The first table below looks at the demand for UAG skills in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited UAG 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 System Software category.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Forefront Unified Access Gateway (UAG)
Rank 719 815 793
Rank change year-on-year
+96 -22
Permanent jobs citing UAG 139 81 78
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.129% 0.067% 0.063%
As % of the System Software category 1.350% 0.776% 0.835%
Number of salaries quoted 94 73 73
Average salary £50,000 £40,000 £57,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+25.00% -30.43%
90% offered a salary of more than £34,000 £25,900 £38,400
10% offered a salary of more than £85,000 £55,000 £62,500
UK excluding London average salary £47,500 £41,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year
+14.45% -27.82%
All System Software
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
10296 10437 9340
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 9.552% 8.630% 7.565%
Number of salaries quoted 8670 9011 7656
Average salary £40,000 £41,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-3.61% +3.75%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £26,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £39,000 £38,000
% change year-on-year
-1.28% +2.63%

UAG
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing UAG within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the System Software category.

UAG Jobs Demand Trend

UAG
Salary Trend

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

UAG Salary Trend

UAG
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing UAG over the 3 months to 17 May 2013 within the UK.

UAG Salary Histogram

UAG
Top 30 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing UAG within the UK 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
England +93 131 £50,000 +33.33%
London +56 61 £71,250 +95.20%
South East +13 23 £50,000 -1.96%
Berkshire +22 18 £50,000 +19.04%
City of London +16 12 £53,750 +65.38%
North West - 12 £40,000 -
Manchester - 12 £40,000 -
Maidenhead - 10 £50,000 -
Yorkshire - 9 £47,500 -
West Midlands -12 8 £50,000 -
Leeds - 7 £38,750 -
Sale - 7 - -
West Yorkshire - 7 £38,750 -
East Midlands +5 5 - -
South West -4 5 £32,500 +27.45%
Northamptonshire - 5 - -
Wiltshire -1 4 £32,000 +25.49%
Bedfordshire - 4 £35,750 -
East of England - 4 £35,750 -
Jersey - 3 - -
Harrogate - 3 - -
Bedford - 3 £34,000 -
North Yorkshire - 3 - -
Channel Islands - 3 - -
Surrey +8 2 £50,000 -4.76%
Birmingham -23 2 £45,000 +12.50%
Hampshire - 2 £51,250 -
Swindon - 2 £34,000 -
Sheffield - 2 £50,000 -
Basingstoke - 2 £51,250 -

UAG
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK citing UAG 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 UAG.

1 247 (81.25%) Microsoft
2 236 (77.63%) Windows
3 196 (64.47%) Active Directory
4 166 (54.61%) Windows Server 2008
5 161 (52.96%) VMware
6 155 (50.99%) SharePoint
7 152 (50.00%) MS Exchange
8 147 (48.36%) Exchange Server 2010
9 134 (44.08%) Forefront TMG
10 127 (41.78%) Firewall
11 125 (41.12%) Hyper-V
12 124 (40.79%) VMware Infrastructure
12 124 (40.79%) DNS
13 117 (38.49%) MS Office
14 113 (37.17%) DHCP
15 105 (34.54%) SQL
16 101 (33.22%) SAN
17 99 (32.57%) MS Excel
18 95 (31.25%) Citrix
19 94 (30.92%) Windows Server 2012
20 92 (30.26%) vSphere
21 87 (28.62%) SQL Server
22 84 (27.63%) SCCM
23 83 (27.30%) Office 365
24 81 (26.64%) Lync
25 80 (26.32%) SCOM
26 77 (25.33%) Microsoft Certification
27 73 (24.01%) XenServer
28 70 (23.03%) XenDesktop
29 69 (22.70%) NAS

UAG
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK citing UAG 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 UAG. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 12 (3.947%) .NET
2 5 (1.645%) SAML
3 3 (0.987%) Windows SharePoint Services
3 3 (0.987%) COM
4 2 (0.658%) Web Services
4 2 (0.658%) K2 blackpearl
4 2 (0.658%) .NET Framework
5 1 (0.329%) Application Packaging
Application Platforms
1 155 (50.99%) SharePoint
2 152 (50.00%) MS Exchange
3 147 (48.36%) Exchange Server 2010
4 81 (26.64%) Lync
5 53 (17.43%) SharePoint 2010
5 53 (17.43%) SharePoint Server
6 47 (15.46%) Exchange Server 2007
7 29 (9.539%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
8 17 (5.592%) IIS
9 13 (4.276%) Windows Azure
10 11 (3.618%) SharePoint 2013
11 9 (2.961%) Exchange Server 2003
12 7 (2.303%) Exchange Server 2013
13 3 (0.987%) SharePoint Foundation
13 3 (0.987%) Office Communications Server
14 2 (0.658%) Exchange Server 2000
Applications
1 117 (38.49%) MS Office
2 99 (32.57%) MS Excel
3 83 (27.30%) Office 365
4 1 (0.329%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 23 (7.566%) Dynamics CRM
2 10 (3.289%) SAP Business One
Communications & Networking
1 127 (41.78%) Firewall
2 124 (40.79%) DNS
3 113 (37.17%) DHCP
4 101 (33.22%) SAN
5 69 (22.70%) NAS
6 44 (14.47%) TCP/IP
7 34 (11.18%) Network Security
8 30 (9.868%) Wireless
9 28 (9.211%) VPN
10 20 (6.579%) Cisco ASA
11 19 (6.250%) LAN
12 17 (5.592%) WAN
12 17 (5.592%) Internet
13 12 (3.947%) VLAN
14 10 (3.289%) VoIP
15 8 (2.632%) Kerberos
15 8 (2.632%) MPLS
15 8 (2.632%) BGP
15 8 (2.632%) DMZ
16 7 (2.303%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 87 (28.62%) SQL Server
2 68 (22.37%) SQL Server 2008
3 41 (13.49%) SQL Server 2005
4 4 (1.316%) SQL Server 2000
Development Applications
1 18 (5.921%) Team Foundation Server
2 4 (1.316%) Metasploit
3 2 (0.658%) K2 blackpoint
4 1 (0.329%) MSI
General
1 47 (15.46%) Back Office
2 14 (4.605%) Banking
3 11 (3.618%) Advertising
4 8 (2.632%) Law
5 7 (2.303%) Finance
6 3 (0.987%) Legal
7 2 (0.658%) Financial Institution
7 2 (0.658%) Retail
7 2 (0.658%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 98 (32.24%) Architect
2 83 (27.30%) Consultant
3 49 (16.12%) Solutions Architect
4 43 (14.14%) Administrator
5 30 (9.868%) Technical Architect
6 29 (9.539%) Technical Solutions Architect
7 28 (9.211%) Security Architect
7 28 (9.211%) Systems Administrator
8 27 (8.882%) Microsoft Consultant
9 26 (8.553%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 24 (7.895%) Infrastructure Architect
11 22 (7.237%) Analyst
12 21 (6.908%) Technical Consultant
13 19 (6.250%) Security Consultant
14 15 (4.934%) Microsoft Solutions Architect
15 14 (4.605%) Support Analyst
15 14 (4.605%) Windows Administrator
15 14 (4.605%) Windows Systems Administrator
15 14 (4.605%) Infrastructure Consultant
16 12 (3.947%) SharePoint Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 49 (16.12%) PKI
2 31 (10.20%) Blackberry
3 30 (9.868%) Clustering
4 25 (8.224%) Hedge funds
5 7 (2.303%) Fat Client
5 7 (2.303%) Replication
5 7 (2.303%) Thin Client
6 4 (1.316%) Statistics
7 3 (0.987%) Social Media
7 3 (0.987%) Cryptography
8 2 (0.658%) SecurID
8 2 (0.658%) E-Learning
8 2 (0.658%) Management Information System
8 2 (0.658%) IaaS
9 1 (0.329%) Web 2.0
9 1 (0.329%) Firmware
Operating Systems
1 236 (77.63%) Windows
2 166 (54.61%) Windows Server 2008
3 94 (30.92%) Windows Server 2012
4 50 (16.45%) Windows Server 2003
5 47 (15.46%) Windows 7
6 17 (5.592%) Windows 8
6 17 (5.592%) Windows XP
7 10 (3.289%) OpenVMS
7 10 (3.289%) Solaris
7 10 (3.289%) UNIX
8 6 (1.974%) Linux
8 6 (1.974%) SUSE
8 6 (1.974%) Windows Vista
9 2 (0.658%) Windows 2000
10 1 (0.329%) Windows NT
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (16.78%) Migration
2 36 (11.84%) ITIL
3 30 (9.868%) Identity Management
4 25 (8.224%) Load Balancing
5 24 (7.895%) Information Security
5 24 (7.895%) Data Protection
6 23 (7.566%) Vulnerability Assessment
6 23 (7.566%) Enterprise Architecture
6 23 (7.566%) CRM
7 20 (6.579%) Disaster Recovery
8 19 (6.250%) High Availability
9 16 (5.263%) Security Architecture
9 16 (5.263%) GAP Analysis
10 15 (4.934%) Service Delivery
11 14 (4.605%) Asset Management
12 11 (3.618%) OO
13 10 (3.289%) Project Management
14 9 (2.961%) Technical Architecture
14 9 (2.961%) Root Cause Analysis
15 8 (2.632%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 105 (34.54%) SQL
2 27 (8.882%) PowerShell
3 13 (4.276%) VBScript
4 12 (3.947%) VB
5 5 (1.645%) C#
6 1 (0.329%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 77 (25.33%) Microsoft Certification
2 54 (17.76%) MCITP
3 50 (16.45%) MCSE
4 42 (13.82%) MCTS
5 29 (9.539%) Cisco Certification
6 15 (4.934%) CCSP
7 12 (3.947%) CCNP
7 12 (3.947%) CCIE
8 11 (3.618%) CCNA
8 11 (3.618%) JNCIE
9 10 (3.289%) Citrix Certification
10 9 (2.961%) SC Cleared
10 9 (2.961%) Security Cleared
11 8 (2.632%) CCA
12 7 (2.303%) CCEE
13 6 (1.974%) Linux+ Certification
14 5 (1.645%) VTSP
14 5 (1.645%) MCP
14 5 (1.645%) Microsoft Certified Master
15 4 (1.316%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (7.237%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 16 (5.263%) SLA
3 1 (0.329%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 196 (64.47%) Active Directory
2 134 (44.08%) Forefront TMG
3 125 (41.12%) Hyper-V
4 124 (40.79%) VMware Infrastructure
5 92 (30.26%) vSphere
6 73 (24.01%) XenServer
7 70 (23.03%) XenDesktop
8 40 (13.16%) ISA Server
9 30 (9.868%) VMware ESX
10 29 (9.539%) Microsoft App-V
11 19 (6.250%) XenApp
12 13 (4.276%) IAG
13 9 (2.961%) Microsoft Virtual Server
14 7 (2.303%) VMware ESXi
15 5 (1.645%) Citrix Presentation Server
16 4 (1.316%) Terminal Services
16 4 (1.316%) Nmap
17 2 (0.658%) ProxySG
18 1 (0.329%) Xen
18 1 (0.329%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 84 (27.63%) SCCM
2 80 (26.32%) SCOM
3 31 (10.20%) Norton AntiVirus
3 31 (10.20%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
4 30 (9.868%) SCVMM
5 27 (8.882%) NetBackup
5 27 (8.882%) HP SIM
6 19 (6.250%) Backup Exec
7 4 (1.316%) Nessus
7 4 (1.316%) Cacti
8 3 (0.987%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
9 2 (0.658%) MIIS
9 2 (0.658%) MAILsweeper
9 2 (0.658%) McAfee ePO
10 1 (0.329%) WSUS
Vendors
1 247 (81.25%) Microsoft
2 161 (52.96%) VMware
3 95 (31.25%) Citrix
4 66 (21.71%) HP
5 55 (18.09%) Symantec
6 53 (17.43%) Cisco
7 35 (11.51%) NetApp
8 27 (8.882%) CheckPoint
8 27 (8.882%) Sophos
8 27 (8.882%) Juniper
8 27 (8.882%) CA
9 22 (7.237%) Dell
10 21 (6.908%) Riverbed
11 11 (3.618%) F5
12 10 (3.289%) SAP
13 7 (2.303%) Brocade
14 6 (1.974%) AppSense
14 6 (1.974%) Red Hat
15 5 (1.645%) EMC
16 4 (1.316%) Blue Coat
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