The first table below looks at the demand for Unified Communications skills in IT jobs advertised for the Portsmouth region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Unified Communications over the 3 months to 18 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 Communications & Networking category for the Portsmouth region.

Location
3 months to
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Unified Communications
Rank 42 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing Unified Communications 4 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Portsmouth 1.303% - -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 7.407% - -
Number of salaries quoted 4 0 0
Average salary £45,000 - -
UK excluding London average salary £50,000 £48,750 £59,000
% change year-on-year
+2.56% -17.37%
All Communications & Networking
Portsmouth
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
54 32 37
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Portsmouth 17.59% 15.38% 17.62%
Number of salaries quoted 49 31 36
Average salary £37,500 £45,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-16.66% +28.57%
90% offered a salary of more than £23,500 £22,500 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £47,500 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
Unified Communications
Hampshire

Unified Communications
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Portsmouth 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 Portsmouth region.

Portsmouth Unified Communications Salary Trend

Unified Communications
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Unified Communications across the Portsmouth region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

Portsmouth Unified Communications Salary Histogram

Unified Communications
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Portsmouth 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 6 (85.71%) Cisco
1 6 (85.71%) Citrix
1 6 (85.71%) NetApp
1 6 (85.71%) VMware
1 6 (85.71%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
1 6 (85.71%) VMware Infrastructure
1 6 (85.71%) vSphere
1 6 (85.71%) NCIE
2 5 (71.43%) XenApp
2 5 (71.43%) XenServer
2 5 (71.43%) XenDesktop
2 5 (71.43%) Windows Server 2008
2 5 (71.43%) VMware ESX
2 5 (71.43%) SAN
2 5 (71.43%) HP
2 5 (71.43%) Windows
2 5 (71.43%) NCDA
3 4 (57.14%) CommVault
3 4 (57.14%) Symantec
3 4 (57.14%) Data Management
4 3 (42.86%) NetBackup
4 3 (42.86%) Backup Exec
4 3 (42.86%) MCITP
4 3 (42.86%) Exchange Server 2000
4 3 (42.86%) Business Development
4 3 (42.86%) SCCM
4 3 (42.86%) SCOM
4 3 (42.86%) Hyper-V
4 3 (42.86%) EMC
4 3 (42.86%) MS Excel

Unified Communications
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Portsmouth 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 Platforms
1 3 (42.86%) MS Exchange
1 3 (42.86%) Exchange Server 2000
Applications
1 3 (42.86%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 5 (71.43%) SAN
2 3 (42.86%) Cisco Nexus
3 1 (14.29%) VoIP
3 1 (14.29%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (42.86%) SQL Server
Job Titles
1 5 (71.43%) Consultant
2 3 (42.86%) Technical Consultant
2 3 (42.86%) Senior Technical Consultant
2 3 (42.86%) Senior Consultant
3 2 (28.57%) Virtualisation Consultant
4 1 (14.29%) VMware Consultant
4 1 (14.29%) Solutions Architect
4 1 (14.29%) Architect
4 1 (14.29%) Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) CLARiiON
1 2 (28.57%) Clustering
1 2 (28.57%) Celerra
1 2 (28.57%) EqualLogic
Operating Systems
1 5 (71.43%) Windows
1 5 (71.43%) Windows Server 2008
2 2 (28.57%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) Data Management
2 3 (42.86%) Business Development
3 2 (28.57%) PRINCE2
3 2 (28.57%) PRINCE
3 2 (28.57%) High Availability
4 1 (14.29%) ITIL
4 1 (14.29%) MOF
4 1 (14.29%) Project Management
4 1 (14.29%) Resource Management
4 1 (14.29%) Data Protection
4 1 (14.29%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 3 (42.86%) SQL
2 1 (14.29%) C
Qualifications
1 6 (85.71%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
1 6 (85.71%) NCIE
2 5 (71.43%) NCDA
3 3 (42.86%) MCITP
4 2 (28.57%) MCTS
4 2 (28.57%) Citrix Certification
4 2 (28.57%) CCEE
4 2 (28.57%) CCIA
4 2 (28.57%) HP ASE
4 2 (28.57%) HP MASE
4 2 (28.57%) VCDX
5 1 (14.29%) VCAP
5 1 (14.29%) CCEA
5 1 (14.29%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 1 (14.29%) PMP
5 1 (14.29%) PMI Certification
5 1 (14.29%) HP AIS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) QA
System Software
1 6 (85.71%) VMware Infrastructure
1 6 (85.71%) vSphere
2 5 (71.43%) XenApp
2 5 (71.43%) XenServer
2 5 (71.43%) XenDesktop
2 5 (71.43%) VMware ESX
3 3 (42.86%) Hyper-V
4 2 (28.57%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (42.86%) NetBackup
1 3 (42.86%) Backup Exec
1 3 (42.86%) SCCM
1 3 (42.86%) SCOM
1 3 (42.86%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
2 2 (28.57%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 6 (85.71%) Cisco
1 6 (85.71%) Citrix
1 6 (85.71%) NetApp
1 6 (85.71%) VMware
2 5 (71.43%) HP
3 4 (57.14%) Symantec
3 4 (57.14%) CommVault
4 3 (42.86%) EMC
5 2 (28.57%) Dell
6 1 (14.29%) Microsoft
6 1 (14.29%) 3PAR