The first table below looks at the demand for Office Communications Server 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 Office Communications Server over the 3 months to 20 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 North West region.

Location
3 months to
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Office Communications Server (OCS)
Rank 229 243 216
Rank change year-on-year
+14 -27
Permanent jobs citing Office Communications Server 16 5 21
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 0.215% 0.070% 0.300%
As % of the Application Platforms category 1.120% 0.330% 1.743%
Number of salaries quoted 16 2 21
Average salary £45,000 £23,500 £41,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+91.48% -43.37%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,050 £23,500 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £85,000 £23,500 £61,500
UK excluding London average salary £56,250 £46,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year
+20.96% -15.45%
All Application Platforms
North West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
1428 1516 1205
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 19.22% 21.09% 17.22%
Number of salaries quoted 1221 1350 1107
Average salary £37,500 £35,000 £37,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.14% -5.40%
90% offered a salary of more than £23,500 £23,500 £24,000
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £52,500 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+1.31% +1.33%
Office Communications Server
England

Office Communications Server
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West Office Communications Server Jobs Demand Trend

Office Communications Server
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Office Communications Server across the North West region.

North West Office Communications Server Salary Trend

Office Communications Server
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Office Communications Server across the North West region over the 3 months to 20 June 2013.

North West Office Communications Server Salary Histogram

Office Communications Server
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Office Communications Server within the North West region over the 3 months to 20 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Cheshire +17 5 £80,000 +240.42%
Manchester - 5 £45,000 - 2
Merseyside - 2 £52,500 -
Lancashire +5 1 £45,000 -
Office Communications Server
England

Office Communications Server
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the North West region citing Office Communications Server 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 Office Communications Server.

1 40 (100.00%) Windows
1 40 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 40 (100.00%) Lync
2 39 (97.50%) MS Exchange
3 36 (90.00%) Exchange Server 2010
4 30 (75.00%) Windows Server 2008
5 19 (47.50%) Windows Server 2003
5 19 (47.50%) Blackberry
6 18 (45.00%) Unified Communications
6 18 (45.00%) Exchange Server 2003
7 17 (42.50%) Exchange Server 2007
8 16 (40.00%) Windows Vista
8 16 (40.00%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
8 16 (40.00%) Service Delivery
8 16 (40.00%) NetApp
8 16 (40.00%) Active Directory
8 16 (40.00%) EMC
9 15 (37.50%) Service Management
10 14 (35.00%) MS Excel
11 12 (30.00%) SharePoint
12 11 (27.50%) VBScript
12 11 (27.50%) ITIL
12 11 (27.50%) PowerShell
13 10 (25.00%) Root Cause Analysis
13 10 (25.00%) Business Development
13 10 (25.00%) ITIL Certification
14 8 (20.00%) Microsoft Certification
15 5 (12.50%) MCITP
15 5 (12.50%) MS Office
15 5 (12.50%) MCSE

Office Communications Server
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the North West region citing Office Communications Server 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 Office Communications Server. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 40 (100.00%) Lync
2 39 (97.50%) MS Exchange
3 36 (90.00%) Exchange Server 2010
4 18 (45.00%) Exchange Server 2003
5 17 (42.50%) Exchange Server 2007
6 16 (40.00%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
7 12 (30.00%) SharePoint
8 3 (7.500%) Exchange Server 2013
9 1 (2.500%) Exchange Server 2000
Applications
1 14 (35.00%) MS Excel
2 5 (12.50%) MS Office
3 4 (10.00%) Office 365
Communications & Networking
1 18 (45.00%) Unified Communications
2 3 (7.500%) ADSL
2 3 (7.500%) VoIP
2 3 (7.500%) 3G
2 3 (7.500%) VPN
3 1 (2.500%) Firewall
3 1 (2.500%) DNS
3 1 (2.500%) SAN
3 1 (2.500%) DHCP
Job Titles
1 16 (40.00%) Services Delivery Manager
1 16 (40.00%) Service Manager
1 16 (40.00%) Delivery Manager
2 11 (27.50%) Consultant
3 8 (20.00%) Communications Engineer
4 2 (5.000%) Technical Consultant
4 2 (5.000%) IT Support
5 1 (2.500%) Technical Services Manager
5 1 (2.500%) Help Desk Support
5 1 (2.500%) Senior Technical Consultant
5 1 (2.500%) Technical Manager
5 1 (2.500%) Senior Services Delivery Manager
5 1 (2.500%) Senior Service Manager
5 1 (2.500%) SCCM Consultant
5 1 (2.500%) Technical Delivery Manager
5 1 (2.500%) Wintel Consultant
5 1 (2.500%) Senior Manager
5 1 (2.500%) 1st Line Support
5 1 (2.500%) Senior Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 19 (47.50%) Blackberry
2 3 (7.500%) iPhone
3 2 (5.000%) Video Conferencing
3 2 (5.000%) Replication
4 1 (2.500%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 40 (100.00%) Windows
2 30 (75.00%) Windows Server 2008
3 19 (47.50%) Windows Server 2003
4 16 (40.00%) Windows Vista
5 3 (7.500%) Windows 7
5 3 (7.500%) Android
5 3 (7.500%) Windows XP
6 2 (5.000%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (40.00%) Service Delivery
2 15 (37.50%) Service Management
3 11 (27.50%) ITIL
4 10 (25.00%) Root Cause Analysis
4 10 (25.00%) Business Development
5 2 (5.000%) Migration
6 1 (2.500%) Load Balancing
6 1 (2.500%) Identity Management
Programming Languages
1 11 (27.50%) VBScript
1 11 (27.50%) PowerShell
2 1 (2.500%) SQL
Qualifications
1 10 (25.00%) ITIL Certification
2 8 (20.00%) Microsoft Certification
3 5 (12.50%) MCITP
3 5 (12.50%) MCSE
4 3 (7.500%) MCTS
System Software
1 16 (40.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (2.500%) SCCM
1 1 (2.500%) SCOM
1 1 (2.500%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 40 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 16 (40.00%) NetApp
2 16 (40.00%) EMC
3 1 (2.500%) Citrix
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: 19 June 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
office365... Windows 7... Virtialisation with Hyper-V, VMWare or Citrix... TOGAF... Key Words: Microsoft, Infrastructure, Technical Architect, Windows 2003 / 2008, Active Directory, SCCM, SCOM, Exchange, Lync, OCS, ISA
Aximis (West) Limited
Salary: Up to £65K basic + 5K Car Allow + Excellent bonus and Benefits
Posted: 16 June 2013