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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Lync
Rank 60 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing Lync 9 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Northamptonshire 1.362% - -
As % of the Application Platforms category 6.294% - -
Number of salaries quoted 4 0 0
Average salary £32,500 - -
UK excluding London average salary £47,500 £45,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year
+5.55% -14.28%
All Application Platforms
Northamptonshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
143 151 158
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Northamptonshire 21.63% 20.05% 19.75%
Number of salaries quoted 132 139 145
Average salary £35,500 £37,500 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.33% +15.38%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,000 £24,000 £26,500
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £65,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £39,000 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+4.00% -
Lync
East Midlands

Lync
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Northamptonshire 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 Northamptonshire region.

Northamptonshire Lync Salary Trend

Lync
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Lync across the Northamptonshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Northamptonshire 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 Northamptonshire 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
Northampton - 4 £32,500 -
Lync
East Midlands

Lync
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Northamptonshire 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 18 (90.00%) SharePoint
2 17 (85.00%) Windows
2 17 (85.00%) Active Directory
2 17 (85.00%) Citrix
2 17 (85.00%) VMware
2 17 (85.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 17 (85.00%) Hyper-V
2 17 (85.00%) XenDesktop
3 16 (80.00%) Microsoft
4 14 (70.00%) Office 365
4 14 (70.00%) XenServer
5 13 (65.00%) NAS
5 13 (65.00%) Windows Server 2008
5 13 (65.00%) Windows Server 2012
5 13 (65.00%) vSphere
5 13 (65.00%) UAG
5 13 (65.00%) Exchange Server 2010
5 13 (65.00%) SAN
5 13 (65.00%) Firewall
5 13 (65.00%) Back Office
5 13 (65.00%) DHCP
5 13 (65.00%) DNS
5 13 (65.00%) MS Exchange
5 13 (65.00%) SQL
5 13 (65.00%) MS Office
6 5 (25.00%) MCTS
6 5 (25.00%) MCITP
7 4 (20.00%) XenApp
7 4 (20.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 4 (20.00%) CCEE

Lync
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Northamptonshire 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 Platforms
1 18 (90.00%) SharePoint
2 13 (65.00%) Exchange Server 2010
2 13 (65.00%) MS Exchange
3 1 (5.000%) Office Communications Server
Applications
1 14 (70.00%) Office 365
2 13 (65.00%) MS Office
3 4 (20.00%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 13 (65.00%) NAS
1 13 (65.00%) SAN
1 13 (65.00%) Firewall
1 13 (65.00%) DHCP
1 13 (65.00%) DNS
2 1 (5.000%) PBX
2 1 (5.000%) VoIP
2 1 (5.000%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (20.00%) SQL Server
General
1 13 (65.00%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 14 (70.00%) Architect
2 10 (50.00%) Solutions Architect
3 9 (45.00%) Technical Architect
3 9 (45.00%) Technical Solutions Architect
4 3 (15.00%) Support Engineer
4 3 (15.00%) 3rd Line Support
4 3 (15.00%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
5 2 (10.00%) Consultant
6 1 (5.000%) Voice Consultant
6 1 (5.000%) Citrix Engineer
6 1 (5.000%) Enterprise Consultant
6 1 (5.000%) Microsoft Consultant
6 1 (5.000%) Senior Citrix Engineer
Operating Systems
1 17 (85.00%) Windows
2 13 (65.00%) Windows Server 2008
2 13 (65.00%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (10.00%) Time Management
1 2 (10.00%) Project Management
2 1 (5.000%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 13 (65.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (25.00%) MCTS
1 5 (25.00%) MCITP
2 4 (20.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 4 (20.00%) CCEE
2 4 (20.00%) Citrix Certification
3 1 (5.000%) CCIE
3 1 (5.000%) CCDP
3 1 (5.000%) MCSE
3 1 (5.000%) CCEA
3 1 (5.000%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (5.000%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (5.000%) CCA
3 1 (5.000%) CCAA
3 1 (5.000%) Microsoft Certified Master
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.000%) SLA
System Software
1 17 (85.00%) Active Directory
1 17 (85.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 17 (85.00%) Hyper-V
1 17 (85.00%) XenDesktop
2 14 (70.00%) XenServer
3 13 (65.00%) vSphere
3 13 (65.00%) UAG
4 4 (20.00%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 1 (5.000%) Cisco UCCE
Vendors
1 17 (85.00%) Citrix
1 17 (85.00%) VMware
2 16 (80.00%) Microsoft
3 4 (20.00%) HP
3 4 (20.00%) Dell
4 2 (10.00%) Cisco
Northamptonshire
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Posted: 22 May 2013