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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows Server 2003
Rank 40 32 26
Rank change year-on-year
-8 -6
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 2003 3 6 11
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Belfast 1.235% 3.077% 5.820%
As % of the Operating Systems category 4.054% 11.11% 15.94%
Number of salaries quoted 3 3 4
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year
- +7.69%
All Operating Systems
Belfast
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
74 54 69
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Belfast 30.45% 27.69% 36.51%
Number of salaries quoted 46 35 41
Average salary £35,000 £34,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.94% -2.85%
90% offered a salary of more than £28,650 £15,500 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £45,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Windows Server 2003
County Antrim

Windows Server 2003
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Belfast 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 Belfast region.

Belfast Windows Server 2003 Salary Trend

Windows Server 2003
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Belfast 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 11 (100.00%) Windows
2 9 (81.82%) Windows Server 2008
3 8 (72.73%) Oracle
4 7 (63.64%) Microsoft
5 6 (54.55%) HP
5 6 (54.55%) MS Excel
5 6 (54.55%) VMware Infrastructure
5 6 (54.55%) VMware
6 5 (45.45%) Degree
6 5 (45.45%) Active Directory
7 4 (36.36%) LAN
7 4 (36.36%) WAN
7 4 (36.36%) SQL
7 4 (36.36%) SAN
7 4 (36.36%) SharePoint
7 4 (36.36%) SQL Server
7 4 (36.36%) IIS
7 4 (36.36%) Computer Science
7 4 (36.36%) Oracle 11g
7 4 (36.36%) SQL Server 2005
7 4 (36.36%) Network Security
7 4 (36.36%) vSphere
8 3 (27.27%) Management Information System
8 3 (27.27%) Microsoft Certification
9 2 (18.18%) Citrix
9 2 (18.18%) Thin Client
9 2 (18.18%) Terminal Services
9 2 (18.18%) Symantec
9 2 (18.18%) McAfee
9 2 (18.18%) Norton AntiVirus

Windows Server 2003
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Belfast 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 1 (9.091%) COM
Application Platforms
1 4 (36.36%) SharePoint
1 4 (36.36%) IIS
2 2 (18.18%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 6 (54.55%) MS Excel
2 2 (18.18%) MS Project
2 2 (18.18%) MS Office
2 2 (18.18%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 4 (36.36%) LAN
1 4 (36.36%) WAN
1 4 (36.36%) SAN
1 4 (36.36%) Network Security
2 1 (9.091%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (36.36%) SQL Server
1 4 (36.36%) Oracle 11g
1 4 (36.36%) SQL Server 2005
2 2 (18.18%) GIS
Job Titles
1 4 (36.36%) Developer
1 4 (36.36%) Analyst
2 2 (18.18%) Desktop Engineer
3 1 (9.091%) Windows Administrator
3 1 (9.091%) Windows Systems Administrator
3 1 (9.091%) Technical Analyst
3 1 (9.091%) Systems Administrator
3 1 (9.091%) Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 4 (36.36%) Computer Science
2 3 (27.27%) Management Information System
3 2 (18.18%) Thin Client
3 2 (18.18%) Fat Client
Operating Systems
1 11 (100.00%) Windows
2 9 (81.82%) Windows Server 2008
3 2 (18.18%) Windows XP
3 2 (18.18%) Windows NT
3 2 (18.18%) Windows 2000 Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (18.18%) ITIL
1 2 (18.18%) Incident Management
1 2 (18.18%) Asset Management
1 2 (18.18%) Software Deployment
Programming Languages
1 4 (36.36%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (45.45%) Degree
2 3 (27.27%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (18.18%) MCP
3 2 (18.18%) MCSE
System Software
1 6 (54.55%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (45.45%) Active Directory
3 4 (36.36%) vSphere
4 2 (18.18%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 2 (18.18%) Norton AntiVirus
1 2 (18.18%) Backup Exec
1 2 (18.18%) McAfee ePO
Vendors
1 8 (72.73%) Oracle
2 7 (63.64%) Microsoft
3 6 (54.55%) HP
3 6 (54.55%) VMware
4 2 (18.18%) Citrix
4 2 (18.18%) Symantec
4 2 (18.18%) McAfee
4 2 (18.18%) Business Objects
4 2 (18.18%) ESRI