The first table below looks at the demand for Lync skills in IT jobs advertised for the Manchester region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Lync over the 3 months to 21 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 Manchester region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Lync
Rank 157 163 161
Rank change year-on-year
+6 -2
Permanent jobs citing Lync 32 13 15
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Manchester 0.781% 0.357% 0.385%
As % of the Application Platforms category 3.926% 1.684% 2.336%
Number of salaries quoted 26 13 15
Average salary £42,500 £27,500 £61,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+54.54% -55.28%
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £45,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year
- -18.18%
All Application Platforms
Manchester
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
815 772 642
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Manchester 19.89% 21.20% 16.47%
Number of salaries quoted 694 689 601
Average salary £35,000 £32,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.69% -7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £23,500 £23,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £61,500 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+2.66% -
Lync
North West

Lync
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Manchester 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 Manchester region.

Manchester Lync Salary Trend

Lync
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Lync across the Manchester region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Manchester Lync Salary Histogram

Lync
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Lync within the Manchester region over the 3 months to 21 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
Stockport - 3 £18,000 -
Cheadle - 2 £25,250 -
Lync
North West

Lync
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Manchester 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 72 (93.51%) Microsoft
2 61 (79.22%) Windows
3 60 (77.92%) MS Exchange
4 44 (57.14%) MS Excel
5 40 (51.95%) Exchange Server 2010
6 34 (44.16%) Windows Server 2008
7 32 (41.56%) Active Directory
8 30 (38.96%) SharePoint
9 28 (36.36%) Office Communications Server
10 26 (33.77%) Unified Communications
11 22 (28.57%) Windows Vista
12 18 (23.38%) MS Office
13 17 (22.08%) Cisco
14 15 (19.48%) Service Delivery
14 15 (19.48%) Advertising
15 14 (18.18%) SCCM
15 14 (18.18%) Windows Server 2003
16 13 (16.88%) IBM
16 13 (16.88%) IBM Certification
16 13 (16.88%) Lotus
16 13 (16.88%) Lotus Notes
16 13 (16.88%) IronPort
17 12 (15.58%) Windows 7
18 11 (14.29%) VMware
18 11 (14.29%) Microsoft Certification
19 10 (12.99%) MCITP
19 10 (12.99%) SCOM
20 9 (11.69%) Citrix
20 9 (11.69%) SQL Server
20 9 (11.69%) Windows XP

Lync
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Manchester 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 Development
1 2 (2.597%) Web Services
2 1 (1.299%) XMPP
2 1 (1.299%) Application Packaging
2 1 (1.299%) WPF
2 1 (1.299%) COM
Application Platforms
1 60 (77.92%) MS Exchange
2 40 (51.95%) Exchange Server 2010
3 30 (38.96%) SharePoint
4 28 (36.36%) Office Communications Server
5 13 (16.88%) Lotus Notes
6 9 (11.69%) SharePoint 2010
7 3 (3.896%) Exchange Server 2013
7 3 (3.896%) Windows Azure
7 3 (3.896%) Exchange Server 2007
8 2 (2.597%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
8 2 (2.597%) IIS
8 2 (2.597%) MS Project Server
8 2 (2.597%) Exchange Server 2003
9 1 (1.299%) Amazon EC2
9 1 (1.299%) SharePoint 2013
9 1 (1.299%) Exchange Server 2000
Applications
1 44 (57.14%) MS Excel
2 18 (23.38%) MS Office
3 8 (10.39%) Office 365
4 2 (2.597%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 4 (5.195%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 26 (33.77%) Unified Communications
2 9 (11.69%) VoIP
3 8 (10.39%) SAN
3 8 (10.39%) DNS
4 7 (9.091%) WAN
4 7 (9.091%) VPN
4 7 (9.091%) LAN
5 4 (5.195%) DHCP
5 4 (5.195%) NAS
6 3 (3.896%) VLAN
6 3 (3.896%) ADSL
6 3 (3.896%) 3G
7 2 (2.597%) MPLS
7 2 (2.597%) SSL
7 2 (2.597%) PBX
7 2 (2.597%) TCP/IP
7 2 (2.597%) SMTP
7 2 (2.597%) LDAP
7 2 (2.597%) Firewall
7 2 (2.597%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (11.69%) SQL Server
2 5 (6.494%) SQL Server 2012
2 5 (6.494%) SQL Server 2008
3 4 (5.195%) SQL Server 2000
3 4 (5.195%) SQL Server 2005
General
1 15 (19.48%) Advertising
2 6 (7.792%) Telecoms
3 2 (2.597%) Finance
Job Titles
1 16 (20.78%) Consultant
2 14 (18.18%) Team Leader
3 12 (15.58%) Communications Engineer
4 9 (11.69%) Infrastructure Manager
5 6 (7.792%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 5 (6.494%) Support Engineer
6 5 (6.494%) Analyst
6 5 (6.494%) Desktop Support
7 4 (5.195%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
7 4 (5.195%) IT Support
8 3 (3.896%) 3rd Line Support
8 3 (3.896%) Infrastructure Analyst
8 3 (3.896%) Support Analyst
8 3 (3.896%) Architect
9 2 (2.597%) IT Consultant
9 2 (2.597%) Systems Administrator
9 2 (2.597%) Solutions Architect
9 2 (2.597%) Technical Support
9 2 (2.597%) Support Consultant
9 2 (2.597%) Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 5 (6.494%) iPhone
1 5 (6.494%) Blackberry
2 4 (5.195%) Thin Client
2 4 (5.195%) Fat Client
3 2 (2.597%) Firmware
3 2 (2.597%) iPad
3 2 (2.597%) Open Source
3 2 (2.597%) EqualLogic
4 1 (1.299%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (1.299%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (1.299%) Video Conferencing
4 1 (1.299%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 61 (79.22%) Windows
2 34 (44.16%) Windows Server 2008
3 22 (28.57%) Windows Vista
4 14 (18.18%) Windows Server 2003
5 12 (15.58%) Windows 7
6 9 (11.69%) Windows XP
7 6 (7.792%) Linux
7 6 (7.792%) Windows Server 2012
8 5 (6.494%) Android
9 4 (5.195%) UNIX
10 2 (2.597%) Windows 8
10 2 (2.597%) Windows Phone
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (19.48%) Service Delivery
2 7 (9.091%) ITIL
3 4 (5.195%) CRM
3 4 (5.195%) Disaster Recovery
3 4 (5.195%) Problem Management
3 4 (5.195%) Network Management
4 3 (3.896%) Network Design
4 3 (3.896%) Incident Management
4 3 (3.896%) Change Management
4 3 (3.896%) Project Management
5 2 (2.597%) PRINCE2
5 2 (2.597%) Service Management
5 2 (2.597%) Migration
5 2 (2.597%) Integration Testing
5 2 (2.597%) Load Balancing
5 2 (2.597%) Knowledge Management
6 1 (1.299%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 8 (10.39%) SQL
2 2 (2.597%) PowerShell
3 1 (1.299%) C#
Qualifications
1 13 (16.88%) IBM Certification
2 11 (14.29%) Microsoft Certification
3 10 (12.99%) MCITP
4 7 (9.091%) MCSE
5 2 (2.597%) Citrix Certification
5 2 (2.597%) MCSA
5 2 (2.597%) MCP
5 2 (2.597%) MCTS
6 1 (1.299%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (5.195%) SLA
2 1 (1.299%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (1.299%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 32 (41.56%) Active Directory
2 8 (10.39%) Hyper-V
3 4 (5.195%) Microsoft Virtual Server
3 4 (5.195%) XenApp
4 3 (3.896%) Terminal Services
5 2 (2.597%) XenDesktop
5 2 (2.597%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (1.299%) Forefront TMG
Systems Management
1 14 (18.18%) SCCM
2 10 (12.99%) SCOM
3 4 (5.195%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
4 2 (2.597%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 72 (93.51%) Microsoft
2 17 (22.08%) Cisco
3 13 (16.88%) IBM
3 13 (16.88%) Lotus
3 13 (16.88%) IronPort
4 11 (14.29%) VMware
5 9 (11.69%) Citrix
6 4 (5.195%) Symantec
6 4 (5.195%) HP
6 4 (5.195%) Wyse
7 2 (2.597%) NetApp
7 2 (2.597%) EMC
7 2 (2.597%) Sun
7 2 (2.597%) Spiceworks
8 1 (1.299%) AppSense
Manchester, Lancashire
Proven recent experience of Microsoft Exchange Server 2000 - 2010 and Microsoft Server 2008 *Experienced within the administration, build and troubleshooting of Microsoft solutions. *Current Microsoft accreditation - MCITP, MCTS,...
Polar Recruitment
Salary: £45000 - £58000 per annum + + Car + Benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
Stockport, North West
Requirements for this position on a technical front are skills with the installation and operating of Microsoft Windows XP and 7, Windows Server, Microsoft Exchange, Active Directory, an...
Salary: £16000.00 - £20000.00 per annum
Posted: 27 April 2013
Stockport, North West
Requirements for this position on a technical front are skills with the installation and operating of Microsoft Windows XP and 7, Windows Server, Microsoft Exchange, Active Directory, an...
Salary: £17000 - £18000 per annum + Benefits package
Posted: 1 May 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
MS Exchange, IBM Lotus Notes, Cisco IronPort, PGP Encryption, Sharepoint, Lync... Preferably have achieved appropriate related qualifications (example Microsoft or IBM certification) Strong interpersonal skills to manage relationships...
The Co-operative Bank
Salary: £38500 - £48000 per annum + bonus+benefits+pension
Posted: 30 April 2013