The first table below looks at the demand for Windows Server 2003 skills in IT jobs advertised for the Aberdeen region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Windows Server 2003 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 Operating Systems category for the Aberdeen region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows Server 2003
Rank 23 20 35
Rank change year-on-year
-3 +15
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 2003 25 31 5
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Aberdeen 7.225% 7.311% 1.887%
As % of the Operating Systems category 31.25% 35.23% 12.82%
Number of salaries quoted 18 24 5
Average salary £38,500 £36,250 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.20% +11.53%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,250 £30,000 £24,000
10% offered a salary of more than £48,250 £37,500 £43,000
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year
- +7.69%
All Operating Systems
Aberdeen
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
80 88 39
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Aberdeen 23.12% 20.75% 14.72%
Number of salaries quoted 57 68 37
Average salary £34,000 £31,000 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+9.67% +3.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £20,000 £17,500
10% offered a salary of more than £46,750 £40,200 £37,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Windows Server 2003
Scotland

Windows Server 2003
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Windows Server 2003 across the Aberdeen region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

Aberdeen Windows Server 2003 Jobs Demand Trend

Windows Server 2003
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Windows Server 2003 across the Aberdeen region.

Aberdeen Windows Server 2003 Salary Trend

Windows Server 2003
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Windows Server 2003 across the Aberdeen region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Aberdeen Windows Server 2003 Salary Histogram

Windows Server 2003
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Aberdeen region citing Windows Server 2003 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 Windows Server 2003.

1 47 (100.00%) Windows
2 45 (95.74%) Windows Server 2008
3 38 (80.85%) Microsoft
4 35 (74.47%) VMware
5 29 (61.70%) Active Directory
5 29 (61.70%) Citrix
6 28 (59.57%) VMware Infrastructure
7 23 (48.94%) DNS
8 21 (44.68%) SAN
8 21 (44.68%) SCCM
9 15 (31.91%) Linux
10 14 (29.79%) IIS
10 14 (29.79%) ITIL
10 14 (29.79%) MCITP
11 13 (27.66%) MCSE
11 13 (27.66%) SQL
11 13 (27.66%) Microsoft Certification
12 12 (25.53%) MS Exchange
12 12 (25.53%) DHCP
12 12 (25.53%) Clustering
13 11 (23.40%) SLA
14 10 (21.28%) Cisco
14 10 (21.28%) CommVault
14 10 (21.28%) EMC
14 10 (21.28%) Service Delivery
14 10 (21.28%) Degree
14 10 (21.28%) WSUS
15 9 (19.15%) NAS
15 9 (19.15%) XenApp
15 9 (19.15%) Change Management

Windows Server 2003
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Aberdeen region citing Windows Server 2003 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 Windows Server 2003. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (4.255%) .NET
1 2 (4.255%) Application Packaging
2 1 (2.128%) Middleware
Application Platforms
1 14 (29.79%) IIS
2 12 (25.53%) MS Exchange
3 8 (17.02%) Site Server
4 7 (14.89%) Exchange Server 2010
5 4 (8.511%) Exchange Server 2007
5 4 (8.511%) Exchange Server 2003
6 3 (6.383%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
7 1 (2.128%) SharePoint
7 1 (2.128%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 4 (8.511%) MS Excel
2 1 (2.128%) MS PowerPoint
2 1 (2.128%) MS Project
2 1 (2.128%) MS Office
2 1 (2.128%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 23 (48.94%) DNS
2 21 (44.68%) SAN
3 12 (25.53%) DHCP
4 9 (19.15%) NAS
5 7 (14.89%) TCP/IP
6 3 (6.383%) Firewall
7 2 (4.255%) Cisco ASA
8 1 (2.128%) IP Telephony
8 1 (2.128%) Internet
8 1 (2.128%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (14.89%) SQL Server
2 5 (10.64%) SQL Server 2008
2 5 (10.64%) SQL Server 2005
3 3 (6.383%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 3 (6.383%) SQL Server 2000
4 1 (2.128%) MS Access
Job Titles
1 16 (34.04%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 10 (21.28%) Consultant
3 8 (17.02%) Technical Consultant
3 8 (17.02%) IT Consultant
4 7 (14.89%) Server Support
5 5 (10.64%) Administrator
5 5 (10.64%) Support Engineer
6 4 (8.511%) Analyst
7 3 (6.383%) Systems Administrator
7 3 (6.383%) DBA
8 2 (4.255%) Infrastructure Analyst
8 2 (4.255%) Support Consultant
8 2 (4.255%) Architect
8 2 (4.255%) Technical Analyst
8 2 (4.255%) Team Leader
8 2 (4.255%) SQL DBA
8 2 (4.255%) Infrastructure Architect
8 2 (4.255%) Infrastructure Team Leader
8 2 (4.255%) IT Administrator
8 2 (4.255%) Support Team Leader
Miscellaneous
1 12 (25.53%) Clustering
2 3 (6.383%) Blackberry
3 2 (4.255%) Replication
4 1 (2.128%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 47 (100.00%) Windows
2 45 (95.74%) Windows Server 2008
3 15 (31.91%) Linux
4 6 (12.77%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 4 (8.511%) Windows XP
6 3 (6.383%) Windows 7
6 3 (6.383%) Windows 2000 Server
7 1 (2.128%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (29.79%) ITIL
2 10 (21.28%) Service Delivery
3 9 (19.15%) Change Management
4 7 (14.89%) Performance Management
4 7 (14.89%) Capacity Planning
4 7 (14.89%) Capacity Management
5 5 (10.64%) Disaster Recovery
5 5 (10.64%) Migration
6 4 (8.511%) Problem Management
7 3 (6.383%) Time Management
7 3 (6.383%) Project Management
7 3 (6.383%) Root Cause Analysis
8 2 (4.255%) High Availability
9 1 (2.128%) Network Architecture
9 1 (2.128%) TOGAF
9 1 (2.128%) Process Management
Programming Languages
1 13 (27.66%) SQL
2 8 (17.02%) Perl
2 8 (17.02%) PHP
3 2 (4.255%) T-SQL
3 2 (4.255%) VB.NET
3 2 (4.255%) PowerShell
4 1 (2.128%) C#
4 1 (2.128%) VBA
4 1 (2.128%) VB
Qualifications
1 14 (29.79%) MCITP
2 13 (27.66%) MCSE
2 13 (27.66%) Microsoft Certification
3 10 (21.28%) Degree
4 8 (17.02%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 7 (14.89%) CCA
5 7 (14.89%) Citrix Certification
5 7 (14.89%) Cisco Certification
5 7 (14.89%) CCNA
6 5 (10.64%) MCTS
7 2 (4.255%) ITIL Certification
8 1 (2.128%) VCDX
8 1 (2.128%) MCSA
8 1 (2.128%) VCP5
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (23.40%) SLA
System Software
1 29 (61.70%) Active Directory
2 28 (59.57%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (19.15%) XenApp
4 6 (12.77%) XenServer
5 4 (8.511%) Hyper-V
6 1 (2.128%) Citrix Presentation Server
6 1 (2.128%) vSphere
6 1 (2.128%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 21 (44.68%) SCCM
2 10 (21.28%) WSUS
3 7 (14.89%) SCOM
4 6 (12.77%) Tivoli
4 6 (12.77%) Tivoli Storage Manager
5 2 (4.255%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
6 1 (2.128%) Business Desktop Deployment
6 1 (2.128%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 38 (80.85%) Microsoft
2 35 (74.47%) VMware
3 29 (61.70%) Citrix
4 10 (21.28%) Cisco
4 10 (21.28%) CommVault
4 10 (21.28%) EMC
5 9 (19.15%) HP
6 6 (12.77%) Red Hat
7 5 (10.64%) Sun
8 4 (8.511%) NetApp
9 3 (6.383%) Dell
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