The first table below looks at the demand for Lync skills in IT jobs advertised for the Merseyside region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Lync over the 3 months to 24 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 Merseyside region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Lync
Rank 59 73 -
Rank change year-on-year
+14 -
Permanent jobs citing Lync 2 9 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Merseyside 0.447% 1.337% -
As % of the Application Platforms category 2.381% 4.523% -
Number of salaries quoted 2 9 0
Average salary £67,500 £47,500 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
+42.10% -
UK excluding London average salary £47,500 £45,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year
+5.55% -14.28%
All Application Platforms
Merseyside
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
84 199 141
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Merseyside 18.79% 29.57% 30.45%
Number of salaries quoted 70 171 115
Average salary £37,500 £37,500 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +15.38%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,350 £25,000 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £39,000 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+4.00% -
Lync
North West

Lync
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Merseyside 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 Merseyside region.

Merseyside Lync Salary Trend

Lync
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Lync across the Merseyside region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Merseyside 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 Merseyside region over the 3 months to 24 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
Liverpool +11 2 £67,500 +42.10%
Lync
North West

Lync
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Merseyside 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 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Merseyside 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%) Exchange Server 2010
1 1 (33.33%) Exchange Server 2013
1 1 (33.33%) SharePoint
1 1 (33.33%) MS Exchange
1 1 (33.33%) Office Communications Server
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%) SCCM Consultant
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
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