The first table below looks at the demand for Lync skills in IT jobs advertised for the Scotland region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Lync over the 3 months to 19 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 Scotland region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Lync
Rank 144 157 154
Rank change year-on-year
+13 -3
Permanent jobs citing Lync 8 3 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Scotland 0.245% 0.088% 0.028%
As % of the Application Platforms category 1.299% 0.440% 0.172%
Number of salaries quoted 4 0 1
Average salary £42,500 - £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £45,500 £45,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year
+1.11% -18.18%
All Application Platforms
Scotland
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
616 682 580
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Scotland 18.83% 19.98% 16.27%
Number of salaries quoted 379 506 420
Average salary £40,000 £35,000 £36,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+14.28% -4.10%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £25,000 £24,000
10% offered a salary of more than £54,500 £50,000 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+1.31% +1.33%
Lync
UK

Lync
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Scotland 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 Scotland region.

Scotland Lync Salary Trend

Lync
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Lync across the Scotland region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Scotland 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 Scotland region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Edinburgh +4 4 £42,500 - 1
Aberdeen - 4 £40,000 -
Lync
UK

Lync
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Scotland 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 13 (72.22%) Microsoft
1 13 (72.22%) Active Directory
2 12 (66.67%) Windows
3 10 (55.56%) Citrix
3 10 (55.56%) MS Exchange
4 9 (50.00%) MS Excel
4 9 (50.00%) Windows Server 2008
5 7 (38.89%) VMware
5 7 (38.89%) Exchange Server 2010
6 6 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
6 6 (33.33%) MCITP
7 5 (27.78%) MCTS
7 5 (27.78%) Backup Exec
7 5 (27.78%) Firewall
7 5 (27.78%) Finance
7 5 (27.78%) SQL Server
7 5 (27.78%) DHCP
7 5 (27.78%) DNS
7 5 (27.78%) SAN
8 4 (22.22%) NetApp
8 4 (22.22%) Thin Client
8 4 (22.22%) LAN
8 4 (22.22%) WAN
8 4 (22.22%) EMC
8 4 (22.22%) IIS
8 4 (22.22%) SQL
8 4 (22.22%) SharePoint
8 4 (22.22%) ITIL
8 4 (22.22%) Security Management
8 4 (22.22%) Service Delivery

Lync
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Scotland 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 10 (55.56%) MS Exchange
2 7 (38.89%) Exchange Server 2010
3 4 (22.22%) IIS
3 4 (22.22%) SharePoint
3 4 (22.22%) Office Communications Server
4 3 (16.67%) IBM Notes
5 1 (5.556%) Exchange Server 2013
5 1 (5.556%) Exchange Server 2007
Applications
1 9 (50.00%) MS Excel
2 3 (16.67%) MS Office
3 1 (5.556%) Office 365
Business Applications
1 1 (5.556%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 5 (27.78%) Firewall
1 5 (27.78%) DHCP
1 5 (27.78%) DNS
1 5 (27.78%) SAN
2 4 (22.22%) LAN
2 4 (22.22%) WAN
2 4 (22.22%) NetScaler
3 2 (11.11%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (27.78%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (5.556%) Visual Studio
General
1 5 (27.78%) Finance
2 1 (5.556%) Billing
2 1 (5.556%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 4 (22.22%) Analyst
1 4 (22.22%) Infrastructure Analyst
2 2 (11.11%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 2 (11.11%) Windows Server Engineer
2 2 (11.11%) Server Engineer
2 2 (11.11%) Service Desk Technician
3 1 (5.556%) CRM Developer
3 1 (5.556%) Infrastructure Specialist
3 1 (5.556%) Infrastructure Consultant
3 1 (5.556%) Deployment Engineer
3 1 (5.556%) Graduate
3 1 (5.556%) Developer
3 1 (5.556%) Consultant
3 1 (5.556%) 1st Line Support
Miscellaneous
1 4 (22.22%) Thin Client
1 4 (22.22%) Fat Client
1 4 (22.22%) Enterprise Storage
2 3 (16.67%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 12 (66.67%) Windows
2 9 (50.00%) Windows Server 2008
3 4 (22.22%) Windows 7
4 3 (16.67%) Windows XP
4 3 (16.67%) Windows Server 2003
5 2 (11.11%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (22.22%) ITIL
1 4 (22.22%) Security Management
1 4 (22.22%) Service Delivery
1 4 (22.22%) Disaster Recovery
1 4 (22.22%) Load Balancing
1 4 (22.22%) Problem Management
2 3 (16.67%) Change Control
2 3 (16.67%) Capacity Management
2 3 (16.67%) Service Management
3 1 (5.556%) Data Transformation
3 1 (5.556%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (5.556%) Build Automation
3 1 (5.556%) Time Management
3 1 (5.556%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 4 (22.22%) SQL
2 2 (11.11%) VBScript
2 2 (11.11%) PowerShell
3 1 (5.556%) R
3 1 (5.556%) C#
3 1 (5.556%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 6 (33.33%) MCITP
2 5 (27.78%) MCTS
3 4 (22.22%) Degree
4 2 (11.11%) Server+ Certification
5 1 (5.556%) MCSE
5 1 (5.556%) MCP
5 1 (5.556%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 13 (72.22%) Active Directory
2 6 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (22.22%) vSphere
4 3 (16.67%) Hyper-V
4 3 (16.67%) VMware Workstation
5 1 (5.556%) DFS Replication
Systems Management
1 5 (27.78%) Backup Exec
2 3 (16.67%) SCCM
3 1 (5.556%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
Vendors
1 13 (72.22%) Microsoft
2 10 (55.56%) Citrix
3 7 (38.89%) VMware
4 4 (22.22%) NetApp
4 4 (22.22%) EMC
5 3 (16.67%) Lotus
6 1 (5.556%) Symantec
6 1 (5.556%) Avaya
6 1 (5.556%) Cisco
Edinburgh, Midlothian
The successful candidate will have experience with: Microsoft Exchange 2007/2010/2013. Microsoft Lync. Microsoft Server 2003, 2008 (R2), 2012, including build automation and imaging... Symantec Backup Exec...
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Posted: 13 June 2013
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