The first table below looks at the demand for Unified Communications skills in IT jobs advertised for the Milton Keynes region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Unified Communications over the 3 months to 22 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 Milton Keynes region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Unified Communications
Rank 87 75 88
Rank change year-on-year
-12 +13
Permanent jobs citing Unified Communications 16 11 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Milton Keynes 1.237% 1.052% 0.106%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 7.692% 5.612% 0.855%
Number of salaries quoted 12 11 1
Average salary £48,750 £40,000 £57,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+21.87% -29.82%
UK excluding London average salary £50,000 £50,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year
- -16.66%
All Communications & Networking
Milton Keynes
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
208 196 117
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Milton Keynes 16.09% 18.74% 12.42%
Number of salaries quoted 160 162 93
Average salary £45,000 £40,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+12.50% +14.28%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £25,500 £23,000
10% offered a salary of more than £61,000 £50,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
Unified Communications
Buckinghamshire

Unified Communications
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Milton Keynes 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 Milton Keynes region.

Milton Keynes Unified Communications Salary Trend

Unified Communications
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Unified Communications across the Milton Keynes region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Milton Keynes Unified Communications Salary Histogram

Unified Communications
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Milton Keynes 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 24 (66.67%) Cisco
2 18 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
2 18 (50.00%) Cisco UCCX
3 16 (44.44%) CCIE
3 16 (44.44%) CCVP
4 15 (41.67%) Cisco UCCE
5 11 (30.56%) Microsoft
6 10 (27.78%) CCNP
6 10 (27.78%) MCITP
7 9 (25.00%) Lync
7 9 (25.00%) CCNA
7 9 (25.00%) ITIL
7 9 (25.00%) Finance
8 8 (22.22%) Microsoft Certification
8 8 (22.22%) Windows
8 8 (22.22%) Active Directory
8 8 (22.22%) Cisco IPT
8 8 (22.22%) Degree
8 8 (22.22%) IP Telephony
8 8 (22.22%) Network Design
9 7 (19.44%) Information Security
9 7 (19.44%) Operations Management
9 7 (19.44%) Computer Science
9 7 (19.44%) PowerShell
9 7 (19.44%) Change Control
9 7 (19.44%) ISMS
9 7 (19.44%) PRINCE2
9 7 (19.44%) Terminal Services
9 7 (19.44%) Management Information System
9 7 (19.44%) Twitter

Unified Communications
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Milton Keynes 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 Development
1 1 (2.778%) COM
Application Platforms
1 9 (25.00%) Lync
2 1 (2.778%) SharePoint
2 1 (2.778%) MS Exchange
2 1 (2.778%) Exchange Server 2007
2 1 (2.778%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 3 (8.333%) MS Excel
2 1 (2.778%) MS Office
2 1 (2.778%) MS PowerPoint
Communications & Networking
1 8 (22.22%) Cisco IPT
1 8 (22.22%) IP Telephony
2 4 (11.11%) Wireless
3 3 (8.333%) LAN
4 2 (5.556%) VoIP
4 2 (5.556%) WLAN
4 2 (5.556%) SAN
5 1 (2.778%) Cisco Nexus
5 1 (2.778%) Firewall
5 1 (2.778%) IPsec
5 1 (2.778%) WAN
5 1 (2.778%) VPN
5 1 (2.778%) DNS
5 1 (2.778%) SSL
5 1 (2.778%) Cisco ASA
5 1 (2.778%) Network Security
5 1 (2.778%) Wireless Security
5 1 (2.778%) BSS
5 1 (2.778%) FCAPS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.778%) SQL Server
General
1 9 (25.00%) Finance
2 1 (2.778%) Local Government
2 1 (2.778%) Marketing
2 1 (2.778%) Billing
Job Titles
1 11 (30.56%) Cisco Engineer
2 9 (25.00%) Cisco Support
2 9 (25.00%) Cisco Support Engineer
2 9 (25.00%) Voice Engineer
2 9 (25.00%) Support Engineer
3 8 (22.22%) Support Manager
4 7 (19.44%) Project Manager
4 7 (19.44%) Cisco Voice Engineer
5 6 (16.67%) Voice Support Engineer
5 6 (16.67%) 3rd Line Support
6 5 (13.89%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
6 5 (13.89%) 3rd Line Support Manager
7 4 (11.11%) Implementation Engineer
8 3 (8.333%) Consultant
8 3 (8.333%) Network Project Manager
8 3 (8.333%) PRINCE2 Project Manager
8 3 (8.333%) Network Manager
9 2 (5.556%) Architect
9 2 (5.556%) Communications Engineer
10 1 (2.778%) Account Manager
Miscellaneous
1 7 (19.44%) Computer Science
1 7 (19.44%) Management Information System
2 1 (2.778%) Blackberry
2 1 (2.778%) iPhone
2 1 (2.778%) Celerra
2 1 (2.778%) EqualLogic
Operating Systems
1 8 (22.22%) Windows
2 1 (2.778%) Windows Phone
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (25.00%) ITIL
2 8 (22.22%) Network Design
3 7 (19.44%) Information Security
3 7 (19.44%) Operations Management
3 7 (19.44%) Change Control
3 7 (19.44%) ISMS
3 7 (19.44%) PRINCE2
4 2 (5.556%) Business Transformation
5 1 (2.778%) PRINCE
5 1 (2.778%) BPR
5 1 (2.778%) Configuration Management
5 1 (2.778%) MOF
5 1 (2.778%) Project Management
5 1 (2.778%) Quality Management
5 1 (2.778%) Service Delivery
5 1 (2.778%) Change Management
5 1 (2.778%) Disaster Recovery
5 1 (2.778%) Migration
5 1 (2.778%) CRM
5 1 (2.778%) Load Balancing
Programming Languages
1 7 (19.44%) PowerShell
2 1 (2.778%) C
2 1 (2.778%) SQL
Qualifications
1 18 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
2 16 (44.44%) CCIE
2 16 (44.44%) CCVP
3 10 (27.78%) CCNP
3 10 (27.78%) MCITP
4 9 (25.00%) CCNA
5 8 (22.22%) Microsoft Certification
5 8 (22.22%) Degree
6 5 (13.89%) PRINCE2 Certification
7 3 (8.333%) PMP
7 3 (8.333%) PMI Certification
8 2 (5.556%) MCTS
8 2 (5.556%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 1 (2.778%) MCSE
9 1 (2.778%) Citrix Certification
9 1 (2.778%) CCEA
9 1 (2.778%) CCDP
9 1 (2.778%) CCSP
9 1 (2.778%) VCDX
9 1 (2.778%) HP AIS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.778%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 8 (22.22%) Active Directory
2 7 (19.44%) Terminal Services
3 3 (8.333%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (5.556%) Hyper-V
5 1 (2.778%) VMware ESX
5 1 (2.778%) XenApp
5 1 (2.778%) XenServer
5 1 (2.778%) XenDesktop
5 1 (2.778%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 18 (50.00%) Cisco UCCX
2 15 (41.67%) Cisco UCCE
3 2 (5.556%) Cisco CUCM
4 1 (2.778%) SCCM
4 1 (2.778%) SCOM
Vendors
1 24 (66.67%) Cisco
2 11 (30.56%) Microsoft
3 7 (19.44%) Twitter
4 3 (8.333%) VMware
4 3 (8.333%) HP
4 3 (8.333%) Citrix
5 2 (5.556%) Dell
5 2 (5.556%) EMC
5 2 (5.556%) NetApp
6 1 (2.778%) Juniper
6 1 (2.778%) Avaya
6 1 (2.778%) CheckPoint
6 1 (2.778%) Salesforce.com
6 1 (2.778%) Symantec
6 1 (2.778%) Nortel
6 1 (2.778%) Dialogic
6 1 (2.778%) F5
6 1 (2.778%) Brocade
6 1 (2.778%) Fortinet
6 1 (2.778%) Mitel