The first table below looks at the demand for Windows Server 2008 skills in IT jobs advertised for the Cardiff region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Windows Server 2008 over the 3 months to 17 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 Cardiff region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows Server 2008
Rank 37 27 64
Rank change year-on-year
-10 +37
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 2008 27 20 8
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cardiff 4.720% 4.785% 1.386%
As % of the Operating Systems category 24.55% 20.83% 5.634%
Number of salaries quoted 26 19 6
Average salary £35,000 £33,500 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+4.47% -21.17%
90% offered a salary of more than £29,000 £27,400 £32,500
10% offered a salary of more than £40,250 £50,000 £46,875
UK excluding London average salary £36,000 £35,000 £34,000
% change year-on-year
+2.85% +2.94%
All Operating Systems
Cardiff
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
110 96 142
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cardiff 19.23% 22.97% 24.61%
Number of salaries quoted 105 92 138
Average salary £32,500 £33,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-2.98% -4.28%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £22,200 £27,450
10% offered a salary of more than £40,500 £47,500 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Windows Server 2008
South Wales

Windows Server 2008
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cardiff 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 Cardiff region.

Cardiff 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 Cardiff region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Cardiff Windows Server 2008 Salary Histogram

Windows Server 2008
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cardiff 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 38 (100.00%) Windows
2 34 (89.47%) Active Directory
3 32 (84.21%) Microsoft
4 29 (76.32%) MS Exchange
4 29 (76.32%) Exchange Server 2010
5 25 (65.79%) Windows Server 2003
6 23 (60.53%) MS Excel
7 22 (57.89%) Advertising
8 21 (55.26%) SQL Server
8 21 (55.26%) SAN
9 20 (52.63%) ITIL
9 20 (52.63%) SharePoint
10 19 (50.00%) IIS
10 19 (50.00%) Exchange Server 2007
11 18 (47.37%) Finance
12 17 (44.74%) Incident Management
12 17 (44.74%) Windows 2000
13 12 (31.58%) MS Project
14 10 (26.32%) DNS
15 9 (23.68%) VMware
16 8 (21.05%) DHCP
17 7 (18.42%) Windows Server 2012
18 6 (15.79%) VMware Infrastructure
18 6 (15.79%) Cisco
18 6 (15.79%) Microsoft Certification
18 6 (15.79%) MCSE
18 6 (15.79%) MCSA
19 5 (13.16%) VoIP
19 5 (13.16%) TCP/IP
19 5 (13.16%) VPN

Windows Server 2008
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cardiff 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 (5.263%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 29 (76.32%) MS Exchange
1 29 (76.32%) Exchange Server 2010
2 20 (52.63%) SharePoint
3 19 (50.00%) IIS
3 19 (50.00%) Exchange Server 2007
4 5 (13.16%) Office Communications Server
4 5 (13.16%) Lync
5 1 (2.632%) SharePoint 2010
5 1 (2.632%) Exchange Server 2013
5 1 (2.632%) Site Server
Applications
1 23 (60.53%) MS Excel
2 12 (31.58%) MS Project
Communications & Networking
1 21 (55.26%) SAN
2 10 (26.32%) DNS
3 8 (21.05%) DHCP
4 5 (13.16%) TCP/IP
4 5 (13.16%) VPN
4 5 (13.16%) VoIP
4 5 (13.16%) Unified Communications
5 3 (7.895%) IP Telephony
5 3 (7.895%) WAN
5 3 (7.895%) LAN
6 2 (5.263%) VLAN
6 2 (5.263%) Firewall
7 1 (2.632%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (55.26%) SQL Server
2 1 (2.632%) SQL Server 2005
2 1 (2.632%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 2 (5.263%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 22 (57.89%) Advertising
2 18 (47.37%) Finance
3 5 (13.16%) Telecoms
4 2 (5.263%) Law
5 1 (2.632%) Back Office
5 1 (2.632%) Retail
Job Titles
1 8 (21.05%) Data Centre Engineer
2 5 (13.16%) Implementation Engineer
3 4 (10.53%) Analyst
3 4 (10.53%) Support Engineer
3 4 (10.53%) 3rd Line Support
4 2 (5.263%) Infrastructure Analyst
4 2 (5.263%) Administrator
4 2 (5.263%) Systems Administrator
4 2 (5.263%) Analyst Programmer
4 2 (5.263%) Programmer
4 2 (5.263%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
4 2 (5.263%) IT Support
5 1 (2.632%) Microsoft Specialist
5 1 (2.632%) Senior Microsoft Specialist
5 1 (2.632%) Wintel Engineer
5 1 (2.632%) Desktop Support
5 1 (2.632%) Senior Service Manager
5 1 (2.632%) Senior Manager
5 1 (2.632%) Server Support
5 1 (2.632%) IT Manager
Miscellaneous
1 5 (13.16%) Video Conferencing
2 3 (7.895%) Replication
3 1 (2.632%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 38 (100.00%) Windows
2 25 (65.79%) Windows Server 2003
3 17 (44.74%) Windows 2000
4 7 (18.42%) Windows Server 2012
5 4 (10.53%) Windows 7
5 4 (10.53%) Windows 8
6 1 (2.632%) Windows Mobile
6 1 (2.632%) Android
6 1 (2.632%) Windows XP
6 1 (2.632%) Linux
6 1 (2.632%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (52.63%) ITIL
2 17 (44.74%) Incident Management
3 2 (5.263%) Change Management
4 1 (2.632%) Performance Management
4 1 (2.632%) Capacity Management
4 1 (2.632%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (5.263%) VB
1 2 (5.263%) VB.NET
1 2 (5.263%) VB6
2 1 (2.632%) PowerShell
2 1 (2.632%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (15.79%) MCSE
1 6 (15.79%) MCSA
1 6 (15.79%) Microsoft Certification
2 5 (13.16%) MCITP
3 1 (2.632%) Degree
3 1 (2.632%) ITIL Certification
3 1 (2.632%) CCNA
3 1 (2.632%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.632%) SLA
System Software
1 34 (89.47%) Active Directory
2 6 (15.79%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (10.53%) Hyper-V
4 2 (5.263%) ISA Server
5 1 (2.632%) VMware ESX
5 1 (2.632%) VMware Workstation
5 1 (2.632%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 1 (2.632%) XenApp
5 1 (2.632%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (2.632%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 3 (7.895%) WSUS
2 2 (5.263%) SCCM
2 2 (5.263%) Norton AntiVirus
2 2 (5.263%) NetBackup
2 2 (5.263%) Backup Exec
3 1 (2.632%) SCOM
Vendors
1 32 (84.21%) Microsoft
2 9 (23.68%) VMware
3 6 (15.79%) Cisco
4 5 (13.16%) Dialogic
5 4 (10.53%) Dell
6 3 (7.895%) Avaya
7 2 (5.263%) Veritas
7 2 (5.263%) Symantec
8 1 (2.632%) Kaspersky
8 1 (2.632%) Veeam
8 1 (2.632%) Apple
8 1 (2.632%) NetApp
8 1 (2.632%) Citrix
8 1 (2.632%) HP
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Royal College of Nursing
Salary: £34,590 per annum
Posted: 18 May 2013
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Responsible for the staffing and smooth running of the IT service desk, you will mentor the IT Support Analysts in service delivery best practice and assist with on-...
Consumer Futures
Salary: £33,000 per annum
Posted: 18 May 2013
Cardiff, South Glamorgan
Essential requirements include: MS Windows Server 2003 (MCSE or MCSA certification or equivalent demonstrable experience) MS Windows Server 2008 (MCITP certification or equivalent demonstrable experience ) Network infrastructure configuration...
Consumer Futures
Salary: £33,000 per annum
Posted: 13 May 2013