The first table below looks at the demand for Windows Server 2008 skills in IT jobs advertised for the Blackpool 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 Blackpool region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows Server 2008
Rank 10 - 6
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 2008 3 0 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Blackpool 9.375% - 4.762%
As % of the Operating Systems category 17.65% - 12.50%
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 1
Average salary £22,000 - £27,500
UK excluding London average salary £35,500 £35,000 £33,750
% change year-on-year
+1.42% +3.70%
All Operating Systems
Blackpool
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
17 18 8
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Blackpool 53.13% 60.00% 38.10%
Number of salaries quoted 13 17 6
Average salary £32,500 £28,000 £18,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+16.07% +55.55%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,100 £27,500 £16,500
10% offered a salary of more than £42,200 £34,500 £37,300
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Windows Server 2008
Lancashire

Windows Server 2008
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Blackpool 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 Blackpool region.

Blackpool Windows Server 2008 Salary Trend

Windows Server 2008
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Blackpool 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 9 (100.00%) Windows
2 7 (77.78%) MS Excel
2 7 (77.78%) Microsoft
3 6 (66.67%) SQL Server
3 6 (66.67%) MS Office
3 6 (66.67%) Windows Server 2003
4 5 (55.56%) Windows Vista
4 5 (55.56%) Windows XP
4 5 (55.56%) MS Exchange
4 5 (55.56%) Active Directory
5 4 (44.44%) Microsoft Certification
6 3 (33.33%) Citrix
6 3 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
6 3 (33.33%) CCNA
6 3 (33.33%) DNS
6 3 (33.33%) MCP
6 3 (33.33%) Cisco
6 3 (33.33%) LAN
6 3 (33.33%) WAN
6 3 (33.33%) DHCP
6 3 (33.33%) TCP/IP
6 3 (33.33%) IMAP
6 3 (33.33%) Exchange Server 2007
6 3 (33.33%) Finance
6 3 (33.33%) SQL Server 2005
6 3 (33.33%) SQL Server 2008
6 3 (33.33%) Windows 7
6 3 (33.33%) Exchange Server 2003
6 3 (33.33%) SQL Server 2012
7 2 (22.22%) Windows 2000 Server

Windows Server 2008
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Blackpool 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 (22.22%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 5 (55.56%) MS Exchange
2 3 (33.33%) Exchange Server 2007
2 3 (33.33%) Exchange Server 2003
Applications
1 7 (77.78%) MS Excel
2 6 (66.67%) MS Office
3 2 (22.22%) MS PowerPoint
Communications & Networking
1 3 (33.33%) DNS
1 3 (33.33%) LAN
1 3 (33.33%) WAN
1 3 (33.33%) DHCP
1 3 (33.33%) TCP/IP
1 3 (33.33%) IMAP
2 2 (22.22%) Wireless
2 2 (22.22%) Internet
2 2 (22.22%) WLAN
3 1 (11.11%) SSL
3 1 (11.11%) VPN
3 1 (11.11%) Firewall
3 1 (11.11%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (66.67%) SQL Server
2 3 (33.33%) SQL Server 2005
2 3 (33.33%) SQL Server 2008
2 3 (33.33%) SQL Server 2012
General
1 3 (33.33%) Finance
Job Titles
1 3 (33.33%) Network Engineer
1 3 (33.33%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 2 (22.22%) IT Support
2 2 (22.22%) Technical Infrastructure Engineer
2 2 (22.22%) Field Engineer
2 2 (22.22%) IT Support Technician
2 2 (22.22%) Technical Engineer
2 2 (22.22%) Support Technician
3 1 (11.11%) 1st Line Support
3 1 (11.11%) Service Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Administrator
3 1 (11.11%) Service Desk Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Network Administrator
3 1 (11.11%) Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (22.22%) Clustering
2 1 (11.11%) Thin Client
2 1 (11.11%) Fat Client
Operating Systems
1 9 (100.00%) Windows
2 6 (66.67%) Windows Server 2003
3 5 (55.56%) Windows Vista
3 5 (55.56%) Windows XP
4 3 (33.33%) Windows 7
5 2 (22.22%) Windows 2000 Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (11.11%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 2 (22.22%) C#
1 2 (22.22%) SQL
1 2 (22.22%) VBA
2 1 (11.11%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (44.44%) Microsoft Certification
2 3 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (33.33%) CCNA
2 3 (33.33%) MCP
3 1 (11.11%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (11.11%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (55.56%) Active Directory
2 1 (11.11%) Terminal Services
Vendors
1 7 (77.78%) Microsoft
2 3 (33.33%) Citrix
2 3 (33.33%) Cisco
3 1 (11.11%) Avaya
3 1 (11.11%) VMware
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