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

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows Server 2008
Rank 51 57 35
Rank change year-on-year
+6 -22
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 2008 33 25 20
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Guildford 3.716% 3.453% 4.264%
As % of the Operating Systems category 12.31% 13.59% 16.00%
Number of salaries quoted 33 24 17
Average salary £42,500 £35,750 £32,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+18.88% +11.71%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £27,400 £22,700
10% offered a salary of more than £57,500 £45,000 £36,500
UK excluding London average salary £35,500 £35,000 £33,750
% change year-on-year
+1.42% +3.70%
All Operating Systems
Guildford
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
268 184 125
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Guildford 30.18% 25.41% 26.65%
Number of salaries quoted 222 174 115
Average salary £40,000 £37,500 £33,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.66% +11.94%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £22,000 £24,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £53,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Windows Server 2008
Surrey

Windows Server 2008
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Guildford 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 Guildford region.

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

Guildford Windows Server 2008 Salary Histogram

Windows Server 2008
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Guildford 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 58 (100.00%) Windows
2 49 (84.48%) Windows Server 2003
3 39 (67.24%) Microsoft
4 33 (56.90%) VMware
5 31 (53.45%) Active Directory
6 26 (44.83%) DNS
7 25 (43.10%) MS Exchange
8 24 (41.38%) VMware Infrastructure
9 23 (39.66%) TCP/IP
10 19 (32.76%) Linux
11 18 (31.03%) Citrix
11 18 (31.03%) CentOS
11 18 (31.03%) Exchange Server 2010
12 17 (29.31%) Microsoft Certification
13 16 (27.59%) SQL
13 16 (27.59%) XenApp
14 14 (24.14%) MySQL
14 14 (24.14%) ITIL
14 14 (24.14%) Apache
14 14 (24.14%) Windows XP
14 14 (24.14%) HP
14 14 (24.14%) Red Hat
15 13 (22.41%) MS Excel
15 13 (22.41%) SQL Server
15 13 (22.41%) MCITP
16 12 (20.69%) MCTS
16 12 (20.69%) MCSE
17 11 (18.97%) Firewall
18 10 (17.24%) MCSA
18 10 (17.24%) IIS

Windows Server 2008
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Guildford 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 (17.24%) Web Services
2 7 (12.07%) Application Packaging
3 2 (3.448%) .NET
4 1 (1.724%) WCF
4 1 (1.724%) WPF
4 1 (1.724%) .NET Framework
4 1 (1.724%) ASP.NET MVC
4 1 (1.724%) X-Windows
4 1 (1.724%) WinForms
4 1 (1.724%) ActiveX
4 1 (1.724%) ASP.NET
Application Platforms
1 25 (43.10%) MS Exchange
2 18 (31.03%) Exchange Server 2010
3 14 (24.14%) Apache
4 10 (17.24%) IIS
5 9 (15.52%) Exchange Server 2007
5 9 (15.52%) SharePoint
6 8 (13.79%) Exchange Server 2013
7 7 (12.07%) Exchange Server 2003
8 6 (10.34%) Office Communications Server
9 5 (8.621%) Lync
10 1 (1.724%) Exchange Server 2000
10 1 (1.724%) Lotus Notes
10 1 (1.724%) Lotus Domino
Applications
1 13 (22.41%) MS Excel
2 8 (13.79%) MS Office
3 6 (10.34%) Office 365
Communications & Networking
1 26 (44.83%) DNS
2 23 (39.66%) TCP/IP
3 11 (18.97%) Firewall
4 10 (17.24%) Internet
4 10 (17.24%) SAN
4 10 (17.24%) POP3
4 10 (17.24%) SMTP
4 10 (17.24%) FTP
5 9 (15.52%) VPN
6 8 (13.79%) DHCP
7 7 (12.07%) MPLS
8 6 (10.34%) SSL
8 6 (10.34%) IPsec
9 4 (6.897%) Unified Communications
9 4 (6.897%) Asterisk PBX
10 3 (5.172%) LAN
11 2 (3.448%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (24.14%) MySQL
2 13 (22.41%) SQL Server
3 5 (8.621%) SQL Server 2008
4 4 (6.897%) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications
1 3 (5.172%) MSI
1 3 (5.172%) InstallShield
2 1 (1.724%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 1 (1.724%) Retail
1 1 (1.724%) Finance
Job Titles
1 11 (18.97%) Citrix Engineer
1 11 (18.97%) Administrator
2 10 (17.24%) Systems Administrator
3 8 (13.79%) Consultant
3 8 (13.79%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 6 (10.34%) Server Engineer
5 5 (8.621%) Junior Systems Administrator
5 5 (8.621%) Junior
6 4 (6.897%) Development Manager
6 4 (6.897%) Applications Packager
6 4 (6.897%) Technical Consultant
6 4 (6.897%) Software Development Manager
6 4 (6.897%) Software Manager
6 4 (6.897%) IT Development Manager
7 3 (5.172%) Microsoft Consultant
7 3 (5.172%) Implementation Engineer
7 3 (5.172%) Infrastructure Services Manager
7 3 (5.172%) Service Manager
7 3 (5.172%) Infrastructure Specialist
7 3 (5.172%) Infrastructure Manager
Miscellaneous
1 4 (6.897%) Pocket PC
2 2 (3.448%) Client/Server
2 2 (3.448%) Enterprise Software
2 2 (3.448%) Video Conferencing
3 1 (1.724%) Clustering
3 1 (1.724%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 58 (100.00%) Windows
2 49 (84.48%) Windows Server 2003
3 19 (32.76%) Linux
4 18 (31.03%) CentOS
5 14 (24.14%) Windows XP
6 9 (15.52%) Windows 7
7 6 (10.34%) UNIX
8 5 (8.621%) AIX
8 5 (8.621%) Solaris
9 4 (6.897%) Debian
9 4 (6.897%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 3 (5.172%) Windows 2000 Server
10 3 (5.172%) Windows Server 2012
11 2 (3.448%) Windows Vista
12 1 (1.724%) Windows 8
12 1 (1.724%) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (24.14%) ITIL
2 8 (13.79%) Project Management
3 5 (8.621%) Change Management
3 5 (8.621%) PRINCE2
4 4 (6.897%) CRM
4 4 (6.897%) Identity Management
4 4 (6.897%) Workflow
4 4 (6.897%) Migration
4 4 (6.897%) Service Delivery
5 3 (5.172%) Business Continuity
6 2 (3.448%) Process Management
6 2 (3.448%) Supplier Management
7 1 (1.724%) Unit Testing
7 1 (1.724%) Continuous Integration
7 1 (1.724%) Time Management
7 1 (1.724%) Budget Control
7 1 (1.724%) Infrastructure Management
7 1 (1.724%) Configuration Management
7 1 (1.724%) Quality Management
7 1 (1.724%) MVC
Programming Languages
1 16 (27.59%) SQL
2 7 (12.07%) VB
3 4 (6.897%) Delphi
3 4 (6.897%) Perl
3 4 (6.897%) PHP
4 3 (5.172%) VBScript
5 2 (3.448%) VB.NET
6 1 (1.724%) C#
6 1 (1.724%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 17 (29.31%) Microsoft Certification
2 13 (22.41%) MCITP
3 12 (20.69%) MCTS
3 12 (20.69%) MCSE
4 10 (17.24%) MCSA
5 9 (15.52%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 8 (13.79%) Citrix Certification
6 8 (13.79%) Cisco Certification
6 8 (13.79%) CCAA
7 7 (12.07%) CCNA
8 6 (10.34%) CCDA
9 5 (8.621%) CCA
10 4 (6.897%) Security Cleared
11 3 (5.172%) CCEE
11 3 (5.172%) CCIA
11 3 (5.172%) MCP
12 1 (1.724%) MCDST
12 1 (1.724%) Degree
12 1 (1.724%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
12 1 (1.724%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.448%) SLA
1 2 (3.448%) QA
System Software
1 31 (53.45%) Active Directory
2 24 (41.38%) VMware Infrastructure
3 16 (27.59%) XenApp
4 10 (17.24%) Xen
4 10 (17.24%) Citrix Presentation Server
4 10 (17.24%) VMware ESXi
5 6 (10.34%) XenDesktop
6 4 (6.897%) VMware Workstation
6 4 (6.897%) vSphere
7 3 (5.172%) XenServer
7 3 (5.172%) Microsoft App-V
8 2 (3.448%) ISA Server
8 2 (3.448%) Hyper-V
9 1 (1.724%) Forefront TMG
9 1 (1.724%) VMware ESX
9 1 (1.724%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 7 (12.07%) SCCM
2 4 (6.897%) SCOM
3 1 (1.724%) SCVMM
3 1 (1.724%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 39 (67.24%) Microsoft
2 33 (56.90%) VMware
3 18 (31.03%) Citrix
4 14 (24.14%) HP
4 14 (24.14%) Red Hat
5 10 (17.24%) Dell
6 7 (12.07%) AppSense
7 6 (10.34%) Cisco
8 4 (6.897%) CheckPoint
8 4 (6.897%) Symantec
8 4 (6.897%) Altiris
9 1 (1.724%) Remedy
9 1 (1.724%) CommVault
9 1 (1.724%) Novell
9 1 (1.724%) Lotus
9 1 (1.724%) Avaya
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