The first table below looks at the demand for Windows Server 2008 skills in IT jobs advertised for the Banbury region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Windows Server 2008 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 Operating Systems category for the Banbury region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows Server 2008
Rank 8 7 23
Rank change year-on-year
-1 +16
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 2008 1 6 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Banbury 2.632% 17.14% 0.794%
As % of the Operating Systems category 8.333% 26.09% 1.887%
Number of salaries quoted 1 6 1
Average salary £39,000 £45,000 £17,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-13.33% +157.14%
UK excluding London average salary £36,000 £35,000 £34,000
% change year-on-year
+2.85% +2.94%
All Operating Systems
Banbury
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
12 23 53
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Banbury 31.58% 65.71% 42.06%
Number of salaries quoted 11 22 52
Average salary £28,500 £39,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-26.92% +20.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £19,000 £27,850 £22,000
10% offered a salary of more than £39,000 £37,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Windows Server 2008
Oxfordshire

Windows Server 2008
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Windows Server 2008 across the Banbury region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

Banbury Windows Server 2008 Jobs Demand Trend

Windows Server 2008
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Windows Server 2008 across the Banbury region.

Banbury Windows Server 2008 Salary Trend

Windows Server 2008
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Banbury region citing Windows Server 2008 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 2008.

1 12 (100.00%) Windows
2 11 (91.67%) Active Directory
2 11 (91.67%) VMware
3 9 (75.00%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (66.67%) MS Excel
5 7 (58.33%) Windows XP
5 7 (58.33%) MS Exchange
5 7 (58.33%) Microsoft
6 6 (50.00%) Internet
6 6 (50.00%) WAN
7 5 (41.67%) MS Office
7 5 (41.67%) DNS
7 5 (41.67%) Windows 7
7 5 (41.67%) SAN
7 5 (41.67%) NetApp
7 5 (41.67%) Finance
7 5 (41.67%) Business Continuity
8 3 (25.00%) Degree
8 3 (25.00%) Windows Server 2003
8 3 (25.00%) Cisco
8 3 (25.00%) C#
8 3 (25.00%) Java
9 2 (16.67%) C
9 2 (16.67%) SQL Server
9 2 (16.67%) CCNA
9 2 (16.67%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (16.67%) MPLS
9 2 (16.67%) Telecoms
9 2 (16.67%) Exchange Server 2010
10 1 (8.333%) Firewall

Windows Server 2008
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Banbury region citing Windows Server 2008 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 2008. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (8.333%) CSS
1 1 (8.333%) .NET
1 1 (8.333%) HTML
Application Platforms
1 7 (58.33%) MS Exchange
2 2 (16.67%) Exchange Server 2010
3 1 (8.333%) Exchange Server 2007
3 1 (8.333%) SharePoint
Applications
1 8 (66.67%) MS Excel
2 5 (41.67%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 6 (50.00%) Internet
1 6 (50.00%) WAN
2 5 (41.67%) DNS
2 5 (41.67%) SAN
3 2 (16.67%) MPLS
4 1 (8.333%) Firewall
4 1 (8.333%) Wireless
4 1 (8.333%) OSPF
4 1 (8.333%) VPN
4 1 (8.333%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (16.67%) SQL Server
2 1 (8.333%) SQL Server 2008
General
1 5 (41.67%) Finance
2 2 (16.67%) Telecoms
3 1 (8.333%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 5 (41.67%) Analyst
1 5 (41.67%) Systems Analyst
1 5 (41.67%) Infrastructure Analyst
2 3 (25.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 2 (16.67%) Administrator
4 1 (8.333%) Network Administrator
4 1 (8.333%) IT Administrator
4 1 (8.333%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
4 1 (8.333%) Software Developer
4 1 (8.333%) Developer
4 1 (8.333%) Systems Administrator
4 1 (8.333%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (8.333%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 12 (100.00%) Windows
2 7 (58.33%) Windows XP
3 5 (41.67%) Windows 7
4 3 (25.00%) Windows Server 2003
5 1 (8.333%) Windows Vista
5 1 (8.333%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (41.67%) Business Continuity
2 1 (8.333%) Capacity Planning
2 1 (8.333%) Project Management
2 1 (8.333%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 3 (25.00%) C#
1 3 (25.00%) Java
2 2 (16.67%) C
3 1 (8.333%) VB.NET
3 1 (8.333%) C++
Qualifications
1 3 (25.00%) Degree
2 2 (16.67%) CCNA
2 2 (16.67%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (8.333%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (8.333%) MCSE
System Software
1 11 (91.67%) Active Directory
2 9 (75.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (8.333%) Hyper-V
3 1 (8.333%) XenApp
3 1 (8.333%) XenDesktop
Vendors
1 11 (91.67%) VMware
2 7 (58.33%) Microsoft
3 5 (41.67%) NetApp
4 3 (25.00%) Cisco
5 1 (8.333%) Juniper
5 1 (8.333%) Citrix