The first table below looks at the demand for Unified Communications 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 Unified Communications over the 3 months to 24 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 North West region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Unified Communications
Rank 208 219 205
Rank change year-on-year
+11 -14
Permanent jobs citing Unified Communications 35 28 29
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 0.487% 0.394% 0.422%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 3.057% 2.700% 2.852%
Number of salaries quoted 27 21 29
Average salary £46,750 £35,000 £62,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+33.57% -44.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £26,500 £26,300
10% offered a salary of more than £66,250 £60,000 £75,000
UK excluding London average salary £50,000 £50,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year
- -16.66%
All Communications & Networking
North West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
1145 1037 1017
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 15.94% 14.61% 14.81%
Number of salaries quoted 926 908 866
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +7.69%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £24,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £75,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
Unified Communications
England

Unified Communications
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West 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 North West region.

North West Unified Communications Salary Trend

Unified Communications
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Unified Communications across the North West region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

North West 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 North West region over the 3 months to 24 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 -15 22 £45,000 +38.46%
Cheshire +9 8 £47,000 +4.44%
Merseyside +22 5 £65,000 +8.33%
Lancashire - 4 £45,000 -
Unified Communications
England

Unified Communications
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West 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 54 (60.67%) Microsoft
2 36 (40.45%) Cisco
3 34 (38.20%) Windows
4 29 (32.58%) Lync
5 27 (30.34%) Citrix
6 26 (29.21%) MS Excel
7 25 (28.09%) VMware
7 25 (28.09%) VMware Infrastructure
8 24 (26.97%) Windows Vista
8 24 (26.97%) MS Exchange
9 22 (24.72%) Exchange Server 2010
9 22 (24.72%) Office Communications Server
10 21 (23.60%) Firewall
11 20 (22.47%) VoIP
11 20 (22.47%) HP
12 16 (17.98%) Windows Server 2008
13 15 (16.85%) LAN
14 14 (15.73%) Active Directory
15 13 (14.61%) Cisco Certification
15 13 (14.61%) UNIX
16 12 (13.48%) ITIL
16 12 (13.48%) Avaya
16 12 (13.48%) Nortel
16 12 (13.48%) Telecoms
17 11 (12.36%) Wireless
17 11 (12.36%) Project Management
17 11 (12.36%) Oracle
18 10 (11.24%) PRINCE2
18 10 (11.24%) CCIE
18 10 (11.24%) TCP/IP

Unified Communications
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West 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 7 (7.865%) Middleware
2 3 (3.371%) EDI
3 2 (2.247%) TAPI
3 2 (2.247%) Mason
3 2 (2.247%) JSP
4 1 (1.124%) EDIFACT
4 1 (1.124%) XML
4 1 (1.124%) COM
4 1 (1.124%) XMPP
Application Platforms
1 29 (32.58%) Lync
2 24 (26.97%) MS Exchange
3 22 (24.72%) Exchange Server 2010
3 22 (24.72%) Office Communications Server
4 4 (4.494%) SharePoint
5 3 (3.371%) BizTalk Server
6 1 (1.124%) Exchange Server 2013
6 1 (1.124%) Exchange Server 2007
6 1 (1.124%) Exchange Server 2003
Applications
1 26 (29.21%) MS Excel
2 5 (5.618%) MS Office
3 2 (2.247%) Office 365
3 2 (2.247%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (3.371%) Dynamics AX
Communications & Networking
1 21 (23.60%) Firewall
2 20 (22.47%) VoIP
3 15 (16.85%) LAN
4 11 (12.36%) Wireless
5 10 (11.24%) TCP/IP
6 9 (10.11%) WAN
7 8 (8.989%) Network Security
7 8 (8.989%) VPN
7 8 (8.989%) SSL
7 8 (8.989%) WLAN
8 7 (7.865%) ATM
8 7 (7.865%) ISDN
8 7 (7.865%) Ethernet
8 7 (7.865%) CTI
8 7 (7.865%) Q.931
8 7 (7.865%) QSIG
8 7 (7.865%) DPNSS
8 7 (7.865%) IP Telephony
9 6 (6.742%) IPsec
10 5 (5.618%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (3.371%) Oracle 10g
1 3 (3.371%) Oracle 11g
2 1 (1.124%) Oracle Reports
General
1 12 (13.48%) Telecoms
2 8 (8.989%) Finance
3 7 (7.865%) Marketing
4 4 (4.494%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 27 (30.34%) Consultant
2 20 (22.47%) Architect
3 12 (13.48%) Communications Engineer
4 9 (10.11%) Solutions Architect
5 6 (6.742%) Account Manager
6 5 (5.618%) Sales Consultant
6 5 (5.618%) Project Manager
6 5 (5.618%) Network Security Architect
6 5 (5.618%) Cisco Consultant
6 5 (5.618%) Network Architect
6 5 (5.618%) Security Architect
7 4 (4.494%) Pre Sales Consultant
8 3 (3.371%) Technical Consultant
8 3 (3.371%) DBA
8 3 (3.371%) Network Consultant
8 3 (3.371%) IT Infrastructure Manager
8 3 (3.371%) Domain Architect
8 3 (3.371%) Avaya Engineer
8 3 (3.371%) Oracle DBA
8 3 (3.371%) Infrastructure Architect
Miscellaneous
1 7 (7.865%) Cloud Computing
1 7 (7.865%) IVR
2 4 (4.494%) Celerra
3 3 (3.371%) CLARiiON
4 2 (2.247%) Computer Science
4 2 (2.247%) Fat Client
4 2 (2.247%) EqualLogic
4 2 (2.247%) iPad
4 2 (2.247%) HP StorageWorks
4 2 (2.247%) Open Source
4 2 (2.247%) iPhone
4 2 (2.247%) Thin Client
4 2 (2.247%) Management Information System
4 2 (2.247%) EMC Centera
4 2 (2.247%) Replication
5 1 (1.124%) Clustering
5 1 (1.124%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 34 (38.20%) Windows
2 24 (26.97%) Windows Vista
3 16 (17.98%) Windows Server 2008
4 13 (14.61%) UNIX
5 4 (4.494%) Windows Server 2012
5 4 (4.494%) Windows Server 2003
6 3 (3.371%) Windows XP
6 3 (3.371%) Windows 7
7 2 (2.247%) Android
7 2 (2.247%) Windows Phone
7 2 (2.247%) Windows 8
7 2 (2.247%) AIX
7 2 (2.247%) Solaris
8 1 (1.124%) Linux
8 1 (1.124%) HPUX
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (13.48%) ITIL
2 11 (12.36%) Project Management
3 10 (11.24%) PRINCE2
4 9 (10.11%) Business Development
5 8 (8.989%) Load Balancing
6 7 (7.865%) Test Management
6 7 (7.865%) WFM
7 5 (5.618%) TOGAF
8 4 (4.494%) Data Management
8 4 (4.494%) Programme Management
8 4 (4.494%) Service Management
9 3 (3.371%) Business Continuity
9 3 (3.371%) Change Management
9 3 (3.371%) Business Intelligence
9 3 (3.371%) B2B
9 3 (3.371%) Infrastructure Management
9 3 (3.371%) Performance Improvement
9 3 (3.371%) Enterprise Architecture
10 2 (2.247%) Network Design
10 2 (2.247%) Integration Testing
Programming Languages
1 7 (7.865%) SQL
2 3 (3.371%) Shell Script
2 3 (3.371%) PL/SQL
2 3 (3.371%) C
3 2 (2.247%) Java
3 2 (2.247%) Perl
3 2 (2.247%) PHP
Qualifications
1 13 (14.61%) Cisco Certification
2 10 (11.24%) CCIE
3 8 (8.989%) CCDP
4 7 (7.865%) CCNP
4 7 (7.865%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 6 (6.742%) MCITP
6 5 (5.618%) Microsoft Certification
6 5 (5.618%) MCSE
6 5 (5.618%) Degree
7 4 (4.494%) MCTS
7 4 (4.494%) VCAP
7 4 (4.494%) CCSP
7 4 (4.494%) Citrix Certification
8 3 (3.371%) CCVP
8 3 (3.371%) CCEA
8 3 (3.371%) Avaya Certification
8 3 (3.371%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 3 (3.371%) ITIL Certification
9 2 (2.247%) CCDE
9 2 (2.247%) VCDX
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (4.494%) QA
2 2 (2.247%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (2.247%) ISO 9000
3 1 (1.124%) SLA
System Software
1 25 (28.09%) VMware Infrastructure
2 14 (15.73%) Active Directory
3 8 (8.989%) Hyper-V
4 6 (6.742%) vSphere
5 4 (4.494%) XenApp
5 4 (4.494%) XenServer
6 3 (3.371%) Oracle RAC
7 2 (2.247%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 2 (2.247%) XenDesktop
7 2 (2.247%) EMC RecoverPoint
7 2 (2.247%) VMware ESX
8 1 (1.124%) NFS
Systems Management
1 3 (3.371%) Data Guard
2 2 (2.247%) SCCM
2 2 (2.247%) SCOM
2 2 (2.247%) CiscoWorks
3 1 (1.124%) NetBackup
3 1 (1.124%) Backup Exec
3 1 (1.124%) Cisco CUCM
3 1 (1.124%) Cisco UCCX
3 1 (1.124%) Cisco UCCE
3 1 (1.124%) SCVMM
3 1 (1.124%) EMC NetWorker
Vendors
1 54 (60.67%) Microsoft
2 36 (40.45%) Cisco
3 27 (30.34%) Citrix
4 25 (28.09%) VMware
5 20 (22.47%) HP
6 12 (13.48%) Avaya
6 12 (13.48%) Nortel
7 11 (12.36%) Oracle
8 9 (10.11%) Brocade
9 8 (8.989%) CheckPoint
9 8 (8.989%) EMC
10 7 (7.865%) Symantec
11 6 (6.742%) Blue Coat
11 6 (6.742%) Fortinet
11 6 (6.742%) F5
11 6 (6.742%) Juniper
12 5 (5.618%) NetApp
12 5 (5.618%) IBM
13 3 (3.371%) CommVault
13 3 (3.371%) 3PAR
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Work as part of a highly focused and proactive eam to ensure VoIP, Lync and unified communications solutions are operational and available in line with SLAs... - Active Directory...
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Salary: From £30,000 to £40,000 per annum Bonus - Pension - Benefits.
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