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

Location
3 months to
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Lync
Rank 59 62 -
Rank change year-on-year
+3 -
Permanent jobs citing Lync 4 2 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Sheffield 0.676% 0.329% -
As % of the Application Platforms category 3.571% 1.709% -
Number of salaries quoted 2 2 0
Average salary £62,500 £45,000 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
+38.88% -
UK excluding London average salary £46,000 £45,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year
+2.22% -18.18%
All Application Platforms
Sheffield
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
112 117 145
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Sheffield 18.92% 19.24% 25.22%
Number of salaries quoted 101 112 131
Average salary £29,250 £30,000 £36,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-2.50% -16.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,000 £20,000 £27,800
10% offered a salary of more than £42,000 £45,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+2.66% -
Lync
South Yorkshire

Lync
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Sheffield 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 Sheffield region.

Sheffield Lync Salary Trend

Lync
Salary Histogram

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

Sheffield Lync Salary Histogram

Lync
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Sheffield 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 6 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (66.67%) Microsoft Certification
2 4 (66.67%) Windows
3 3 (50.00%) MS Excel
3 3 (50.00%) MS Exchange
3 3 (50.00%) SCCM
3 3 (50.00%) SCOM
3 3 (50.00%) Office 365
3 3 (50.00%) Exchange Server 2013
4 2 (33.33%) MCSE
4 2 (33.33%) SharePoint 2010
4 2 (33.33%) Windows 8
4 2 (33.33%) Windows Server 2012
4 2 (33.33%) SharePoint 2013
4 2 (33.33%) Windows Server 2008
4 2 (33.33%) Windows Azure
4 2 (33.33%) UAG
4 2 (33.33%) Unified Communications
4 2 (33.33%) Exchange Server 2010
4 2 (33.33%) VTSP
4 2 (33.33%) Microsoft Certified Master
4 2 (33.33%) SCVMM
4 2 (33.33%) Office Communications Server
4 2 (33.33%) PowerShell
4 2 (33.33%) MCITP
4 2 (33.33%) PKI
4 2 (33.33%) Exchange Server 2003
4 2 (33.33%) Active Directory
4 2 (33.33%) HP
4 2 (33.33%) SharePoint

Lync
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Sheffield 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 3 (50.00%) MS Exchange
1 3 (50.00%) Exchange Server 2013
2 2 (33.33%) SharePoint
2 2 (33.33%) Exchange Server 2003
2 2 (33.33%) Office Communications Server
2 2 (33.33%) Windows Azure
2 2 (33.33%) SharePoint 2010
2 2 (33.33%) Exchange Server 2010
2 2 (33.33%) SharePoint 2013
3 1 (16.67%) Exchange Server 2007
3 1 (16.67%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications
1 3 (50.00%) MS Excel
1 3 (50.00%) Office 365
2 2 (33.33%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 2 (33.33%) Unified Communications
2 1 (16.67%) LAN
2 1 (16.67%) VoIP
2 1 (16.67%) WAN
2 1 (16.67%) DNS
2 1 (16.67%) SAN
2 1 (16.67%) Cisco ASA
General
1 1 (16.67%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 2 (33.33%) Consultant
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft Consultant
2 1 (16.67%) Team Leader
2 1 (16.67%) Technical Team Leader
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) PKI
2 1 (16.67%) Video Conferencing
2 1 (16.67%) Blackberry
2 1 (16.67%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 4 (66.67%) Windows
2 2 (33.33%) Windows Server 2003
2 2 (33.33%) Windows Server 2008
2 2 (33.33%) Windows 8
2 2 (33.33%) Windows Server 2012
3 1 (16.67%) Windows 2000 Server
3 1 (16.67%) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (16.67%) CRM
1 1 (16.67%) ERP
1 1 (16.67%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (16.67%) Quality Management
1 1 (16.67%) Business Development
1 1 (16.67%) Load Balancing
Programming Languages
1 2 (33.33%) PowerShell
2 1 (16.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (66.67%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (33.33%) MCSE
2 2 (33.33%) MCITP
2 2 (33.33%) VTSP
2 2 (33.33%) Microsoft Certified Master
3 1 (16.67%) CCNA
3 1 (16.67%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (16.67%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
3 1 (16.67%) MCTS
System Software
1 2 (33.33%) Active Directory
1 2 (33.33%) UAG
2 1 (16.67%) ISA Server
2 1 (16.67%) Hyper-V
2 1 (16.67%) vSphere
2 1 (16.67%) Forefront TMG
Systems Management
1 3 (50.00%) SCCM
1 3 (50.00%) SCOM
2 2 (33.33%) SCVMM
3 1 (16.67%) Backup Exec
3 1 (16.67%) WSUS
Vendors
1 6 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (33.33%) HP
3 1 (16.67%) EMC
3 1 (16.67%) Sophos
3 1 (16.67%) VMware
3 1 (16.67%) Mitel
3 1 (16.67%) SonicWALL
3 1 (16.67%) Cisco