The first table below looks at the demand for Windows Server 2008 skills in IT jobs advertised for the Cambridgeshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Windows Server 2008 over the 3 months to 18 June 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 Cambridgeshire region.

Location
3 months to
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows Server 2008
Rank 61 93 108
Rank change year-on-year
+32 +15
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 2008 91 62 36
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire 3.649% 2.161% 1.206%
As % of the Operating Systems category 11.22% 6.645% 3.754%
Number of salaries quoted 83 54 32
Average salary £34,000 £32,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+4.61% -13.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £27,500 £32,500
10% offered a salary of more than £49,500 £42,500 £55,800
UK excluding London average salary £35,500 £35,000 £34,000
% change year-on-year
+1.42% +2.94%
All Operating Systems
Cambridgeshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
811 933 959
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire 32.52% 32.52% 32.14%
Number of salaries quoted 729 776 854
Average salary £37,500 £40,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.25% +6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £27,500 £27,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,500 £50,000 £50,000
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 Cambridgeshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

Cambridgeshire 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 Cambridgeshire region.

Cambridgeshire 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 Cambridgeshire region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

Cambridgeshire 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 Cambridgeshire region over the 3 months to 18 June 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
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Job
Vacancies
Peterborough +20 35 £34,000 -9.33% 3
Cambridge +3 32 £37,000 +13.84% 3
Huntingdon +17 11 £30,000 -29.41%
Windows Server 2008
East of England

Windows Server 2008
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Cambridgeshire 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.

1 146 (100.00%) Windows
2 80 (54.79%) Windows Server 2003
3 73 (50.00%) Active Directory
4 70 (47.95%) Citrix
4 70 (47.95%) MS Exchange
5 62 (42.47%) VMware
6 56 (38.36%) Microsoft
7 48 (32.88%) Exchange Server 2010
8 39 (26.71%) Exchange Server 2007
9 37 (25.34%) SCCM
10 34 (23.29%) MCITP
10 34 (23.29%) Microsoft Certification
11 32 (21.92%) SQL
11 32 (21.92%) Windows 7
12 29 (19.86%) MS Excel
13 25 (17.12%) XenApp
14 24 (16.44%) SharePoint
15 22 (15.07%) SQL Server
16 20 (13.70%) ITIL
17 18 (12.33%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
18 17 (11.64%) VMware Infrastructure
19 16 (10.96%) SCOM
19 16 (10.96%) MS Office
19 16 (10.96%) HP
20 15 (10.27%) Firewall
21 14 (9.589%) LAN
21 14 (9.589%) SCVMM
22 13 (8.904%) Hyper-V
22 13 (8.904%) TCP/IP
22 13 (8.904%) Cisco

Windows Server 2008
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Cambridgeshire 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 Platforms
1 70 (47.95%) MS Exchange
2 48 (32.88%) Exchange Server 2010
3 39 (26.71%) Exchange Server 2007
4 24 (16.44%) SharePoint
5 18 (12.33%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
6 12 (8.219%) Lync
7 11 (7.534%) Exchange Server 2003
8 7 (4.795%) IIS
9 2 (1.370%) Site Server
9 2 (1.370%) Exchange Server 2000
9 2 (1.370%) Exchange Server 2013
9 2 (1.370%) Drupal
9 2 (1.370%) WordPress
9 2 (1.370%) Office Communications Server
9 2 (1.370%) SharePoint 2010
10 1 (0.685%) IBM Notes
Applications
1 29 (19.86%) MS Excel
2 16 (10.96%) MS Office
3 1 (0.685%) Google Apps
3 1 (0.685%) Office 365
Communications & Networking
1 15 (10.27%) Firewall
2 14 (9.589%) LAN
3 13 (8.904%) TCP/IP
4 11 (7.534%) WAN
5 7 (4.795%) DNS
5 7 (4.795%) NetScaler
6 6 (4.110%) SAN
6 6 (4.110%) Internet
7 5 (3.425%) Unified Communications
7 5 (3.425%) Intranet
7 5 (3.425%) VPN
8 3 (2.055%) HTTP
9 2 (1.370%) Wi-Fi
9 2 (1.370%) Wireless
9 2 (1.370%) Cisco Nexus
10 1 (0.685%) NAS
10 1 (0.685%) SNMP
10 1 (0.685%) FTP
10 1 (0.685%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (15.07%) SQL Server
2 7 (4.795%) SQL Server 2005
3 6 (4.110%) SQL Server 2008
4 3 (2.055%) Crystal Reports
5 2 (1.370%) SQL Server 2000
6 1 (0.685%) Data Mining
6 1 (0.685%) SQL Server 7
General
1 9 (6.164%) Finance
2 3 (2.055%) Financial Institution
2 3 (2.055%) Publishing
2 3 (2.055%) Telecoms
3 2 (1.370%) Back Office
4 1 (0.685%) Advertising
4 1 (0.685%) Retail
4 1 (0.685%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 46 (31.51%) Support Engineer
2 31 (21.23%) Consultant
3 29 (19.86%) Analyst
4 24 (16.44%) IT Support
5 18 (12.33%) IT Support Engineer
6 16 (10.96%) 3rd Line Support
7 14 (9.589%) Systems Administrator
7 14 (9.589%) Support Analyst
8 11 (7.534%) Administrator
9 8 (5.479%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
10 7 (4.795%) 3rd Line Support Analyst
10 7 (4.795%) Project Engineer
10 7 (4.795%) Technical Engineer
10 7 (4.795%) Infrastructure Analyst
10 7 (4.795%) 2nd Line Support
10 7 (4.795%) Service Manager
10 7 (4.795%) Technical Support
10 7 (4.795%) Server Support
10 7 (4.795%) 3rd Line Server Support
11 6 (4.110%) Technical Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 11 (7.534%) Blackberry
2 5 (3.425%) Clustering
2 5 (3.425%) Video Conferencing
2 5 (3.425%) Open Source
3 4 (2.740%) EPoS
4 3 (2.055%) Management Information System
4 3 (2.055%) CLARiiON
4 3 (2.055%) Celerra
5 2 (1.370%) EqualLogic
5 2 (1.370%) PKI
5 2 (1.370%) Computer Science
5 2 (1.370%) Client/Server
6 1 (0.685%) Replication
6 1 (0.685%) EMC Centera
6 1 (0.685%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (0.685%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 146 (100.00%) Windows
2 80 (54.79%) Windows Server 2003
3 32 (21.92%) Windows 7
4 12 (8.219%) Windows XP
5 9 (6.164%) Windows 8
6 8 (5.479%) Windows Server 2012
7 7 (4.795%) Linux
8 5 (3.425%) AIX
9 3 (2.055%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 2 (1.370%) Windows 2000 Server
10 2 (1.370%) Windows Vista
11 1 (0.685%) Mac OS X Server
11 1 (0.685%) Mac OS X
11 1 (0.685%) Solaris
11 1 (0.685%) Windows 2000
11 1 (0.685%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (13.70%) ITIL
2 8 (5.479%) Incident Management
3 7 (4.795%) Time Management
4 5 (3.425%) Project Management
5 3 (2.055%) Change Management
5 3 (2.055%) Disaster Recovery
5 3 (2.055%) Load Balancing
5 3 (2.055%) Migration
5 3 (2.055%) Business Continuity
5 3 (2.055%) Agile Software Development
5 3 (2.055%) High Availability
6 2 (1.370%) Root Cause Analysis
6 2 (1.370%) Infrastructure Management
6 2 (1.370%) Data Management
6 2 (1.370%) Content Management
6 2 (1.370%) Strategic Planning
6 2 (1.370%) Problem Management
6 2 (1.370%) Business Development
6 2 (1.370%) CRM
7 1 (0.685%) E-Commerce
Programming Languages
1 32 (21.92%) SQL
2 2 (1.370%) PHP
3 1 (0.685%) T-SQL
3 1 (0.685%) VBScript
3 1 (0.685%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 34 (23.29%) Microsoft Certification
1 34 (23.29%) MCITP
2 12 (8.219%) MCSE
3 11 (7.534%) Degree
4 10 (6.849%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 10 (6.849%) MCTS
5 8 (5.479%) Citrix Certification
6 7 (4.795%) MCP
7 5 (3.425%) CCA
8 4 (2.740%) NCDA
8 4 (2.740%) NCIE
8 4 (2.740%) CCEE
8 4 (2.740%) CCIA
9 3 (2.055%) MCSA
10 2 (1.370%) HP ASE
10 2 (1.370%) HP MASE
10 2 (1.370%) VCDX
10 2 (1.370%) CCAA
11 1 (0.685%) VCAP
11 1 (0.685%) HP AIS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (6.164%) SLA
2 2 (1.370%) GxP
System Software
1 73 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 25 (17.12%) XenApp
3 17 (11.64%) VMware Infrastructure
4 13 (8.904%) Hyper-V
5 11 (7.534%) XenServer
6 10 (6.849%) XenDesktop
7 8 (5.479%) vSphere
8 5 (3.425%) Citrix Presentation Server
8 5 (3.425%) VMware ESX
9 3 (2.055%) VMware Server
10 2 (1.370%) Oracle RMAN
10 2 (1.370%) Terminal Server
10 2 (1.370%) VMware ESXi
11 1 (0.685%) EMC RecoverPoint
11 1 (0.685%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 37 (25.34%) SCCM
2 16 (10.96%) SCOM
3 14 (9.589%) SCVMM
4 3 (2.055%) Backup Exec
5 2 (1.370%) WSUS
5 2 (1.370%) ARCserve
5 2 (1.370%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
5 2 (1.370%) NetBackup
6 1 (0.685%) Norton AntiVirus
Vendors
1 70 (47.95%) Citrix
2 62 (42.47%) VMware
3 56 (38.36%) Microsoft
4 16 (10.96%) HP
5 13 (8.904%) Cisco
6 10 (6.849%) NetApp
7 6 (4.110%) Apple
7 6 (4.110%) Symantec
8 5 (3.425%) AppSense
9 4 (2.740%) Oracle
9 4 (2.740%) EMC
10 3 (2.055%) CommVault
10 3 (2.055%) IBM
10 3 (2.055%) Dell
11 2 (1.370%) Red Hat
11 2 (1.370%) Twitter
12 1 (0.685%) McAfee
12 1 (0.685%) CheckPoint
12 1 (0.685%) Veritas
12 1 (0.685%) Lotus
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