The first table below looks at the demand for Lync skills in IT jobs advertised for the Somerset region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Lync over the 3 months to 21 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 Somerset region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Lync
Rank 62 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing Lync 2 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Somerset 0.312% - -
As % of the Application Platforms category 1.504% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
Average salary £75,000 - -
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £45,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year
- -18.18%
All Application Platforms
Somerset
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
133 82 80
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Somerset 20.75% 18.10% 17.20%
Number of salaries quoted 124 80 77
Average salary £32,500 £35,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-7.14% -
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £27,500 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £42,500 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+2.66% -
Lync
South West

Lync
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Somerset 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 Somerset region.

Somerset Lync Salary Trend

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 Somerset region over the 3 months to 21 May 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
Bath - 1 £75,000 -
Street - 1 - -
Lync
South West

Lync
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Somerset 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%) VMware
3 3 (50.00%) Unified Communications
4 2 (33.33%) Exchange Server 2010
4 2 (33.33%) Root Cause Analysis
4 2 (33.33%) Capacity Management
4 2 (33.33%) Mobile Device Management
4 2 (33.33%) Fortinet
4 2 (33.33%) QA
4 2 (33.33%) Network Security
4 2 (33.33%) Backup Exec
4 2 (33.33%) Toshiba
4 2 (33.33%) Disaster Recovery
4 2 (33.33%) Firewall
4 2 (33.33%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (33.33%) Wyse
4 2 (33.33%) ProCurve
4 2 (33.33%) iPhone
4 2 (33.33%) Windows Server 2008
4 2 (33.33%) SQL Server 2008
4 2 (33.33%) XenApp
4 2 (33.33%) Veeam
4 2 (33.33%) Windows 7
4 2 (33.33%) vSphere
4 2 (33.33%) SharePoint 2010
4 2 (33.33%) iPad
4 2 (33.33%) HP
4 2 (33.33%) Citrix
4 2 (33.33%) Juniper
4 2 (33.33%) SAN

Lync
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Somerset 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 2 (33.33%) Exchange Server 2010
1 2 (33.33%) SharePoint 2010
1 2 (33.33%) SharePoint
1 2 (33.33%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 2 (33.33%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 3 (50.00%) Unified Communications
2 2 (33.33%) Network Security
2 2 (33.33%) Firewall
2 2 (33.33%) Wi-Fi
2 2 (33.33%) SAN
2 2 (33.33%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (33.33%) SQL Server 2008
1 2 (33.33%) SQL Server
1 2 (33.33%) Crystal Reports
Job Titles
1 2 (33.33%) Infrastructure Manager
1 2 (33.33%) IT Assistant
2 1 (16.67%) Sales Executive
2 1 (16.67%) Development Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Senior Sales Executive
2 1 (16.67%) Business Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Business Development Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) iPhone
1 2 (33.33%) iPad
1 2 (33.33%) Blackberry
2 1 (16.67%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 2 (33.33%) Windows Server 2008
1 2 (33.33%) Windows 7
1 2 (33.33%) Windows
1 2 (33.33%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (33.33%) Root Cause Analysis
1 2 (33.33%) Capacity Management
1 2 (33.33%) Mobile Device Management
1 2 (33.33%) Disaster Recovery
1 2 (33.33%) E-Commerce
2 1 (16.67%) Business Development
Programming Languages
1 2 (33.33%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (33.33%) QA
System Software
1 2 (33.33%) XenApp
1 2 (33.33%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 2 (33.33%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 6 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (66.67%) VMware
3 2 (33.33%) Fortinet
3 2 (33.33%) Toshiba
3 2 (33.33%) Wyse
3 2 (33.33%) ProCurve
3 2 (33.33%) Veeam
3 2 (33.33%) HP
3 2 (33.33%) Citrix
3 2 (33.33%) Juniper
3 2 (33.33%) Symantec
3 2 (33.33%) Cisco