The first table below looks at the demand for Windows Server 2008 skills in IT jobs advertised for the Bedfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Windows Server 2008 over the 3 months to 23 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 Bedfordshire region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows Server 2008
Rank 41 64 59
Rank change year-on-year
+23 -5
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 2008 55 18 15
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bedfordshire 5.121% 1.889% 1.678%
As % of the Operating Systems category 19.71% 7.860% 9.317%
Number of salaries quoted 48 9 15
Average salary £36,834 £28,000 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+31.54% -34.11%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,500 £22,500 £27,700
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £39,800 £59,000
UK excluding London average salary £35,500 £35,000 £33,750
% change year-on-year
+1.42% +3.70%
All Operating Systems
Bedfordshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
279 229 161
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bedfordshire 25.98% 24.03% 18.01%
Number of salaries quoted 252 203 155
Average salary £40,000 £41,000 £41,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-2.43% -
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £26,500 £26,500
10% offered a salary of more than £54,500 £52,750 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Windows Server 2008
East of England

Windows Server 2008
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bedfordshire 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 Bedfordshire region.

Bedfordshire 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 Bedfordshire region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Bedfordshire Windows Server 2008 Salary Histogram

Windows Server 2008
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Windows Server 2008 within the Bedfordshire region over the 3 months to 23 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
Dunstable - 18 £29,000 -
Bedford +4 14 £39,500 +75.55%
Luton +7 13 £41,250 +71.87%
Windows Server 2008
East of England

Windows Server 2008
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bedfordshire 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.

1 109 (100.00%) Windows
2 74 (67.89%) VMware
3 72 (66.06%) Windows Server 2003
4 70 (64.22%) Microsoft
5 65 (59.63%) Active Directory
6 62 (56.88%) SQL Server
7 59 (54.13%) MS Exchange
7 59 (54.13%) VMware Infrastructure
8 57 (52.29%) Microsoft Certification
9 51 (46.79%) MCSE
9 51 (46.79%) Windows 7
10 45 (41.28%) SQL Server 2008
11 44 (40.37%) Exchange Server 2010
11 44 (40.37%) SAN
12 42 (38.53%) DNS
13 39 (35.78%) MS Excel
14 38 (34.86%) Citrix
14 38 (34.86%) SQL Server 2005
15 36 (33.03%) Exchange Server 2007
15 36 (33.03%) Hyper-V
15 36 (33.03%) DHCP
16 34 (31.19%) Firewall
17 32 (29.36%) HP
18 31 (28.44%) TCP/IP
18 31 (28.44%) NAS
18 31 (28.44%) XenApp
19 29 (26.61%) MCITP
20 28 (25.69%) ITIL
20 28 (25.69%) Cisco
21 27 (24.77%) Finance

Windows Server 2008
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bedfordshire 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 2 (1.835%) .NET
2 1 (0.917%) Application Packaging
2 1 (0.917%) Windows SharePoint Services
Application Platforms
1 59 (54.13%) MS Exchange
2 44 (40.37%) Exchange Server 2010
3 36 (33.03%) Exchange Server 2007
4 17 (15.60%) IIS
5 16 (14.68%) Office Communications Server
5 16 (14.68%) Lync
6 12 (11.01%) SharePoint Server
7 10 (9.174%) SharePoint
7 10 (9.174%) Exchange Server 2003
8 4 (3.670%) Windows Azure
9 3 (2.752%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
10 2 (1.835%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 39 (35.78%) MS Excel
2 15 (13.76%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.917%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 44 (40.37%) SAN
2 42 (38.53%) DNS
3 36 (33.03%) DHCP
4 34 (31.19%) Firewall
5 31 (28.44%) TCP/IP
5 31 (28.44%) NAS
6 27 (24.77%) Network Security
7 25 (22.94%) iSCSI
8 19 (17.43%) LAN
9 15 (13.76%) WAN
10 7 (6.422%) Internet
10 7 (6.422%) HTTP
10 7 (6.422%) HTTPS
10 7 (6.422%) SSL
11 6 (5.505%) BIG-IP
11 6 (5.505%) VLAN
11 6 (5.505%) VPN
11 6 (5.505%) MPLS
12 4 (3.670%) Fibre Channel
13 2 (1.835%) Cisco ASA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 62 (56.88%) SQL Server
2 45 (41.28%) SQL Server 2008
3 38 (34.86%) SQL Server 2005
4 7 (6.422%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 5 (4.587%) Data Warehouse
5 5 (4.587%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 2 (1.835%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 2 (1.835%) Oracle 11g
6 2 (1.835%) SQL Server 2012
6 2 (1.835%) Oracle 8/8i
6 2 (1.835%) Informix
6 2 (1.835%) Oracle 10g
7 1 (0.917%) SQL Server 7
7 1 (0.917%) SQL Server 2000
7 1 (0.917%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 2 (1.835%) Team Foundation Server
1 2 (1.835%) Visual Studio
General
1 27 (24.77%) Finance
2 3 (2.752%) Legal
2 3 (2.752%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 27 (24.77%) Wintel Engineer
2 19 (17.43%) Analyst
3 13 (11.93%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 12 (11.01%) Administrator
5 11 (10.09%) Support Analyst
6 10 (9.174%) Server Analyst
7 9 (8.257%) Server Engineer
8 8 (7.339%) Support Engineer
9 7 (6.422%) Technical Support
9 7 (6.422%) Systems Administrator
9 7 (6.422%) Wintel Support
10 6 (5.505%) Infrastructure Specialist
10 6 (5.505%) Technical Analyst
10 6 (5.505%) Consultant
11 5 (4.587%) Systems Engineer
11 5 (4.587%) DBA
11 5 (4.587%) Architect
11 5 (4.587%) Technical Support Analyst
11 5 (4.587%) Linux Systems Administrator
11 5 (4.587%) Linux Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 3 (2.752%) Blackberry
2 2 (1.835%) Clustering
2 2 (1.835%) Replication
2 2 (1.835%) Firmware
3 1 (0.917%) Thin Client
3 1 (0.917%) Fat Client
Operating Systems
1 109 (100.00%) Windows
2 72 (66.06%) Windows Server 2003
3 51 (46.79%) Windows 7
4 17 (15.60%) Linux
5 15 (13.76%) Windows XP
6 7 (6.422%) Windows Vista
7 5 (4.587%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 4 (3.670%) Windows Server 2012
9 3 (2.752%) UNIX
10 1 (0.917%) Windows 2000
10 1 (0.917%) Windows 2000 Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (25.69%) ITIL
2 16 (14.68%) Network Load Balancing
3 14 (12.84%) Change Management
4 9 (8.257%) Problem Management
4 9 (8.257%) Disaster Recovery
5 7 (6.422%) Migration
6 6 (5.505%) Capacity Planning
7 5 (4.587%) Service Management
8 4 (3.670%) Data Migration
8 4 (3.670%) Database Security
8 4 (3.670%) Configuration Management
9 3 (2.752%) Change Control
10 2 (1.835%) Network Management
10 2 (1.835%) Incident Management
10 2 (1.835%) Agile Software Development
11 1 (0.917%) CRM
11 1 (0.917%) Project Management
11 1 (0.917%) Requirements Analysis
11 1 (0.917%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 18 (16.51%) SQL
2 6 (5.505%) T-SQL
3 5 (4.587%) Shell Script
4 2 (1.835%) C#
Qualifications
1 57 (52.29%) Microsoft Certification
2 51 (46.79%) MCSE
3 29 (26.61%) MCITP
4 23 (21.10%) Cisco Certification
5 22 (20.18%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 21 (19.27%) CCNA
7 20 (18.35%) MCP
8 19 (17.43%) MCSA
9 11 (10.09%) MCTS
9 11 (10.09%) SC Cleared
9 11 (10.09%) Security Cleared
9 11 (10.09%) CCA
9 11 (10.09%) Citrix Certification
10 7 (6.422%) Degree
11 6 (5.505%) CCSP
11 6 (5.505%) CCNP
12 5 (4.587%) CCIP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (12.84%) PCI DSS
2 8 (7.339%) SLA
3 4 (3.670%) QA
System Software
1 65 (59.63%) Active Directory
2 59 (54.13%) VMware Infrastructure
3 36 (33.03%) Hyper-V
4 31 (28.44%) XenApp
5 27 (24.77%) XenServer
6 22 (20.18%) XenDesktop
7 16 (14.68%) NFS
7 16 (14.68%) Microsoft App-V
8 14 (12.84%) vSphere
9 13 (11.93%) VMware ESX
10 6 (5.505%) ISA Server
11 5 (4.587%) Forefront TMG
12 4 (3.670%) VMware Server
12 4 (3.670%) UAG
12 4 (3.670%) Terminal Services
13 2 (1.835%) Xen
13 2 (1.835%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 2 (1.835%) Terminal Server
14 1 (0.917%) Samba
14 1 (0.917%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 26 (23.85%) WSUS
2 4 (3.670%) Backup Exec
3 1 (0.917%) Norton AntiVirus
3 1 (0.917%) McAfee ePO
Vendors
1 74 (67.89%) VMware
2 70 (64.22%) Microsoft
3 38 (34.86%) Citrix
4 32 (29.36%) HP
5 28 (25.69%) Cisco
6 27 (24.77%) LANDesk
7 20 (18.35%) EMC
8 14 (12.84%) CommVault
9 6 (5.505%) F5
9 6 (5.505%) CheckPoint
10 4 (3.670%) Symantec
10 4 (3.670%) Dell
11 2 (1.835%) Postini
11 2 (1.835%) Oracle
12 1 (0.917%) Adobe
12 1 (0.917%) McAfee
12 1 (0.917%) Sophos
12 1 (0.917%) 3Com
12 1 (0.917%) Websense
12 1 (0.917%) AppSense
Bedfordshire
Job title: Third Line Infrastructure EngineerLocation: BedfordshireSalary: £40-50k + benefitsKey Skills-(Windows server 03/08, Hyper V, Active Directory, SQL Server)Arthur-Stewart is currently recruiting for a...
Arthur Stewart
Salary: £40,000 - £50,000 per year
Posted: 22 May 2013
Bedfordshire
Key Skills-(Windows server 03/08, Hyper V, Active Directory,SQL Server) Arthur-Stewart is currently recruiting for a Third Line Infrastructure Engineer for one of Europe’s...
Arthur Stewart & Co Ltd
Salary: From £40,000 to £50,000 per annum
Posted: 22 May 2013
Dunstable, Bedfordshire
They will also ensure that all patching meets pre-defined standards, will monitor the installation process and will ensure that all systems remain PCI DSS compliant. The ideal...
Experis IT
Salary: £22000 - £26000 per annum
Posted: 20 May 2013