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

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows Server 2008
Rank 34 32 29
Rank change year-on-year
-2 -3
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 2008 11 7 8
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in County Antrim 4.453% 3.349% 4.082%
As % of the Operating Systems category 13.92% 11.67% 12.12%
Number of salaries quoted 9 7 1
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £29,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +18.64%
UK excluding London average salary £36,000 £35,000 £34,000
% change year-on-year
+2.85% +2.94%
All Operating Systems
County Antrim
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
79 60 66
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in County Antrim 31.98% 28.71% 33.67%
Number of salaries quoted 45 38 36
Average salary £35,000 £32,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.69% -7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £28,650 £16,600 £29,500
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £45,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Windows Server 2008
Northern Ireland

Windows Server 2008
Jobs Demand Trend

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

County Antrim 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 County Antrim region.

County Antrim 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 County Antrim region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

County Antrim 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 County Antrim region over the 3 months to 17 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
Belfast -2 11 £35,000 -
Windows Server 2008
Northern Ireland

Windows Server 2008
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the County Antrim 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 14 (100.00%) Windows
2 10 (71.43%) Microsoft
3 9 (64.29%) Windows Server 2003
3 9 (64.29%) VMware
3 9 (64.29%) Degree
3 9 (64.29%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (57.14%) vSphere
4 8 (57.14%) Computer Science
4 8 (57.14%) Network Security
4 8 (57.14%) SAN
4 8 (57.14%) SharePoint
4 8 (57.14%) SQL
4 8 (57.14%) Oracle
5 5 (35.71%) MS Excel
5 5 (35.71%) Active Directory
5 5 (35.71%) HP
5 5 (35.71%) Citrix
6 4 (28.57%) Disaster Recovery
6 4 (28.57%) EMC
6 4 (28.57%) LAN
6 4 (28.57%) WAN
6 4 (28.57%) IIS
6 4 (28.57%) MS Office
6 4 (28.57%) SQL Server
6 4 (28.57%) SC Cleared
6 4 (28.57%) Security Cleared
6 4 (28.57%) SQL Server 2005
6 4 (28.57%) Enterprise Architecture
6 4 (28.57%) Oracle 11g
6 4 (28.57%) EqualLogic

Windows Server 2008
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the County Antrim 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 1 (7.143%) COM
Application Platforms
1 8 (57.14%) SharePoint
2 4 (28.57%) Lync
2 4 (28.57%) IIS
Applications
1 5 (35.71%) MS Excel
2 4 (28.57%) Office 365
2 4 (28.57%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 8 (57.14%) SAN
1 8 (57.14%) Network Security
2 4 (28.57%) LAN
2 4 (28.57%) WAN
3 1 (7.143%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (28.57%) SQL Server
1 4 (28.57%) SQL Server 2005
1 4 (28.57%) Oracle 11g
2 2 (14.29%) GIS
Job Titles
1 4 (28.57%) Developer
1 4 (28.57%) Analyst
1 4 (28.57%) Technical Design Authority
2 1 (7.143%) Systems Administrator
2 1 (7.143%) Administrator
2 1 (7.143%) Technical Analyst
2 1 (7.143%) Windows Administrator
2 1 (7.143%) Windows Systems Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 8 (57.14%) Computer Science
2 4 (28.57%) EqualLogic
3 1 (7.143%) Fat Client
3 1 (7.143%) Thin Client
3 1 (7.143%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 14 (100.00%) Windows
2 9 (64.29%) Windows Server 2003
3 4 (28.57%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (28.57%) Disaster Recovery
1 4 (28.57%) Validation
1 4 (28.57%) Enterprise Architecture
Programming Languages
1 8 (57.14%) SQL
Qualifications
1 9 (64.29%) Degree
2 4 (28.57%) SC Cleared
2 4 (28.57%) Security Cleared
3 1 (7.143%) Citrix Certification
3 1 (7.143%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 9 (64.29%) VMware Infrastructure
2 8 (57.14%) vSphere
3 5 (35.71%) Active Directory
4 4 (28.57%) Hyper-V
4 4 (28.57%) XenServer
4 4 (28.57%) XenDesktop
Vendors
1 10 (71.43%) Microsoft
2 9 (64.29%) VMware
3 8 (57.14%) Oracle
4 5 (35.71%) HP
4 5 (35.71%) Citrix
5 4 (28.57%) 3PAR
5 4 (28.57%) EMC
6 2 (14.29%) Business Objects
6 2 (14.29%) ESRI