The first table below looks at the demand for Windows Server 2008 skills in IT jobs advertised for the Crewe region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Windows Server 2008 over the 3 months to 24 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 Crewe region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows Server 2008
Rank 38 29 31
Rank change year-on-year
-9 +2
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 2008 1 14 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Crewe 0.685% 5.622% 0.565%
As % of the Operating Systems category 2.083% 31.11% 4.762%
Number of salaries quoted 1 14 1
Average salary £25,000 £35,000 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-28.57% -22.22%
UK excluding London average salary £36,000 £35,000 £34,000
% change year-on-year
+2.85% +2.94%
All Operating Systems
Crewe
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
48 45 21
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Crewe 32.88% 18.07% 11.86%
Number of salaries quoted 36 28 11
Average salary £47,500 £35,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+35.71% -
90% offered a salary of more than £21,000 £32,500 £32,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £45,000 £44,600
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Windows Server 2008
Cheshire

Windows Server 2008
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Crewe 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 Crewe region.

Crewe Windows Server 2008 Salary Trend

Windows Server 2008
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Crewe 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 4 (100.00%) MS Excel
1 4 (100.00%) Windows XP
1 4 (100.00%) Windows
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 4 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 4 (100.00%) Windows Server 2003
2 2 (50.00%) MS Exchange
2 2 (50.00%) MS Office
2 2 (50.00%) Telecoms
2 2 (50.00%) Finance
2 2 (50.00%) Windows 2000
2 2 (50.00%) Terminal Server
2 2 (50.00%) Windows 7
2 2 (50.00%) vSphere
3 1 (25.00%) Exchange Server 2003
3 1 (25.00%) Windows Vista
3 1 (25.00%) Exchange Server 2007
3 1 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (25.00%) SQL Server 2008
3 1 (25.00%) VMware
3 1 (25.00%) Backup Exec
3 1 (25.00%) Firewall
3 1 (25.00%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (25.00%) ITIL
3 1 (25.00%) SQL Server
3 1 (25.00%) IIS
3 1 (25.00%) LAN
3 1 (25.00%) WAN
3 1 (25.00%) Cisco
3 1 (25.00%) Internet

Windows Server 2008
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Crewe 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 2 (50.00%) MS Exchange
2 1 (25.00%) Exchange Server 2003
2 1 (25.00%) Exchange Server 2007
2 1 (25.00%) IIS
Applications
1 4 (100.00%) MS Excel
2 2 (50.00%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) Firewall
1 1 (25.00%) Wi-Fi
1 1 (25.00%) LAN
1 1 (25.00%) WAN
1 1 (25.00%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) SQL Server 2008
1 1 (25.00%) SQL Server
General
1 2 (50.00%) Telecoms
1 2 (50.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Analyst
1 2 (50.00%) Support Analyst
1 2 (50.00%) Support Engineer
1 2 (50.00%) Senior Support Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Desktop Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) 1st Line Support Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Desktop Support Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Help Desk Support
2 1 (25.00%) Help Desk Support Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure Support Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) 2nd Line Support
2 1 (25.00%) Help Desk Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) 1st Line Support
2 1 (25.00%) Desktop Support
Operating Systems
1 4 (100.00%) Windows XP
1 4 (100.00%) Windows
1 4 (100.00%) Windows Server 2003
2 2 (50.00%) Windows 2000
2 2 (50.00%) Windows 7
3 1 (25.00%) Windows Vista
3 1 (25.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (25.00%) ITIL
System Software
1 4 (100.00%) Active Directory
2 2 (50.00%) Terminal Server
2 2 (50.00%) vSphere
3 1 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) Backup Exec
1 1 (25.00%) Nagios
1 1 (25.00%) Norton AntiVirus
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (25.00%) VMware
2 1 (25.00%) Cisco
2 1 (25.00%) Symantec
2 1 (25.00%) Citrix