The first table below looks at the demand for Windows Server 2008 skills in IT jobs advertised for the Glasgow region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Windows Server 2008 over the 3 months to 20 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 Glasgow region.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows Server 2008
Rank 62 45 66
Rank change year-on-year
-17 +21
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 2008 33 32 17
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Glasgow 2.850% 3.810% 1.773%
As % of the Operating Systems category 10.22% 15.53% 6.773%
Number of salaries quoted 21 21 12
Average salary £32,500 £38,500 £37,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-15.58% +4.05%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £20,000 £33,200
10% offered a salary of more than £42,500 £44,000 £76,500
UK excluding London average salary £36,000 £35,000 £34,000
% change year-on-year
+2.85% +2.94%
All Operating Systems
Glasgow
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
323 206 251
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Glasgow 27.89% 24.52% 26.17%
Number of salaries quoted 174 131 174
Average salary £37,500 £35,000 £36,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.14% -2.77%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £23,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £45,000 £45,000
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 Glasgow region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

Glasgow 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 Glasgow region.

Glasgow 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 Glasgow region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

Glasgow Windows Server 2008 Salary Histogram

Windows Server 2008
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Glasgow 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 53 (100.00%) Windows
2 43 (81.13%) Windows Server 2003
3 28 (52.83%) Active Directory
4 27 (50.94%) MS Exchange
5 25 (47.17%) VMware
6 22 (41.51%) Exchange Server 2010
7 20 (37.74%) Microsoft
8 19 (35.85%) Citrix
9 17 (32.08%) SQL Server
9 17 (32.08%) Exchange Server 2003
10 16 (30.19%) SQL
11 15 (28.30%) VMware Infrastructure
11 15 (28.30%) vSphere
12 14 (26.42%) Windows 7
12 14 (26.42%) Hyper-V
12 14 (26.42%) Exchange Server 2007
13 13 (24.53%) SharePoint
13 13 (24.53%) Migration
14 12 (22.64%) XenApp
15 11 (20.75%) Microsoft Certification
16 10 (18.87%) MS Excel
16 10 (18.87%) Firewall
17 9 (16.98%) Replication
17 9 (16.98%) Banking
17 9 (16.98%) Incident Management
17 9 (16.98%) IIS
17 9 (16.98%) MS Office
18 8 (15.09%) MCSE
18 8 (15.09%) SAN
18 8 (15.09%) Capacity Planning

Windows Server 2008
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Glasgow 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 (5.660%) .NET
1 3 (5.660%) ASP.NET
1 3 (5.660%) XML
Application Platforms
1 27 (50.94%) MS Exchange
2 22 (41.51%) Exchange Server 2010
3 17 (32.08%) Exchange Server 2003
4 14 (26.42%) Exchange Server 2007
5 13 (24.53%) SharePoint
6 9 (16.98%) IIS
7 4 (7.547%) SharePoint 2010
8 2 (3.774%) Tomcat
9 1 (1.887%) Apache
Applications
1 10 (18.87%) MS Excel
2 9 (16.98%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 2 (3.774%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 10 (18.87%) Firewall
2 8 (15.09%) SAN
3 4 (7.547%) DNS
3 4 (7.547%) DHCP
3 4 (7.547%) TCP/IP
4 2 (3.774%) VPN
5 1 (1.887%) LAN
5 1 (1.887%) WAN
5 1 (1.887%) Wireless
5 1 (1.887%) VLAN
5 1 (1.887%) Network Security
5 1 (1.887%) iSCSI
5 1 (1.887%) Unified Communications
5 1 (1.887%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (32.08%) SQL Server
2 4 (7.547%) SQL Server 2005
3 3 (5.660%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 3 (5.660%) SQL Server 2008
3 3 (5.660%) Oracle 8/8i
3 3 (5.660%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 3 (5.660%) Visual Studio
1 3 (5.660%) Eclipse
2 1 (1.887%) StarTeam
General
1 9 (16.98%) Banking
2 2 (3.774%) Finance
3 1 (1.887%) Investment Banking
3 1 (1.887%) Back Office
3 1 (1.887%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 9 (16.98%) Consultant
2 8 (15.09%) Analyst
2 8 (15.09%) DBA
2 8 (15.09%) Support Analyst
2 8 (15.09%) SQL Server DBA
2 8 (15.09%) SQL DBA
3 5 (9.434%) Systems Engineer
4 4 (7.547%) Technical Consultant
4 4 (7.547%) Senior Analyst
4 4 (7.547%) Senior Support Analyst
4 4 (7.547%) Integration Engineer
5 3 (5.660%) Infrastructure Consultant
5 3 (5.660%) IT Support
5 3 (5.660%) Team Leader
5 3 (5.660%) Developer
5 3 (5.660%) Applications Developer
6 2 (3.774%) Systems Administrator
6 2 (3.774%) IT Consultant
6 2 (3.774%) 3rd Line Support
6 2 (3.774%) Support Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 9 (16.98%) Replication
2 5 (9.434%) Clustering
3 4 (7.547%) Client/Server
4 2 (3.774%) Enterprise Storage
5 1 (1.887%) Blackberry
5 1 (1.887%) CLARiiON
5 1 (1.887%) EMC Centera
5 1 (1.887%) PKI
5 1 (1.887%) Celerra
5 1 (1.887%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 53 (100.00%) Windows
2 43 (81.13%) Windows Server 2003
3 14 (26.42%) Windows 7
4 7 (13.21%) Windows XP
5 5 (9.434%) Linux
6 4 (7.547%) Windows Vista
6 4 (7.547%) Windows Server 2012
7 3 (5.660%) UNIX
7 3 (5.660%) HPUX
8 2 (3.774%) Solaris
8 2 (3.774%) AIX
8 2 (3.774%) Windows 8
9 1 (1.887%) Windows 2000 Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (24.53%) Migration
2 9 (16.98%) Incident Management
3 8 (15.09%) Capacity Planning
3 8 (15.09%) Root Cause Analysis
4 7 (13.21%) ITIL
5 6 (11.32%) Project Management
6 4 (7.547%) Change Management
7 3 (5.660%) OO
7 3 (5.660%) Test Scripting
7 3 (5.660%) Web Development
7 3 (5.660%) Configuration Management
8 2 (3.774%) CRM
8 2 (3.774%) Service Management
9 1 (1.887%) Disaster Recovery
9 1 (1.887%) Risk Management
9 1 (1.887%) BCP
9 1 (1.887%) Load Balancing
9 1 (1.887%) Performance Management
9 1 (1.887%) Data Migration
9 1 (1.887%) ITIL V3
Programming Languages
1 16 (30.19%) SQL
2 3 (5.660%) VB.NET
2 3 (5.660%) PL/1
2 3 (5.660%) C
2 3 (5.660%) C#
2 3 (5.660%) C++
2 3 (5.660%) COBOL
2 3 (5.660%) Java
2 3 (5.660%) PL/SQL
3 1 (1.887%) T-SQL
3 1 (1.887%) VB
Qualifications
1 11 (20.75%) Microsoft Certification
2 8 (15.09%) MCSE
3 7 (13.21%) MCITP
4 5 (9.434%) MCSA
5 4 (7.547%) CCA
5 4 (7.547%) Citrix Certification
5 4 (7.547%) Security Cleared
6 2 (3.774%) CCAA
6 2 (3.774%) MCTS
6 2 (3.774%) Degree
6 2 (3.774%) SC Cleared
7 1 (1.887%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
System Software
1 28 (52.83%) Active Directory
2 15 (28.30%) VMware Infrastructure
2 15 (28.30%) vSphere
3 14 (26.42%) Hyper-V
4 12 (22.64%) XenApp
5 7 (13.21%) XenServer
5 7 (13.21%) XenDesktop
6 5 (9.434%) Terminal Server
7 3 (5.660%) Terminal Services
7 3 (5.660%) VMware ESX
8 1 (1.887%) VMware Server
8 1 (1.887%) EMC RecoverPoint
Systems Management
1 6 (11.32%) SCCM
2 3 (5.660%) SCVMM
3 2 (3.774%) McAfee ePO
3 2 (3.774%) WSUS
3 2 (3.774%) SCOM
3 2 (3.774%) OpenView Configuration Management
4 1 (1.887%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 25 (47.17%) VMware
2 20 (37.74%) Microsoft
3 19 (35.85%) Citrix
4 5 (9.434%) Oracle
4 5 (9.434%) Cisco
5 3 (5.660%) Symantec
5 3 (5.660%) McAfee
6 2 (3.774%) Veritas
6 2 (3.774%) HP
7 1 (1.887%) EMC
7 1 (1.887%) IBM
7 1 (1.887%) Avaya
7 1 (1.887%) CommVault
7 1 (1.887%) NetApp
7 1 (1.887%) Borland
7 1 (1.887%) Altiris
7 1 (1.887%) Brocade
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