The first table below looks at the demand for Lync skills in IT jobs advertised for the Watford region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Lync over the 3 months to 23 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 Watford region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Lync
Rank 42 - 65
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing Lync 4 0 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Watford 1.394% - 0.443%
As % of the Application Platforms category 6.250% - 1.418%
Number of salaries quoted 4 0 2
Average salary £65,000 - £26,250
90% offered a salary of more than £58,250 - £25,650
10% offered a salary of more than £73,500 - £26,850
UK excluding London average salary £47,500 £45,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year
+5.55% -14.28%
All Application Platforms
Watford
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
64 128 141
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Watford 22.30% 36.57% 31.26%
Number of salaries quoted 46 58 79
Average salary £45,000 £35,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+28.57% -
90% offered a salary of more than £27,600 £30,000 £24,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £61,500 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+2.66% -
Lync
Hertfordshire

Lync
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Watford 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 Watford region.

Watford Lync Salary Trend

Lync
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Lync across the Watford region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Watford Lync Salary Histogram

Lync
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Watford 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 5 (83.33%) MS Excel
2 4 (66.67%) Microsoft
3 3 (50.00%) Hyper-V
3 3 (50.00%) MCITP
3 3 (50.00%) Citrix
3 3 (50.00%) Unified Communications
4 2 (33.33%) Exchange Server 2010
4 2 (33.33%) Office 365
4 2 (33.33%) MS Exchange
4 2 (33.33%) VMware
4 2 (33.33%) SCCM
4 2 (33.33%) SCOM
4 2 (33.33%) SCVMM
4 2 (33.33%) vSphere
4 2 (33.33%) HP
4 2 (33.33%) Windows
4 2 (33.33%) MCTS
4 2 (33.33%) Windows Server 2008
5 1 (16.67%) SQL Server 2008
5 1 (16.67%) SAP PI
5 1 (16.67%) Dell
5 1 (16.67%) EMC
5 1 (16.67%) Active Directory
5 1 (16.67%) SaaS
5 1 (16.67%) EqualLogic
5 1 (16.67%) NCDA
5 1 (16.67%) NCIE
5 1 (16.67%) XenApp
5 1 (16.67%) XenServer
5 1 (16.67%) XenDesktop

Lync
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Watford 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.

Application Development
1 1 (16.67%) SAP PI
1 1 (16.67%) SAP Business Workflow
1 1 (16.67%) XMPP
Application Platforms
1 2 (33.33%) Exchange Server 2010
1 2 (33.33%) MS Exchange
2 1 (16.67%) WorkSite
2 1 (16.67%) SharePoint
2 1 (16.67%) BizTalk Server
Applications
1 5 (83.33%) MS Excel
2 2 (33.33%) Office 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (50.00%) Unified Communications
2 1 (16.67%) Cisco IPT
2 1 (16.67%) IP Telephony
2 1 (16.67%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (16.67%) SQL Server 2008
1 1 (16.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 1 (16.67%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (16.67%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) Consultant
2 1 (16.67%) Virtualisation Consultant
2 1 (16.67%) Solutions Consultant
2 1 (16.67%) Principal Consultant
2 1 (16.67%) IT Project Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Pre Sales Consultant
2 1 (16.67%) Infrastructure Consultant
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Consultant
2 1 (16.67%) Senior Infrastructure Consultant
2 1 (16.67%) Technical Pre Sales Consultant
2 1 (16.67%) Sales Consultant
2 1 (16.67%) Technical Consultant
2 1 (16.67%) Project Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Network Consultant
2 1 (16.67%) Senior Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) SaaS
1 1 (16.67%) EqualLogic
1 1 (16.67%) Celerra
1 1 (16.67%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 2 (33.33%) Windows
1 2 (33.33%) Windows Server 2008
2 1 (16.67%) Windows 7
2 1 (16.67%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (16.67%) Time Management
1 1 (16.67%) Business Development
1 1 (16.67%) Load Balancing
1 1 (16.67%) Asset Management
1 1 (16.67%) Document Management
1 1 (16.67%) Knowledge Management
1 1 (16.67%) Service Management
1 1 (16.67%) Identity Management
1 1 (16.67%) Workflow
1 1 (16.67%) Practice Management
1 1 (16.67%) Configuration Management
1 1 (16.67%) Project Management
1 1 (16.67%) Change Control
Programming Languages
1 1 (16.67%) C
1 1 (16.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (50.00%) MCITP
2 2 (33.33%) MCTS
3 1 (16.67%) NCDA
3 1 (16.67%) NCIE
3 1 (16.67%) VCDX
3 1 (16.67%) HP AIS
3 1 (16.67%) HP MASE
3 1 (16.67%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
3 1 (16.67%) Citrix Certification
3 1 (16.67%) CCEA
3 1 (16.67%) VCAP
3 1 (16.67%) CCEE
3 1 (16.67%) CCAA
3 1 (16.67%) CCIA
System Software
1 3 (50.00%) Hyper-V
2 2 (33.33%) vSphere
3 1 (16.67%) Active Directory
3 1 (16.67%) XenApp
3 1 (16.67%) XenServer
3 1 (16.67%) XenDesktop
3 1 (16.67%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (16.67%) VMware ESX
Systems Management
1 2 (33.33%) SCCM
1 2 (33.33%) SCOM
1 2 (33.33%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 4 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 3 (50.00%) Citrix
3 2 (33.33%) VMware
3 2 (33.33%) HP
4 1 (16.67%) Dell
4 1 (16.67%) EMC
4 1 (16.67%) Kofax
4 1 (16.67%) Cisco
4 1 (16.67%) SAP
4 1 (16.67%) NetApp
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