The first table below looks at the demand for Unified Communications skills in IT jobs advertised for the Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Unified Communications over the 3 months to 22 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 Communications & Networking category for the Yorkshire region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Unified Communications
Rank 177 195 178
Rank change year-on-year
+18 -17
Permanent jobs citing Unified Communications 40 15 21
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Yorkshire 0.719% 0.284% 0.425%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 3.594% 1.684% 2.349%
Number of salaries quoted 23 15 19
Average salary £45,000 £47,500 £55,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.26% -13.63%
UK excluding London average salary £50,000 £50,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year
- -16.66%
All Communications & Networking
Yorkshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
1113 891 894
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Yorkshire 20.01% 16.87% 18.09%
Number of salaries quoted 856 697 755
Average salary £33,181 £35,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.19% -
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £22,500 £23,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
Unified Communications
England

Unified Communications
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Unified Communications across the Yorkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

Yorkshire Unified Communications Jobs Demand Trend

Unified Communications
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Unified Communications across the Yorkshire region.

Yorkshire Unified Communications Salary Trend

Unified Communications
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Unified Communications across the Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Yorkshire Unified Communications Salary Histogram

Unified Communications
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Unified Communications within the Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 22 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
West Yorkshire +27 33 £55,000 +2.32%
South Yorkshire +6 8 £45,000 +23.28%
North Yorkshire -1 2 £40,500 -10.00%
Unified Communications
England

Unified Communications
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Yorkshire region citing Unified Communications 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 Unified Communications.

1 54 (56.84%) Cisco
2 38 (40.00%) WAN
3 37 (38.95%) LAN
3 37 (38.95%) Lync
4 35 (36.84%) Microsoft
5 33 (34.74%) Cisco Certification
6 30 (31.58%) SQL
7 29 (30.53%) MCITP
8 27 (28.42%) Change Control
9 26 (27.37%) Video Conferencing
10 25 (26.32%) MS Excel
11 22 (23.16%) SQL Server
12 20 (21.05%) Microsoft Certification
12 20 (21.05%) Active Directory
12 20 (21.05%) CCNA
12 20 (21.05%) Project Management
12 20 (21.05%) Finance
13 17 (17.89%) MS Exchange
13 17 (17.89%) Tandberg
14 15 (15.79%) Office Communications Server
15 14 (14.74%) Project Planning
16 13 (13.68%) ITIL
17 12 (12.63%) Law
17 12 (12.63%) VMware
18 11 (11.58%) Change Management
18 11 (11.58%) Windows
18 11 (11.58%) PRINCE2
18 11 (11.58%) MCSE
18 11 (11.58%) VMware Infrastructure
19 10 (10.53%) Windows Server 2008

Unified Communications
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Yorkshire region citing Unified Communications 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 Unified Communications. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 3 (3.158%) EDI
2 2 (2.105%) JSP
3 1 (1.053%) XML
3 1 (1.053%) EDIFACT
Application Platforms
1 37 (38.95%) Lync
2 17 (17.89%) MS Exchange
3 15 (15.79%) Office Communications Server
4 5 (5.263%) Exchange Server 2000
5 3 (3.158%) BizTalk Server
6 2 (2.105%) SharePoint
7 1 (1.053%) Exchange Server 2007
7 1 (1.053%) Exchange Server 2003
7 1 (1.053%) Exchange Server 2010
7 1 (1.053%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 25 (26.32%) MS Excel
2 1 (1.053%) Office 365
2 1 (1.053%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 3 (3.158%) Dynamics AX
Communications & Networking
1 38 (40.00%) WAN
2 37 (38.95%) LAN
3 9 (9.474%) SAN
4 5 (5.263%) Cisco Nexus
5 3 (3.158%) VPN
5 3 (3.158%) Firewall
6 2 (2.105%) Symposium
6 2 (2.105%) IP Telephony
6 2 (2.105%) DNS
6 2 (2.105%) VoIP
6 2 (2.105%) Intranet
6 2 (2.105%) PABX
6 2 (2.105%) NAS
7 1 (1.053%) Network Security
7 1 (1.053%) MGCP
7 1 (1.053%) RTP
7 1 (1.053%) H.323
7 1 (1.053%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (1.053%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (23.16%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.053%) Oracle 11g
2 1 (1.053%) Oracle 10g
2 1 (1.053%) Oracle Reports
General
1 20 (21.05%) Finance
2 12 (12.63%) Law
3 10 (10.53%) Telecoms
4 1 (1.053%) Retail Banking
4 1 (1.053%) Marketing
4 1 (1.053%) Advertising
4 1 (1.053%) Banking
4 1 (1.053%) Retail
Job Titles
1 18 (18.95%) Communications Manager
2 17 (17.89%) Project Manager
3 12 (12.63%) Architect
3 12 (12.63%) Communications Engineer
4 11 (11.58%) Consultant
5 9 (9.474%) Technical Architect
6 8 (8.421%) Telephony Engineer
6 8 (8.421%) Analyst
7 5 (5.263%) Technical Consultant
8 4 (4.211%) Senior Technical Consultant
8 4 (4.211%) Senior Consultant
9 3 (3.158%) Data Network Analyst
9 3 (3.158%) Business Analyst
9 3 (3.158%) Infrastructure Project Manager
9 3 (3.158%) Senior Manager
9 3 (3.158%) Infrastructure Manager
9 3 (3.158%) Technical Engineer
9 3 (3.158%) Network Analyst
9 3 (3.158%) Data Analyst
9 3 (3.158%) Senior Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 26 (27.37%) Video Conferencing
2 4 (4.211%) Clustering
3 2 (2.105%) CLARiiON
3 2 (2.105%) Celerra
3 2 (2.105%) Computer Science
3 2 (2.105%) EqualLogic
4 1 (1.053%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 11 (11.58%) Windows
2 10 (10.53%) Windows Server 2008
3 5 (5.263%) Windows Server 2003
4 2 (2.105%) UNIX
5 1 (1.053%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (1.053%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (1.053%) AIX
5 1 (1.053%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (28.42%) Change Control
2 20 (21.05%) Project Management
3 14 (14.74%) Project Planning
4 13 (13.68%) ITIL
5 11 (11.58%) Change Management
5 11 (11.58%) PRINCE2
6 8 (8.421%) Data Management
7 7 (7.368%) Stakeholder Management
8 6 (6.316%) Business Development
9 4 (4.211%) Matrix Management
10 3 (3.158%) Incident Management
10 3 (3.158%) Business Transformation
10 3 (3.158%) B2B
11 2 (2.105%) Migration
11 2 (2.105%) TOGAF
11 2 (2.105%) MOF
11 2 (2.105%) PRINCE
11 2 (2.105%) High Availability
12 1 (1.053%) Data Protection
12 1 (1.053%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 30 (31.58%) SQL
2 3 (3.158%) C
3 2 (2.105%) Java
3 2 (2.105%) Perl
3 2 (2.105%) PHP
4 1 (1.053%) Shell Script
4 1 (1.053%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 33 (34.74%) Cisco Certification
2 29 (30.53%) MCITP
3 20 (21.05%) Microsoft Certification
3 20 (21.05%) CCNA
4 11 (11.58%) MCSE
5 9 (9.474%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 8 (8.421%) NCIE
7 7 (7.368%) NCDA
7 7 (7.368%) ITIL Certification
8 5 (5.263%) MCTS
8 5 (5.263%) PMP
8 5 (5.263%) PMI Certification
8 5 (5.263%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 5 (5.263%) CCIE
9 4 (4.211%) CCNP
10 2 (2.105%) CCDP
10 2 (2.105%) Citrix Certification
10 2 (2.105%) CCEE
10 2 (2.105%) CCIA
10 2 (2.105%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (3.158%) QA
2 1 (1.053%) ISO 9000
System Software
1 20 (21.05%) Active Directory
2 11 (11.58%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (8.421%) vSphere
4 7 (7.368%) XenApp
4 7 (7.368%) XenServer
4 7 (7.368%) XenDesktop
4 7 (7.368%) VMware ESX
5 5 (5.263%) Hyper-V
6 1 (1.053%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 5 (5.263%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
1 5 (5.263%) NetBackup
1 5 (5.263%) Backup Exec
2 4 (4.211%) SCCM
2 4 (4.211%) SCOM
3 2 (2.105%) SCVMM
4 1 (1.053%) Cisco UCCE
4 1 (1.053%) Data Guard
4 1 (1.053%) Cisco UCCX
4 1 (1.053%) Cisco CUCM
Vendors
1 54 (56.84%) Cisco
2 35 (36.84%) Microsoft
3 17 (17.89%) Tandberg
4 12 (12.63%) VMware
5 9 (9.474%) NetApp
5 9 (9.474%) HP
5 9 (9.474%) Citrix
6 6 (6.316%) CommVault
6 6 (6.316%) Symantec
6 6 (6.316%) Oracle
7 5 (5.263%) Avaya
8 4 (4.211%) EMC
9 3 (3.158%) Dell
9 3 (3.158%) CheckPoint
10 2 (2.105%) Nortel
11 1 (1.053%) 3PAR
11 1 (1.053%) Red Hat
11 1 (1.053%) Mitel
11 1 (1.053%) Blue Coat
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