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

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows Server 2008
Rank 27 16 48
Rank change year-on-year
-11 +32
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 2008 27 32 6
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Ipswich 8.257% 12.40% 1.993%
As % of the Operating Systems category 21.60% 38.55% 11.54%
Number of salaries quoted 27 31 6
Average salary £37,500 £36,500 £44,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.73% -17.04%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,300 £30,000 £34,250
10% offered a salary of more than £42,500 £42,500 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £35,500 £35,000 £33,750
% change year-on-year
+1.42% +3.70%
All Operating Systems
Ipswich
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
125 83 52
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Ipswich 38.23% 32.17% 17.28%
Number of salaries quoted 119 72 50
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £29,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +18.64%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,250 £30,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £44,000 £42,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Windows Server 2008
Suffolk

Windows Server 2008
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Ipswich 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 Ipswich region.

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

Ipswich 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 Ipswich 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 54 (100.00%) Windows
2 39 (72.22%) Windows Server 2003
3 25 (46.30%) VMware
4 24 (44.44%) Active Directory
4 24 (44.44%) MS Exchange
4 24 (44.44%) SQL Server
5 18 (33.33%) SAN
6 16 (29.63%) NetApp
6 16 (29.63%) Exchange Server 2010
7 15 (27.78%) Microsoft
7 15 (27.78%) Cisco
7 15 (27.78%) VMware Infrastructure
8 13 (24.07%) SQL Server 2008
8 13 (24.07%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 13 (24.07%) EMC
8 13 (24.07%) .NET
9 12 (22.22%) DNS
10 11 (20.37%) Tivoli
10 11 (20.37%) ITIL
10 11 (20.37%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 11 (20.37%) Isilon
11 10 (18.52%) EMC RecoverPoint
11 10 (18.52%) Tivoli Storage Manager
12 9 (16.67%) Microsoft Certification
12 9 (16.67%) DHCP
12 9 (16.67%) Linux
12 9 (16.67%) MS Excel
12 9 (16.67%) Firewall
12 9 (16.67%) Finance
13 8 (14.81%) Replication

Windows Server 2008
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Ipswich 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 13 (24.07%) .NET
2 6 (11.11%) WSH
3 4 (7.407%) LINQ
3 4 (7.407%) WCF
3 4 (7.407%) ASP.NET
4 3 (5.556%) CSS
4 3 (5.556%) Hibernate
4 3 (5.556%) Silverlight
4 3 (5.556%) jQuery
5 2 (3.704%) Apache Flex
5 2 (3.704%) XML
6 1 (1.852%) NHibernate
6 1 (1.852%) AppFabric
Application Platforms
1 24 (44.44%) MS Exchange
2 16 (29.63%) Exchange Server 2010
3 6 (11.11%) Apache
4 4 (7.407%) BizTalk Server
5 3 (5.556%) SharePoint
6 2 (3.704%) SharePoint 2010
7 1 (1.852%) IIS
7 1 (1.852%) Exchange Server 2007
7 1 (1.852%) Exchange Server 2003
Applications
1 9 (16.67%) MS Excel
2 3 (5.556%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 18 (33.33%) SAN
2 12 (22.22%) DNS
3 9 (16.67%) DHCP
3 9 (16.67%) Firewall
4 8 (14.81%) Fibre Channel
4 8 (14.81%) Cisco Nexus
5 6 (11.11%) VoIP
6 4 (7.407%) TCP/IP
6 4 (7.407%) VPN
7 3 (5.556%) WAN
7 3 (5.556%) LAN
8 2 (3.704%) PBX
8 2 (3.704%) ISDN
8 2 (3.704%) CTI
9 1 (1.852%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (44.44%) SQL Server
2 13 (24.07%) SQL Server 2008
2 13 (24.07%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 7 (12.96%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 6 (11.11%) Oracle 10g
4 6 (11.11%) Oracle 8/8i
5 4 (7.407%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 4 (7.407%) OLAP
6 3 (5.556%) MySQL
6 3 (5.556%) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications
1 5 (9.259%) Team Foundation Server
2 4 (7.407%) VSS/SourceSafe
3 1 (1.852%) NUnit
3 1 (1.852%) MSBuild
General
1 9 (16.67%) Finance
2 3 (5.556%) Marketing
3 2 (3.704%) Telecoms
4 1 (1.852%) Banking
Job Titles
1 10 (18.52%) Storage Administrator
1 10 (18.52%) Administrator
1 10 (18.52%) Analyst
2 9 (16.67%) Support Analyst
2 9 (16.67%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 5 (9.259%) Applications Support
3 5 (9.259%) Applications Support Analyst
3 5 (9.259%) Team Leader
3 5 (9.259%) Infrastructure Team Leader
4 4 (7.407%) Developer
5 3 (5.556%) Architect
5 3 (5.556%) Systems Engineer
5 3 (5.556%) Solutions Architect
5 3 (5.556%) Lead Developer
5 3 (5.556%) Help Desk Analyst
5 3 (5.556%) 1st Line Support
5 3 (5.556%) Support Engineer
5 3 (5.556%) .NET Developer
5 3 (5.556%) C# Developer
5 3 (5.556%) SQL Developer
Miscellaneous
1 8 (14.81%) Replication
2 3 (5.556%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 54 (100.00%) Windows
2 39 (72.22%) Windows Server 2003
3 11 (20.37%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 9 (16.67%) Linux
5 5 (9.259%) Windows 7
6 4 (7.407%) Windows XP
7 3 (5.556%) Mac OS X
7 3 (5.556%) Windows 2000
7 3 (5.556%) Windows Server 2012
8 2 (3.704%) Windows Vista
9 1 (1.852%) Windows 2000 Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (20.37%) ITIL
2 6 (11.11%) Risk Management
3 5 (9.259%) Problem Management
4 4 (7.407%) Automated Testing
4 4 (7.407%) Business Continuity
4 4 (7.407%) Disaster Recovery
5 3 (5.556%) Migration
5 3 (5.556%) Online Marketing
6 2 (3.704%) Technical Architecture
7 1 (1.852%) Configuration Management
7 1 (1.852%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (11.11%) C#
1 6 (11.11%) Java
2 2 (3.704%) SQL
2 2 (3.704%) VBScript
2 2 (3.704%) VB
3 1 (1.852%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 9 (16.67%) Microsoft Certification
2 4 (7.407%) MCITP
3 3 (5.556%) MCSE
3 3 (5.556%) Degree
4 2 (3.704%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 2 (3.704%) MCP
4 2 (3.704%) CCNA
4 2 (3.704%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (1.852%) MCTS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.852%) SLA
System Software
1 24 (44.44%) Active Directory
2 15 (27.78%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (18.52%) EMC RecoverPoint
4 4 (7.407%) vSphere
5 3 (5.556%) VMware ESX
5 3 (5.556%) XenApp
5 3 (5.556%) XenServer
5 3 (5.556%) XenDesktop
6 2 (3.704%) VMFS
6 2 (3.704%) NFS
7 1 (1.852%) VirtualBox
Systems Management
1 11 (20.37%) Tivoli
2 10 (18.52%) Tivoli Storage Manager
3 6 (11.11%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 25 (46.30%) VMware
2 16 (29.63%) NetApp
3 15 (27.78%) Microsoft
3 15 (27.78%) Cisco
4 13 (24.07%) EMC
5 11 (20.37%) Isilon
6 8 (14.81%) IBM
7 7 (12.96%) Symantec
8 6 (11.11%) Citrix
8 6 (11.11%) Oracle
9 3 (5.556%) CheckPoint
9 3 (5.556%) Red Hat
10 2 (3.704%) Mitel
10 2 (3.704%) HP
10 2 (3.704%) Avaya
11 1 (1.852%) Juniper
11 1 (1.852%) Salesforce.com
Ipswich, East Anglia
You will have at least an appreciation of the ITIL framework. Technical skills will include; Windows Server 2003/2008, Linux (RHEL 5) / Apache, Oracle 10g, SQL Server 2008,...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £25000.00 - £35000.00 per annum + benefits
Posted: 14 May 2013