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

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows Server 2008
Rank 36 38 30
Rank change year-on-year
+2 -8
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 2008 59 57 47
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in East Sussex 6.484% 5.822% 7.198%
As % of the Operating Systems category 25.00% 14.62% 25.00%
Number of salaries quoted 59 55 47
Average salary £32,500 £37,500 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-13.33% +25.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £20,000 £30,400 £18,800
10% offered a salary of more than £45,500 £62,500 £38,000
UK excluding London average salary £35,500 £35,000 £34,000
% change year-on-year
+1.42% +2.94%
All Operating Systems
East Sussex
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
236 390 188
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in East Sussex 25.93% 39.84% 28.79%
Number of salaries quoted 226 371 183
Average salary £35,000 £37,500 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.66% +15.38%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £27,500 £20,000
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £42,500 £47,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Windows Server 2008
South East

Windows Server 2008
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East Sussex 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 East Sussex region.

East Sussex 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 East Sussex region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

East Sussex 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 East Sussex region over the 3 months to 22 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
Brighton +8 47 £32,500 -13.33%
Bexhill-On-Sea - 7 £32,500 -
Hastings +4 3 £36,000 +60.00%
Lewes +4 1 £32,500 +4.83%
Windows Server 2008
South East

Windows Server 2008
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the East Sussex 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.

1 109 (100.00%) Windows
2 70 (64.22%) VMware
3 63 (57.80%) SQL Server
4 60 (55.05%) Linux
5 51 (46.79%) Microsoft
6 50 (45.87%) Windows Server 2003
7 47 (43.12%) MySQL
8 45 (41.28%) Ubuntu
8 45 (41.28%) VMware ESXi
9 44 (40.37%) CentOS
10 43 (39.45%) VMware Infrastructure
10 43 (39.45%) Firewall
11 40 (36.70%) SQL
12 39 (35.78%) MS Excel
13 33 (30.28%) Cisco
14 26 (23.85%) Red Hat
15 24 (22.02%) WAN
16 23 (21.10%) MS Exchange
16 23 (21.10%) LAN
16 23 (21.10%) Active Directory
16 23 (21.10%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
17 22 (20.18%) ITIL
17 22 (20.18%) IIS
18 21 (19.27%) Microsoft Certification
18 21 (19.27%) SAN
19 20 (18.35%) TCP/IP
19 20 (18.35%) Windows 7
20 19 (17.43%) SQL Server 2008
20 19 (17.43%) HP
20 19 (17.43%) CCNA

Windows Server 2008
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the East Sussex 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 12 (11.01%) COM+
2 8 (7.339%) HTML
3 7 (6.422%) CSS
4 6 (5.505%) WebSphere
5 1 (0.917%) .NET
5 1 (0.917%) ASP.NET
Application Platforms
1 23 (21.10%) MS Exchange
2 22 (20.18%) IIS
3 14 (12.84%) SharePoint
3 14 (12.84%) Exchange Server 2007
3 14 (12.84%) SharePoint 2010
4 11 (10.09%) Apache
5 9 (8.257%) Exchange Server 2003
6 2 (1.835%) Exchange Server 2010
6 2 (1.835%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications
1 39 (35.78%) MS Excel
2 8 (7.339%) MS Office
3 2 (1.835%) MS Project
Communications & Networking
1 43 (39.45%) Firewall
2 24 (22.02%) WAN
3 23 (21.10%) LAN
4 21 (19.27%) SAN
5 20 (18.35%) TCP/IP
6 18 (16.51%) DNS
7 15 (13.76%) NetScreen
8 13 (11.93%) VPN
9 7 (6.422%) DHCP
9 7 (6.422%) FTP
9 7 (6.422%) HTTP
9 7 (6.422%) SSH
10 6 (5.505%) MPLS
11 5 (4.587%) SNMP
11 5 (4.587%) Cisco ASA
12 4 (3.670%) Network Security
13 3 (2.752%) VoIP
14 1 (0.917%) DMZ
14 1 (0.917%) Wireless
14 1 (0.917%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 63 (57.80%) SQL Server
2 47 (43.12%) MySQL
3 19 (17.43%) SQL Server 2008
4 5 (4.587%) SQL Server 2005
5 3 (2.752%) SQL Server 2000
6 1 (0.917%) DB2
6 1 (0.917%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 6 (5.505%) WebLOAD
General
1 7 (6.422%) Finance
2 4 (3.670%) Telecoms
3 1 (0.917%) Legal
Job Titles
1 52 (47.71%) Systems Administrator
2 49 (44.95%) Administrator
3 28 (25.69%) Linux Administrator
3 28 (25.69%) Linux Systems Administrator
4 27 (24.77%) Windows Administrator
4 27 (24.77%) Windows Systems Administrator
5 19 (17.43%) Analyst
6 17 (15.60%) IT Support
7 12 (11.01%) Infrastructure Analyst
8 11 (10.09%) Operations Manager
9 8 (7.339%) Senior Systems Administrator
10 7 (6.422%) Support Technician
10 7 (6.422%) Support Analyst
10 7 (6.422%) IT Support Analyst
10 7 (6.422%) IT Support Technician
11 6 (5.505%) Support Engineer
12 5 (4.587%) Applications Support
12 5 (4.587%) Senior Linux Administrator
12 5 (4.587%) Senior Linux Systems Administrator
12 5 (4.587%) Senior Windows Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 14 (12.84%) Clustering
2 11 (10.09%) Replication
2 11 (10.09%) EqualLogic
3 2 (1.835%) iSeries
3 2 (1.835%) Blackberry
4 1 (0.917%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 109 (100.00%) Windows
2 60 (55.05%) Linux
3 50 (45.87%) Windows Server 2003
4 45 (41.28%) Ubuntu
5 44 (40.37%) CentOS
6 20 (18.35%) Windows 7
7 14 (12.84%) Windows XP
8 7 (6.422%) Windows Server 2012
9 2 (1.835%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.917%) Mac OS X
10 1 (0.917%) UNIX
10 1 (0.917%) VMS
10 1 (0.917%) Windows 8
10 1 (0.917%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (20.18%) ITIL
2 17 (15.60%) Project Management
3 11 (10.09%) Operations Management
4 9 (8.257%) Capacity Planning
4 9 (8.257%) BCP
4 9 (8.257%) Business Continuity
5 8 (7.339%) ITSM
6 7 (6.422%) Requirements Management
7 3 (2.752%) Service Delivery
7 3 (2.752%) Change Management
7 3 (2.752%) Risk Assessment
7 3 (2.752%) Time Management
8 2 (1.835%) Data Protection
8 2 (1.835%) Capacity Management
8 2 (1.835%) Web Development
8 2 (1.835%) Service Management
8 2 (1.835%) Scrum
8 2 (1.835%) PRINCE2
9 1 (0.917%) ITIL V3
Programming Languages
1 40 (36.70%) SQL
2 8 (7.339%) PHP
3 7 (6.422%) JavaScript
4 2 (1.835%) Java
5 1 (0.917%) C#
5 1 (0.917%) VB
5 1 (0.917%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 23 (21.10%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 21 (19.27%) Microsoft Certification
3 19 (17.43%) CCNA
3 19 (17.43%) Cisco Certification
4 14 (12.84%) MCITP
4 14 (12.84%) MCTS
5 7 (6.422%) MCSE
6 5 (4.587%) CCNP
7 3 (2.752%) Degree
8 1 (0.917%) A+ Certification
8 1 (0.917%) ITIL Certification
8 1 (0.917%) MCSA
8 1 (0.917%) Linux+ Certification
8 1 (0.917%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (8.257%) ISO 9001
2 1 (0.917%) SLA
System Software
1 45 (41.28%) VMware ESXi
2 43 (39.45%) VMware Infrastructure
3 23 (21.10%) Active Directory
4 18 (16.51%) vSphere
5 12 (11.01%) ISA Server
6 4 (3.670%) Hyper-V
6 4 (3.670%) VMware ESX
7 1 (0.917%) NFS
7 1 (0.917%) Xen
Systems Management
1 14 (12.84%) EMC NetWorker
2 11 (10.09%) FortiGate
3 7 (6.422%) Backup Exec
4 5 (4.587%) HP SIM
Vendors
1 70 (64.22%) VMware
2 51 (46.79%) Microsoft
3 33 (30.28%) Cisco
4 26 (23.85%) Red Hat
5 19 (17.43%) HP
6 15 (13.76%) EMC
7 11 (10.09%) FalconStor
7 11 (10.09%) Veeam
8 7 (6.422%) IBM
9 6 (5.505%) Intel
9 6 (5.505%) Dell
10 5 (4.587%) Citrix
10 5 (4.587%) CheckPoint
11 4 (3.670%) LANDesk
11 4 (3.670%) Avaya
11 4 (3.670%) Apple
12 3 (2.752%) Symantec
13 2 (1.835%) WatchGuard
13 2 (1.835%) Mitel
13 2 (1.835%) Nokia
Brighton, East Sussex
The successful candidate will have substantial experience supporting Windows 7 and should be comfortable in a user facing environment dealing with MS Office and Windows Desktop issues. Experience...
Ashdown IT
Salary: £30000 - £35000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
Bexhill-On-Sea, East Sussex
Infrastructure Analyst required to manage the Company's network on a daily basis and implement any solutions required.
ISL
Salary: £30000 - £35000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Brighton, East Sussex
Active Directory, Windows 2008, Windows XP and VMware You will be called upon to play a key role within the I.T... Business Continuity Planning & implementation Stakeholder management...
ARC IT Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £35000 Per Annum 30k to 35k + benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
Brighton, East Sussex
The successful candidate will have substantial experience supporting Windows 7 and should be comfortable in a user facing environment dealing with MS Office and Windows Desktop issues. Experience...
Ashdown IT
Salary: £28000 - £30000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
Brighton, East Sussex
Technology wise you will be comfortable supporting in a Windows environment and have excellent knowledge of the following: * Windows 7 / XP * Windows Server 2003/ 2008 * Exchange * Active Directory *...
ARC IT Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £25000 Per Annum £25,000 per annum + Great Benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
Hastings, East Sussex
Key skills required for this role are: - Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 - Microsoft Windows Server 2003 / 2008 - Monitoring systems using SNMP (WhatsUp, HP SIM, etc) - Switching and Routing (including...
Connectus
Salary: £30000 - £36500 per annum
Posted: 16 May 2013