The first table below looks at the demand for Windows Server 2008 skills in IT jobs advertised for the Gloucester region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Windows Server 2008 over the 3 months to 24 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 Gloucester region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows Server 2008
Rank 39 43 30
Rank change year-on-year
+4 -13
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 2008 11 15 8
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Gloucester 4.545% 3.695% 3.687%
As % of the Operating Systems category 8.661% 9.494% 11.43%
Number of salaries quoted 8 15 8
Average salary £39,000 £30,000 £27,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+30.00% +9.09%
UK excluding London average salary £36,000 £35,000 £34,000
% change year-on-year
+2.85% +2.94%
All Operating Systems
Gloucester
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
127 158 70
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Gloucester 52.48% 38.92% 32.26%
Number of salaries quoted 90 114 49
Average salary £42,500 £40,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.25% +23.07%
90% offered a salary of more than £33,000 £26,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £46,000 £47,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Windows Server 2008
Gloucestershire

Windows Server 2008
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Gloucester 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 Gloucester region.

Gloucester 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 Gloucester region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Gloucester Windows Server 2008 Salary Histogram

Windows Server 2008
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Gloucester 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 24 (100.00%) Windows
2 22 (91.67%) VMware
3 15 (62.50%) Security Cleared
4 13 (54.17%) SQL Server
5 11 (45.83%) MS Exchange
5 11 (45.83%) SC Cleared
6 10 (41.67%) VMware Infrastructure
6 10 (41.67%) Active Directory
6 10 (41.67%) SQL
6 10 (41.67%) Windows Server 2003
7 8 (33.33%) Citrix
7 8 (33.33%) Cisco
7 8 (33.33%) Microsoft
8 7 (29.17%) WSUS
9 6 (25.00%) Exchange Server 2010
9 6 (25.00%) Exchange Server 2007
9 6 (25.00%) Red Hat
9 6 (25.00%) Solaris
9 6 (25.00%) Linux
10 5 (20.83%) Windows XP
10 5 (20.83%) Remedy
10 5 (20.83%) Backup Exec
10 5 (20.83%) Windows 7
10 5 (20.83%) vSphere
11 4 (16.67%) Security Architecture
11 4 (16.67%) DV Cleared
11 4 (16.67%) Visualisation
11 4 (16.67%) Data Visualisation
11 4 (16.67%) Maximo
11 4 (16.67%) Military

Windows Server 2008
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Gloucester 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 (12.50%) J2EE
Application Platforms
1 11 (45.83%) MS Exchange
2 6 (25.00%) Exchange Server 2010
2 6 (25.00%) Exchange Server 2007
3 4 (16.67%) Exchange Server 5.5
4 3 (12.50%) Tomcat
5 2 (8.333%) Exchange Server 2003
5 2 (8.333%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
6 1 (4.167%) Exchange Server 2000
6 1 (4.167%) Exchange Server 2013
6 1 (4.167%) Lync
Applications
1 3 (12.50%) MS Visio
2 2 (8.333%) MS Office
3 1 (4.167%) MS Excel
3 1 (4.167%) MS PowerPoint
3 1 (4.167%) Office 365
Business Applications
1 4 (16.67%) Maximo
1 4 (16.67%) Remedy ITSM
Communications & Networking
1 4 (16.67%) Network Security
1 4 (16.67%) SAN
1 4 (16.67%) Firewall
2 3 (12.50%) iSCSI
2 3 (12.50%) Cisco ASA
2 3 (12.50%) NAS
3 2 (8.333%) Unified Communications
3 2 (8.333%) LAN
3 2 (8.333%) WAN
3 2 (8.333%) SMTP
4 1 (4.167%) VPN
4 1 (4.167%) Cisco Nexus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (54.17%) SQL Server
2 3 (12.50%) MySQL
2 3 (12.50%) SQL Server 2008
3 2 (8.333%) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications
1 3 (12.50%) ClearCase
1 3 (12.50%) ClearQuest
1 3 (12.50%) Git (software)
General
1 4 (16.67%) Military
1 4 (16.67%) Marketing
2 3 (12.50%) Finance
3 2 (8.333%) Advertising
4 1 (4.167%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 8 (33.33%) Architect
2 7 (29.17%) Technical Architect
3 5 (20.83%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 5 (20.83%) Technical Design Architect
4 3 (12.50%) Wintel Specialist
5 2 (8.333%) Messaging Specialist
5 2 (8.333%) Exchange Specialist
5 2 (8.333%) Analyst
5 2 (8.333%) Support Analyst
6 1 (4.167%) Technical Support
6 1 (4.167%) 1st Line Support
6 1 (4.167%) Technical Consultant
6 1 (4.167%) Senior Consultant
6 1 (4.167%) Consultant
6 1 (4.167%) Solutions Architect
6 1 (4.167%) Server Support
6 1 (4.167%) Messaging Architect
6 1 (4.167%) Server Analyst
6 1 (4.167%) Technical Support Analyst
6 1 (4.167%) Help Desk Support
Miscellaneous
1 4 (16.67%) Visualisation
2 3 (12.50%) Replication
2 3 (12.50%) Clustering
3 2 (8.333%) Blackberry
4 1 (4.167%) AS400
Operating Systems
1 24 (100.00%) Windows
2 10 (41.67%) Windows Server 2003
3 6 (25.00%) Solaris
3 6 (25.00%) Linux
4 5 (20.83%) Windows XP
4 5 (20.83%) Windows 7
5 4 (16.67%) Windows NT
6 3 (12.50%) Windows 2000
6 3 (12.50%) UNIX
6 3 (12.50%) Ubuntu
6 3 (12.50%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (8.333%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (16.67%) Security Architecture
1 4 (16.67%) Data Visualisation
1 4 (16.67%) Business Continuity
1 4 (16.67%) Release Management
1 4 (16.67%) Performance Management
1 4 (16.67%) Technical Architecture
2 3 (12.50%) PRINCE2
2 3 (12.50%) ITIL
2 3 (12.50%) Service Delivery
2 3 (12.50%) Project Planning
3 2 (8.333%) Root Cause Analysis
4 1 (4.167%) Business Development
4 1 (4.167%) Data Management
4 1 (4.167%) Problem Management
Programming Languages
1 10 (41.67%) SQL
2 3 (12.50%) Java
Qualifications
1 15 (62.50%) Security Cleared
2 11 (45.83%) SC Cleared
3 4 (16.67%) DV Cleared
4 2 (8.333%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (4.167%) A+ Certification
5 1 (4.167%) MCP
5 1 (4.167%) MCSE
5 1 (4.167%) MCITP
5 1 (4.167%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 1 (4.167%) NCDA
5 1 (4.167%) NCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (12.50%) QA
System Software
1 10 (41.67%) VMware Infrastructure
1 10 (41.67%) Active Directory
2 5 (20.83%) vSphere
3 3 (12.50%) VMware ESXi
4 2 (8.333%) VMware ESX
5 1 (4.167%) XenApp
5 1 (4.167%) XenServer
5 1 (4.167%) XenDesktop
5 1 (4.167%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 7 (29.17%) WSUS
2 5 (20.83%) Backup Exec
3 4 (16.67%) Tivoli
3 4 (16.67%) Netcool
3 4 (16.67%) Netcool/OMNIbus
4 2 (8.333%) MIMEsweeper
5 1 (4.167%) NetBackup
5 1 (4.167%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
Vendors
1 22 (91.67%) VMware
2 8 (33.33%) Citrix
2 8 (33.33%) Cisco
2 8 (33.33%) Microsoft
3 6 (25.00%) Red Hat
4 5 (20.83%) Remedy
5 4 (16.67%) NetApp
5 4 (16.67%) BMC
5 4 (16.67%) Symantec
5 4 (16.67%) IBM
5 4 (16.67%) HP
5 4 (16.67%) Dell
6 3 (12.50%) JBoss
6 3 (12.50%) Oracle
6 3 (12.50%) Perforce
6 3 (12.50%) SolarWinds
7 2 (8.333%) Clearswift
8 1 (4.167%) CommVault