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

Location
3 months to
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Office Communications Server (OCS)
Rank 122 133 120
Rank change year-on-year
+11 -13
Permanent jobs citing Office Communications Server 14 4 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Reading 0.622% 0.171% 0.052%
As % of the Application Platforms category 3.189% 1.120% 0.360%
Number of salaries quoted 13 4 1
Average salary £60,000 £62,500 £55,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-4.00% +13.63%
UK excluding London average salary £57,500 £47,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year
+21.05% -13.63%
All Application Platforms
Reading
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
439 357 278
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Reading 19.50% 15.25% 14.53%
Number of salaries quoted 359 319 226
Average salary £45,000 £47,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.26% +18.75%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £30,000 £29,500
10% offered a salary of more than £70,000 £57,500 £62,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+2.66% -
Office Communications Server
Berkshire

Office Communications Server
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Reading Office Communications Server Jobs Demand Trend

Office Communications Server
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Office Communications Server across the Reading region.

Reading Office Communications Server Salary Trend

Office Communications Server
Salary Histogram

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

Reading Office Communications Server Salary Histogram

Office Communications Server
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Reading region citing Office Communications Server 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 Office Communications Server.

1 27 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 17 (62.96%) Active Directory
2 17 (62.96%) Windows
2 17 (62.96%) MS Excel
3 15 (55.56%) SCCM
3 15 (55.56%) SCOM
3 15 (55.56%) Office 365
4 14 (51.85%) Exchange Server 2010
4 14 (51.85%) Windows Server 2008
4 14 (51.85%) MCITP
4 14 (51.85%) Microsoft Certification
4 14 (51.85%) MS Exchange
5 13 (48.15%) SQL
5 13 (48.15%) Lync
5 13 (48.15%) Exchange Server 2013
6 12 (44.44%) MCTS
6 12 (44.44%) Identity Management
7 10 (37.04%) SharePoint
8 9 (33.33%) MS Office
8 9 (33.33%) ITIL
8 9 (33.33%) Enterprise Software
8 9 (33.33%) SC Cleared
8 9 (33.33%) Security Cleared
9 8 (29.63%) SCVMM
9 8 (29.63%) Retail
9 8 (29.63%) Meridio
9 8 (29.63%) SharePoint Server
9 8 (29.63%) EDRMS
9 8 (29.63%) Workflow
9 8 (29.63%) Finance

Office Communications Server
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Reading region citing Office Communications Server 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 Office Communications Server. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 4 (14.81%) Application Packaging
2 1 (3.704%) Windows SharePoint Services
Application Platforms
1 14 (51.85%) MS Exchange
1 14 (51.85%) Exchange Server 2010
2 13 (48.15%) Exchange Server 2013
2 13 (48.15%) Lync
3 10 (37.04%) SharePoint
4 8 (29.63%) SharePoint Server
5 3 (11.11%) Exchange Server 2003
6 2 (7.407%) IIS
6 2 (7.407%) Exchange Server 2007
Applications
1 17 (62.96%) MS Excel
2 15 (55.56%) Office 365
3 9 (33.33%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 2 (7.407%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 7 (25.93%) Intranet
2 3 (11.11%) DHCP
2 3 (11.11%) DNS
3 2 (7.407%) TCP/IP
3 2 (7.407%) Firewall
3 2 (7.407%) VLAN
4 1 (3.704%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (29.63%) EDRMS
General
1 8 (29.63%) Finance
1 8 (29.63%) Retail
2 7 (25.93%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 16 (59.26%) Consultant
2 9 (33.33%) Senior Consultant
3 8 (29.63%) Architect
3 8 (29.63%) Microsoft Consultant
4 6 (22.22%) Technical Consultant
5 5 (18.52%) Senior Technical Consultant
6 4 (14.81%) SCCM Consultant
7 2 (7.407%) Senior Microsoft Consultant
8 1 (3.704%) Designer
8 1 (3.704%) Wintel Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 9 (33.33%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (3.704%) Streaming Video
2 1 (3.704%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 17 (62.96%) Windows
2 14 (51.85%) Windows Server 2008
3 4 (14.81%) Windows 7
4 3 (11.11%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (44.44%) Identity Management
2 9 (33.33%) ITIL
3 8 (29.63%) Workflow
4 6 (22.22%) Migration
5 2 (7.407%) CRM
6 1 (3.704%) Service Delivery
6 1 (3.704%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 13 (48.15%) SQL
Qualifications
1 14 (51.85%) Microsoft Certification
1 14 (51.85%) MCITP
2 12 (44.44%) MCTS
3 9 (33.33%) SC Cleared
3 9 (33.33%) Security Cleared
4 8 (29.63%) MCSE
5 7 (25.93%) MCSA
System Software
1 17 (62.96%) Active Directory
2 4 (14.81%) Microsoft App-V
3 1 (3.704%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (3.704%) Hyper-V
3 1 (3.704%) VMware ESX
Systems Management
1 15 (55.56%) SCCM
1 15 (55.56%) SCOM
2 8 (29.63%) SCVMM
3 1 (3.704%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 27 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 8 (29.63%) Meridio
3 7 (25.93%) Fujitsu
4 1 (3.704%) Symantec
4 1 (3.704%) VMware
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