The first table below looks at the demand for Unified Communications skills in IT jobs advertised for the Leicestershire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Unified Communications over the 3 months to 20 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 Leicestershire region.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Unified Communications
Rank 77 63 57
Rank change year-on-year
-14 -6
Permanent jobs citing Unified Communications 3 9 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leicestershire 0.442% 1.271% 0.187%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.055% 9.184% 1.695%
Number of salaries quoted 2 9 1
Average salary £60,000 £50,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+20.00% +42.85%
UK excluding London average salary £50,000 £50,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year
- -16.66%
All Communications & Networking
Leicestershire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
146 98 59
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leicestershire 21.50% 13.84% 11.01%
Number of salaries quoted 138 82 59
Average salary £31,338 £30,875 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+1.49% +2.91%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £23,500 £21,500
10% offered a salary of more than £47,750 £40,500 £47,650
UK excluding London average salary £39,750 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-0.62% +6.66%
Unified Communications
East Midlands

Unified Communications
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Leicestershire 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 Leicestershire region.

Leicestershire Unified Communications Salary Trend

Unified Communications
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Unified Communications across the Leicestershire region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

Leicestershire Unified Communications Salary Histogram

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 Leicestershire region over the 3 months to 20 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
Leicester -15 3 £60,000 +20.00%
Unified Communications
East Midlands

Unified Communications
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Leicestershire 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 3 (75.00%) Cisco
2 2 (50.00%) Firewall
2 2 (50.00%) Business Development
3 1 (25.00%) Video Conferencing
3 1 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (25.00%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (25.00%) XenApp
3 1 (25.00%) XenServer
3 1 (25.00%) XenDesktop
3 1 (25.00%) vSphere
3 1 (25.00%) SaaS
3 1 (25.00%) PaaS
3 1 (25.00%) iPad
3 1 (25.00%) NCDA
3 1 (25.00%) NCIE
3 1 (25.00%) Lync
3 1 (25.00%) Cisco Nexus
3 1 (25.00%) IaaS
3 1 (25.00%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
3 1 (25.00%) SQL
3 1 (25.00%) SQL Server
3 1 (25.00%) ITIL
3 1 (25.00%) Windows
3 1 (25.00%) MS Excel
3 1 (25.00%) MS Exchange
3 1 (25.00%) LAN
3 1 (25.00%) PBX
3 1 (25.00%) WAN
3 1 (25.00%) Data Security
3 1 (25.00%) Wi-Fi

Unified Communications
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Leicestershire 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 1 (25.00%) MS Exchange
1 1 (25.00%) Exchange Server 2000
1 1 (25.00%) Lync
Applications
1 1 (25.00%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 2 (50.00%) Firewall
2 1 (25.00%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (25.00%) IP Telephony
2 1 (25.00%) Cisco Nexus
2 1 (25.00%) LAN
2 1 (25.00%) PBX
2 1 (25.00%) WAN
2 1 (25.00%) SAN
2 1 (25.00%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (25.00%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 1 (25.00%) Senior Consultant
1 1 (25.00%) Consultant
1 1 (25.00%) Network Engineer
1 1 (25.00%) Account Manager
1 1 (25.00%) 3rd Line Support
1 1 (25.00%) Technical Consultant
1 1 (25.00%) Senior Technical Consultant
1 1 (25.00%) Cisco Engineer
1 1 (25.00%) Network Support
1 1 (25.00%) Cisco Network Engineer
1 1 (25.00%) Cisco Support
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Video Conferencing
1 1 (25.00%) SaaS
1 1 (25.00%) PaaS
1 1 (25.00%) iPad
1 1 (25.00%) IaaS
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Windows
1 1 (25.00%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Business Development
2 1 (25.00%) ITIL
2 1 (25.00%) Data Security
2 1 (25.00%) Data Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) CCIE
1 1 (25.00%) CCNP
1 1 (25.00%) CCIP
1 1 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (25.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
1 1 (25.00%) NCDA
1 1 (25.00%) NCIE
System Software
1 1 (25.00%) VMware ESX
1 1 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (25.00%) XenApp
1 1 (25.00%) XenServer
1 1 (25.00%) XenDesktop
1 1 (25.00%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) Cisco IPCC
1 1 (25.00%) NetBackup
1 1 (25.00%) Backup Exec
1 1 (25.00%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Cisco
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (25.00%) HP
2 1 (25.00%) Citrix
2 1 (25.00%) Juniper
2 1 (25.00%) CommVault
2 1 (25.00%) NetApp
2 1 (25.00%) CheckPoint
2 1 (25.00%) Symantec
2 1 (25.00%) VMware