The first table below looks at the demand for Lync skills in IT jobs advertised for the West Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Lync over the 3 months to 20 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 West Midlands region.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Lync
Rank 150 159 144
Rank change year-on-year
+9 -15
Permanent jobs citing Lync 54 27 28
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 1.095% 0.598% 0.685%
As % of the Application Platforms category 5.584% 3.426% 3.500%
Number of salaries quoted 46 25 28
Average salary £50,000 £52,500 £55,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-4.76% -4.54%
90% offered a salary of more than £31,300 £32,500 £37,500
10% offered a salary of more than £70,000 £70,000 £62,550
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £45,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year
- -18.18%
All Application Platforms
West Midlands
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
967 788 800
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 19.61% 17.46% 19.56%
Number of salaries quoted 829 680 726
Average salary £37,500 £37,500 £37,500
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £25,000 £24,000
10% offered a salary of more than £57,500 £61,500 £57,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+2.66% -
Lync
England

Lync
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region.

West Midlands Lync Salary Trend

Lync
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Lync across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

West Midlands Lync Salary Histogram

Lync
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Lync within the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 20 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
Birmingham -9 25 £53,750 +2.38%
Coventry -4 10 £60,000 +33.33%
Solihull - 6 £40,000 -
Shropshire - 3 £23,000 -
Staffordshire - 3 £33,000 -
Warwickshire - 1 - -
Wolverhampton - 1 £70,000 -
Lync
England

Lync
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands 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 93 (97.89%) Microsoft
2 75 (78.95%) Windows
3 63 (66.32%) MS Exchange
4 61 (64.21%) Active Directory
5 51 (53.68%) SharePoint
6 47 (49.47%) Windows Server 2008
6 47 (49.47%) Exchange Server 2010
7 39 (41.05%) MCITP
8 36 (37.89%) VMware
8 36 (37.89%) MS Office
9 35 (36.84%) Cisco
10 33 (34.74%) VMware Infrastructure
11 32 (33.68%) Citrix
11 32 (33.68%) Microsoft Certification
12 31 (32.63%) DNS
13 30 (31.58%) Firewall
13 30 (31.58%) Office 365
14 29 (30.53%) MS Excel
15 27 (28.42%) SAN
16 26 (27.37%) SQL Server
16 26 (27.37%) SQL
17 25 (26.32%) Unified Communications
17 25 (26.32%) Hyper-V
18 24 (25.26%) Exchange Server 2007
19 22 (23.16%) Windows Server 2012
19 22 (23.16%) MCSE
20 21 (22.11%) NAS
21 20 (21.05%) Avaya
22 18 (18.95%) Mitel
22 18 (18.95%) Nortel

Lync
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands 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 8 (8.421%) Application Packaging
2 5 (5.263%) Silverlight
2 5 (5.263%) .NET
3 4 (4.211%) XMPP
4 2 (2.105%) COM
Application Platforms
1 63 (66.32%) MS Exchange
2 51 (53.68%) SharePoint
3 47 (49.47%) Exchange Server 2010
4 24 (25.26%) Exchange Server 2007
5 18 (18.95%) Exchange Server 2013
6 14 (14.74%) SharePoint 2010
7 8 (8.421%) Office Communications Server
8 4 (4.211%) SharePoint 2013
9 2 (2.105%) Windows Azure
9 2 (2.105%) CMS
10 1 (1.053%) Exchange Server 2000
10 1 (1.053%) Exchange Server 2003
10 1 (1.053%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications
1 36 (37.89%) MS Office
2 30 (31.58%) Office 365
3 29 (30.53%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 10 (10.53%) SAP Business One
2 5 (5.263%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (1.053%) Remedy ITSM
Communications & Networking
1 31 (32.63%) DNS
2 30 (31.58%) Firewall
3 27 (28.42%) SAN
4 25 (26.32%) Unified Communications
5 21 (22.11%) NAS
6 17 (17.89%) DHCP
7 10 (10.53%) Wireless
8 5 (5.263%) SSL
8 5 (5.263%) VPN
9 4 (4.211%) TCP/IP
9 4 (4.211%) VoIP
9 4 (4.211%) IP Telephony
10 3 (3.158%) SMTP
11 2 (2.105%) Internet
11 2 (2.105%) Cisco IPT
12 1 (1.053%) Wireshark
12 1 (1.053%) Cisco PIX
12 1 (1.053%) Network Security
12 1 (1.053%) Cisco ASA
12 1 (1.053%) Asterisk PBX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (27.37%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.053%) SQL Server 2000
2 1 (1.053%) SQL Server 2005
2 1 (1.053%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 9 (9.474%) MSI
2 1 (1.053%) InstallShield
2 1 (1.053%) AdminStudio
General
1 13 (13.68%) Back Office
2 5 (5.263%) Finance
3 2 (2.105%) Advertising
3 2 (2.105%) Financial Institution
4 1 (1.053%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 48 (50.53%) Consultant
2 25 (26.32%) Technical Consultant
3 19 (20.00%) Architect
4 15 (15.79%) Solutions Architect
5 10 (10.53%) Technical Specialist
6 9 (9.474%) Technical Architect
6 9 (9.474%) Technical Solutions Architect
6 9 (9.474%) Infrastructure Consultant
7 8 (8.421%) Microsoft Consultant
7 8 (8.421%) Technical Infrastructure Consultant
7 8 (8.421%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 6 (6.316%) Network Engineer
8 6 (6.316%) Support Engineer
9 5 (5.263%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
9 5 (5.263%) CRM Architect
9 5 (5.263%) CRM Solutions Architect
10 3 (3.158%) Help Desk Support Engineer
10 3 (3.158%) Senior Consultant
10 3 (3.158%) Help Desk Support
10 3 (3.158%) Help Desk Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 13 (13.68%) iPhone
2 12 (12.63%) Blackberry
3 8 (8.421%) Clustering
4 2 (2.105%) PKI
4 2 (2.105%) Management Information System
4 2 (2.105%) CLARiiON
4 2 (2.105%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (1.053%) Celerra
5 1 (1.053%) Open Source
5 1 (1.053%) EqualLogic
5 1 (1.053%) iPad
Operating Systems
1 75 (78.95%) Windows
2 47 (49.47%) Windows Server 2008
3 22 (23.16%) Windows Server 2012
4 13 (13.68%) Windows Phone
5 10 (10.53%) UNIX
5 10 (10.53%) Solaris
5 10 (10.53%) OpenVMS
6 5 (5.263%) Windows 8
7 4 (4.211%) Windows Server 2003
8 3 (3.158%) Windows 7
9 2 (2.105%) Mac OS X Server
10 1 (1.053%) Android
10 1 (1.053%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (14.74%) Service Delivery
2 12 (12.63%) ITIL
3 11 (11.58%) Project Management
4 8 (8.421%) Change Control
5 7 (7.368%) CRM
6 6 (6.316%) Technical Architecture
7 5 (5.263%) Migration
7 5 (5.263%) User Acceptance Testing
7 5 (5.263%) System Testing
7 5 (5.263%) Waterfall
8 3 (3.158%) Load Balancing
8 3 (3.158%) Capacity Planning
9 2 (2.105%) Business Continuity
9 2 (2.105%) Identity Management
9 2 (2.105%) Service Management
10 1 (1.053%) PRINCE2
10 1 (1.053%) Change Management
10 1 (1.053%) ITSM
10 1 (1.053%) Business Development
10 1 (1.053%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 26 (27.37%) SQL
2 5 (5.263%) C#
2 5 (5.263%) JavaScript
3 2 (2.105%) PowerShell
3 2 (2.105%) C
Qualifications
1 39 (41.05%) MCITP
2 32 (33.68%) Microsoft Certification
3 22 (23.16%) MCSE
4 10 (10.53%) MCTS
5 8 (8.421%) Degree
5 8 (8.421%) Microsoft Certified Master
6 4 (4.211%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (2.105%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 2 (2.105%) MCSA
7 2 (2.105%) CCIE
7 2 (2.105%) CCNA
7 2 (2.105%) Citrix Certification
7 2 (2.105%) CCEA
7 2 (2.105%) VTSP
7 2 (2.105%) CCEE
7 2 (2.105%) CCAA
7 2 (2.105%) CCIA
7 2 (2.105%) SC Cleared
7 2 (2.105%) Security Cleared
8 1 (1.053%) HP AIS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (13.68%) SLA
2 5 (5.263%) QA
3 1 (1.053%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (1.053%) COBIT
System Software
1 61 (64.21%) Active Directory
2 33 (34.74%) VMware Infrastructure
3 25 (26.32%) Hyper-V
4 17 (17.89%) vSphere
4 17 (17.89%) UAG
5 16 (16.84%) XenServer
6 15 (15.79%) XenDesktop
7 4 (4.211%) Forefront TMG
8 3 (3.158%) XenApp
9 2 (2.105%) VMware ESX
9 2 (2.105%) Microsoft App-V
10 1 (1.053%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 1 (1.053%) ISA Server
10 1 (1.053%) IAG
Systems Management
1 14 (14.74%) SCCM
2 13 (13.68%) SCOM
3 5 (5.263%) SCVMM
4 2 (2.105%) WSUS
4 2 (2.105%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
5 1 (1.053%) MAILsweeper
5 1 (1.053%) NetBackup
5 1 (1.053%) Cacti
5 1 (1.053%) Cisco UCCE
Vendors
1 93 (97.89%) Microsoft
2 36 (37.89%) VMware
3 35 (36.84%) Cisco
4 32 (33.68%) Citrix
5 20 (21.05%) Avaya
6 18 (18.95%) Mitel
6 18 (18.95%) Nortel
6 18 (18.95%) Dialogic
7 12 (12.63%) HP
8 10 (10.53%) SAP
9 9 (9.474%) Dell
10 6 (6.316%) Polycom
11 5 (5.263%) EMC
12 4 (4.211%) NetApp
13 3 (3.158%) CheckPoint
14 2 (2.105%) Symantec
14 2 (2.105%) Veeam
14 2 (2.105%) Verint
15 1 (1.053%) SolarWinds
15 1 (1.053%) Twitter
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
Proven recent experience of Microsoft Exchange Server 2000 - 2010 and Microsoft Server 2008 *Experienced within the administration, build and troubleshooting of Microsoft solutions. *Current Microsoft accreditation - MCITP, MCTS,...
Polar Recruitment
Salary: £45000 - £58000 per annum + + Car + Benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
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
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
The successful candidate will have strong skills around Security including: Firewalls, SSL VPN and Web Proxy... In addition, knowledge and experience of Microsoft Lync would be highly advantageous.
TEKsystems
Salary: £25000 - £40000 per annum + bonus + benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013