The first table below looks at the demand for Windows Server 2003 skills in IT jobs advertised for the Cheshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Windows Server 2003 over the 3 months to 21 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 Cheshire region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows Server 2003
Rank 48 50 58
Rank change year-on-year
+2 +8
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 2003 77 85 60
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheshire 4.271% 4.339% 3.667%
As % of the Operating Systems category 14.03% 14.26% 12.71%
Number of salaries quoted 61 81 47
Average salary £37,500 £32,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+15.38% -7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £20,000 £21,500
10% offered a salary of more than £80,000 £41,900 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year
- +7.69%
All Operating Systems
Cheshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
549 596 472
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheshire 30.45% 30.42% 28.85%
Number of salaries quoted 442 536 393
Average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,000 £23,000 £21,500
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £50,000 £47,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Windows Server 2003
North West

Windows Server 2003
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Windows Server 2003 across the Cheshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

Cheshire Windows Server 2003 Jobs Demand Trend

Windows Server 2003
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Windows Server 2003 across the Cheshire region.

Cheshire Windows Server 2003 Salary Trend

Windows Server 2003
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Windows Server 2003 across the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Cheshire Windows Server 2003 Salary Histogram

Windows Server 2003
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Windows Server 2003 within the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 21 May 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
Macclesfield +10 21 £25,000 -13.04%
Warrington +20 13 £25,000 -23.07%
Chester -12 5 £28,750 -5.73%
Runcorn +1 3 £25,000 -23.07%
Northwich -9 3 £25,000 +1.01%
Nantwich +1 2 £37,500 -
Crewe -11 1 £25,000 -28.57%
Lymm - 1 £30,000 -
Windows Server 2003
North West

Windows Server 2003
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cheshire region citing Windows Server 2003 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 2003.

1 125 (100.00%) Windows
2 109 (87.20%) Windows Server 2008
3 79 (63.20%) Microsoft
4 78 (62.40%) MS Exchange
5 75 (60.00%) Active Directory
6 50 (40.00%) Exchange Server 2010
7 47 (37.60%) SQL Server
8 46 (36.80%) VMware
9 41 (32.80%) MS Excel
9 41 (32.80%) Exchange Server 2003
10 39 (31.20%) SharePoint
11 37 (29.60%) Citrix
11 37 (29.60%) Microsoft Certification
12 35 (28.00%) Exchange Server 2007
13 34 (27.20%) SAN
14 32 (25.60%) NetApp
15 31 (24.80%) Cisco
15 31 (24.80%) ITIL
16 28 (22.40%) HP
17 27 (21.60%) Windows XP
18 26 (20.80%) Windows 7
19 25 (20.00%) LAN
19 25 (20.00%) Linux
20 24 (19.20%) MCP
20 24 (19.20%) WAN
21 22 (17.60%) TCP/IP
21 22 (17.60%) MCSE
21 22 (17.60%) vSphere
21 22 (17.60%) Lync
22 21 (16.80%) VMware Infrastructure

Windows Server 2003
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cheshire region citing Windows Server 2003 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 2003. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 10 (8.000%) .NET
1 10 (8.000%) ASP.NET
2 9 (7.200%) HTML
3 5 (4.000%) soapUI
4 1 (0.800%) CSS
4 1 (0.800%) HTML5
4 1 (0.800%) CSS3
Application Platforms
1 78 (62.40%) MS Exchange
2 50 (40.00%) Exchange Server 2010
3 41 (32.80%) Exchange Server 2003
4 39 (31.20%) SharePoint
5 35 (28.00%) Exchange Server 2007
6 22 (17.60%) Lync
7 18 (14.40%) IIS
8 11 (8.800%) Office Communications Server
8 11 (8.800%) SharePoint 2010
9 10 (8.000%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
10 9 (7.200%) SharePoint Server
11 1 (0.800%) Zimbra
11 1 (0.800%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 41 (32.80%) MS Excel
2 14 (11.20%) MS Office
3 7 (5.600%) Office 365
4 3 (2.400%) AutoCAD
4 3 (2.400%) MS Project
Communications & Networking
1 34 (27.20%) SAN
2 25 (20.00%) LAN
3 24 (19.20%) WAN
4 22 (17.60%) TCP/IP
5 19 (15.20%) Firewall
6 18 (14.40%) DNS
7 15 (12.00%) VPN
7 15 (12.00%) VoIP
8 13 (10.40%) DHCP
9 7 (5.600%) Wireless
9 7 (5.600%) NAS
10 5 (4.000%) WLAN
11 4 (3.200%) PBX
12 2 (1.600%) DMVPN
12 2 (1.600%) Internet
12 2 (1.600%) Wi-Fi
13 1 (0.800%) Intranet
13 1 (0.800%) HTTP
13 1 (0.800%) ADSL
13 1 (0.800%) iSCSI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 47 (37.60%) SQL Server
2 19 (15.20%) SQL Server 2008
3 15 (12.00%) SQL Server 2005
4 11 (8.800%) OLTP
5 5 (4.000%) Oracle 10g
5 5 (4.000%) Oracle 8/8i
5 5 (4.000%) Oracle 11g
6 4 (3.200%) Data Warehouse
7 3 (2.400%) SQL Server 2000
7 3 (2.400%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 3 (2.400%) SQL Server 2012
8 1 (0.800%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 1 (0.800%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 9 (7.200%) Team Foundation Server
2 5 (4.000%) Visual Studio
General
1 16 (12.80%) Finance
2 6 (4.800%) Telecoms
3 4 (3.200%) Retail
4 2 (1.600%) Financial Institution
5 1 (0.800%) Back Office
5 1 (0.800%) Banking
Job Titles
1 22 (17.60%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 18 (14.40%) Analyst
3 17 (13.60%) Support Engineer
4 12 (9.600%) IT Support
5 11 (8.800%) Server Engineer
5 11 (8.800%) Senior Server Engineer
6 10 (8.000%) Delivery Manager
6 10 (8.000%) Support Analyst
6 10 (8.000%) Services Delivery Manager
6 10 (8.000%) Service Manager
7 9 (7.200%) Infrastructure Analyst
7 9 (7.200%) Consultant
8 8 (6.400%) Systems Engineer
8 8 (6.400%) Technical Support
8 8 (6.400%) Tester
8 8 (6.400%) Senior Analyst
8 8 (6.400%) 2nd Line Support
9 7 (5.600%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
9 7 (5.600%) IT Support Engineer
10 6 (4.800%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 12 (9.600%) Blackberry
2 9 (7.200%) Computer Science
3 7 (5.600%) Enterprise Storage
4 5 (4.000%) Client/Server
5 4 (3.200%) Fat Client
5 4 (3.200%) Thin Client
5 4 (3.200%) Clustering
6 3 (2.400%) Replication
6 3 (2.400%) iPad
7 2 (1.600%) Statistics
7 2 (1.600%) Mathematics
7 2 (1.600%) Cloud Computing
8 1 (0.800%) CLARiiON
8 1 (0.800%) Symmetrix
8 1 (0.800%) EqualLogic
8 1 (0.800%) Symmetrix DMX
8 1 (0.800%) Celerra
8 1 (0.800%) iPhone
8 1 (0.800%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 125 (100.00%) Windows
2 109 (87.20%) Windows Server 2008
3 27 (21.60%) Windows XP
4 26 (20.80%) Windows 7
5 25 (20.00%) Linux
6 16 (12.80%) Windows Server 2012
7 11 (8.800%) UNIX
8 5 (4.000%) Windows 2000
8 5 (4.000%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 5 (4.000%) Windows 2000 Server
8 5 (4.000%) Windows Vista
9 4 (3.200%) Windows NT
10 1 (0.800%) SUSE
10 1 (0.800%) Solaris
10 1 (0.800%) CentOS
10 1 (0.800%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (24.80%) ITIL
2 13 (10.40%) Network Management
3 10 (8.000%) Root Cause Analysis
3 10 (8.000%) Service Delivery
4 9 (7.200%) Service Management
4 9 (7.200%) Migration
4 9 (7.200%) Software Testing
4 9 (7.200%) Business Development
5 8 (6.400%) Performance Management
5 8 (6.400%) Capacity Management
6 7 (5.600%) Change Control
7 5 (4.000%) Project Management
7 5 (4.000%) Disaster Recovery
8 4 (3.200%) Web Testing
8 4 (3.200%) System Testing
8 4 (3.200%) PRINCE2
8 4 (3.200%) Change Management
8 4 (3.200%) Risk Management
9 3 (2.400%) Business Continuity
9 3 (2.400%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 16 (12.80%) SQL
2 12 (9.600%) PowerShell
2 12 (9.600%) VBScript
3 10 (8.000%) C#
3 10 (8.000%) JavaScript
4 9 (7.200%) VB.NET
5 2 (1.600%) C
Qualifications
1 37 (29.60%) Microsoft Certification
2 24 (19.20%) MCP
3 22 (17.60%) MCSE
4 21 (16.80%) ITIL Certification
5 18 (14.40%) MCITP
6 13 (10.40%) MCTS
6 13 (10.40%) Degree
7 9 (7.200%) ISEB
8 7 (5.600%) MCSA
8 7 (5.600%) Security Cleared
9 6 (4.800%) Cisco Certification
9 6 (4.800%) CCNA
10 5 (4.000%) SC Cleared
11 4 (3.200%) HP APS
12 3 (2.400%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 1 (0.800%) CISSP
13 1 (0.800%) CCA
13 1 (0.800%) Citrix Certification
13 1 (0.800%) EMC Certification
13 1 (0.800%) CCNP
System Software
1 75 (60.00%) Active Directory
2 22 (17.60%) vSphere
3 21 (16.80%) VMware Infrastructure
4 13 (10.40%) XenApp
5 10 (8.000%) ISA Server
6 7 (5.600%) VMware ESX
6 7 (5.600%) Hyper-V
7 4 (3.200%) VMware ESXi
7 4 (3.200%) XenDesktop
8 3 (2.400%) Terminal Server
9 2 (1.600%) Citrix Presentation Server
9 2 (1.600%) VMware Server
9 2 (1.600%) MetaFrame
10 1 (0.800%) Forefront TMG
10 1 (0.800%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 20 (16.00%) SCCM
2 7 (5.600%) SCOM
2 7 (5.600%) SolarWinds Orion
3 3 (2.400%) Backup Exec
4 2 (1.600%) Norton AntiVirus
4 2 (1.600%) Nagios
5 1 (0.800%) NetBackup
5 1 (0.800%) MOM
5 1 (0.800%) OpenView Configuration Management
5 1 (0.800%) SCVMM
5 1 (0.800%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 79 (63.20%) Microsoft
2 46 (36.80%) VMware
3 37 (29.60%) Citrix
4 32 (25.60%) NetApp
5 31 (24.80%) Cisco
6 28 (22.40%) HP
7 13 (10.40%) EMC
8 11 (8.800%) SolarWinds
9 8 (6.400%) FrontRange
10 6 (4.800%) Oracle
10 6 (4.800%) AppSense
11 5 (4.000%) Red Hat
12 4 (3.200%) Fujitsu
12 4 (3.200%) Mitel
12 4 (3.200%) ProCurve
12 4 (3.200%) WatchGuard
12 4 (3.200%) IBM
12 4 (3.200%) Dell
13 3 (2.400%) Sophos
14 2 (1.600%) SonicWALL
Wilmslow, Cheshire
Service Delivery Manager - Wilmslow, Macclesfield, Knutsford - Windows, Server, Citrix, ITIL - £30,000 - £40,000... To be successful for the role you must be a Service Delivery Manager with...
Oscar Associates (UK) Ltd
Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013
Chester, Cheshire
IT Support - £22k basic + benefits package, Chester, Windows Server 2003/2008, Active Directory, Backup Exec 2010, Office 2010. IIS, Routers... System administration Servers (administration and maintenance, backup/restore)...
PNG Recruitment Solutions
Salary: £22,000 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013
Chester, North West
Chester £15-18K Basic + £4K Car or Car allowance + Benefits Leading manufacturer requires experienced Windows Desk Top/Server Technicians (1st line moving to 2nd) to join established team...
Applause IT Ltd
Salary: £18000 - £22000 per annum + Includes Car/Allowance+bens
Posted: 24 April 2013
Macclesfield, North West
Own Change Control process for Infrastructure Services in the UKJob Qualifications:Solid technical experience of server technologies which should include the following:*Windows 2003 / 2008 Server (Windows Server...
Adria Solutions Ltd
Salary: Benefits
Posted: 3 May 2013
Chester, North West
An expert level Database Administrator is required to join and lead a large production support team, for my household name client in Chester.
Computer Futures
Salary: £50000 - £60000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
Macclesfield, North West
Our client based near Macclesfield, Cheshire is currently looking for an .NET Developer with software testing experience... Implementing software change requests and undertaking software testing, this person will...
Adria Solutions Ltd
Salary: £20000 - £30000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 11 May 2013
Macclesfield, Cheshire
Our client based near Macclesfield, Cheshire is currently looking for an .NET Developer with software testing experience... Knowledge: Preferably a graduate with a background in software development or...
Adria Solutions Ltd
Salary: £20000 - £30000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013