The first table below looks at the demand for Lync skills in IT jobs advertised for the Peterborough region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Lync over the 3 months to 20 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 Peterborough region.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Lync
Rank 43 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing Lync 4 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Peterborough 1.099% - -
As % of the Application Platforms category 4.819% - -
Number of salaries quoted 4 0 0
Average salary £32,500 - -
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £45,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year
- -18.18%
All Application Platforms
Peterborough
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
83 54 61
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Peterborough 22.80% 17.59% 20.75%
Number of salaries quoted 77 51 49
Average salary £34,000 £37,500 £36,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-9.33% +2.73%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £20,500 £29,500
10% offered a salary of more than £40,000 £48,000 £42,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+2.66% -
Lync
Cambridgeshire

Lync
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Peterborough 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 Peterborough region.

Peterborough Lync Salary Trend

Lync
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Lync across the Peterborough region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

Peterborough Lync Salary Histogram

Lync
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Peterborough 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 5 (83.33%) SQL Server
1 5 (83.33%) Windows
1 5 (83.33%) SharePoint
1 5 (83.33%) HP
1 5 (83.33%) Dell
1 5 (83.33%) Citrix
1 5 (83.33%) Citrix Certification
1 5 (83.33%) VMware
1 5 (83.33%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
1 5 (83.33%) MCITP
1 5 (83.33%) VMware Infrastructure
1 5 (83.33%) Hyper-V
1 5 (83.33%) XenApp
1 5 (83.33%) XenDesktop
1 5 (83.33%) CCEE
2 4 (66.67%) MCTS
2 4 (66.67%) MS Excel
3 3 (50.00%) Microsoft
3 3 (50.00%) Active Directory
4 2 (33.33%) XenServer
4 2 (33.33%) Time Management
4 2 (33.33%) Office Communications Server
4 2 (33.33%) CCEA
4 2 (33.33%) CCA
4 2 (33.33%) ITIL
5 1 (16.67%) CCNA
5 1 (16.67%) Cisco
5 1 (16.67%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (16.67%) Marketing
5 1 (16.67%) Business Development

Lync
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Peterborough 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 5 (83.33%) SharePoint
2 2 (33.33%) Office Communications Server
Applications
1 4 (66.67%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (16.67%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (83.33%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (16.67%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Support Engineer
1 3 (50.00%) 3rd Line Support
1 3 (50.00%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
2 2 (33.33%) Citrix Engineer
2 2 (33.33%) Senior Citrix Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Storage Systems Administrator
Operating Systems
1 5 (83.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (33.33%) ITIL
1 2 (33.33%) Time Management
2 1 (16.67%) Business Development
Qualifications
1 5 (83.33%) Citrix Certification
1 5 (83.33%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
1 5 (83.33%) MCITP
1 5 (83.33%) CCEE
2 4 (66.67%) MCTS
3 2 (33.33%) CCEA
3 2 (33.33%) CCA
4 1 (16.67%) CCNA
4 1 (16.67%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (16.67%) Degree
4 1 (16.67%) CCAA
System Software
1 5 (83.33%) VMware Infrastructure
1 5 (83.33%) Hyper-V
1 5 (83.33%) XenApp
1 5 (83.33%) XenDesktop
2 3 (50.00%) Active Directory
3 2 (33.33%) XenServer
Vendors
1 5 (83.33%) HP
1 5 (83.33%) Dell
1 5 (83.33%) Citrix
1 5 (83.33%) VMware
2 3 (50.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (16.67%) Cisco