The first table below looks at the demand for Lync skills in IT jobs advertised for the Middlesex region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Lync over the 3 months to 18 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 Application Platforms category for the Middlesex region.

Location
3 months to
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Lync
Rank 53 59 72
Rank change year-on-year
+6 +13
Permanent jobs citing Lync 5 1 5
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Middlesex 0.954% 0.198% 0.751%
As % of the Application Platforms category 5.263% 1.099% 3.247%
Number of salaries quoted 5 1 5
Average salary £40,000 £45,000 £55,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-11.11% -18.18%
90% offered a salary of more than £37,500 £45,000 £40,500
10% offered a salary of more than £57,100 £45,000 £72,000
UK excluding London average salary £46,000 £45,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year
+2.22% -18.18%
All Application Platforms
Middlesex
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
95 91 154
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Middlesex 18.13% 18.06% 23.12%
Number of salaries quoted 69 86 112
Average salary £40,000 £45,000 £43,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-11.11% +4.65%
90% offered a salary of more than £33,000 £32,500 £31,500
10% offered a salary of more than £70,000 £60,000 £58,900
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+2.66% -
Lync
South East

Lync
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Middlesex 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 Middlesex region.

Middlesex Lync Salary Trend

Lync
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Lync across the Middlesex region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

Middlesex Lync Salary Histogram

Lync
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Middlesex 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 9 (90.00%) Microsoft
2 7 (70.00%) Hyper-V
3 6 (60.00%) NAS
3 6 (60.00%) Exchange Server 2010
3 6 (60.00%) SQL
3 6 (60.00%) IIS
3 6 (60.00%) ASP
3 6 (60.00%) Linux
3 6 (60.00%) MS Exchange
3 6 (60.00%) SAN
4 5 (50.00%) Degree
5 4 (40.00%) Computer Science
5 4 (40.00%) Microsoft Certification
5 4 (40.00%) PowerShell
5 4 (40.00%) Management Information System
5 4 (40.00%) Active Directory
5 4 (40.00%) MCSE
5 4 (40.00%) XML
5 4 (40.00%) Oracle
5 4 (40.00%) Client/Server
6 3 (30.00%) Windows
6 3 (30.00%) MS Excel
6 3 (30.00%) SharePoint
7 2 (20.00%) Adobe
7 2 (20.00%) IPv4
7 2 (20.00%) MS Office
7 2 (20.00%) Firewall
7 2 (20.00%) Project Management
7 2 (20.00%) TCP/IP
7 2 (20.00%) Cisco

Lync
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Middlesex 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 6 (60.00%) ASP
2 4 (40.00%) XML
Application Platforms
1 6 (60.00%) IIS
1 6 (60.00%) MS Exchange
1 6 (60.00%) Exchange Server 2010
2 3 (30.00%) SharePoint
3 1 (10.00%) Office Communications Server
Applications
1 3 (30.00%) MS Excel
2 2 (20.00%) MS PowerPoint
2 2 (20.00%) Adobe Captivate
2 2 (20.00%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 6 (60.00%) SAN
1 6 (60.00%) NAS
2 2 (20.00%) Firewall
2 2 (20.00%) TCP/IP
2 2 (20.00%) IPv4
3 1 (10.00%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (10.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (10.00%) Oracle 8/8i
General
1 2 (20.00%) Advertising
2 1 (10.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 6 (60.00%) Administrator
1 6 (60.00%) Server Administrator
2 2 (20.00%) Microsoft Trainer
2 2 (20.00%) Trainer
2 2 (20.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 2 (20.00%) Server Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Citrix Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Designer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (40.00%) Client/Server
1 4 (40.00%) Management Information System
1 4 (40.00%) Computer Science
2 2 (20.00%) Clustering
2 2 (20.00%) E-Learning
Operating Systems
1 6 (60.00%) Linux
2 3 (30.00%) Windows
3 2 (20.00%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (20.00%) Project Management
1 2 (20.00%) Load Balancing
2 1 (10.00%) Time Management
2 1 (10.00%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 6 (60.00%) SQL
2 4 (40.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 5 (50.00%) Degree
2 4 (40.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 4 (40.00%) MCSE
3 2 (20.00%) Security Cleared
4 1 (10.00%) CCEE
4 1 (10.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 1 (10.00%) MCITP
4 1 (10.00%) CCNA
4 1 (10.00%) CCA
4 1 (10.00%) Citrix Certification
4 1 (10.00%) CCEA
4 1 (10.00%) Cisco Certification
System Software
1 7 (70.00%) Hyper-V
2 4 (40.00%) Active Directory
3 1 (10.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (10.00%) XenApp
3 1 (10.00%) XenServer
3 1 (10.00%) XenDesktop
Vendors
1 9 (90.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (40.00%) Oracle
3 2 (20.00%) Cisco
3 2 (20.00%) Adobe
4 1 (10.00%) HP
4 1 (10.00%) Dell
4 1 (10.00%) Citrix
4 1 (10.00%) VMware