The first table below looks at the demand for Office Communications Server skills in IT jobs advertised for the South East region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Office Communications Server over the 3 months to 17 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 South East region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Office Communications Server (OCS)
Rank 382 417 348
Rank change year-on-year
+35 -69
Permanent jobs citing Office Communications Server 54 26 73
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South East 0.245% 0.109% 0.321%
As % of the Application Platforms category 1.119% 0.569% 1.667%
Number of salaries quoted 48 22 58
Average salary £57,500 £62,500 £52,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-8.00% +19.04%
90% offered a salary of more than £37,000 £35,000 £37,500
10% offered a salary of more than £62,500 £70,000 £63,600
UK excluding London average salary £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year
+10.00% -
All Application Platforms
South East
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
4824 4570 4380
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South East 21.91% 19.23% 19.26%
Number of salaries quoted 4118 4081 3858
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £26,500 £26,250
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+2.66% -
Office Communications Server
England

Office Communications Server
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East 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 South East region.

South East 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 South East region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

South East Office Communications Server Salary Histogram

Office Communications Server
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Office Communications Server within the South East region over the 3 months to 17 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
Surrey +46 33 £55,000 -8.33%
Berkshire +9 14 £60,000 -4.00%
Oxfordshire - 8 £40,000 -
Buckinghamshire - 5 £60,000 -
Hampshire - 4 £62,500 -
West Sussex -6 3 £39,000 +7.58%
Middlesex - 1 £40,000 -
Office Communications Server
England

Office Communications Server
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the South East 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.

1 126 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 96 (76.19%) Lync
3 75 (59.52%) MS Excel
4 68 (53.97%) Microsoft Certification
5 65 (51.59%) Active Directory
6 64 (50.79%) Windows
7 51 (40.48%) MS Exchange
8 49 (38.89%) Cisco
9 44 (34.92%) MCSE
10 42 (33.33%) SharePoint
11 41 (32.54%) Unified Communications
12 39 (30.95%) Exchange Server 2010
13 38 (30.16%) VoIP
14 35 (27.78%) Firewall
15 34 (26.98%) MS Office
16 31 (24.60%) Windows Server 2008
17 28 (22.22%) CCNA
17 28 (22.22%) Cisco Certification
17 28 (22.22%) Handset
18 27 (21.43%) TCP/IP
18 27 (21.43%) Exchange Server 2007
19 26 (20.63%) Hyper-V
20 25 (19.84%) SCCM
21 24 (19.05%) Office 365
21 24 (19.05%) Ethernet
21 24 (19.05%) VMware
22 22 (17.46%) SCOM
23 21 (16.67%) ITIL
23 21 (16.67%) SQL
24 20 (15.87%) Finance

Office Communications Server
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the South East 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 (3.175%) Application Packaging
2 1 (0.794%) COM
Application Platforms
1 96 (76.19%) Lync
2 51 (40.48%) MS Exchange
3 42 (33.33%) SharePoint
4 39 (30.95%) Exchange Server 2010
5 27 (21.43%) Exchange Server 2007
6 20 (15.87%) Exchange Server 2003
7 14 (11.11%) Exchange Server 2013
8 9 (7.143%) SharePoint Server
9 6 (4.762%) Windows Azure
9 6 (4.762%) SharePoint 2010
10 2 (1.587%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
10 2 (1.587%) SharePoint 2013
11 1 (0.794%) IIS
Applications
1 75 (59.52%) MS Excel
2 34 (26.98%) MS Office
3 24 (19.05%) Office 365
4 1 (0.794%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 1 (0.794%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 41 (32.54%) Unified Communications
2 38 (30.16%) VoIP
3 35 (27.78%) Firewall
4 27 (21.43%) TCP/IP
5 24 (19.05%) Ethernet
6 17 (13.49%) Cisco ASA
7 13 (10.32%) Intranet
7 13 (10.32%) PBX
7 13 (10.32%) WAN
8 12 (9.524%) LAN
8 12 (9.524%) DNS
9 10 (7.937%) SAN
10 9 (7.143%) Internet
11 8 (6.349%) IP Telephony
11 8 (6.349%) BIG-IP
12 3 (2.381%) DHCP
12 3 (2.381%) Cisco IPT
13 2 (1.587%) NetScaler
13 2 (1.587%) VLAN
14 1 (0.794%) H.323
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (13.49%) SQL Server
2 12 (9.524%) SQL Server 2008
3 8 (6.349%) EDRMS
General
1 20 (15.87%) Finance
2 15 (11.90%) Telecoms
3 14 (11.11%) Retail
Job Titles
1 37 (29.37%) Consultant
2 22 (17.46%) Microsoft Consultant
3 21 (16.67%) Support Engineer
4 15 (11.90%) Architect
5 9 (7.143%) Team Leader
6 8 (6.349%) Technical Consultant
7 7 (5.556%) Support Consultant
7 7 (5.556%) Technical Team Leader
7 7 (5.556%) Microsoft Infrastructure Consultant
7 7 (5.556%) Infrastructure Consultant
7 7 (5.556%) Designer
7 7 (5.556%) Infrastructure Support Consultant
8 6 (4.762%) Microsoft Specialist
8 6 (4.762%) Applications Support Engineer
8 6 (4.762%) Applications Support
8 6 (4.762%) Technical Architect
8 6 (4.762%) Senior Consultant
9 4 (3.175%) Senior Technical Consultant
9 4 (3.175%) Deployment Engineer
9 4 (3.175%) Support Team Leader
Miscellaneous
1 28 (22.22%) Handset
2 7 (5.556%) Streaming Video
3 6 (4.762%) Clustering
3 6 (4.762%) CESG
3 6 (4.762%) Enterprise Software
4 3 (2.381%) Video Conferencing
5 2 (1.587%) Open Source
5 2 (1.587%) Social Media
5 2 (1.587%) IaaS
6 1 (0.794%) Blackberry
6 1 (0.794%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 64 (50.79%) Windows
2 31 (24.60%) Windows Server 2008
3 16 (12.70%) Windows Server 2003
4 9 (7.143%) Linux
5 6 (4.762%) Windows XP
6 4 (3.175%) Windows 7
6 4 (3.175%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (0.794%) Windows Phone
7 1 (0.794%) AIX
7 1 (0.794%) Solaris
7 1 (0.794%) UNIX
7 1 (0.794%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (16.67%) ITIL
2 16 (12.70%) Migration
3 10 (7.937%) Identity Management
4 9 (7.143%) CRM
5 8 (6.349%) Workflow
6 7 (5.556%) Validation
6 7 (5.556%) Service Management
7 6 (4.762%) Information Security
7 6 (4.762%) Cost-Benefit Analysis
7 6 (4.762%) Information Security Management
7 6 (4.762%) Data Security
7 6 (4.762%) Security Management
7 6 (4.762%) Network Load Balancing
8 5 (3.968%) Project Management
9 3 (2.381%) Load Balancing
9 3 (2.381%) Time Management
9 3 (2.381%) Change Management
10 2 (1.587%) Disaster Recovery
10 2 (1.587%) B2B
10 2 (1.587%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 21 (16.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 68 (53.97%) Microsoft Certification
2 44 (34.92%) MCSE
3 28 (22.22%) Cisco Certification
3 28 (22.22%) CCNA
4 20 (15.87%) MCITP
5 17 (13.49%) Security Cleared
6 15 (11.90%) SC Cleared
7 14 (11.11%) MCTS
8 11 (8.730%) MCSA
9 5 (3.968%) CCNP
9 5 (3.968%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 3 (2.381%) CCEE
10 3 (2.381%) CCA
10 3 (2.381%) Citrix Certification
10 3 (2.381%) CCEA
11 2 (1.587%) CCIE
11 2 (1.587%) Degree
11 2 (1.587%) ITIL Certification
11 2 (1.587%) Microsoft Certified Master
12 1 (0.794%) Microsoft Certified Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (10.32%) SLA
2 6 (4.762%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 65 (51.59%) Active Directory
2 26 (20.63%) Hyper-V
3 6 (4.762%) Terminal Services
3 6 (4.762%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (3.175%) Microsoft App-V
5 3 (2.381%) XenApp
5 3 (2.381%) XenServer
5 3 (2.381%) XenDesktop
6 2 (1.587%) vSphere
6 2 (1.587%) Forefront TMG
6 2 (1.587%) IAG
6 2 (1.587%) UAG
6 2 (1.587%) ISA Server
Systems Management
1 25 (19.84%) SCCM
2 22 (17.46%) SCOM
3 6 (4.762%) SCVMM
4 1 (0.794%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
4 1 (0.794%) Tivoli Storage Manager
Vendors
1 126 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 49 (38.89%) Cisco
3 24 (19.05%) VMware
4 17 (13.49%) CheckPoint
5 14 (11.11%) Citrix
6 13 (10.32%) Fujitsu
7 10 (7.937%) F5
8 9 (7.143%) NetApp
8 9 (7.143%) EMC
8 9 (7.143%) HP
9 8 (6.349%) Remedy
9 8 (6.349%) Meridio
10 6 (4.762%) Juniper
10 6 (4.762%) Polycom
11 3 (2.381%) Dell
12 2 (1.587%) Postini
12 2 (1.587%) Barracuda Networks
12 2 (1.587%) MobileIron
13 1 (0.794%) Nimsoft
13 1 (0.794%) Dialogic
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