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

Location
3 months to
17 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Office Live Communications Server
Rank 867 868 883
Rank change year-on-year
+1 +15
Permanent jobs citing Live Communications Server 14 16 7
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.013% 0.013% 0.006%
As % of the Application Platforms category 0.061% 0.065% 0.030%
Number of salaries quoted 0 3 0
Average salary - £70,000 -
UK excluding London average salary - £70,000 -
All Application Platforms
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
23107 24496 23661
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 20.90% 20.36% 18.63%
Number of salaries quoted 19727 21266 20481
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £42,500
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £27,500 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £65,000 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £39,000 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+4.00% -

Live Communications Server
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Live Communications Server within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Platforms category.

Live Communications Server Jobs Demand Trend

Live Communications Server
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Live Communications Server within the UK.

Live Communications Server Salary Trend

Live Communications Server
Top 4 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Live Communications Server within the UK over the 3 months to 17 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
England +34 14 - -
South East +12 14 - -
Berkshire -6 14 - -
Bracknell -14 14 - -

Live Communications Server
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 June 2013, IT jobs within the UK citing Live 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 Live Communications Server.

1 41 (100.00%) Windows
1 41 (100.00%) Windows XP
1 41 (100.00%) MS Exchange
1 41 (100.00%) Exchange Server 2003
2 40 (97.56%) Incident Management
2 40 (97.56%) Exchange Server 2010
2 40 (97.56%) High Availability
2 40 (97.56%) Clustering
2 40 (97.56%) ITIL
2 40 (97.56%) Microsoft
2 40 (97.56%) Active Directory
2 40 (97.56%) Blackberry
2 40 (97.56%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
2 40 (97.56%) SC Cleared
2 40 (97.56%) Security Cleared
3 39 (95.12%) Enterprise Software
3 39 (95.12%) Retail
3 39 (95.12%) Finance
3 39 (95.12%) Replication
4 38 (92.68%) Telecoms
4 38 (92.68%) Fujitsu
5 35 (85.37%) MS Excel
6 18 (43.90%) Windows Server 2003
7 2 (4.878%) Citrix
7 2 (4.878%) Veritas
7 2 (4.878%) Fat Client
7 2 (4.878%) Thin Client
8 1 (2.439%) Firewall
8 1 (2.439%) Meridio
8 1 (2.439%) NetBackup

Live Communications Server
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 June 2013, IT jobs within the UK citing Live 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 Live Communications Server. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (2.439%) Windows SharePoint Services
Application Platforms
1 41 (100.00%) MS Exchange
1 41 (100.00%) Exchange Server 2003
2 40 (97.56%) Exchange Server 2010
2 40 (97.56%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
3 1 (2.439%) IIS
3 1 (2.439%) Apache
3 1 (2.439%) SharePoint
3 1 (2.439%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 35 (85.37%) MS Excel
2 1 (2.439%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.439%) DHCP
1 1 (2.439%) DNS
1 1 (2.439%) SAN
1 1 (2.439%) Internet
1 1 (2.439%) Firewall
1 1 (2.439%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.439%) SQL Server
1 1 (2.439%) Oracle 8/8i
1 1 (2.439%) MS Access
General
1 39 (95.12%) Finance
1 39 (95.12%) Retail
2 38 (92.68%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 26 (63.41%) Messaging Engineer
2 23 (56.10%) Support Engineer
3 19 (46.34%) Security Engineer
4 17 (41.46%) Senior Security Engineer
5 13 (31.71%) Exchange Engineer
6 6 (14.63%) Messaging Support Engineer
7 3 (7.317%) Trainee
7 3 (7.317%) Junior
7 3 (7.317%) Junior Support Engineer
8 2 (4.878%) Security Support Engineer
9 1 (2.439%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
9 1 (2.439%) Technical Support
9 1 (2.439%) Technical Leader
9 1 (2.439%) Exchange Specialist
9 1 (2.439%) Support Specialist
9 1 (2.439%) 3rd Line Support
9 1 (2.439%) Technical Specialist
9 1 (2.439%) Technical Support Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 40 (97.56%) Blackberry
1 40 (97.56%) Clustering
2 39 (95.12%) Replication
2 39 (95.12%) Enterprise Software
3 2 (4.878%) Thin Client
3 2 (4.878%) Fat Client
4 1 (2.439%) Statistics
Operating Systems
1 41 (100.00%) Windows
1 41 (100.00%) Windows XP
2 18 (43.90%) Windows Server 2003
3 1 (2.439%) Solaris
3 1 (2.439%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (97.56%) ITIL
1 40 (97.56%) Incident Management
1 40 (97.56%) High Availability
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.439%) SQL
Qualifications
1 40 (97.56%) SC Cleared
1 40 (97.56%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 40 (97.56%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.439%) ISA Server
Systems Management
1 1 (2.439%) Unicenter
1 1 (2.439%) Netcool
1 1 (2.439%) OpenView Configuration Management
1 1 (2.439%) NetBackup
1 1 (2.439%) Veritas Storage Foundation
Vendors
1 40 (97.56%) Microsoft
2 38 (92.68%) Fujitsu
3 2 (4.878%) Citrix
3 2 (4.878%) Veritas
4 1 (2.439%) Meridio
4 1 (2.439%) HP
4 1 (2.439%) EMC
4 1 (2.439%) Oracle