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

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows Server 2008
Rank 13 32 17
Rank change year-on-year
+19 -15
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 2008 24 4 8
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Halifax 14.81% 2.000% 6.897%
As % of the Operating Systems category 57.14% 6.250% 22.22%
Number of salaries quoted 23 1 4
Average salary £32,500 £17,000 £55,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+91.17% -69.09%
UK excluding London average salary £35,500 £35,000 £33,750
% change year-on-year
+1.42% +3.70%
All Operating Systems
Halifax
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
42 64 36
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Halifax 25.93% 32.00% 31.03%
Number of salaries quoted 39 57 27
Average salary £32,500 £32,500 £29,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +12.06%
90% offered a salary of more than £23,650 £20,750 £22,950
10% offered a salary of more than £40,500 £55,000 £36,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Windows Server 2008
West Yorkshire

Windows Server 2008
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Halifax 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 Halifax region.

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

Halifax 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 Halifax 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 34 (100.00%) Windows
2 33 (97.06%) MS Exchange
2 33 (97.06%) Microsoft
2 33 (97.06%) Windows Server 2003
2 33 (97.06%) VMware
2 33 (97.06%) VMware Infrastructure
3 32 (94.12%) Active Directory
3 32 (94.12%) MS Excel
4 31 (91.18%) SAN
4 31 (91.18%) Backup Exec
5 28 (82.35%) SharePoint
6 27 (79.41%) McAfee
6 27 (79.41%) Migration
6 27 (79.41%) VMware ESXi
7 26 (76.47%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 26 (76.47%) Release Management
7 26 (76.47%) Norton AntiVirus
7 26 (76.47%) Veritas
7 26 (76.47%) Symantec
7 26 (76.47%) Microsoft Certification
7 26 (76.47%) MCSE
8 25 (73.53%) HP
9 20 (58.82%) WSUS
9 20 (58.82%) SharePoint 2010
10 19 (55.88%) ITIL
10 19 (55.88%) MCP
11 7 (20.59%) Exchange Server 2007
12 6 (17.65%) Windows 7
13 5 (14.71%) Project Management
13 5 (14.71%) Windows XP

Windows Server 2008
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Halifax 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 33 (97.06%) MS Exchange
2 28 (82.35%) SharePoint
3 20 (58.82%) SharePoint 2010
4 7 (20.59%) Exchange Server 2007
5 1 (2.941%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 32 (94.12%) MS Excel
2 5 (14.71%) MS Office
3 1 (2.941%) Office 365
Communications & Networking
1 31 (91.18%) SAN
2 4 (11.76%) Wireless
2 4 (11.76%) NAS
3 1 (2.941%) Unified Communications
3 1 (2.941%) VPN
3 1 (2.941%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.941%) SQL Server 2008
1 1 (2.941%) SQL Server 2005
1 1 (2.941%) SQL Server
General
1 4 (11.76%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 23 (67.65%) Systems Administrator
1 23 (67.65%) Administrator
2 19 (55.88%) Senior Systems Administrator
3 11 (32.35%) Systems Engineer
4 5 (14.71%) Technical Engineer
5 4 (11.76%) IT Administrator
5 4 (11.76%) Senior Systems Engineer
5 4 (11.76%) Senior Technical Engineer
6 1 (2.941%) Support Engineer
6 1 (2.941%) Field Engineer
6 1 (2.941%) Field Support Engineer
6 1 (2.941%) Infrastructure Team Leader
6 1 (2.941%) Team Leader
6 1 (2.941%) Server Support
Miscellaneous
1 1 (2.941%) Celerra
1 1 (2.941%) CLARiiON
1 1 (2.941%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 34 (100.00%) Windows
2 33 (97.06%) Windows Server 2003
3 6 (17.65%) Windows 7
4 5 (14.71%) Windows XP
5 1 (2.941%) Apple iOS
5 1 (2.941%) Android
5 1 (2.941%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (2.941%) Mac OS X
5 1 (2.941%) HPUX
5 1 (2.941%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (79.41%) Migration
2 26 (76.47%) Release Management
3 19 (55.88%) ITIL
4 5 (14.71%) Project Management
5 4 (11.76%) ERP
5 4 (11.76%) CAD
5 4 (11.76%) Contact Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (11.76%) VBA
2 1 (2.941%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 26 (76.47%) Microsoft Certification
1 26 (76.47%) MCSE
2 19 (55.88%) MCP
System Software
1 33 (97.06%) VMware Infrastructure
2 32 (94.12%) Active Directory
3 27 (79.41%) VMware ESXi
4 26 (76.47%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 4 (11.76%) Terminal Services
6 1 (2.941%) vSphere
6 1 (2.941%) XenServer
Systems Management
1 31 (91.18%) Backup Exec
2 26 (76.47%) Norton AntiVirus
3 20 (58.82%) WSUS
Vendors
1 33 (97.06%) Microsoft
1 33 (97.06%) VMware
2 27 (79.41%) McAfee
3 26 (76.47%) Veritas
3 26 (76.47%) Symantec
4 25 (73.53%) HP
5 4 (11.76%) Sophos
5 4 (11.76%) SolidWorks
5 4 (11.76%) Veeam
6 1 (2.941%) Red Hat
6 1 (2.941%) Dell
6 1 (2.941%) EMC
Halifax, Yorkshire
They are looking for a dynamic individual who is strong technically and business savvy who will be able to drive the organisation forward with the Infrastucture and technical...
IT Ventures Ltd
Salary: £40000 - £41000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 1 May 2013
Halifax, Yorkshire
They are looking for a dynamic individual who is strong technically and business savvy who will be able to drive the organisation forward with the Infrastucture and technical...
IT Ventures Ltd
Salary: £40000 - £41000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 9 May 2013