The first table below looks at the demand for Windows Server 2008 skills in IT jobs advertised for the Gloucestershire 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 Gloucestershire region.

Location
3 months to
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows Server 2008
Rank 52 41 52
Rank change year-on-year
-11 +11
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 2008 41 70 42
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Gloucestershire 4.702% 5.495% 3.395%
As % of the Operating Systems category 14.04% 16.95% 11.26%
Number of salaries quoted 36 62 38
Average salary £35,000 £37,250 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.04% +14.61%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £27,550 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £42,500 £44,750 £36,000
UK excluding London average salary £35,500 £35,000 £34,000
% change year-on-year
+1.42% +2.94%
All Operating Systems
Gloucestershire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
292 413 373
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Gloucestershire 33.49% 32.42% 30.15%
Number of salaries quoted 256 347 313
Average salary £38,000 £40,000 £36,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.00% +11.11%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £28,500 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £46,000 £50,300 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Windows Server 2008
South West

Windows Server 2008
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Gloucestershire 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 Gloucestershire region.

Gloucestershire 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 Gloucestershire region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

Gloucestershire 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 Gloucestershire region over the 3 months to 18 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Cheltenham -9 11 £32,500 -21.21% 3
Gloucester +1 9 £32,500 +14.03% 5
Cirencester -1 9 £37,500 -
Dursley +1 4 £33,750 +3.84%
Stroud +12 2 £32,500 - 1
Windows Server 2008
South West

Windows Server 2008
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Gloucestershire 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 92 (100.00%) Windows
2 62 (67.39%) Microsoft
3 46 (50.00%) VMware
4 34 (36.96%) SQL Server
5 32 (34.78%) Windows Server 2003
6 31 (33.70%) Active Directory
7 29 (31.52%) Citrix
7 29 (31.52%) VMware Infrastructure
8 23 (25.00%) MS Exchange
8 23 (25.00%) SQL
8 23 (25.00%) Firewall
9 22 (23.91%) Windows XP
10 19 (20.65%) SharePoint
11 18 (19.57%) CRM
11 18 (19.57%) Security Cleared
11 18 (19.57%) SQL Server 2008
12 16 (17.39%) IIS
12 16 (17.39%) Cisco
13 14 (15.22%) Finance
13 14 (15.22%) Windows 7
13 14 (15.22%) SC Cleared
13 14 (15.22%) Exchange Server 2010
13 14 (15.22%) QA
14 13 (14.13%) TCP/IP
14 13 (14.13%) VPN
15 12 (13.04%) MS Excel
15 12 (13.04%) XML
15 12 (13.04%) .NET
15 12 (13.04%) ISEB
15 12 (13.04%) BizTalk Server

Windows Server 2008
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Gloucestershire 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 12 (13.04%) .NET
1 12 (13.04%) XML
2 7 (7.609%) HTML
3 6 (6.522%) XSLT
3 6 (6.522%) WCF
3 6 (6.522%) ASP.NET
3 6 (6.522%) CSS
4 4 (4.348%) .NET Framework
4 4 (4.348%) Sphinx
4 4 (4.348%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
5 3 (3.261%) J2EE
6 2 (2.174%) ASP.NET 2.0
Application Platforms
1 23 (25.00%) MS Exchange
2 19 (20.65%) SharePoint
3 16 (17.39%) IIS
4 14 (15.22%) Exchange Server 2010
5 12 (13.04%) BizTalk Server
6 11 (11.96%) Exchange Server 2003
7 9 (9.783%) Exchange Server 2007
7 9 (9.783%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
8 6 (6.522%) SharePoint 2013
8 6 (6.522%) SharePoint 2010
9 5 (5.435%) Exchange Server 5.5
10 3 (3.261%) Tomcat
11 1 (1.087%) DotNetNuke
11 1 (1.087%) Exchange Server 2000
11 1 (1.087%) Lync
11 1 (1.087%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 12 (13.04%) MS Excel
2 8 (8.696%) MS Visio
3 7 (7.609%) MS Office
4 1 (1.087%) MS PowerPoint
4 1 (1.087%) Office 365
Business Applications
1 4 (4.348%) Maximo
1 4 (4.348%) Remedy ITSM
Communications & Networking
1 23 (25.00%) Firewall
2 13 (14.13%) TCP/IP
2 13 (14.13%) VPN
3 10 (10.87%) SMTP
4 9 (9.783%) SAN
5 7 (7.609%) Network Security
5 7 (7.609%) NetScaler
6 6 (6.522%) Cisco ASA
6 6 (6.522%) LAN
6 6 (6.522%) WAN
7 4 (4.348%) Wireless
8 3 (3.261%) VoIP
8 3 (3.261%) DHCP
8 3 (3.261%) DNS
8 3 (3.261%) Cisco PIX
9 2 (2.174%) NAS
9 2 (2.174%) Unified Communications
9 2 (2.174%) iSCSI
9 2 (2.174%) Bluetooth
9 2 (2.174%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (36.96%) SQL Server
2 18 (19.57%) SQL Server 2008
3 9 (9.783%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 9 (9.783%) SQL Server 2005
4 7 (7.609%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 7 (7.609%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 7 (7.609%) Data Warehouse
5 6 (6.522%) Microsoft Analysis Services
5 6 (6.522%) SQL Server 2012
6 3 (3.261%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 6 (6.522%) Visual Studio
1 6 (6.522%) Team Foundation Server
2 3 (3.261%) ClearCase
2 3 (3.261%) ClearQuest
2 3 (3.261%) Git (software)
General
1 14 (15.22%) Finance
2 12 (13.04%) Billing
3 9 (9.783%) Advertising
4 6 (6.522%) Telecoms
5 4 (4.348%) Automotive
5 4 (4.348%) Military
5 4 (4.348%) Marketing
6 2 (2.174%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 15 (16.30%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 12 (13.04%) Developer
2 12 (13.04%) Test Leader
3 8 (8.696%) Exchange Specialist
3 8 (8.696%) Support Engineer
3 8 (8.696%) Database Developer
4 7 (7.609%) Architect
5 6 (6.522%) Technical Architect
6 5 (5.435%) Project Engineer
7 4 (4.348%) Technical Design Architect
7 4 (4.348%) Wintel Specialist
7 4 (4.348%) Consultant
7 4 (4.348%) Network Engineer
7 4 (4.348%) .NET Developer
8 3 (3.261%) Analyst
8 3 (3.261%) 1st Line Support
8 3 (3.261%) SQL Database Developer
8 3 (3.261%) IT Support
8 3 (3.261%) SQL Server Developer
8 3 (3.261%) SQL Developer
Miscellaneous
1 10 (10.87%) Blackberry
2 6 (6.522%) Client/Server
3 4 (4.348%) Management Information System
3 4 (4.348%) Visualisation
3 4 (4.348%) iPad
4 3 (3.261%) Replication
4 3 (3.261%) Data Protection Act
5 2 (2.174%) Mobile App
5 2 (2.174%) Enterprise Software
5 2 (2.174%) Clustering
6 1 (1.087%) Mobile Computing
6 1 (1.087%) AS400
6 1 (1.087%) EPoS
Operating Systems
1 92 (100.00%) Windows
2 32 (34.78%) Windows Server 2003
3 22 (23.91%) Windows XP
4 14 (15.22%) Windows 7
5 10 (10.87%) Windows Server 2012
6 6 (6.522%) Solaris
7 5 (5.435%) Linux
7 5 (5.435%) Windows NT
8 4 (4.348%) Windows 8
9 3 (3.261%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 3 (3.261%) UNIX
9 3 (3.261%) Ubuntu
10 2 (2.174%) Windows 2000
10 2 (2.174%) Windows Vista
11 1 (1.087%) Android
11 1 (1.087%) BlackBerry OS
11 1 (1.087%) Windows Mobile
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (19.57%) CRM
2 12 (13.04%) Waterfall
3 8 (8.696%) Root Cause Analysis
4 7 (7.609%) Test Scripting
4 7 (7.609%) Software Testing
5 6 (6.522%) Service Delivery
6 5 (5.435%) Business Continuity
6 5 (5.435%) User Acceptance Testing
7 4 (4.348%) Problem Management
7 4 (4.348%) Release Management
7 4 (4.348%) Technical Architecture
7 4 (4.348%) Web Development
7 4 (4.348%) Performance Management
7 4 (4.348%) Kanban
7 4 (4.348%) Data Visualisation
7 4 (4.348%) Dependency Injection
7 4 (4.348%) Security Architecture
7 4 (4.348%) Agile Software Development
7 4 (4.348%) MVC
7 4 (4.348%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 23 (25.00%) SQL
2 6 (6.522%) T-SQL
2 6 (6.522%) C#
2 6 (6.522%) JavaScript
3 5 (5.435%) Java
4 2 (2.174%) VB
4 2 (2.174%) XQuery
4 2 (2.174%) XPath
Qualifications
1 18 (19.57%) Security Cleared
2 14 (15.22%) SC Cleared
3 12 (13.04%) ISEB
3 12 (13.04%) ISTQB
4 9 (9.783%) Cisco Certification
5 7 (7.609%) CCNP
6 5 (5.435%) Microsoft Certification
7 4 (4.348%) MCSE
7 4 (4.348%) DV Cleared
8 3 (3.261%) MCITP
8 3 (3.261%) CCVP
8 3 (3.261%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 2 (2.174%) MCSA
9 2 (2.174%) CCNA
10 1 (1.087%) CCSP
10 1 (1.087%) A+ Certification
10 1 (1.087%) ITIL Certification
10 1 (1.087%) MCDST
10 1 (1.087%) MCTS
10 1 (1.087%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (15.22%) QA
System Software
1 31 (33.70%) Active Directory
2 29 (31.52%) VMware Infrastructure
3 12 (13.04%) XenApp
4 11 (11.96%) Microsoft App-V
5 7 (7.609%) XenDesktop
5 7 (7.609%) VMware ESX
6 6 (6.522%) vSphere
7 5 (5.435%) VMware ESXi
7 5 (5.435%) Hyper-V
8 2 (2.174%) Terminal Services
9 1 (1.087%) VMware Server
9 1 (1.087%) XenServer
Systems Management
1 8 (8.696%) Backup Exec
1 8 (8.696%) MIMEsweeper
2 7 (7.609%) WSUS
3 4 (4.348%) Tivoli
3 4 (4.348%) Netcool
3 4 (4.348%) Netcool/OMNIbus
4 3 (3.261%) Cisco UCCX
4 3 (3.261%) Cisco CUCM
5 2 (2.174%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
6 1 (1.087%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
6 1 (1.087%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 62 (67.39%) Microsoft
2 46 (50.00%) VMware
3 29 (31.52%) Citrix
4 16 (17.39%) Cisco
5 8 (8.696%) HP
5 8 (8.696%) Clearswift
6 5 (5.435%) Symantec
6 5 (5.435%) Remedy
6 5 (5.435%) Red Hat
6 5 (5.435%) IBM
7 4 (4.348%) Dell
7 4 (4.348%) Apple
7 4 (4.348%) BMC
7 4 (4.348%) NetApp
8 3 (3.261%) SolarWinds
8 3 (3.261%) Perforce
8 3 (3.261%) Oracle
8 3 (3.261%) JBoss
9 2 (2.174%) Mitel
10 1 (1.087%) Veeam
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