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

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Office Communications Server (OCS)
Rank 209 212 202
Rank change year-on-year
+3 -10
Permanent jobs citing Office Communications Server 7 3 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West 0.132% 0.054% 0.052%
As % of the Application Platforms category 0.599% 0.275% 0.294%
Number of salaries quoted 7 0 3
Average salary £30,000 - £26,100
UK excluding London average salary £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year
+10.00% -
All Application Platforms
South West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
1168 1092 1019
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West 22.10% 19.71% 17.52%
Number of salaries quoted 1016 967 915
Average salary £36,000 £35,000 £34,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.85% +1.44%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £26,000 £24,500
10% offered a salary of more than £46,000 £45,000 £47,500
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 West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Platforms category.

South West 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 West region.

South West 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 West region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

South West 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 West 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
Bristol - 5 £30,000 -
Wiltshire +10 2 £45,000 -
Office Communications Server
England

Office Communications Server
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the South West 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 9 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 8 (88.89%) Lync
3 5 (55.56%) MS Exchange
3 5 (55.56%) Cisco
4 4 (44.44%) Cisco Certification
4 4 (44.44%) Microsoft Certification
4 4 (44.44%) Juniper
4 4 (44.44%) Firewall
4 4 (44.44%) PBX
4 4 (44.44%) VoIP
4 4 (44.44%) B2B
4 4 (44.44%) CCNP
4 4 (44.44%) CCNA
4 4 (44.44%) Active Directory
4 4 (44.44%) ITIL
4 4 (44.44%) Windows
4 4 (44.44%) Network Management
4 4 (44.44%) Exchange Server 2010
4 4 (44.44%) F5
4 4 (44.44%) Barracuda Networks
4 4 (44.44%) Windows Server 2008
4 4 (44.44%) Load Balancing
4 4 (44.44%) Open Source
4 4 (44.44%) MCITP
4 4 (44.44%) Exchange Server 2007
5 3 (33.33%) Exchange Server 2003
5 3 (33.33%) MS Excel
5 3 (33.33%) Windows Server 2003
6 2 (22.22%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
6 2 (22.22%) Migration

Office Communications Server
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the South West 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 1 (11.11%) Application Packaging
Application Platforms
1 8 (88.89%) Lync
2 5 (55.56%) MS Exchange
3 4 (44.44%) Exchange Server 2010
3 4 (44.44%) Exchange Server 2007
4 3 (33.33%) Exchange Server 2003
5 2 (22.22%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
5 2 (22.22%) SharePoint
6 1 (11.11%) Exchange Server 2013
6 1 (11.11%) SharePoint 2010
6 1 (11.11%) Exchange Server 2000
6 1 (11.11%) IIS
Applications
1 3 (33.33%) MS Excel
2 2 (22.22%) Office 365
Communications & Networking
1 4 (44.44%) Firewall
1 4 (44.44%) PBX
1 4 (44.44%) VoIP
2 1 (11.11%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (11.11%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (11.11%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 5 (55.56%) Analyst
2 4 (44.44%) Network Engineer
2 4 (44.44%) Network Analyst
3 3 (33.33%) Consultant
4 2 (22.22%) Microsoft Consultant
5 1 (11.11%) Messaging Engineer
5 1 (11.11%) Senior Microsoft Consultant
5 1 (11.11%) Service Desk Analyst
5 1 (11.11%) Senior Technical Consultant
5 1 (11.11%) Infrastructure Consultant
5 1 (11.11%) Technical Consultant
5 1 (11.11%) Service Analyst
5 1 (11.11%) Senior Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 4 (44.44%) Open Source
2 2 (22.22%) Clustering
3 1 (11.11%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 4 (44.44%) Windows
1 4 (44.44%) Windows Server 2008
2 3 (33.33%) Windows Server 2003
3 1 (11.11%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (44.44%) B2B
1 4 (44.44%) ITIL
1 4 (44.44%) Network Management
1 4 (44.44%) Load Balancing
2 2 (22.22%) Migration
3 1 (11.11%) Network Load Balancing
3 1 (11.11%) Identity Management
3 1 (11.11%) Service Management
3 1 (11.11%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 1 (11.11%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (44.44%) Cisco Certification
1 4 (44.44%) Microsoft Certification
1 4 (44.44%) CCNP
1 4 (44.44%) CCNA
1 4 (44.44%) MCITP
2 2 (22.22%) MCSE
2 2 (22.22%) MCTS
3 1 (11.11%) MCSA
3 1 (11.11%) MCT
System Software
1 4 (44.44%) Active Directory
2 2 (22.22%) Hyper-V
3 1 (11.11%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (11.11%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 2 (22.22%) SCCM
1 2 (22.22%) SCOM
2 1 (11.11%) SCVMM
2 1 (11.11%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 9 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 5 (55.56%) Cisco
3 4 (44.44%) Juniper
3 4 (44.44%) F5
3 4 (44.44%) Barracuda Networks
4 2 (22.22%) VMware
5 1 (11.11%) HP
5 1 (11.11%) Dell
Bristol, South West
The successful candidate will have commercial experience of Lync/OCS based technologies, along with other Microsoft based applications such as; Hyper-V, Windows 2008/2012, Exchange 2010/2013...
Computer Futures
Salary: £45000 - £50000 per annum + Training & Private Health Care
Posted: 20 May 2013
Bristol, South West
The successful candidate will have commercial experience of Lync/OCS based technologies, along with other Microsoft based applications such as; Hyper-V, Windows 2008/2012, Exchange 2010/2013...
Computer Futures
Salary: £45000 - £50000 per annum + Training & Private Health Care.
Posted: 18 May 2013
Bristol, South West
The successful candidate will have commercial experience of Lync/OCS based technologies, along with other Microsoft based applications such as; Hyper-V, Windows 2008/2012, Exchange 2010/2013...
Computer Futures
Salary: £45000 - £50000 per annum + Training & Private Health Care
Posted: 20 May 2013
Bristol, South West
The successful candidate will have commercial experience of Lync/OCS based technologies, along with other Microsoft based applications such as; Hyper-V, Windows 2008/2012, Exchange 2010/2013...
Computer Futures
Salary: £45000 - £50000 per annum + Training & Health Care.
Posted: 18 May 2013
Bristol, South West
The successful candidate will have commercial experience of Lync/OCS based technologies, along with other Microsoft based applications such as; Hyper-V, Windows 2008/2012, Exchange 2010/2013...
Computer Futures
Salary: £45000 - £50000 per annum + Training and Private Health Care
Posted: 18 May 2013
Bristol, South West
The ideal candidate will have a skill set to include as many of the following: Windows 2003/2008 Lync/OCS Systems Support (2007/2010) (Desirable) Enterprise Support Microsoft...
Computer Futures
Salary: £40000 - £55000 per annum + PENSION/BONUS
Posted: 15 May 2013
Bristol, Avon
SCCM and SCOM 2007... office365. App-V... Windows 7... Microsoft Methodology - MOF and MSA. TOGAF... Key Words: Microsoft, Infrastructure, Technical Architect, Windows 2003 / 2008, Active Directory, SCCM, SCOM,...
Aximis (West) Limited
Salary: Up to £65K basic + 5K Car Allow + Excellent bonus and Benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Bristol, Avon
SCCM and SCOM 2007... office365. App-V... VmWare. Citrix. Windows 7 and Windows 8 Deployment... TOGAF... Key Words: App-V, Lync, 365, Microsoft, Infrastructure, Technical Architect, Windows 2003 /...
Aximis (West) Limited
Salary: Up to £60K basic + 5K Car Allow + Excellent bonus and Benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013