The first table below looks at the demand for Lync skills in IT jobs advertised for the North West 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 North West region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Lync
Rank 196 216 217
Rank change year-on-year
+20 +1
Permanent jobs citing Lync 58 29 15
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 0.804% 0.409% 0.222%
As % of the Application Platforms category 4.240% 1.884% 1.160%
Number of salaries quoted 52 25 15
Average salary £43,500 £37,500 £61,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+16.00% -39.02%
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £45,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year
- -18.18%
All Application Platforms
North West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
1368 1539 1293
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 18.97% 21.72% 19.10%
Number of salaries quoted 1167 1369 1176
Average salary £36,600 £33,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+9.25% -4.28%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £23,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £55,000 £47,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+2.66% -
Lync
England

Lync
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West 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 North West region.

North West Lync Salary Trend

Lync
Salary Histogram

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

North West 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 North West 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
Manchester +6 32 £42,500 +54.54%
Cheshire +20 19 £57,500 +21.05%
Merseyside +12 2 £67,500 +58.82%
Lync
England

Lync
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West 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.

1 105 (92.92%) Microsoft
2 93 (82.30%) Windows
3 92 (81.42%) MS Exchange
4 67 (59.29%) Exchange Server 2010
5 66 (58.41%) Windows Server 2008
6 58 (51.33%) SharePoint
7 50 (44.25%) MS Excel
8 48 (42.48%) Active Directory
9 45 (39.82%) Office Communications Server
10 43 (38.05%) Windows Server 2003
11 31 (27.43%) Service Delivery
12 30 (26.55%) Unified Communications
13 22 (19.47%) SharePoint 2010
13 22 (19.47%) Windows Vista
13 22 (19.47%) SQL Server
14 21 (18.58%) NetApp
14 21 (18.58%) Blackberry
15 20 (17.70%) Cisco
15 20 (17.70%) ITIL
15 20 (17.70%) Exchange Server 2007
16 19 (16.81%) Exchange Server 2003
16 19 (16.81%) Linux
16 19 (16.81%) EMC
17 18 (15.93%) MS Office
17 18 (15.93%) LAN
17 18 (15.93%) WAN
17 18 (15.93%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
18 17 (15.04%) Service Management
18 17 (15.04%) SCCM
19 16 (14.16%) Advertising

Lync
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West 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 4 (3.540%) COM
2 2 (1.770%) Web Services
3 1 (0.885%) WPF
3 1 (0.885%) XMPP
3 1 (0.885%) Application Packaging
Application Platforms
1 92 (81.42%) MS Exchange
2 67 (59.29%) Exchange Server 2010
3 58 (51.33%) SharePoint
4 45 (39.82%) Office Communications Server
5 22 (19.47%) SharePoint 2010
6 20 (17.70%) Exchange Server 2007
7 19 (16.81%) Exchange Server 2003
8 18 (15.93%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
9 13 (11.50%) Lotus Notes
10 4 (3.540%) IIS
10 4 (3.540%) Exchange Server 2013
11 3 (2.655%) Windows Azure
12 2 (1.770%) BizTalk Server
12 2 (1.770%) MS Project Server
13 1 (0.885%) SharePoint 2013
13 1 (0.885%) Amazon EC2
13 1 (0.885%) Exchange Server 2000
Applications
1 50 (44.25%) MS Excel
2 18 (15.93%) MS Office
3 10 (8.850%) Office 365
4 2 (1.770%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 4 (3.540%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 30 (26.55%) Unified Communications
2 18 (15.93%) LAN
2 18 (15.93%) WAN
3 13 (11.50%) VoIP
4 12 (10.62%) SAN
5 10 (8.850%) DNS
6 9 (7.965%) VPN
7 6 (5.310%) DHCP
8 5 (4.425%) VLAN
8 5 (4.425%) Firewall
9 4 (3.540%) Wireless
9 4 (3.540%) TCP/IP
9 4 (3.540%) NAS
10 3 (2.655%) 3G
10 3 (2.655%) ADSL
11 2 (1.770%) SMTP
11 2 (1.770%) PBX
11 2 (1.770%) LDAP
11 2 (1.770%) MPLS
11 2 (1.770%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (19.47%) SQL Server
2 9 (7.965%) SQL Server 2012
3 8 (7.080%) SQL Server 2005
4 5 (4.425%) SQL Server 2008
5 4 (3.540%) SQL Server 2000
General
1 16 (14.16%) Advertising
2 7 (6.195%) Telecoms
3 6 (5.310%) Finance
4 2 (1.770%) Retail
5 1 (0.885%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 18 (15.93%) Consultant
2 17 (15.04%) Service Manager
3 16 (14.16%) Services Delivery Manager
3 16 (14.16%) Delivery Manager
4 14 (12.39%) Team Leader
5 13 (11.50%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 12 (10.62%) Communications Engineer
6 12 (10.62%) Analyst
7 10 (8.850%) Infrastructure Analyst
8 9 (7.965%) Architect
8 9 (7.965%) Infrastructure Manager
9 6 (5.310%) Infrastructure Architect
10 5 (4.425%) Senior Infrastructure Analyst
10 5 (4.425%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
10 5 (4.425%) Senior Analyst
10 5 (4.425%) Desktop Support
10 5 (4.425%) Support Engineer
10 5 (4.425%) Solutions Architect
11 4 (3.540%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
11 4 (3.540%) IT Architect
Miscellaneous
1 21 (18.58%) Blackberry
2 5 (4.425%) iPhone
3 4 (3.540%) Thin Client
3 4 (3.540%) Fat Client
4 3 (2.655%) EqualLogic
4 3 (2.655%) Clustering
5 2 (1.770%) Replication
5 2 (1.770%) Firmware
5 2 (1.770%) iPad
5 2 (1.770%) Enterprise Storage
5 2 (1.770%) Open Source
5 2 (1.770%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (0.885%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (0.885%) Celerra
6 1 (0.885%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 93 (82.30%) Windows
2 66 (58.41%) Windows Server 2008
3 43 (38.05%) Windows Server 2003
4 22 (19.47%) Windows Vista
5 19 (16.81%) Linux
6 15 (13.27%) UNIX
7 12 (10.62%) Windows 7
8 9 (7.965%) Windows XP
9 6 (5.310%) Windows Server 2012
10 5 (4.425%) Android
11 2 (1.770%) Solaris
11 2 (1.770%) Windows Phone
11 2 (1.770%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (27.43%) Service Delivery
2 20 (17.70%) ITIL
3 17 (15.04%) Service Management
4 15 (13.27%) Network Management
5 12 (10.62%) Business Development
6 10 (8.850%) Root Cause Analysis
7 8 (7.080%) Project Management
8 5 (4.425%) Change Management
9 4 (3.540%) Disaster Recovery
9 4 (3.540%) Network Design
9 4 (3.540%) CRM
9 4 (3.540%) Problem Management
10 3 (2.655%) Load Balancing
10 3 (2.655%) Incident Management
11 2 (1.770%) Migration
11 2 (1.770%) Stakeholder Management
11 2 (1.770%) E-Commerce
11 2 (1.770%) PRINCE2
11 2 (1.770%) Knowledge Management
11 2 (1.770%) Integration Testing
Programming Languages
1 13 (11.50%) PowerShell
2 11 (9.735%) VBScript
3 9 (7.965%) SQL
4 2 (1.770%) C
5 1 (0.885%) C#
Qualifications
1 13 (11.50%) IBM Certification
2 12 (10.62%) MCITP
2 12 (10.62%) Microsoft Certification
3 10 (8.850%) ITIL Certification
4 8 (7.080%) MCSE
5 4 (3.540%) MCTS
6 3 (2.655%) Citrix Certification
7 2 (1.770%) MCSA
7 2 (1.770%) MCP
8 1 (0.885%) VCAP
8 1 (0.885%) CCEE
8 1 (0.885%) CCAA
8 1 (0.885%) CCIA
8 1 (0.885%) VCDX
8 1 (0.885%) Degree
8 1 (0.885%) CCIE
8 1 (0.885%) CCDP
8 1 (0.885%) CCEA
8 1 (0.885%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (0.885%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (6.195%) SLA
2 1 (0.885%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (0.885%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 48 (42.48%) Active Directory
2 9 (7.965%) Hyper-V
3 7 (6.195%) XenApp
4 4 (3.540%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 3 (2.655%) vSphere
5 3 (2.655%) XenDesktop
5 3 (2.655%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (2.655%) Terminal Services
6 2 (1.770%) Citrix Presentation Server
7 1 (0.885%) XenServer
7 1 (0.885%) Forefront TMG
7 1 (0.885%) VMware ESX
Systems Management
1 17 (15.04%) SCCM
2 13 (11.50%) SCOM
3 4 (3.540%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
4 3 (2.655%) SCVMM
5 2 (1.770%) WhatsUp Gold
5 2 (1.770%) HP SIM
6 1 (0.885%) Cisco UCCE
Vendors
1 105 (92.92%) Microsoft
2 21 (18.58%) NetApp
3 20 (17.70%) Cisco
4 19 (16.81%) EMC
5 14 (12.39%) VMware
6 13 (11.50%) IBM
6 13 (11.50%) Lotus
6 13 (11.50%) IronPort
7 12 (10.62%) Citrix
8 7 (6.195%) HP
9 4 (3.540%) Wyse
9 4 (3.540%) Symantec
10 2 (1.770%) AppSense
10 2 (1.770%) CheckPoint
10 2 (1.770%) Juniper
10 2 (1.770%) Sun
10 2 (1.770%) SolarWinds
10 2 (1.770%) Spiceworks
11 1 (0.885%) Dell
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