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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows Server 2008
Rank - - 12
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 2008 0 0 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Dudley - - 2.941%
As % of the Operating Systems category - - 14.29%
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 1
Average salary - - £20,500
UK excluding London average salary £36,000 £35,000 £34,000
% change year-on-year
+2.85% +2.94%
All Operating Systems
Dudley
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
9 14 7
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Dudley 23.08% 24.14% 20.59%
Number of salaries quoted 9 14 7
Average salary £18,750 £20,000 £20,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.25% -2.43%
90% offered a salary of more than £18,000 £20,000 £17,000
10% offered a salary of more than £33,500 £30,000 £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Windows Server 2008
West Midlands

Windows Server 2008
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Dudley 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 Dudley region.

Dudley 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 Dudley 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 3 (100.00%) SQL
1 3 (100.00%) .NET
1 3 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 3 (100.00%) IIS
1 3 (100.00%) C#
1 3 (100.00%) ASP.NET
1 3 (100.00%) XML
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
1 3 (100.00%) Windows Server 2003
2 2 (66.67%) Intranet
2 2 (66.67%) Exchange Server 2010
2 2 (66.67%) SCCM
2 2 (66.67%) SCOM
2 2 (66.67%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (66.67%) SQL Server 2008
2 2 (66.67%) SharePoint 2010
2 2 (66.67%) Workflow
2 2 (66.67%) VMware
2 2 (66.67%) VMware ESX
2 2 (66.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 2 (66.67%) InfoPath
2 2 (66.67%) SQL Server 2005
2 2 (66.67%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (66.67%) WMI
2 2 (66.67%) SharePoint Server
2 2 (66.67%) MDX
2 2 (66.67%) Silverlight
2 2 (66.67%) Exchange Server 2007
2 2 (66.67%) CRM
2 2 (66.67%) SharePoint

Windows Server 2008
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Dudley 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 3 (100.00%) .NET
1 3 (100.00%) ASP.NET
1 3 (100.00%) XML
2 2 (66.67%) MDX
2 2 (66.67%) Silverlight
2 2 (66.67%) CSS
2 2 (66.67%) HTML
3 1 (33.33%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 3 (100.00%) IIS
2 2 (66.67%) Exchange Server 2010
2 2 (66.67%) SharePoint 2010
2 2 (66.67%) SharePoint Server
2 2 (66.67%) Exchange Server 2007
2 2 (66.67%) SharePoint
2 2 (66.67%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 2 (66.67%) InfoPath
1 2 (66.67%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 2 (66.67%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 2 (66.67%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 2 (66.67%) SQL Server 2008
2 2 (66.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 2 (66.67%) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications
1 2 (66.67%) Visual Studio
General
1 1 (33.33%) Banking
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Developer
2 2 (66.67%) Senior SharePoint Developer
2 2 (66.67%) Senior Developer
2 2 (66.67%) SharePoint Developer
3 1 (33.33%) C# Software Developer
3 1 (33.33%) .NET Developer
3 1 (33.33%) C# Developer
3 1 (33.33%) SQL Developer
3 1 (33.33%) SQL Server Developer
3 1 (33.33%) C# .NET Developer
3 1 (33.33%) .NET Software Developer
3 1 (33.33%) Software Developer
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
1 3 (100.00%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Workflow
1 2 (66.67%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) SQL
1 3 (100.00%) C#
2 2 (66.67%) T-SQL
2 2 (66.67%) VBScript
2 2 (66.67%) VB
3 1 (33.33%) VB.NET
3 1 (33.33%) JavaScript
System Software
1 2 (66.67%) VMware Infrastructure
1 2 (66.67%) VMware ESX
1 2 (66.67%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (66.67%) SCCM
1 2 (66.67%) SCOM
1 2 (66.67%) WMI
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) VMware
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft