The first table below looks at the demand for Lync skills in IT jobs advertised for the Southampton 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 Southampton region.

Location
3 months to
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Lync
Rank 82 88 -
Rank change year-on-year
+6 -
Permanent jobs citing Lync 4 1 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Southampton 0.453% 0.108% -
As % of the Application Platforms category 1.961% 0.585% -
Number of salaries quoted 4 1 0
Average salary £42,500 £45,000 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.55% -
UK excluding London average salary £46,000 £45,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year
+2.22% -18.18%
All Application Platforms
Southampton
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
204 171 127
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Southampton 23.10% 18.49% 20.03%
Number of salaries quoted 192 164 116
Average salary £36,000 £37,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-2.70% -1.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £23,000 £27,300
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £47,000 £47,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+2.66% -
Lync
Hampshire

Lync
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Southampton 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 Southampton region.

Southampton Lync Salary Trend

Lync
Salary Histogram

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

Southampton Lync Salary Histogram

Lync
Top 22 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Southampton 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 3 (75.00%) Windows
1 3 (75.00%) MCSE
1 3 (75.00%) SMTP
1 3 (75.00%) DNS
1 3 (75.00%) Active Directory
1 3 (75.00%) Citrix
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 3 (75.00%) MCTS
1 3 (75.00%) MCITP
1 3 (75.00%) WMI
1 3 (75.00%) VMware
1 3 (75.00%) VMware Server
1 3 (75.00%) SCOM
1 3 (75.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (75.00%) Security Cleared
1 3 (75.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 3 (75.00%) PowerShell
1 3 (75.00%) Windows Server 2008
2 2 (50.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (25.00%) Video Conferencing
3 1 (25.00%) Business Development
3 1 (25.00%) Unified Communications

Lync
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Southampton 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.

Communications & Networking
1 3 (75.00%) SMTP
1 3 (75.00%) DNS
2 1 (25.00%) Unified Communications
Job Titles
1 1 (25.00%) Development Manager
1 1 (25.00%) Business Development Manager
1 1 (25.00%) Business Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 3 (75.00%) Windows
1 3 (75.00%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (25.00%) Business Development
Programming Languages
1 3 (75.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) MCSE
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 3 (75.00%) MCTS
1 3 (75.00%) MCITP
1 3 (75.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (75.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 3 (75.00%) Active Directory
1 3 (75.00%) VMware Server
1 3 (75.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (75.00%) WMI
1 3 (75.00%) SCOM
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Citrix
1 3 (75.00%) VMware
2 2 (50.00%) Microsoft