The first table below looks at the demand for Windows Server 2008 skills in IT jobs advertised for the Farnborough region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Windows Server 2008 over the 3 months to 18 June 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 Farnborough region.

Location
3 months to
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows Server 2008
Rank 31 21 29
Rank change year-on-year
-10 +8
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 2008 6 21 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Farnborough 3.659% 7.609% 1.587%
As % of the Operating Systems category 12.00% 28.38% 9.091%
Number of salaries quoted 6 18 2
Average salary £21,500 £29,000 £46,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
-25.86% -37.96%
90% offered a salary of more than £20,500 £23,350 £43,350
10% offered a salary of more than £23,000 £52,500 £50,150
UK excluding London average salary £35,500 £35,000 £34,000
% change year-on-year
+1.42% +2.94%
All Operating Systems
Farnborough
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
50 74 22
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Farnborough 30.49% 26.81% 17.46%
Number of salaries quoted 49 70 22
Average salary £27,500 £37,500 £47,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-26.66% -21.05%
90% offered a salary of more than £20,500 £29,000 £37,000
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £51,000 £54,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Windows Server 2008
Hampshire

Windows Server 2008
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Farnborough 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 Farnborough region.

Farnborough Windows Server 2008 Salary Trend

Windows Server 2008
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Farnborough 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 9 (100.00%) Windows
2 8 (88.89%) Active Directory
3 7 (77.78%) Windows XP
4 6 (66.67%) MS Exchange
5 5 (55.56%) CRM
5 5 (55.56%) Microsoft
5 5 (55.56%) Windows Vista
5 5 (55.56%) Windows 2000 Server
6 3 (33.33%) Windows Server 2003
7 1 (11.11%) Puppet
7 1 (11.11%) Network Management
7 1 (11.11%) Exchange Server 2010
7 1 (11.11%) Hyper-V
7 1 (11.11%) SolarWinds
7 1 (11.11%) vSphere
7 1 (11.11%) VMware
7 1 (11.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (11.11%) Opalis
7 1 (11.11%) Exchange Server 2007
7 1 (11.11%) SCCM
7 1 (11.11%) Network Security
7 1 (11.11%) VMware Infrastructure
7 1 (11.11%) PowerShell
7 1 (11.11%) Ruby
7 1 (11.11%) Red Hat
7 1 (11.11%) Nagios
7 1 (11.11%) NetIQ
7 1 (11.11%) AppManager
7 1 (11.11%) Linux
7 1 (11.11%) Python

Windows Server 2008
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Farnborough 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 Platforms
1 6 (66.67%) MS Exchange
2 1 (11.11%) Exchange Server 2007
2 1 (11.11%) Exchange Server 2010
2 1 (11.11%) IIS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (11.11%) DHCP
1 1 (11.11%) TCP/IP
1 1 (11.11%) DNS
1 1 (11.11%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (11.11%) MySQL
1 1 (11.11%) SQL Server
Job Titles
1 5 (55.56%) IT Support
2 4 (44.44%) 1st Line Support
2 4 (44.44%) Support Engineer
3 2 (22.22%) 2nd Line Support
3 2 (22.22%) Desktop Support Engineer
3 2 (22.22%) Desktop Engineer
3 2 (22.22%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
3 2 (22.22%) Service Desk Engineer
3 2 (22.22%) Desktop Support
4 1 (11.11%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) IT Support Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) 3rd Line Support
Operating Systems
1 9 (100.00%) Windows
2 7 (77.78%) Windows XP
3 5 (55.56%) Windows Vista
3 5 (55.56%) Windows 2000 Server
4 3 (33.33%) Windows Server 2003
5 1 (11.11%) Linux
5 1 (11.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (55.56%) CRM
2 1 (11.11%) Network Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (11.11%) Perl
1 1 (11.11%) VBScript
1 1 (11.11%) Python
1 1 (11.11%) Ruby
1 1 (11.11%) PowerShell
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (11.11%) SLA
System Software
1 8 (88.89%) Active Directory
2 1 (11.11%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (11.11%) Hyper-V
2 1 (11.11%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 1 (11.11%) Nagios
1 1 (11.11%) AppManager
1 1 (11.11%) Opalis
1 1 (11.11%) SCCM
1 1 (11.11%) Puppet
Vendors
1 5 (55.56%) Microsoft
2 1 (11.11%) Red Hat
2 1 (11.11%) NetIQ
2 1 (11.11%) VMware
2 1 (11.11%) SolarWinds
2 1 (11.11%) Oracle