The first table below looks at the demand for Windows Server 2008 skills in IT jobs advertised for the Croydon region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Windows Server 2008 over the 3 months to 22 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 Croydon region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows Server 2008
Rank 16 36 22
Rank change year-on-year
+20 -14
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 2008 25 14 22
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Croydon 8.591% 4.094% 7.857%
As % of the Operating Systems category 22.52% 15.91% 31.88%
Number of salaries quoted 23 13 22
Average salary £43,000 £32,500 £34,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
+32.30% -6.47%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,700 £26,300 £31,500
10% offered a salary of more than £59,500 £34,800 £67,000
UK excluding London average salary £35,500 £35,000 £34,000
% change year-on-year
+1.42% +2.94%
All Operating Systems
Croydon
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
111 88 69
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Croydon 38.14% 25.73% 24.64%
Number of salaries quoted 98 84 64
Average salary £41,500 £39,000 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.41% -13.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £26,500 £25,600
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £66,500 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Windows Server 2008
London

Windows Server 2008
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Croydon 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 Croydon region.

Croydon 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 Croydon region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Croydon Windows Server 2008 Salary Histogram

Windows Server 2008
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Croydon 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 47 (100.00%) Windows
2 24 (51.06%) VMware
3 21 (44.68%) Windows Server 2003
4 20 (42.55%) Microsoft
4 20 (42.55%) MS Exchange
5 19 (40.43%) Active Directory
6 18 (38.30%) DNS
6 18 (38.30%) SQL Server
7 16 (34.04%) MCITP
8 14 (29.79%) Firewall
8 14 (29.79%) Exchange Server 2010
9 13 (27.66%) Exchange Server 2003
9 13 (27.66%) Hyper-V
10 12 (25.53%) TCP/IP
10 12 (25.53%) Windows XP
11 11 (23.40%) Cisco
11 11 (23.40%) Finance
11 11 (23.40%) SQL Server 2008
11 11 (23.40%) VMware Infrastructure
12 10 (21.28%) vSphere
12 10 (21.28%) SQL
12 10 (21.28%) MS Excel
13 9 (19.15%) MS Office
14 8 (17.02%) Microsoft Certification
14 8 (17.02%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 8 (17.02%) Exchange Server 2007
15 7 (14.89%) PowerShell
15 7 (14.89%) Windows 7
15 7 (14.89%) MCTS
15 7 (14.89%) VPN

Windows Server 2008
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Croydon 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 7 (14.89%) .NET
2 2 (4.255%) .NET Framework
3 1 (2.128%) Application Packaging
3 1 (2.128%) WPF
3 1 (2.128%) WinForms
3 1 (2.128%) ASP.NET
3 1 (2.128%) COM
3 1 (2.128%) XML
Application Platforms
1 20 (42.55%) MS Exchange
2 14 (29.79%) Exchange Server 2010
3 13 (27.66%) Exchange Server 2003
4 8 (17.02%) Exchange Server 2007
5 7 (14.89%) IIS
6 4 (8.511%) Lync
7 3 (6.383%) Exchange Server 2013
7 3 (6.383%) Office Communications Server
7 3 (6.383%) SharePoint
8 2 (4.255%) Lotus Domino
9 1 (2.128%) SharePoint 2010
9 1 (2.128%) SharePoint Server
9 1 (2.128%) CMS
9 1 (2.128%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
9 1 (2.128%) Lotus Notes
Applications
1 10 (21.28%) MS Excel
2 9 (19.15%) MS Office
3 4 (8.511%) Office 365
4 1 (2.128%) Photoshop
Communications & Networking
1 18 (38.30%) DNS
2 14 (29.79%) Firewall
3 12 (25.53%) TCP/IP
4 7 (14.89%) VPN
5 6 (12.77%) SMTP
5 6 (12.77%) DHCP
6 5 (10.64%) SAN
7 3 (6.383%) VLAN
8 2 (4.255%) LAN
8 2 (4.255%) WAN
8 2 (4.255%) FTP
8 2 (4.255%) BGP
8 2 (4.255%) MPLS
8 2 (4.255%) OSPF
8 2 (4.255%) Unified Communications
9 1 (2.128%) Network Security
9 1 (2.128%) IPsec
9 1 (2.128%) DMZ
9 1 (2.128%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (38.30%) SQL Server
2 11 (23.40%) SQL Server 2008
3 1 (2.128%) SQL Server 2000
Development Applications
1 2 (4.255%) MSI
2 1 (2.128%) MSBuild
2 1 (2.128%) TeamCity
2 1 (2.128%) AdminStudio
2 1 (2.128%) Visual Studio
General
1 11 (23.40%) Finance
2 6 (12.77%) Retail
3 2 (4.255%) Law
4 1 (2.128%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 7 (14.89%) Consultant
2 6 (12.77%) Technical Consultant
2 6 (12.77%) IT Services Manager
2 6 (12.77%) Service Manager
3 4 (8.511%) IT Manager
3 4 (8.511%) Senior Consultant
4 3 (6.383%) IT Support
4 3 (6.383%) Analyst
4 3 (6.383%) Systems Engineer
4 3 (6.383%) Support Manager
4 3 (6.383%) Senior Technical Consultant
5 2 (4.255%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
5 2 (4.255%) Citrix Engineer
5 2 (4.255%) IT Support Engineer
5 2 (4.255%) Service Desk Analyst
5 2 (4.255%) Desktop Support
5 2 (4.255%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 2 (4.255%) Service Analyst
5 2 (4.255%) Support Engineer
5 2 (4.255%) 3rd Line Support
Miscellaneous
1 1 (2.128%) Enterprise Software
1 1 (2.128%) SaaS
1 1 (2.128%) Celerra
1 1 (2.128%) Mathematics
1 1 (2.128%) Computer Science
1 1 (2.128%) Video Conferencing
1 1 (2.128%) CLARiiON
1 1 (2.128%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 47 (100.00%) Windows
2 21 (44.68%) Windows Server 2003
3 12 (25.53%) Windows XP
4 7 (14.89%) Windows 7
5 4 (8.511%) Windows 2000
6 3 (6.383%) Windows 2000 Server
6 3 (6.383%) Linux
6 3 (6.383%) UNIX
7 2 (4.255%) Windows 8
7 2 (4.255%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (2.128%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (2.128%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (10.64%) Migration
1 5 (10.64%) ITIL
2 2 (4.255%) Strategic Planning
2 2 (4.255%) Identity Management
2 2 (4.255%) Network Architecture
3 1 (2.128%) MVVM
3 1 (2.128%) Digital Marketing
3 1 (2.128%) Time Management
3 1 (2.128%) Network Load Balancing
3 1 (2.128%) Quality Management
3 1 (2.128%) Agile Software Development
3 1 (2.128%) E-Commerce
3 1 (2.128%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 10 (21.28%) SQL
2 7 (14.89%) PowerShell
3 6 (12.77%) C#
4 1 (2.128%) VB
4 1 (2.128%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 16 (34.04%) MCITP
2 8 (17.02%) Microsoft Certification
2 8 (17.02%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
3 7 (14.89%) MCTS
4 5 (10.64%) MCSE
5 4 (8.511%) Cisco Certification
6 3 (6.383%) CCEE
6 3 (6.383%) CCAA
6 3 (6.383%) Degree
6 3 (6.383%) MCDST
6 3 (6.383%) Citrix Certification
7 2 (4.255%) CCNP
7 2 (4.255%) CCNA
7 2 (4.255%) CCDA
7 2 (4.255%) CCDE
7 2 (4.255%) CCIA
8 1 (2.128%) VCP5
8 1 (2.128%) VCP4
8 1 (2.128%) Security Cleared
8 1 (2.128%) HP AIS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.128%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 19 (40.43%) Active Directory
2 13 (27.66%) Hyper-V
3 11 (23.40%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (21.28%) vSphere
5 3 (6.383%) XenApp
6 2 (4.255%) XenServer
6 2 (4.255%) XenDesktop
6 2 (4.255%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (2.128%) VMware Server
7 1 (2.128%) VMware ESX
7 1 (2.128%) Oracle RMAN
Systems Management
1 6 (12.77%) SCCM
2 5 (10.64%) Backup Exec
3 3 (6.383%) SCOM
3 3 (6.383%) SCVMM
3 3 (6.383%) Norton AntiVirus
4 2 (4.255%) NetBackup
5 1 (2.128%) Nagios
Vendors
1 24 (51.06%) VMware
2 20 (42.55%) Microsoft
3 11 (23.40%) Cisco
4 6 (12.77%) Citrix
5 5 (10.64%) Symantec
6 4 (8.511%) HP
7 3 (6.383%) Adobe
7 3 (6.383%) CheckPoint
7 3 (6.383%) Sophos
8 2 (4.255%) Apple
8 2 (4.255%) NetApp
8 2 (4.255%) Dell
8 2 (4.255%) Mitel
9 1 (2.128%) 3PAR
9 1 (2.128%) Veeam
9 1 (2.128%) EMC
9 1 (2.128%) Lotus
9 1 (2.128%) Red Hat
9 1 (2.128%) Juniper
9 1 (2.128%) Oracle
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You will be the final point of contact for any escalations so must have excellent product knowledge and skills in *Citrix or VMware *Windows Server 2008 *Exchange *Active...
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Salary: £40000 - £50000 per annum
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