux
4 1 (1.220%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (1.220%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (31.71%) Change Control
2 15 (18.29%) Project Management
3 14 (17.07%) Project Planning
4 12 (14.63%) ITIL
5 10 (12.20%) Change Management
6 9 (10.98%) PRINCE2
7 7 (8.537%) Stakeholder Management
8 6 (7.317%) Data Management
8 6 (7.317%) Business Development
9 4 (4.878%) Matrix Management
10 3 (3.659%) Incident Management
10 3 (3.659%) Business Transformation
11 2 (2.439%) High Availability
11 2 (2.439%) TOGAF
11 2 (2.439%) PRINCE
11 2 (2.439%) MOF
12 1 (1.220%) ERP
12 1 (1.220%) CRM
12 1 (1.220%) Scrum
12 1 (1.220%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 27 (32.93%) SQL
2 2 (2.439%) C
Qualifications
1 29 (35.37%) Cisco Certification
1 29 (35.37%) MCITP
2 20 (24.39%) CCNA
3 19 (23.17%) Microsoft Certification
4 11 (13.41%) MCSE
5 9 (10.98%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 8 (9.756%) NCIE
7 7 (8.537%) NCDA
7 7 (8.537%) ITIL Certification
8 5 (6.098%) PMP
8 5 (6.098%) PMI Certification
8 5 (6.098%) MCTS
9 4 (4.878%) CCIE
9 4 (4.878%) PRINCE2 Certification
10 3 (3.659%) CCNP
11 2 (2.439%) VCDX
11 2 (2.439%) CCEE
11 2 (2.439%) CCIA
11 2 (2.439%) HP ASE
11 2 (2.439%) HP MASE
System Software
1 19 (23.17%) Active Directory
2 10 (12.20%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (9.756%) vSphere
4 7 (8.537%) XenApp
4 7 (8.537%) XenServer
4 7 (8.537%) XenDesktop
4 7 (8.537%) VMware ESX
5 5 (6.098%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 5 (6.098%) NetBackup
1 5 (6.098%) Backup Exec
1 5 (6.098%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
2 4 (4.878%) SCCM
2 4 (4.878%) SCOM
3 2 (2.439%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 49 (59.76%) Cisco
2 30 (36.59%) Microsoft
3 15 (18.29%) Tandberg
4 11 (13.41%) VMware
5 9 (10.98%) Citrix
5 9 (10.98%) NetApp
6 8 (9.756%) HP
7 6 (7.317%) CommVault
7 6 (7.317%) Symantec
8 5 (6.098%) Avaya
8 5 (6.098%) Oracle
9 4 (4.878%) EMC
10 3 (3.659%) CheckPoint
10 3 (3.659%) Dell
11 2 (2.439%) Nortel
12 1 (1.220%) Red Hat
12 1 (1.220%) 3PAR