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

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Lync
Rank 49 61 -
Rank change year-on-year
+12 -
Permanent jobs citing Lync 2 10 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Liverpool 0.559% 1.961% -
As % of the Application Platforms category 3.077% 6.757% -
Number of salaries quoted 2 10 0
Average salary £67,500 £42,500 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
+58.82% -
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £45,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year
- -18.18%
All Application Platforms
Liverpool
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
65 148 112
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Liverpool 18.16% 29.02% 34.67%
Number of salaries quoted 55 120 89
Average salary £37,500 £37,500 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +15.38%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,250 £30,000 £30,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £50,000 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+2.66% -
Lync
Merseyside

Lync
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Liverpool 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 Liverpool region.

Liverpool Lync Salary Trend

Lync
Salary Histogram

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

Liverpool Lync Salary Histogram

Lync
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Liverpool 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 3 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (100.00%) MS Excel
2 2 (66.67%) Unified Communications
3 1 (33.33%) Exchange Server 2010
3 1 (33.33%) Office 365
3 1 (33.33%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (33.33%) Exchange Server 2013
3 1 (33.33%) SharePoint
3 1 (33.33%) MS Exchange
3 1 (33.33%) VoIP
3 1 (33.33%) SLA
3 1 (33.33%) Cisco
3 1 (33.33%) SQL
3 1 (33.33%) ITIL
3 1 (33.33%) Windows
3 1 (33.33%) MCSE
3 1 (33.33%) CCIE
3 1 (33.33%) CCDP
3 1 (33.33%) Active Directory
3 1 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (33.33%) Project Management
3 1 (33.33%) Identity Management
3 1 (33.33%) MCTS
3 1 (33.33%) MCITP
3 1 (33.33%) Marketing
3 1 (33.33%) Business Development
3 1 (33.33%) SCCM
3 1 (33.33%) SCOM
3 1 (33.33%) SCVMM

Lync
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Liverpool 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 1 (33.33%) SharePoint
1 1 (33.33%) MS Exchange
1 1 (33.33%) Office Communications Server
1 1 (33.33%) Exchange Server 2010
1 1 (33.33%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 3 (100.00%) MS Excel
2 1 (33.33%) Office 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (66.67%) Unified Communications
2 1 (33.33%) VoIP
General
1 1 (33.33%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Architect
1 1 (33.33%) Senior Consultant
1 1 (33.33%) Consultant
1 1 (33.33%) Solutions Architect
1 1 (33.33%) Technical Consultant
1 1 (33.33%) Senior Technical Consultant
1 1 (33.33%) SCCM Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Windows
1 1 (33.33%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) ITIL
1 1 (33.33%) Project Management
1 1 (33.33%) Identity Management
1 1 (33.33%) Business Development
1 1 (33.33%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) MCSE
1 1 (33.33%) CCIE
1 1 (33.33%) CCDP
1 1 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (33.33%) MCTS
1 1 (33.33%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) SCCM
1 1 (33.33%) SCOM
1 1 (33.33%) SCVMM
1 1 (33.33%) Cisco UCCE
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (33.33%) Cisco