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

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows Server 2008
Rank 25 40 31
Rank change year-on-year
+15 -9
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 2008 28 5 11
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bath 7.235% 2.273% 5.473%
As % of the Operating Systems category 32.18% 21.74% 34.38%
Number of salaries quoted 28 5 11
Average salary £34,500 £25,500 £32,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+35.29% -20.31%
90% offered a salary of more than £28,500 £25,200 £21,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £33,900 £35,000
UK excluding London average salary £35,500 £35,000 £34,000
% change year-on-year
+1.42% +2.94%
All Operating Systems
Bath
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
87 23 32
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bath 22.48% 10.45% 15.92%
Number of salaries quoted 86 23 32
Average salary £30,000 £29,000 £32,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+3.44% -9.37%
90% offered a salary of more than £21,500 £25,000 £21,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £37,500 £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Windows Server 2008
Somerset

Windows Server 2008
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bath 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 Bath region.

Bath Windows Server 2008 Salary Trend

Windows Server 2008
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Windows Server 2008 across the Bath region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Bath Windows Server 2008 Salary Histogram

Windows Server 2008
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bath 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 37 (100.00%) Windows
2 32 (86.49%) Microsoft
3 30 (81.08%) Windows Server 2003
4 29 (78.38%) MS Excel
5 23 (62.16%) C#
5 23 (62.16%) VB.NET
5 23 (62.16%) .NET
5 23 (62.16%) Team Foundation Server
6 22 (59.46%) Business Analysis
7 18 (48.65%) Service Delivery
7 18 (48.65%) Finance
8 14 (37.84%) Visual Studio
8 14 (37.84%) XML
9 13 (35.14%) Release Management
10 11 (29.73%) IIS
11 8 (21.62%) Continuous Improvement
11 8 (21.62%) User Acceptance Testing
12 7 (18.92%) VMware
13 6 (16.22%) MS Office
13 6 (16.22%) Linux
13 6 (16.22%) TCP/IP
13 6 (16.22%) Windows 7
14 5 (13.51%) Active Directory
14 5 (13.51%) WAN
14 5 (13.51%) Windows 2000
14 5 (13.51%) SQL
15 4 (10.81%) SQL Server
15 4 (10.81%) Windows XP
15 4 (10.81%) SQL Server 2008
16 3 (8.108%) VMware Infrastructure

Windows Server 2008
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bath 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 23 (62.16%) .NET
2 14 (37.84%) XML
Application Platforms
1 11 (29.73%) IIS
2 3 (8.108%) MS Exchange
3 1 (2.703%) SharePoint 2010
3 1 (2.703%) Lync
3 1 (2.703%) Exchange Server 2010
3 1 (2.703%) SharePoint
3 1 (2.703%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications
1 29 (78.38%) MS Excel
2 6 (16.22%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 6 (16.22%) TCP/IP
2 5 (13.51%) WAN
3 3 (8.108%) LAN
3 3 (8.108%) DNS
3 3 (8.108%) DHCP
3 3 (8.108%) SAN
3 3 (8.108%) Firewall
4 2 (5.405%) Wireless
4 2 (5.405%) Ethernet
4 2 (5.405%) VoIP
4 2 (5.405%) WLAN
4 2 (5.405%) VLAN
5 1 (2.703%) Intranet
5 1 (2.703%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (10.81%) SQL Server
1 4 (10.81%) SQL Server 2008
2 2 (5.405%) SQL Server 2005
3 1 (2.703%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 23 (62.16%) Team Foundation Server
2 14 (37.84%) Visual Studio
General
1 18 (48.65%) Finance
Job Titles
1 13 (35.14%) Release Manager
1 13 (35.14%) Configuration Manager
2 10 (27.03%) Release Engineer
3 9 (24.32%) Configuration Engineer
4 5 (13.51%) Administrator
4 5 (13.51%) Systems Administrator
5 4 (10.81%) 2nd Line Support
6 3 (8.108%) Desktop Support
6 3 (8.108%) Linux Systems Administrator
6 3 (8.108%) Linux Administrator
7 2 (5.405%) IT Administrator
7 2 (5.405%) Installations Engineer
7 2 (5.405%) Systems Engineer
7 2 (5.405%) IT Support
8 1 (2.703%) IT Assistant
8 1 (2.703%) Senior Desktop Analyst
8 1 (2.703%) Senior Desktop Support
8 1 (2.703%) Senior Desktop Support Analyst
8 1 (2.703%) Windows Server Engineer
8 1 (2.703%) Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (5.405%) Blackberry
1 2 (5.405%) Video Conferencing
1 2 (5.405%) Cloud Computing
1 2 (5.405%) SaaS
2 1 (2.703%) iPad
2 1 (2.703%) iPhone
2 1 (2.703%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 37 (100.00%) Windows
2 30 (81.08%) Windows Server 2003
3 6 (16.22%) Linux
3 6 (16.22%) Windows 7
4 5 (13.51%) Windows 2000
5 4 (10.81%) Windows XP
6 2 (5.405%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (2.703%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (59.46%) Business Analysis
2 18 (48.65%) Service Delivery
3 13 (35.14%) Release Management
4 8 (21.62%) Continuous Improvement
4 8 (21.62%) User Acceptance Testing
5 2 (5.405%) Technical Architecture
5 2 (5.405%) Time Management
5 2 (5.405%) WAN Optimisation
6 1 (2.703%) Network Load Balancing
Programming Languages
1 23 (62.16%) C#
1 23 (62.16%) VB.NET
2 5 (13.51%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (5.405%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.405%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (13.51%) Active Directory
2 3 (8.108%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (5.405%) vSphere
4 1 (2.703%) XenApp
4 1 (2.703%) VMware ESX
Systems Management
1 3 (8.108%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 32 (86.49%) Microsoft
2 7 (18.92%) VMware
3 3 (8.108%) Citrix
3 3 (8.108%) Symantec
4 2 (5.405%) Remedy
4 2 (5.405%) NetApp
4 2 (5.405%) Cisco
4 2 (5.405%) Oracle
4 2 (5.405%) Riverbed
4 2 (5.405%) Exinda
5 1 (2.703%) Veeam
5 1 (2.703%) Fortinet
5 1 (2.703%) ProCurve
5 1 (2.703%) HP
5 1 (2.703%) Juniper
5 1 (2.703%) Wyse
5 1 (2.703%) Toshiba