The first table below looks at the demand for Windows Server 2008 skills in IT jobs advertised for the Essex region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Windows Server 2008 over the 3 months to 23 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 Essex region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows Server 2008
Rank 37 45 40
Rank change year-on-year
+8 -5
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 2008 48 71 68
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Essex 4.848% 5.156% 5.317%
As % of the Operating Systems category 14.33% 18.11% 22.08%
Number of salaries quoted 36 58 60
Average salary £33,000 £37,500 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-12.00% +15.38%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,000 £25,000 £24,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £35,500 £35,000 £33,750
% change year-on-year
+1.42% +3.70%
All Operating Systems
Essex
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
335 392 308
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Essex 33.84% 28.47% 24.08%
Number of salaries quoted 271 318 263
Average salary £37,500 £37,500 £37,500
90% offered a salary of more than £27,000 £25,000 £24,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £52,500 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Windows Server 2008
East of England

Windows Server 2008
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Essex 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 Essex region.

Essex 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 Essex region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Essex 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 Essex region over the 3 months to 23 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
Basildon -1 13 £30,000 -45.45%
Brentwood -9 6 £46,250 +68.18%
Southend-on-Sea - 4 £44,000 -
Colchester +7 3 £45,000 +27.65%
Epping - 1 £20,500 -
Windows Server 2008
East of England

Windows Server 2008
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Essex 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 87 (100.00%) Windows
2 61 (70.11%) Windows Server 2003
3 47 (54.02%) Microsoft
3 47 (54.02%) Active Directory
4 39 (44.83%) VMware
5 32 (36.78%) MS Exchange
6 31 (35.63%) SQL Server
7 30 (34.48%) Citrix
8 26 (29.89%) SQL
9 25 (28.74%) Exchange Server 2010
10 24 (27.59%) MS Excel
11 23 (26.44%) VMware Infrastructure
12 22 (25.29%) Finance
13 19 (21.84%) MCITP
13 19 (21.84%) Microsoft Certification
14 18 (20.69%) Blackberry
14 18 (20.69%) ITIL
15 17 (19.54%) DNS
15 17 (19.54%) Exchange Server 2003
16 16 (18.39%) SQL Server 2005
16 16 (18.39%) vSphere
17 15 (17.24%) Windows 7
18 14 (16.09%) SQL Server 2008
18 14 (16.09%) XenApp
18 14 (16.09%) Oracle
18 14 (16.09%) IIS
19 13 (14.94%) T-SQL
19 13 (14.94%) Windows XP
19 13 (14.94%) SQL Server Integration Services
19 13 (14.94%) Windows Server 2012

Windows Server 2008
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Essex 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 10 (11.49%) HTML
1 10 (11.49%) .NET
2 5 (5.747%) CSS
3 4 (4.598%) Web Services
4 3 (3.448%) LINQ to SQL
4 3 (3.448%) ASP.NET MVC
4 3 (3.448%) NHibernate
4 3 (3.448%) WCF
4 3 (3.448%) jQuery
4 3 (3.448%) XML
4 3 (3.448%) ASP.NET
5 2 (2.299%) VXML
5 2 (2.299%) XSL
5 2 (2.299%) WinForms
5 2 (2.299%) Autofac
5 2 (2.299%) Ninject
6 1 (1.149%) .NET Framework
6 1 (1.149%) Application Packaging
6 1 (1.149%) COM
6 1 (1.149%) Middleware
Application Platforms
1 32 (36.78%) MS Exchange
2 25 (28.74%) Exchange Server 2010
3 17 (19.54%) Exchange Server 2003
4 14 (16.09%) IIS
5 10 (11.49%) Exchange Server 2007
6 8 (9.195%) SharePoint
7 5 (5.747%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
8 4 (4.598%) Lync
9 2 (2.299%) MSMQ
10 1 (1.149%) SharePoint 2010
10 1 (1.149%) SharePoint Server
10 1 (1.149%) WebLogic
10 1 (1.149%) Documentum
Applications
1 24 (27.59%) MS Excel
2 6 (6.897%) MS Office
3 1 (1.149%) InfoPath
Business Applications
1 1 (1.149%) SyteLine
Communications & Networking
1 17 (19.54%) DNS
2 12 (13.79%) DHCP
3 11 (12.64%) LAN
4 7 (8.046%) LDAP
4 7 (8.046%) WAN
4 7 (8.046%) SAN
4 7 (8.046%) Firewall
5 5 (5.747%) VLAN
5 5 (5.747%) MPLS
6 4 (4.598%) VoIP
6 4 (4.598%) TCP/IP
7 3 (3.448%) SMS
7 3 (3.448%) Wi-Fi
8 2 (2.299%) Wireless
8 2 (2.299%) ADSL
8 2 (2.299%) VPN
8 2 (2.299%) FTP
8 2 (2.299%) Cisco IOS
8 2 (2.299%) Cisco ICM
9 1 (1.149%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (35.63%) SQL Server
2 16 (18.39%) SQL Server 2005
3 14 (16.09%) SQL Server 2008
4 13 (14.94%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 12 (13.79%) Oracle 8/8i
6 11 (12.64%) SQL Server 2012
7 10 (11.49%) SQL Server 2000
7 10 (11.49%) Oracle 10g
7 10 (11.49%) MySQL
7 10 (11.49%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 10 (11.49%) Oracle 11g
8 9 (10.34%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 9 (10.34%) Microsoft Analysis Services
8 9 (10.34%) Oracle 9i
9 3 (3.448%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
10 1 (1.149%) Crystal Reports
10 1 (1.149%) Data Warehouse
10 1 (1.149%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 3 (3.448%) Visual Studio
2 2 (2.299%) NUnit
2 2 (2.299%) Subversion
2 2 (2.299%) WebLOAD
3 1 (1.149%) MSI
General
1 22 (25.29%) Finance
2 4 (4.598%) Law
3 2 (2.299%) Banking
4 1 (1.149%) French Language
4 1 (1.149%) German Language
4 1 (1.149%) Legal
4 1 (1.149%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 17 (19.54%) Support Engineer
2 14 (16.09%) Administrator
3 13 (14.94%) Systems Administrator
3 13 (14.94%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 11 (12.64%) Analyst
5 9 (10.34%) SQL DBA
5 9 (10.34%) DBA
6 8 (9.195%) Support Analyst
7 6 (6.897%) Developer
8 5 (5.747%) SQL Server DBA
8 5 (5.747%) Systems Engineer
8 5 (5.747%) Consultant
9 4 (4.598%) 3rd Line Support
9 4 (4.598%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
9 4 (4.598%) 3rd Line Support Analyst
9 4 (4.598%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
10 3 (3.448%) Genesys Consultant
10 3 (3.448%) Senior Genesys Consultant
10 3 (3.448%) Desktop Engineer
10 3 (3.448%) Server Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 18 (20.69%) Blackberry
2 10 (11.49%) Clustering
3 5 (5.747%) Computer Science
3 5 (5.747%) iPhone
4 4 (4.598%) Replication
4 4 (4.598%) Smartphone
5 3 (3.448%) Fat Client
5 3 (3.448%) Thin Client
6 2 (2.299%) Management Information System
6 2 (2.299%) RIA
6 2 (2.299%) Statistics
7 1 (1.149%) Celerra
7 1 (1.149%) Data Integration
7 1 (1.149%) CLARiiON
7 1 (1.149%) EMC Centera
Operating Systems
1 87 (100.00%) Windows
2 61 (70.11%) Windows Server 2003
3 15 (17.24%) Windows 7
4 13 (14.94%) Windows XP
4 13 (14.94%) Windows Server 2012
5 12 (13.79%) Linux
6 8 (9.195%) Windows Vista
6 8 (9.195%) Windows 2000 Server
7 7 (8.046%) Windows 8
8 5 (5.747%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 4 (4.598%) Windows 2000
9 4 (4.598%) Android
10 3 (3.448%) Solaris
11 2 (2.299%) UNIX
12 1 (1.149%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (20.69%) ITIL
2 10 (11.49%) Change Control
3 9 (10.34%) Service Delivery
3 9 (10.34%) Capacity Planning
4 5 (5.747%) Load Balancing
4 5 (5.747%) Disaster Recovery
5 4 (4.598%) Change Management
5 4 (4.598%) Service Management
5 4 (4.598%) Six Sigma
5 4 (4.598%) PRINCE2
5 4 (4.598%) TOGAF
5 4 (4.598%) Programme Management
6 3 (3.448%) Network Management
6 3 (3.448%) High Availability
6 3 (3.448%) Incident Management
6 3 (3.448%) WFM
6 3 (3.448%) Time Management
6 3 (3.448%) Unit Testing
6 3 (3.448%) Migration
6 3 (3.448%) E-Commerce
Programming Languages
1 26 (29.89%) SQL
2 13 (14.94%) T-SQL
3 10 (11.49%) C#
4 8 (9.195%) PowerShell
5 5 (5.747%) Java
5 5 (5.747%) JavaScript
6 4 (4.598%) VB
7 3 (3.448%) VB.NET
7 3 (3.448%) Tcl
8 2 (2.299%) VBScript
8 2 (2.299%) C++
8 2 (2.299%) VB6
8 2 (2.299%) XPath
Qualifications
1 19 (21.84%) MCITP
1 19 (21.84%) Microsoft Certification
2 10 (11.49%) MCDBA
2 10 (11.49%) Degree
3 6 (6.897%) MCTS
4 5 (5.747%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 4 (4.598%) CCNA
5 4 (4.598%) Cisco Certification
5 4 (4.598%) MCSE
6 2 (2.299%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (1.149%) VCP5
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (10.34%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 5 (5.747%) SLA
System Software
1 47 (54.02%) Active Directory
2 23 (26.44%) VMware Infrastructure
3 16 (18.39%) vSphere
4 14 (16.09%) XenApp
5 6 (6.897%) VMware ESX
5 6 (6.897%) Hyper-V
6 5 (5.747%) Xen
7 4 (4.598%) MetaFrame
8 3 (3.448%) XenServer
9 2 (2.299%) VMware Server
9 2 (2.299%) XenDesktop
10 1 (1.149%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (1.149%) MDaemon
10 1 (1.149%) EMC RecoverPoint
10 1 (1.149%) Citrix Presentation Server
10 1 (1.149%) NFS
Systems Management
1 10 (11.49%) Backup Exec
1 10 (11.49%) SCCM
2 9 (10.34%) SCOM
3 7 (8.046%) NetBackup
4 2 (2.299%) Cisco CUCM
5 1 (1.149%) WSUS
Vendors
1 47 (54.02%) Microsoft
2 39 (44.83%) VMware
3 30 (34.48%) Citrix
4 14 (16.09%) Oracle
5 11 (12.64%) Cisco
5 11 (12.64%) Symantec
5 11 (12.64%) EMC
6 8 (9.195%) NetApp
7 5 (5.747%) HP
7 5 (5.747%) Red Hat
8 4 (4.598%) Apple
8 4 (4.598%) Dell
8 4 (4.598%) AppSense
8 4 (4.598%) 3PAR
9 3 (3.448%) SolarWinds
9 3 (3.448%) Verint
9 3 (3.448%) Business Objects
9 3 (3.448%) Genesys
10 1 (1.149%) Brocade
10 1 (1.149%) WatchGuard
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