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

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows Server 2008
Rank 71 58 78
Rank change year-on-year
-13 +20
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 2008 53 61 38
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bristol 3.057% 3.526% 2.033%
As % of the Operating Systems category 12.35% 14.77% 8.172%
Number of salaries quoted 43 53 34
Average salary £36,000 £35,000 £34,250
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.85% +2.18%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,700 £23,000 £23,900
10% offered a salary of more than £42,500 £45,000 £43,500
UK excluding London average salary £35,500 £35,000 £33,750
% change year-on-year
+1.42% +3.70%
All Operating Systems
Bristol
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
429 413 465
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bristol 24.74% 23.87% 24.88%
Number of salaries quoted 391 368 410
Average salary £37,000 £35,000 £36,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.71% -2.77%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,000 £23,000 £22,000
10% offered a salary of more than £46,000 £51,000 £47,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Windows Server 2008
South West

Windows Server 2008
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bristol 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 Bristol region.

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

Bristol Windows Server 2008 Salary Histogram

Windows Server 2008
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 122 (100.00%) Windows
2 107 (87.70%) Windows Server 2003
3 91 (74.59%) Active Directory
4 71 (58.20%) Microsoft
5 70 (57.38%) MS Exchange
6 65 (53.28%) VMware
7 63 (51.64%) Microsoft Certification
8 53 (43.44%) VMware Infrastructure
9 50 (40.98%) MCSE
9 50 (40.98%) MS Excel
10 46 (37.70%) Exchange Server 2010
11 45 (36.89%) SQL Server
12 42 (34.43%) Firewall
13 40 (32.79%) Cisco
14 35 (28.69%) Exchange Server 2003
15 33 (27.05%) Clustering
16 32 (26.23%) LAN
17 31 (25.41%) Cisco Certification
17 31 (25.41%) Exchange Server 2007
18 30 (24.59%) DNS
18 30 (24.59%) SAN
19 29 (23.77%) WAN
19 29 (23.77%) SharePoint
19 29 (23.77%) Windows 7
20 27 (22.13%) MCSA
21 26 (21.31%) IIS
21 26 (21.31%) MCITP
22 25 (20.49%) TCP/IP
23 24 (19.67%) SQL
24 23 (18.85%) VPN

Windows Server 2008
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bristol 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 6 (4.918%) WSH
2 2 (1.639%) CSS
2 2 (1.639%) Web Services
2 2 (1.639%) .NET
2 2 (1.639%) HTML5
2 2 (1.639%) RESTful
2 2 (1.639%) .NET Framework
2 2 (1.639%) jQuery
2 2 (1.639%) MooTools
2 2 (1.639%) CodeIgniter
2 2 (1.639%) CakePHP
2 2 (1.639%) Yii
2 2 (1.639%) CSS3
3 1 (0.820%) ODBC
Application Platforms
1 70 (57.38%) MS Exchange
2 46 (37.70%) Exchange Server 2010
3 35 (28.69%) Exchange Server 2003
4 31 (25.41%) Exchange Server 2007
5 29 (23.77%) SharePoint
6 26 (21.31%) IIS
7 15 (12.30%) SharePoint 2010
8 7 (5.738%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
9 3 (2.459%) Lync
9 3 (2.459%) WorkSite
10 2 (1.639%) Apache
10 2 (1.639%) Exchange Server 2000
10 2 (1.639%) Office Communications Server
10 2 (1.639%) nginx
10 2 (1.639%) Magento
10 2 (1.639%) MS Project Server
10 2 (1.639%) WordPress
11 1 (0.820%) SAS
Applications
1 50 (40.98%) MS Excel
2 19 (15.57%) MS Office
3 4 (3.279%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 4 (3.279%) Dynamics AX
2 2 (1.639%) Google Analytics
3 1 (0.820%) Visualfiles
Communications & Networking
1 42 (34.43%) Firewall
2 32 (26.23%) LAN
3 30 (24.59%) DNS
3 30 (24.59%) SAN
4 29 (23.77%) WAN
5 25 (20.49%) TCP/IP
6 23 (18.85%) VPN
7 13 (10.66%) iSCSI
8 12 (9.836%) Internet
8 12 (9.836%) MPLS
9 11 (9.016%) DHCP
10 9 (7.377%) Ethernet
10 9 (7.377%) Wireless
10 9 (7.377%) IPsec
10 9 (7.377%) DSL
11 8 (6.557%) OSPF
11 8 (6.557%) IPv4
11 8 (6.557%) Network Security
12 7 (5.738%) VoIP
13 6 (4.918%) BGP-4
Database & Business Intelligence
1 45 (36.89%) SQL Server
2 18 (14.75%) SQL Server 2008
3 8 (6.557%) Oracle 8/8i
4 7 (5.738%) SQL Server 2005
5 4 (3.279%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 4 (3.279%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 2 (1.639%) GIS
7 1 (0.820%) RDBMS
7 1 (0.820%) SQL Server 2000
General
1 13 (10.66%) Marketing
2 12 (9.836%) Telecoms
3 8 (6.557%) Law
4 7 (5.738%) Legal
5 6 (4.918%) Advertising
5 6 (4.918%) Retail
5 6 (4.918%) Finance
Job Titles
1 40 (32.79%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 28 (22.95%) Support Engineer
3 20 (16.39%) Analyst
4 19 (15.57%) Systems Engineer
4 19 (15.57%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
5 13 (10.66%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
6 12 (9.836%) 3rd Line Support
6 12 (9.836%) 2nd Line Support
7 11 (9.016%) Senior Systems Engineer
8 9 (7.377%) IT Support
8 9 (7.377%) Support Analyst
9 8 (6.557%) Infrastructure Analyst
9 8 (6.557%) Messaging Engineer
10 7 (5.738%) Technical Support
10 7 (5.738%) Administrator
11 6 (4.918%) Systems Administrator
11 6 (4.918%) Systems Test Engineer
11 6 (4.918%) Cisco Engineer
11 6 (4.918%) Test Engineer
12 5 (4.098%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 33 (27.05%) Clustering
2 22 (18.03%) Blackberry
3 12 (9.836%) Management Information System
4 6 (4.918%) Thin Client
4 6 (4.918%) Fat Client
5 5 (4.098%) FMCG
6 3 (2.459%) iPhone
7 2 (1.639%) Firmware
7 2 (1.639%) Video Conferencing
7 2 (1.639%) Enterprise Storage
8 1 (0.820%) RMADS
8 1 (0.820%) Computer Science
8 1 (0.820%) Replication
8 1 (0.820%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 122 (100.00%) Windows
2 107 (87.70%) Windows Server 2003
3 29 (23.77%) Windows 7
4 21 (17.21%) Windows XP
5 8 (6.557%) Windows 2000 Server
6 7 (5.738%) Linux
7 6 (4.918%) Windows Vista
8 4 (3.279%) UNIX
8 4 (3.279%) Windows 2000
9 1 (0.820%) Windows 8
9 1 (0.820%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.820%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (9.836%) Information Security
2 11 (9.016%) Migration
2 11 (9.016%) ISMS
2 11 (9.016%) Information Security Management
2 11 (9.016%) Security Management
2 11 (9.016%) Business Intelligence
3 10 (8.197%) Problem Management
4 7 (5.738%) Load Balancing
4 7 (5.738%) ITIL
5 6 (4.918%) Business Continuity
6 5 (4.098%) Disaster Recovery
6 5 (4.098%) Service Delivery
7 4 (3.279%) Service Management
7 4 (3.279%) Change Management
7 4 (3.279%) Logistics
7 4 (3.279%) Document Management
8 3 (2.459%) Data Modelling
9 2 (1.639%) ITSM
9 2 (1.639%) MVC
9 2 (1.639%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 24 (19.67%) SQL
2 7 (5.738%) PowerShell
3 6 (4.918%) Perl
3 6 (4.918%) Python
4 4 (3.279%) T-SQL
5 2 (1.639%) JavaScript
5 2 (1.639%) PHP
5 2 (1.639%) PHP5
Qualifications
1 63 (51.64%) Microsoft Certification
2 50 (40.98%) MCSE
3 31 (25.41%) Cisco Certification
4 27 (22.13%) MCSA
5 26 (21.31%) MCITP
6 23 (18.85%) CCNA
7 17 (13.93%) MCT
8 16 (13.11%) Degree
9 14 (11.48%) MCTS
10 13 (10.66%) CCNP
11 10 (8.197%) Security Cleared
12 8 (6.557%) SC Cleared
13 7 (5.738%) MCP
14 5 (4.098%) A+ Certification
15 4 (3.279%) DV Cleared
16 3 (2.459%) Network+ Certification
17 2 (1.639%) ITIL Certification
17 2 (1.639%) Citrix Certification
17 2 (1.639%) CCVP
18 1 (0.820%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (9.016%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 8 (6.557%) SLA
System Software
1 91 (74.59%) Active Directory
2 53 (43.44%) VMware Infrastructure
3 18 (14.75%) vSphere
4 17 (13.93%) Hyper-V
5 11 (9.016%) VMware ESX
6 7 (5.738%) XenApp
7 6 (4.918%) Xen
8 5 (4.098%) Terminal Services
9 4 (3.279%) VMware ESXi
10 3 (2.459%) Forefront TMG
11 2 (1.639%) Squid
11 2 (1.639%) Microsoft App-V
11 2 (1.639%) Sendmail
11 2 (1.639%) Citrix Presentation Server
11 2 (1.639%) UAG
12 1 (0.820%) XenDesktop
12 1 (0.820%) VMware Workstation
12 1 (0.820%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 18 (14.75%) MOM
2 10 (8.197%) SCOM
3 6 (4.918%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 4 (3.279%) SCCM
5 3 (2.459%) WSUS
6 2 (1.639%) Backup Exec
6 2 (1.639%) Cisco CUCM
Vendors
1 71 (58.20%) Microsoft
2 65 (53.28%) VMware
3 40 (32.79%) Cisco
4 23 (18.85%) Citrix
5 11 (9.016%) NetSuite
5 11 (9.016%) HP
6 9 (7.377%) Oracle
7 7 (5.738%) Dell
8 6 (4.918%) Juniper
9 5 (4.098%) ZTE
9 5 (4.098%) Nokia Siemens Networks
9 5 (4.098%) Huawei
9 5 (4.098%) Nortel
9 5 (4.098%) Alcatel-Lucent
9 5 (4.098%) Siemens
10 4 (3.279%) IBM
10 4 (3.279%) Google
11 2 (1.639%) Red Hat
11 2 (1.639%) CA
11 2 (1.639%) CheckPoint
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