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

Location
3 months to
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows Server 2008
Rank 24 23 21
Rank change year-on-year
-1 -2
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 2008 9 1 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cirencester 7.317% 1.149% 2.632%
As % of the Operating Systems category 81.82% 6.250% 20.00%
Number of salaries quoted 9 0 3
Average salary £37,500 - £24,500
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 - £24,100
10% offered a salary of more than £38,500 - £26,900
UK excluding London average salary £35,500 £35,000 £34,000
% change year-on-year
+1.42% +2.94%
All Operating Systems
Cirencester
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
11 16 15
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cirencester 8.943% 18.39% 13.16%
Number of salaries quoted 11 10 15
Average salary £35,000 £31,500 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+11.11% -30.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £24,800 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £40,300 £45,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Windows Server 2008
Gloucestershire

Windows Server 2008
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cirencester 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 Cirencester region.

Cirencester Windows Server 2008 Salary Trend

Windows Server 2008
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Cirencester 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 19 (100.00%) Windows
2 15 (78.95%) Microsoft
3 8 (42.11%) TCP/IP
3 8 (42.11%) VPN
3 8 (42.11%) IIS
3 8 (42.11%) Citrix
3 8 (42.11%) Firewall
3 8 (42.11%) Microsoft App-V
4 7 (36.84%) BizTalk Server
4 7 (36.84%) Billing
4 7 (36.84%) Software Testing
4 7 (36.84%) ISTQB
4 7 (36.84%) QA
4 7 (36.84%) Test Scripting
4 7 (36.84%) ISEB
4 7 (36.84%) CRM
4 7 (36.84%) SharePoint
4 7 (36.84%) Waterfall
5 4 (21.05%) Windows Server 2003
5 4 (21.05%) Automotive
5 4 (21.05%) VMware
5 4 (21.05%) Hyper-V
5 4 (21.05%) SQL
5 4 (21.05%) SQL Server
5 4 (21.05%) Windows XP
5 4 (21.05%) LAN
5 4 (21.05%) WAN
5 4 (21.05%) Active Directory
5 4 (21.05%) Windows 7
6 3 (15.79%) iPad

Windows Server 2008
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Cirencester 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 8 (42.11%) IIS
2 7 (36.84%) SharePoint
2 7 (36.84%) BizTalk Server
Communications & Networking
1 8 (42.11%) TCP/IP
1 8 (42.11%) VPN
1 8 (42.11%) Firewall
2 4 (21.05%) LAN
2 4 (21.05%) WAN
3 3 (15.79%) NetScaler
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (21.05%) SQL Server
General
1 7 (36.84%) Billing
2 4 (21.05%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 7 (36.84%) Test Leader
2 5 (26.32%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 2 (10.53%) Consultant
3 2 (10.53%) Infrastructure Consultant
4 1 (5.263%) Infrastructure Specialist
4 1 (5.263%) Virtualisation Specialist
4 1 (5.263%) Operations Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 3 (15.79%) Client/Server
1 3 (15.79%) iPad
Operating Systems
1 19 (100.00%) Windows
2 4 (21.05%) Windows XP
2 4 (21.05%) Windows Server 2003
2 4 (21.05%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (36.84%) CRM
1 7 (36.84%) Software Testing
1 7 (36.84%) Test Scripting
1 7 (36.84%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 4 (21.05%) SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (36.84%) ISEB
1 7 (36.84%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (36.84%) QA
System Software
1 8 (42.11%) Microsoft App-V
2 4 (21.05%) Hyper-V
2 4 (21.05%) Active Directory
3 3 (15.79%) XenApp
3 3 (15.79%) XenDesktop
Vendors
1 15 (78.95%) Microsoft
2 8 (42.11%) Citrix
3 4 (21.05%) VMware
4 3 (15.79%) Apple