The first table below looks at the demand for Unified Communications skills in IT jobs advertised for the Oxford 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 Oxford region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Unified Communications
Rank 71 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing Unified Communications 16 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Oxford 1.549% - -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.88% - -
Number of salaries quoted 15 0 0
Average salary £50,000 - -
UK excluding London average salary £50,000 £50,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year
- -16.66%
All Communications & Networking
Oxford
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
147 83 127
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Oxford 14.23% 13.09% 15.88%
Number of salaries quoted 142 58 102
Average salary £45,000 £35,000 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+28.57% -17.64%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,000 £20,500 £24,800
10% offered a salary of more than £51,400 £52,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
Unified Communications
Oxfordshire

Unified Communications
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Oxford 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 Oxford region.

Oxford Unified Communications Salary Trend

Unified Communications
Salary Histogram

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

Oxford Unified Communications Salary Histogram

Unified Communications
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Oxford 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 14 (77.78%) Cisco
2 13 (72.22%) HP
2 13 (72.22%) Business Development
3 12 (66.67%) Disaster Recovery
3 12 (66.67%) Internet
3 12 (66.67%) SaaS
3 12 (66.67%) Mobile App
4 11 (61.11%) HSRP
4 11 (61.11%) MPLS
4 11 (61.11%) BGP
4 11 (61.11%) Avaya
4 11 (61.11%) ADSL
4 11 (61.11%) PBX
4 11 (61.11%) VoIP
4 11 (61.11%) Ethernet
4 11 (61.11%) Mitel
4 11 (61.11%) VPLS
5 3 (16.67%) CCIE
5 3 (16.67%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (11.11%) MS Excel
6 2 (11.11%) SAN
6 2 (11.11%) NetApp
6 2 (11.11%) Microsoft
6 2 (11.11%) Dell
6 2 (11.11%) EMC
6 2 (11.11%) Citrix
6 2 (11.11%) VMware Infrastructure
6 2 (11.11%) Hyper-V
6 2 (11.11%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 2 (11.11%) MCTS

Unified Communications
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Oxford 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 (5.556%) XMPP
Application Platforms
1 2 (11.11%) Lync
Applications
1 2 (11.11%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 12 (66.67%) Internet
2 11 (61.11%) HSRP
2 11 (61.11%) MPLS
2 11 (61.11%) BGP
2 11 (61.11%) ADSL
2 11 (61.11%) PBX
2 11 (61.11%) VoIP
2 11 (61.11%) Ethernet
2 11 (61.11%) VPLS
3 2 (11.11%) SAN
4 1 (5.556%) Wireless
4 1 (5.556%) ISDN
4 1 (5.556%) MGCP
4 1 (5.556%) H.323
General
1 1 (5.556%) Telecoms
1 1 (5.556%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 14 (77.78%) Consultant
2 11 (61.11%) Pre Sales Consultant
3 2 (11.11%) Business Manager
3 2 (11.11%) Cisco Consultant
3 2 (11.11%) Development Manager
3 2 (11.11%) Business Development Manager
4 1 (5.556%) Virtualisation Technical Architect
4 1 (5.556%) Support Engineer
4 1 (5.556%) Technical Solutions Architect
4 1 (5.556%) Virtualisation Architect
4 1 (5.556%) Virtualisation Consultant
4 1 (5.556%) Solutions Architect
4 1 (5.556%) Architect
4 1 (5.556%) Technical Architect
Miscellaneous
1 12 (66.67%) SaaS
1 12 (66.67%) Mobile App
2 1 (5.556%) EqualLogic
2 1 (5.556%) Celerra
2 1 (5.556%) Video Conferencing
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (72.22%) Business Development
2 12 (66.67%) Disaster Recovery
3 1 (5.556%) Agile Software Development
3 1 (5.556%) TOGAF
3 1 (5.556%) Communications Security
3 1 (5.556%) ITIL
3 1 (5.556%) PRINCE2
3 1 (5.556%) PRINCE
3 1 (5.556%) MOF
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.556%) C
Qualifications
1 3 (16.67%) CCIE
1 3 (16.67%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (11.11%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 2 (11.11%) MCTS
2 2 (11.11%) MCITP
3 1 (5.556%) VCAP
3 1 (5.556%) CCEE
3 1 (5.556%) CCAA
3 1 (5.556%) CCIA
3 1 (5.556%) NCDA
3 1 (5.556%) NCIE
3 1 (5.556%) CCVP
3 1 (5.556%) VCDX
3 1 (5.556%) HP AIS
3 1 (5.556%) HP MASE
3 1 (5.556%) Citrix Certification
3 1 (5.556%) CCEA
3 1 (5.556%) CCNP
3 1 (5.556%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.556%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (11.11%) VMware Infrastructure
1 2 (11.11%) Hyper-V
2 1 (5.556%) VMware ESX
2 1 (5.556%) XenApp
2 1 (5.556%) XenServer
2 1 (5.556%) XenDesktop
2 1 (5.556%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 2 (11.11%) Cisco CUCM
2 1 (5.556%) Cisco UCCX
2 1 (5.556%) SCCM
2 1 (5.556%) SCOM
Vendors
1 14 (77.78%) Cisco
2 13 (72.22%) HP
3 11 (61.11%) Avaya
3 11 (61.11%) Mitel
4 2 (11.11%) NetApp
4 2 (11.11%) Microsoft
4 2 (11.11%) Dell
4 2 (11.11%) EMC
4 2 (11.11%) Citrix
4 2 (11.11%) VMware
5 1 (5.556%) IPFX
5 1 (5.556%) Twitter
5 1 (5.556%) Tandberg
Oxford, Oxfordshire
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Posted: 20 May 2013