The first table below looks at the demand for Unified Communications skills in IT jobs advertised for the Liverpool region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Unified Communications over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Liverpool region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Unified Communications
Rank 55 61 -
Rank change year-on-year
+6 -
Permanent jobs citing Unified Communications 5 3 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Liverpool 1.225% 0.586% -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 9.615% 4.545% -
Number of salaries quoted 5 3 0
Average salary £65,000 £60,000 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
+8.33% -
UK excluding London average salary £50,000 £50,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year
- -13.04%
All Communications & Networking
Liverpool
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
52 66 65
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Liverpool 12.75% 12.89% 19.46%
Number of salaries quoted 44 63 53
Average salary £40,000 £42,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.88% +6.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £33,500 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £45,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
Unified Communications
Merseyside

Unified Communications
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Liverpool 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 Liverpool region.

Liverpool Unified Communications Salary Trend

Unified Communications
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Unified Communications across the Liverpool region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Liverpool Unified Communications Salary Histogram

Unified Communications
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Liverpool 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 6 (75.00%) Cisco
2 5 (62.50%) MS Excel
3 4 (50.00%) Microsoft
4 3 (37.50%) Cisco Certification
4 3 (37.50%) MCITP
4 3 (37.50%) Lync
5 2 (25.00%) High Availability
5 2 (25.00%) vSphere
5 2 (25.00%) NCDA
5 2 (25.00%) NCIE
5 2 (25.00%) HP AIS
5 2 (25.00%) HP ASE
5 2 (25.00%) HP MASE
5 2 (25.00%) Windows Server 2008
5 2 (25.00%) Hyper-V
5 2 (25.00%) XenApp
5 2 (25.00%) XenServer
5 2 (25.00%) XenDesktop
5 2 (25.00%) CCIA
5 2 (25.00%) CCEE
5 2 (25.00%) Citrix Certification
5 2 (25.00%) MCTS
5 2 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (25.00%) Celerra
5 2 (25.00%) CLARiiON
5 2 (25.00%) Project Management
5 2 (25.00%) Wireless
5 2 (25.00%) VMware
5 2 (25.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 2 (25.00%) CCIE

Unified Communications
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Liverpool 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 3 (37.50%) Lync
2 1 (12.50%) SharePoint
2 1 (12.50%) MS Exchange
2 1 (12.50%) Office Communications Server
2 1 (12.50%) Exchange Server 2003
2 1 (12.50%) Exchange Server 2007
2 1 (12.50%) Exchange Server 2013
2 1 (12.50%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 5 (62.50%) MS Excel
2 1 (12.50%) MS Office
2 1 (12.50%) Office 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (25.00%) Wireless
1 2 (25.00%) VoIP
2 1 (12.50%) DHCP
2 1 (12.50%) DNS
2 1 (12.50%) SAN
General
1 1 (12.50%) Telecoms
1 1 (12.50%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 4 (50.00%) Consultant
2 2 (25.00%) Technical Consultant
3 1 (12.50%) Account Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Solutions Architect
3 1 (12.50%) Sales Consultant
3 1 (12.50%) Technical Pre Sales Consultant
3 1 (12.50%) Cisco Consultant
3 1 (12.50%) Architect
3 1 (12.50%) Project Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Sales Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Technical Account Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Technical Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Pre Sales Consultant
3 1 (12.50%) Voice Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Virtualisation Consultant
3 1 (12.50%) VMware Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) Celerra
1 2 (25.00%) CLARiiON
2 1 (12.50%) EMC Centera
2 1 (12.50%) Clustering
2 1 (12.50%) Video Conferencing
2 1 (12.50%) EqualLogic
2 1 (12.50%) HP StorageWorks
Operating Systems
1 2 (25.00%) Windows Server 2008
1 2 (25.00%) Windows Server 2003
1 2 (25.00%) Windows
2 1 (12.50%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (25.00%) High Availability
1 2 (25.00%) Project Management
2 1 (12.50%) PRINCE2
2 1 (12.50%) PRINCE
2 1 (12.50%) Business Continuity
2 1 (12.50%) Time Management
2 1 (12.50%) Communications Security
2 1 (12.50%) Business Development
2 1 (12.50%) Resource Management
Qualifications
1 3 (37.50%) Cisco Certification
1 3 (37.50%) MCITP
2 2 (25.00%) NCDA
2 2 (25.00%) NCIE
2 2 (25.00%) HP AIS
2 2 (25.00%) HP ASE
2 2 (25.00%) HP MASE
2 2 (25.00%) CCIA
2 2 (25.00%) CCEE
2 2 (25.00%) Citrix Certification
2 2 (25.00%) MCTS
2 2 (25.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 2 (25.00%) CCIE
2 2 (25.00%) CCDP
3 1 (12.50%) MCSE
3 1 (12.50%) CCA
3 1 (12.50%) CCNP
3 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (12.50%) PRINCE2 Certification
3 1 (12.50%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) SLA
1 1 (12.50%) QA
System Software
1 2 (25.00%) vSphere
1 2 (25.00%) Hyper-V
1 2 (25.00%) XenApp
1 2 (25.00%) XenServer
1 2 (25.00%) XenDesktop
1 2 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 2 (25.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (12.50%) VMware ESX
2 1 (12.50%) EMC RecoverPoint
Systems Management
1 1 (12.50%) Backup Exec
1 1 (12.50%) SCCM
1 1 (12.50%) SCOM
1 1 (12.50%) SCVMM
1 1 (12.50%) Cisco UCCX
1 1 (12.50%) Cisco CUCM
1 1 (12.50%) Cisco UCCE
Vendors
1 6 (75.00%) Cisco
2 4 (50.00%) Microsoft
3 2 (25.00%) VMware
3 2 (25.00%) EMC
3 2 (25.00%) Citrix
3 2 (25.00%) NetApp
3 2 (25.00%) HP
4 1 (12.50%) Dell
4 1 (12.50%) IBM
4 1 (12.50%) Symantec
4 1 (12.50%) Hitachi
4 1 (12.50%) ProCurve