The first table below looks at the demand for Lync skills in IT jobs advertised for the Wiltshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Lync over the 3 months to 24 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 Wiltshire region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Lync
Rank 73 82 -
Rank change year-on-year
+9 -
Permanent jobs citing Lync 4 3 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Wiltshire 0.455% 0.299% -
As % of the Application Platforms category 1.887% 1.435% -
Number of salaries quoted 4 3 0
Average salary £60,000 £30,500 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
+96.72% -
UK excluding London average salary £47,500 £45,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year
+5.55% -14.28%
All Application Platforms
Wiltshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
212 209 225
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Wiltshire 24.12% 20.84% 20.64%
Number of salaries quoted 184 171 213
Average salary £38,486 £33,500 £33,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+14.88% +1.51%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £23,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £44,400 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £39,000 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+4.00% -
Lync
South West

Lync
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Wiltshire 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 Wiltshire region.

Wiltshire Lync Salary Trend

Lync
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Lync across the Wiltshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Wiltshire 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 Wiltshire region over the 3 months to 24 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
Swindon - 4 £58,750 -
Trowbridge - 1 £60,000 -
Chippenham - 1 £60,000 -
Lync
South West

Lync
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Wiltshire 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 6 (75.00%) Microsoft
2 5 (62.50%) Windows
2 5 (62.50%) MS Exchange
2 5 (62.50%) Active Directory
2 5 (62.50%) Exchange Server 2010
3 4 (50.00%) vSphere
3 4 (50.00%) Firewall
3 4 (50.00%) VMware
3 4 (50.00%) VMware ESX
3 4 (50.00%) SCCM
3 4 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (37.50%) Clustering
4 3 (37.50%) MS Excel
4 3 (37.50%) Service Delivery
4 3 (37.50%) MCITP
4 3 (37.50%) Exchange Server 2003
4 3 (37.50%) Windows Server 2003
4 3 (37.50%) MPLS
4 3 (37.50%) VPN
4 3 (37.50%) Unified Communications
5 2 (25.00%) Exchange Server 2013
5 2 (25.00%) Office 365
5 2 (25.00%) MCSE
5 2 (25.00%) ITIL
5 2 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (25.00%) MCTS
5 2 (25.00%) Office Communications Server
5 2 (25.00%) Windows Server 2008
6 1 (12.50%) Hyper-V
6 1 (12.50%) XenApp

Lync
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Wiltshire 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 Platforms
1 5 (62.50%) MS Exchange
1 5 (62.50%) Exchange Server 2010
2 3 (37.50%) Exchange Server 2003
3 2 (25.00%) Exchange Server 2013
3 2 (25.00%) Office Communications Server
4 1 (12.50%) Exchange Server 2007
Applications
1 3 (37.50%) MS Excel
2 2 (25.00%) Office 365
Communications & Networking
1 4 (50.00%) Firewall
2 3 (37.50%) MPLS
2 3 (37.50%) VPN
2 3 (37.50%) Unified Communications
3 1 (12.50%) SAN
3 1 (12.50%) PBX
3 1 (12.50%) VoIP
Job Titles
1 4 (50.00%) Architect
1 4 (50.00%) Analyst
2 3 (37.50%) Technical Analyst
2 3 (37.50%) Technical Architect
3 2 (25.00%) Senior Architect
3 2 (25.00%) Consultant
3 2 (25.00%) Senior Technical Architect
3 2 (25.00%) Senior Technical Analyst
3 2 (25.00%) Senior Analyst
4 1 (12.50%) Virtualisation Consultant
4 1 (12.50%) Senior Technical Consultant
4 1 (12.50%) Network Analyst
4 1 (12.50%) Business Development Manager
4 1 (12.50%) Business Manager
4 1 (12.50%) Messaging Architect
4 1 (12.50%) Network Engineer
4 1 (12.50%) Solutions Architect
4 1 (12.50%) Development Manager
4 1 (12.50%) Technical Consultant
4 1 (12.50%) Senior Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 3 (37.50%) Clustering
2 1 (12.50%) Video Conferencing
2 1 (12.50%) Celerra
2 1 (12.50%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (12.50%) Open Source
2 1 (12.50%) EqualLogic
Operating Systems
1 5 (62.50%) Windows
2 3 (37.50%) Windows Server 2003
3 2 (25.00%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (37.50%) Service Delivery
2 2 (25.00%) ITIL
3 1 (12.50%) Identity Management
3 1 (12.50%) Business Development
3 1 (12.50%) Load Balancing
3 1 (12.50%) B2B
3 1 (12.50%) Network Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (12.50%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (37.50%) MCITP
2 2 (25.00%) MCSE
2 2 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (25.00%) MCTS
3 1 (12.50%) VCDX
3 1 (12.50%) HP AIS
3 1 (12.50%) HP MASE
3 1 (12.50%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
3 1 (12.50%) CCNP
3 1 (12.50%) CCNA
3 1 (12.50%) Citrix Certification
3 1 (12.50%) CCEA
3 1 (12.50%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (12.50%) NCDA
3 1 (12.50%) NCIE
3 1 (12.50%) VCAP
3 1 (12.50%) CCEE
3 1 (12.50%) CCAA
3 1 (12.50%) CCIA
System Software
1 5 (62.50%) Active Directory
2 4 (50.00%) vSphere
2 4 (50.00%) VMware ESX
2 4 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (12.50%) Hyper-V
3 1 (12.50%) XenApp
3 1 (12.50%) XenServer
3 1 (12.50%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 4 (50.00%) SCCM
2 1 (12.50%) SCOM
2 1 (12.50%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 6 (75.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (50.00%) VMware
3 1 (12.50%) Barracuda Networks
3 1 (12.50%) Juniper
3 1 (12.50%) NetApp
3 1 (12.50%) Cisco
3 1 (12.50%) HP
3 1 (12.50%) Dell
3 1 (12.50%) EMC
3 1 (12.50%) Citrix
3 1 (12.50%) F5