The first table below looks at the demand for Unified Communications skills in IT jobs advertised for the South Wales region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Unified Communications 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 Communications & Networking category for the South Wales region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Unified Communications
Rank 74 78 -
Rank change year-on-year
+4 -
Permanent jobs citing Unified Communications 15 8 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in South Wales 1.422% 0.821% -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 6.667% 3.448% -
Number of salaries quoted 15 8 0
Average salary £32,500 £35,271 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
-7.85% -
UK excluding London average salary £50,000 £50,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year
- -16.66%
All Communications & Networking
South Wales
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
225 232 101
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in South Wales 21.33% 23.79% 11.34%
Number of salaries quoted 214 194 94
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £37,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -5.40%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,200 £25,000 £23,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £45,400 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
Unified Communications
Wales

Unified Communications
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Unified Communications across the South Wales region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

South Wales Unified Communications Jobs Demand Trend

Unified Communications
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Unified Communications across the South Wales region.

South Wales Unified Communications Salary Trend

Unified Communications
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Unified Communications across the South Wales region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

South Wales Unified Communications Salary Histogram

Unified Communications
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Unified Communications within the South Wales 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
Cardiff -1 15 £32,500 -18.75%
Unified Communications
Wales

Unified Communications
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the South Wales region citing Unified Communications 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 Unified Communications.

1 16 (76.19%) Microsoft
2 12 (57.14%) VoIP
2 12 (57.14%) DNS
2 12 (57.14%) Cisco
2 12 (57.14%) DHCP
2 12 (57.14%) Lync
3 10 (47.62%) Windows Server 2012
3 10 (47.62%) Windows
3 10 (47.62%) MS Excel
3 10 (47.62%) MS Exchange
3 10 (47.62%) WAN
4 8 (38.10%) CCNP
4 8 (38.10%) Cisco Certification
4 8 (38.10%) MPLS
5 6 (28.57%) OSPF
5 6 (28.57%) BGP
5 6 (28.57%) Microsoft Certification
5 6 (28.57%) Juniper
5 6 (28.57%) EIGRP
5 6 (28.57%) VRRP
5 6 (28.57%) Frame Relay
5 6 (28.57%) Telecoms
5 6 (28.57%) MCSE
5 6 (28.57%) MCSA
5 6 (28.57%) Ethernet
5 6 (28.57%) PPP
5 6 (28.57%) RIP
5 6 (28.57%) SNMP
5 6 (28.57%) HSRP
5 6 (28.57%) Exchange Server 2010

Unified Communications
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the South Wales region citing Unified Communications 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 Unified Communications. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 12 (57.14%) Lync
2 10 (47.62%) MS Exchange
3 6 (28.57%) Exchange Server 2010
3 6 (28.57%) Office Communications Server
4 4 (19.05%) Exchange Server 2003
4 4 (19.05%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications
1 10 (47.62%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 12 (57.14%) VoIP
1 12 (57.14%) DNS
1 12 (57.14%) DHCP
2 10 (47.62%) WAN
3 8 (38.10%) MPLS
4 6 (28.57%) OSPF
4 6 (28.57%) BGP
4 6 (28.57%) EIGRP
4 6 (28.57%) VRRP
4 6 (28.57%) Frame Relay
4 6 (28.57%) Ethernet
4 6 (28.57%) PPP
4 6 (28.57%) RIP
4 6 (28.57%) SNMP
4 6 (28.57%) HSRP
4 6 (28.57%) xDSL
4 6 (28.57%) Junos
4 6 (28.57%) VPLS
4 6 (28.57%) Cisco IOS
5 4 (19.05%) Wireless
General
1 6 (28.57%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 6 (28.57%) Infrastructure Specialist
1 6 (28.57%) Implementation Engineer
2 4 (19.05%) Server Engineer
2 4 (19.05%) 3rd Line Server Engineer
2 4 (19.05%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 2 (9.524%) Cisco Network Engineer
3 2 (9.524%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
3 2 (9.524%) 2nd Line Network Engineer
3 2 (9.524%) Cisco Engineer
3 2 (9.524%) Network Engineer
3 2 (9.524%) Support Engineer
3 2 (9.524%) 2nd Line Support
Miscellaneous
1 6 (28.57%) Blog
1 6 (28.57%) Video Conferencing
2 4 (19.05%) EqualLogic
2 4 (19.05%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 10 (47.62%) Windows Server 2012
1 10 (47.62%) Windows
2 6 (28.57%) Windows Server 2008
3 4 (19.05%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (28.57%) Network Management
1 6 (28.57%) Network Design
2 4 (19.05%) Communications Security
2 4 (19.05%) Migration
Qualifications
1 8 (38.10%) CCNP
1 8 (38.10%) Cisco Certification
2 6 (28.57%) Microsoft Certification
2 6 (28.57%) MCSE
2 6 (28.57%) MCSA
2 6 (28.57%) MCITP
3 2 (9.524%) CCIP
3 2 (9.524%) CCNA
3 2 (9.524%) CCIE
3 2 (9.524%) CCSP
System Software
1 6 (28.57%) Active Directory
2 4 (19.05%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (19.05%) Hyper-V
Vendors
1 16 (76.19%) Microsoft
2 12 (57.14%) Cisco
3 6 (28.57%) Juniper
3 6 (28.57%) Dialogic
4 4 (19.05%) Barracuda Networks
4 4 (19.05%) HP
4 4 (19.05%) Dell
4 4 (19.05%) VMware