The first table below looks at the demand for Unified Communications skills in IT jobs advertised for the Merseyside region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Unified Communications over the 3 months to 23 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 Merseyside region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Unified Communications
Rank 54 75 67
Rank change year-on-year
+21 -8
Permanent jobs citing Unified Communications 5 4 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Merseyside 1.109% 0.597% 0.211%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 7.937% 3.670% 1.266%
Number of salaries quoted 5 3 1
Average salary £65,000 £60,000 £62,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+8.33% -4.00%
UK excluding London average salary £50,000 £50,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year
- -16.66%
All Communications & Networking
Merseyside
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
63 109 79
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Merseyside 13.97% 16.27% 16.63%
Number of salaries quoted 51 96 59
Average salary £37,500 £37,500 £31,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +19.04%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £31,000 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £45,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
Unified Communications
North West

Unified Communications
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Merseyside 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 Merseyside region.

Merseyside Unified Communications Salary Trend

Unified Communications
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Unified Communications across the Merseyside region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Merseyside 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 Merseyside region over the 3 months to 23 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 +22 3 £65,000 +8.33%
Unified Communications
North West

Unified Communications
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Merseyside 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 12 (92.31%) Cisco
2 9 (69.23%) Microsoft
3 8 (61.54%) HP
3 8 (61.54%) Citrix
3 8 (61.54%) VMware
3 8 (61.54%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (53.85%) Cloud Computing
5 6 (46.15%) Telecoms
5 6 (46.15%) Marketing
6 5 (38.46%) Cisco Certification
7 3 (23.08%) MS Excel
8 2 (15.38%) Lync
8 2 (15.38%) CCIE
8 2 (15.38%) VoIP
8 2 (15.38%) CCDP
8 2 (15.38%) Project Management
8 2 (15.38%) Wireless
9 1 (7.692%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 1 (7.692%) PMP
9 1 (7.692%) PMI Certification
9 1 (7.692%) SAN
9 1 (7.692%) NetApp
9 1 (7.692%) PRINCE
9 1 (7.692%) Windows Server 2003
9 1 (7.692%) Active Directory
9 1 (7.692%) SLA
9 1 (7.692%) Citrix Certification
9 1 (7.692%) Dell
9 1 (7.692%) EMC
9 1 (7.692%) CCNP

Unified Communications
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Merseyside 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 2 (15.38%) Lync
2 1 (7.692%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (23.08%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 2 (15.38%) VoIP
1 2 (15.38%) Wireless
2 1 (7.692%) SAN
General
1 6 (46.15%) Telecoms
1 6 (46.15%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 4 (30.77%) Consultant
1 4 (30.77%) Account Manager
2 3 (23.08%) Infrastructure Manager
2 3 (23.08%) Cisco Consultant
2 3 (23.08%) IT Infrastructure Manager
3 2 (15.38%) Senior Cisco Consultant
3 2 (15.38%) Pre Sales Consultant
3 2 (15.38%) Senior Consultant
3 2 (15.38%) Senior Sales Consultant
3 2 (15.38%) Sales Consultant
4 1 (7.692%) Architect
4 1 (7.692%) Project Manager
4 1 (7.692%) Solutions Architect
4 1 (7.692%) Sales Executive
4 1 (7.692%) Voice Engineer
4 1 (7.692%) IT Sales Executive
4 1 (7.692%) Virtualisation Consultant
4 1 (7.692%) VMware Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 7 (53.85%) Cloud Computing
2 1 (7.692%) Celerra
2 1 (7.692%) CLARiiON
2 1 (7.692%) Clustering
2 1 (7.692%) EqualLogic
Operating Systems
1 1 (7.692%) Windows Server 2003
1 1 (7.692%) Windows
1 1 (7.692%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (15.38%) Project Management
2 1 (7.692%) PRINCE
2 1 (7.692%) PRINCE2
2 1 (7.692%) Resource Management
2 1 (7.692%) Time Management
2 1 (7.692%) Communications Security
2 1 (7.692%) High Availability
2 1 (7.692%) Business Development
Qualifications
1 5 (38.46%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (15.38%) CCIE
2 2 (15.38%) CCDP
3 1 (7.692%) PRINCE2 Certification
3 1 (7.692%) PMP
3 1 (7.692%) PMI Certification
3 1 (7.692%) Citrix Certification
3 1 (7.692%) CCNP
3 1 (7.692%) CCVP
3 1 (7.692%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
3 1 (7.692%) MCTS
3 1 (7.692%) MCITP
3 1 (7.692%) HP AIS
3 1 (7.692%) HP ASE
3 1 (7.692%) HP MASE
3 1 (7.692%) VCDX
3 1 (7.692%) NCDA
3 1 (7.692%) NCIE
3 1 (7.692%) VCAP
3 1 (7.692%) CCEE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.692%) SLA
1 1 (7.692%) QA
System Software
1 8 (61.54%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (7.692%) Active Directory
2 1 (7.692%) VMware ESX
2 1 (7.692%) Hyper-V
2 1 (7.692%) XenApp
2 1 (7.692%) XenServer
2 1 (7.692%) XenDesktop
2 1 (7.692%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 1 (7.692%) SCCM
1 1 (7.692%) SCOM
1 1 (7.692%) SCVMM
1 1 (7.692%) Cisco UCCE
1 1 (7.692%) Cisco UCCX
1 1 (7.692%) Cisco CUCM
Vendors
1 12 (92.31%) Cisco
2 9 (69.23%) Microsoft
3 8 (61.54%) HP
3 8 (61.54%) Citrix
3 8 (61.54%) VMware
4 1 (7.692%) NetApp
4 1 (7.692%) Dell
4 1 (7.692%) EMC