The first table below looks at the demand for Windows Server 2008 skills in IT jobs advertised for the Cambridge region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Windows Server 2008 over the 3 months to 20 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 Cambridge region.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows Server 2008
Rank 85 90 98
Rank change year-on-year
+5 +8
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 2008 37 38 24
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cambridge 2.002% 1.901% 1.121%
As % of the Operating Systems category 5.378% 4.961% 3.105%
Number of salaries quoted 35 31 23
Average salary £37,500 £35,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.14% -6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,700 £27,500 £31,700
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £42,500 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £36,000 £35,000 £34,000
% change year-on-year
+2.85% +2.94%
All Operating Systems
Cambridge
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
688 766 773
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cambridge 37.23% 38.32% 36.12%
Number of salaries quoted 591 639 702
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £36,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +9.58%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £28,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Windows Server 2008
Cambridgeshire

Windows Server 2008
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cambridge 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 Cambridge region.

Cambridge 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 Cambridge region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

Cambridge Windows Server 2008 Salary Histogram

Windows Server 2008
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cambridge 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 68 (100.00%) Windows
2 35 (51.47%) Active Directory
3 34 (50.00%) Microsoft
4 28 (41.18%) Windows Server 2003
5 26 (38.24%) MS Exchange
6 23 (33.82%) Citrix
6 23 (33.82%) Windows 7
7 21 (30.88%) VMware
8 17 (25.00%) MCITP
8 17 (25.00%) Degree
8 17 (25.00%) SCCM
8 17 (25.00%) Exchange Server 2010
9 16 (23.53%) VMware Infrastructure
10 15 (22.06%) XenApp
10 15 (22.06%) Microsoft Certification
10 15 (22.06%) MS Excel
10 15 (22.06%) TCP/IP
11 14 (20.59%) SQL
11 14 (20.59%) SQL Server
11 14 (20.59%) SCOM
12 13 (19.12%) SCVMM
12 13 (19.12%) Exchange Server 2007
12 13 (19.12%) Firewall
13 10 (14.71%) MS Office
13 10 (14.71%) HP
14 9 (13.24%) Cisco
14 9 (13.24%) ITIL
14 9 (13.24%) XenDesktop
15 8 (11.76%) IIS
15 8 (11.76%) HTTP

Windows Server 2008
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cambridge 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 (2.941%) .NET
1 2 (2.941%) ASP.NET
1 2 (2.941%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 26 (38.24%) MS Exchange
2 17 (25.00%) Exchange Server 2010
3 13 (19.12%) Exchange Server 2007
4 8 (11.76%) IIS
5 6 (8.824%) SharePoint
5 6 (8.824%) Lync
6 4 (5.882%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
7 3 (4.412%) Exchange Server 2000
7 3 (4.412%) Exchange Server 2003
8 2 (2.941%) Site Server
8 2 (2.941%) Drupal
8 2 (2.941%) WordPress
9 1 (1.471%) Office Communications Server
9 1 (1.471%) Lotus Notes
9 1 (1.471%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 15 (22.06%) MS Excel
2 10 (14.71%) MS Office
3 1 (1.471%) Google Apps
3 1 (1.471%) Office 365
Communications & Networking
1 15 (22.06%) TCP/IP
2 13 (19.12%) Firewall
3 8 (11.76%) HTTP
4 6 (8.824%) LAN
4 6 (8.824%) DNS
4 6 (8.824%) SAN
5 5 (7.353%) Unified Communications
6 4 (5.882%) Intranet
6 4 (5.882%) Internet
7 3 (4.412%) WAN
7 3 (4.412%) VPN
7 3 (4.412%) Cisco Nexus
8 2 (2.941%) NetScaler
8 2 (2.941%) Wi-Fi
9 1 (1.471%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (20.59%) SQL Server
2 4 (5.882%) SQL Server 2005
3 3 (4.412%) SQL Server 2008
4 2 (2.941%) Crystal Reports
5 1 (1.471%) SQL Server 7
5 1 (1.471%) SQL Server 2000
General
1 6 (8.824%) Finance
2 3 (4.412%) Publishing
2 3 (4.412%) Telecoms
3 1 (1.471%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 20 (29.41%) Consultant
2 12 (17.65%) Support Engineer
3 7 (10.29%) Systems Administrator
3 7 (10.29%) Analyst
3 7 (10.29%) Web Engineer
4 6 (8.824%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 5 (7.353%) Desktop Engineer
5 5 (7.353%) Technical Consultant
6 4 (5.882%) Administrator
6 4 (5.882%) Senior Technical Consultant
6 4 (5.882%) IT Support
6 4 (5.882%) Operations Engineer
6 4 (5.882%) Senior Consultant
7 3 (4.412%) Technical Engineer
7 3 (4.412%) SCCM Consultant
7 3 (4.412%) Server Engineer
7 3 (4.412%) Microsoft Consultant
7 3 (4.412%) Web Infrastructure Engineer
7 3 (4.412%) Technical Support Engineer
7 3 (4.412%) 3rd Line Support
Miscellaneous
1 8 (11.76%) Blackberry
2 7 (10.29%) Computer Science
3 5 (7.353%) Clustering
3 5 (7.353%) Video Conferencing
3 5 (7.353%) Open Source
4 3 (4.412%) Management Information System
5 2 (2.941%) CLARiiON
5 2 (2.941%) PKI
5 2 (2.941%) EqualLogic
5 2 (2.941%) Celerra
5 2 (2.941%) EPoS
6 1 (1.471%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 68 (100.00%) Windows
2 28 (41.18%) Windows Server 2003
3 23 (33.82%) Windows 7
4 7 (10.29%) Linux
4 7 (10.29%) Windows XP
4 7 (10.29%) Windows Server 2012
5 4 (5.882%) Windows 8
5 4 (5.882%) Ubuntu
6 3 (4.412%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (2.941%) UNIX
8 1 (1.471%) Windows 2000
8 1 (1.471%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (13.24%) ITIL
2 5 (7.353%) Project Management
3 4 (5.882%) E-Commerce
4 3 (4.412%) Business Continuity
4 3 (4.412%) Agile Software Development
4 3 (4.412%) Data Management
4 3 (4.412%) Business Development
4 3 (4.412%) Load Balancing
4 3 (4.412%) Time Management
4 3 (4.412%) High Availability
5 2 (2.941%) MVC
5 2 (2.941%) Infrastructure Management
5 2 (2.941%) Content Management
5 2 (2.941%) Strategic Planning
6 1 (1.471%) Disaster Recovery
6 1 (1.471%) Identity Management
6 1 (1.471%) Migration
6 1 (1.471%) Change Control
Programming Languages
1 14 (20.59%) SQL
2 2 (2.941%) Shell Script
2 2 (2.941%) C#
2 2 (2.941%) PHP
Qualifications
1 17 (25.00%) MCITP
1 17 (25.00%) Degree
2 15 (22.06%) Microsoft Certification
3 6 (8.824%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 5 (7.353%) NCDA
4 5 (7.353%) NCIE
5 4 (5.882%) MCP
5 4 (5.882%) MCSE
6 3 (4.412%) MCTS
6 3 (4.412%) Citrix Certification
6 3 (4.412%) CCEE
6 3 (4.412%) CCIA
7 2 (2.941%) MCSA
7 2 (2.941%) HP ASE
7 2 (2.941%) HP MASE
7 2 (2.941%) VCDX
8 1 (1.471%) VCAP
8 1 (1.471%) DV Cleared
8 1 (1.471%) Security Cleared
8 1 (1.471%) HP AIS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (5.882%) SLA
2 2 (2.941%) GxP
System Software
1 35 (51.47%) Active Directory
2 16 (23.53%) VMware Infrastructure
3 15 (22.06%) XenApp
4 9 (13.24%) XenDesktop
5 7 (10.29%) vSphere
5 7 (10.29%) Hyper-V
6 6 (8.824%) XenServer
7 5 (7.353%) VMware ESX
7 5 (7.353%) Citrix Presentation Server
8 2 (2.941%) Oracle RMAN
9 1 (1.471%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 17 (25.00%) SCCM
2 14 (20.59%) SCOM
3 13 (19.12%) SCVMM
4 3 (4.412%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
4 3 (4.412%) NetBackup
4 3 (4.412%) Backup Exec
5 2 (2.941%) WSUS
Vendors
1 34 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 23 (33.82%) Citrix
3 21 (30.88%) VMware
4 10 (14.71%) HP
5 9 (13.24%) Cisco
6 7 (10.29%) NetApp
7 5 (7.353%) Apple
8 4 (5.882%) Symantec
9 3 (4.412%) EMC
9 3 (4.412%) CommVault
9 3 (4.412%) Oracle
10 2 (2.941%) Dell
10 2 (2.941%) Red Hat
11 1 (1.471%) CheckPoint
11 1 (1.471%) Google
11 1 (1.471%) 3PAR
11 1 (1.471%) F5
11 1 (1.471%) Lotus
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