The first table below looks at the demand for Lync skills in IT jobs advertised for the York region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Lync over the 3 months to 18 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 for the York region.

Location
3 months to
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Lync
Rank 51 60 -
Rank change year-on-year
+9 -
Permanent jobs citing Lync 8 2 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in York 1.786% 0.465% -
As % of the Application Platforms category 6.612% 1.613% -
Number of salaries quoted 7 2 0
Average salary £30,000 £46,250 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
-35.13% -
UK excluding London average salary £46,000 £45,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year
+2.22% -18.18%
All Application Platforms
York
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
121 124 99
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in York 27.01% 28.84% 23.57%
Number of salaries quoted 69 75 89
Average salary £35,000 £37,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.66% +7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £28,000 £30,000 £29,175
10% offered a salary of more than £42,500 £45,000 £70,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+2.66% -
Lync
North Yorkshire

Lync
Jobs Demand Trend

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

York 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 York region.

York Lync Salary Trend

Lync
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Lync across the York region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

York Lync Salary Histogram

Lync
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the York 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 7 (77.78%) Windows
1 7 (77.78%) CRM
1 7 (77.78%) SharePoint
1 7 (77.78%) Active Directory
1 7 (77.78%) VMware
1 7 (77.78%) Windows Server 2008
2 6 (66.67%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (66.67%) Citrix
2 6 (66.67%) TCP/IP
2 6 (66.67%) .NET
2 6 (66.67%) SQL Server
3 3 (33.33%) Microsoft
4 2 (22.22%) MS Office
4 2 (22.22%) MS Exchange
4 2 (22.22%) MCITP
4 2 (22.22%) Exchange Server 2003
4 2 (22.22%) MS Excel
4 2 (22.22%) Exchange Server 2010
4 2 (22.22%) Office 365
5 1 (11.11%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (11.11%) Exchange Server 2013
5 1 (11.11%) Unified Communications
5 1 (11.11%) Exchange Server 2007
5 1 (11.11%) SonicWALL
5 1 (11.11%) Video Conferencing
5 1 (11.11%) Office Communications Server
5 1 (11.11%) Cisco ASA
5 1 (11.11%) LAN
5 1 (11.11%) VoIP
5 1 (11.11%) WAN

Lync
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the York 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 6 (66.67%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 7 (77.78%) SharePoint
2 2 (22.22%) MS Exchange
2 2 (22.22%) Exchange Server 2003
2 2 (22.22%) Exchange Server 2010
3 1 (11.11%) Exchange Server 2013
3 1 (11.11%) Exchange Server 2007
3 1 (11.11%) Office Communications Server
Applications
1 2 (22.22%) MS Office
1 2 (22.22%) MS Excel
1 2 (22.22%) Office 365
Business Applications
1 6 (66.67%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 6 (66.67%) TCP/IP
2 1 (11.11%) SAN
2 1 (11.11%) Cisco ASA
2 1 (11.11%) Unified Communications
2 1 (11.11%) LAN
2 1 (11.11%) VoIP
2 1 (11.11%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (66.67%) SQL Server
Job Titles
1 6 (66.67%) Systems Engineer
1 6 (66.67%) Systems Support
1 6 (66.67%) Support Engineer
1 6 (66.67%) Systems Support Engineer
2 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Consultant
2 1 (11.11%) Consultant
2 1 (11.11%) Technical Consultant
2 1 (11.11%) Team Leader
2 1 (11.11%) Technical Team Leader
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 7 (77.78%) Windows
1 7 (77.78%) Windows Server 2008
2 1 (11.11%) Windows Server 2012
2 1 (11.11%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (77.78%) CRM
2 1 (11.11%) ERP
2 1 (11.11%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (11.11%) Quality Management
Qualifications
1 2 (22.22%) MCITP
2 1 (11.11%) MCSE
2 1 (11.11%) CCNA
2 1 (11.11%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (11.11%) MCTS
System Software
1 7 (77.78%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (11.11%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 7 (77.78%) VMware
2 6 (66.67%) Citrix
3 3 (33.33%) Microsoft
4 1 (11.11%) HP
4 1 (11.11%) Sophos
4 1 (11.11%) Mitel
4 1 (11.11%) SonicWALL
4 1 (11.11%) Cisco
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