The first table below looks at the demand for Windows Server 2008 skills in IT jobs advertised for the Edinburgh region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Windows Server 2008 over the 3 months to 21 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 Edinburgh region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows Server 2008
Rank 51 68 67
Rank change year-on-year
+17 -1
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 2008 34 27 38
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Edinburgh 3.169% 1.966% 2.493%
As % of the Operating Systems category 13.65% 8.682% 11.91%
Number of salaries quoted 22 13 16
Average salary £31,250 £31,500 £36,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-0.79% -12.50%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £22,500 £20,750
10% offered a salary of more than £49,250 £36,600 £37,250
UK excluding London average salary £36,000 £35,000 £33,750
% change year-on-year
+2.85% +3.70%
All Operating Systems
Edinburgh
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
249 311 319
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Edinburgh 23.21% 22.65% 20.93%
Number of salaries quoted 163 235 217
Average salary £35,000 £34,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+1.44% -1.42%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,000 £23,500 £24,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £45,000 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Windows Server 2008
Scotland

Windows Server 2008
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Edinburgh 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 Edinburgh region.

Edinburgh 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 Edinburgh region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Edinburgh Windows Server 2008 Salary Histogram

Windows Server 2008
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Edinburgh 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 70 (100.00%) Windows
2 51 (72.86%) Microsoft
3 49 (70.00%) Windows Server 2003
4 41 (58.57%) Active Directory
5 33 (47.14%) VMware
6 25 (35.71%) SQL Server
7 23 (32.86%) VMware Infrastructure
8 19 (27.14%) MS Excel
9 18 (25.71%) MS Exchange
9 18 (25.71%) SCCM
10 17 (24.29%) ITIL
11 16 (22.86%) MS Office
11 16 (22.86%) Citrix
11 16 (22.86%) Microsoft Certification
11 16 (22.86%) SQL Server 2008
11 16 (22.86%) vSphere
12 15 (21.43%) Windows Server 2012
12 15 (21.43%) C#
13 14 (20.00%) SAN
13 14 (20.00%) Finance
14 13 (18.57%) .NET
14 13 (18.57%) SLA
15 12 (17.14%) Cisco
15 12 (17.14%) DNS
15 12 (17.14%) Windows XP
15 12 (17.14%) SCOM
16 11 (15.71%) Exchange Server 2007
17 10 (14.29%) Time Management
18 9 (12.86%) SharePoint
18 9 (12.86%) IIS

Windows Server 2008
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Edinburgh 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 13 (18.57%) .NET
2 9 (12.86%) ASP
2 9 (12.86%) XML
3 6 (8.571%) ASP.NET
4 5 (7.143%) .NET Framework
4 5 (7.143%) WCF
5 3 (4.286%) WF
5 3 (4.286%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
5 3 (4.286%) ASP.NET MVC
5 3 (4.286%) XSLT
6 2 (2.857%) Web Services
6 2 (2.857%) DHTML
6 2 (2.857%) jQuery
6 2 (2.857%) Ajax
7 1 (1.429%) WebSphere
7 1 (1.429%) COM
Application Platforms
1 18 (25.71%) MS Exchange
2 11 (15.71%) Exchange Server 2007
3 9 (12.86%) SharePoint
3 9 (12.86%) IIS
4 6 (8.571%) Lotus Notes
4 6 (8.571%) Exchange Server 2003
5 5 (7.143%) Exchange Server 2010
6 3 (4.286%) Lync
6 3 (4.286%) SharePoint 2010
7 1 (1.429%) MQSeries
7 1 (1.429%) BizTalk Server
7 1 (1.429%) WebSphere MQ
Applications
1 19 (27.14%) MS Excel
2 16 (22.86%) MS Office
3 6 (8.571%) MS Visio
3 6 (8.571%) MS PowerPoint
4 1 (1.429%) Office 365
Communications & Networking
1 14 (20.00%) SAN
2 12 (17.14%) DNS
3 8 (11.43%) DHCP
4 5 (7.143%) Unified Communications
4 5 (7.143%) TCP/IP
5 4 (5.714%) Internet
6 3 (4.286%) Cisco IOS
6 3 (4.286%) FTP
6 3 (4.286%) LAN
7 2 (2.857%) Intranet
7 2 (2.857%) VPN
7 2 (2.857%) iSCSI
8 1 (1.429%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (35.71%) SQL Server
2 16 (22.86%) SQL Server 2008
3 8 (11.43%) SQL Server 2005
4 4 (5.714%) SQL Server 2012
5 3 (4.286%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (1.429%) Crystal Reports
6 1 (1.429%) Oracle Reports
6 1 (1.429%) MS Access
6 1 (1.429%) Oracle 8/8i
6 1 (1.429%) Oracle 10g
Development Applications
1 3 (4.286%) Team Foundation Server
1 3 (4.286%) Visual Studio
2 1 (1.429%) NUnit
General
1 14 (20.00%) Finance
2 6 (8.571%) Telecoms
2 6 (8.571%) Banking
3 3 (4.286%) Legal
3 3 (4.286%) Back Office
4 2 (2.857%) Advertising
4 2 (2.857%) Billing
4 2 (2.857%) Investment Banking
4 2 (2.857%) Retail
5 1 (1.429%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 21 (30.00%) Analyst
2 14 (20.00%) Support Analyst
3 10 (14.29%) Support Engineer
4 9 (12.86%) Systems Support
5 6 (8.571%) Infrastructure Analyst
5 6 (8.571%) Systems Engineer
5 6 (8.571%) Developer
5 6 (8.571%) Infrastructure Support Analyst
5 6 (8.571%) Systems Support Engineer
6 5 (7.143%) C# Developer
6 5 (7.143%) Team Leader
6 5 (7.143%) C# Software Developer
6 5 (7.143%) Software Developer
6 5 (7.143%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 5 (7.143%) Administrator
6 5 (7.143%) Applications Support
7 4 (5.714%) Desktop Support
7 4 (5.714%) Consultant
7 4 (5.714%) Systems Administrator
7 4 (5.714%) Server Support
Miscellaneous
1 6 (8.571%) Blackberry
2 5 (7.143%) Clustering
3 4 (5.714%) CLARiiON
4 3 (4.286%) EqualLogic
4 3 (4.286%) Replication
5 2 (2.857%) Celerra
6 1 (1.429%) Fat Client
6 1 (1.429%) Enterprise Storage
6 1 (1.429%) Thin Client
6 1 (1.429%) Symmetrix
6 1 (1.429%) EMC Centera
Operating Systems
1 70 (100.00%) Windows
2 49 (70.00%) Windows Server 2003
3 15 (21.43%) Windows Server 2012
4 12 (17.14%) Windows XP
5 7 (10.00%) Windows 7
6 6 (8.571%) UNIX
7 5 (7.143%) Linux
8 4 (5.714%) Solaris
9 3 (4.286%) Windows Mobile
9 3 (4.286%) Android
9 3 (4.286%) Mac OS
9 3 (4.286%) Windows 2000
10 2 (2.857%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 1 (1.429%) Windows Vista
11 1 (1.429%) Windows 2000 Server
11 1 (1.429%) AIX
11 1 (1.429%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (24.29%) ITIL
2 10 (14.29%) Time Management
3 7 (10.00%) Service Delivery
4 6 (8.571%) ITIL V2
5 5 (7.143%) RDF
5 5 (7.143%) Scrum
6 4 (5.714%) MVC
6 4 (5.714%) ITIL V3
6 4 (5.714%) Software Engineering
7 3 (4.286%) Asset Management
7 3 (4.286%) Network Architecture
7 3 (4.286%) Migration
8 2 (2.857%) Service Management
8 2 (2.857%) Risk Management
8 2 (2.857%) Extreme Programming
8 2 (2.857%) Configuration Management
8 2 (2.857%) CRM
8 2 (2.857%) Waterfall
8 2 (2.857%) Performance Management
8 2 (2.857%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 15 (21.43%) C#
2 9 (12.86%) SQL
3 6 (8.571%) PowerShell
4 4 (5.714%) VB.NET
5 3 (4.286%) C
5 3 (4.286%) Perl
6 2 (2.857%) VBScript
6 2 (2.857%) VB
7 1 (1.429%) Java
7 1 (1.429%) JavaScript
7 1 (1.429%) Delphi
7 1 (1.429%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 16 (22.86%) Microsoft Certification
2 8 (11.43%) MCSE
3 6 (8.571%) Degree
4 4 (5.714%) MCSA
5 3 (4.286%) MCP
5 3 (4.286%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (2.857%) Server+ Certification
6 2 (2.857%) CCNA
6 2 (2.857%) Security Cleared
7 1 (1.429%) MCTS
7 1 (1.429%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (18.57%) SLA
System Software
1 41 (58.57%) Active Directory
2 23 (32.86%) VMware Infrastructure
3 16 (22.86%) vSphere
4 8 (11.43%) Hyper-V
5 6 (8.571%) VMware ESX
6 5 (7.143%) XenApp
7 3 (4.286%) Terminal Server
8 2 (2.857%) Samba
8 2 (2.857%) XenDesktop
9 1 (1.429%) Xen
9 1 (1.429%) Citrix Presentation Server
9 1 (1.429%) EMC RecoverPoint
9 1 (1.429%) MetaFrame
9 1 (1.429%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 18 (25.71%) SCCM
2 12 (17.14%) SCOM
3 3 (4.286%) WMI
3 3 (4.286%) DameWare
4 1 (1.429%) Opalis
4 1 (1.429%) WSUS
4 1 (1.429%) SCVMM
4 1 (1.429%) EMC NetWorker
4 1 (1.429%) Legato
4 1 (1.429%) Tivoli
4 1 (1.429%) Tivoli Storage Manager
4 1 (1.429%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 51 (72.86%) Microsoft
2 33 (47.14%) VMware
3 16 (22.86%) Citrix
4 12 (17.14%) Cisco
5 7 (10.00%) CommVault
6 6 (8.571%) Lotus
6 6 (8.571%) HP
6 6 (8.571%) Postini
7 5 (7.143%) Oracle
7 5 (7.143%) EMC
8 4 (5.714%) Symantec
9 3 (4.286%) Dell
9 3 (4.286%) Apple
9 3 (4.286%) Juniper
10 2 (2.857%) Red Hat
10 2 (2.857%) NetApp
10 2 (2.857%) IBM
10 2 (2.857%) Brocade
10 2 (2.857%) Fujitsu
10 2 (2.857%) Altiris
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